Michael K. Williams was high on drugs meeting Obama, posthumous memoir reveals
nypost.coman accidental overdose last September at 54 — made the startling admission in a memoir written prior to his passing. The tome, “Scenes From My Life,” is set to be published later this month.In an excerpt obtained by Daily Mail, Williams recalls being invited to attend an event in Harrisburg, Virginia, by Obama — who has famously declared that “The Wire” is his favorite show.
However, when he arrived at the event, Williams was so high on cocaine that he had lockjaw and was unable to speak properly.“I couldn’t even put my words together,” he writes in the memoir. “I was such a mess.
Obama shook my hand and I could see it in his eyes. He was like: ‘I don’t got time for this.’ He kept it moving. I was not in my right mind.
I told people I was nervous but actually I had lockjaw from too much cocaine.”At the time, Obama was the junior senator from Illinois and was making a run for president.
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