The Netflix documentary Johnny Football, which chronicles the life of former Texas A&M and Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, will be released Tuesday.
USA Today was among the groups that gained early access to the film, and it also had an exclusive one-on-one interview with Manziel. One of the topics covered by USA Today was the suicide attempt that he unveiled in the film.
Manziel said that shortly after the Browns released him in March 2016 he decided he wanted to kill himself. Manziel purchased a gun and went on a “$5 million bender,” where he wanted to spend large sums of money before taking his life.
“I had planned to do everything I wanted to do at that point in my life, spend as much money as I possibly could and then my plan was to take my life,” Manziel said. “I wanted to get as bad as humanly possible where it made sense and it made it seem like an excuse and an out for me.”
When Manziel attempted to take his life, apparently the gun malfunctioned.
“Still to this day, don’t know what happened. But the gun just clicked on me.”
The full documentary will have plenty of stories from Manziel about his football career and life off the field.
