Joe Buck Confesses Hair Plug Addiction Almost Cost Him His Gig

Jan 28, 2014; New York, NY, USA; Joe Buck at Fox Sports press conference at Empire East Ballroom at the Sheraton New York, Times Square in advance of Super Bowl XLVIIII. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-175190 ORIG FILE ID: 20140128_tcb_al2_022.jpg

Hi, my name is Joe and I’m addicted to hair plugs. That’s the confession that Joe Buck is making in his new memoir and how it almost cost him his voice. On his 8th hair plug procedure, which Buck was undergoing because he thought he would be cut loose from TV if he went bald, he woke up from the anesthetic to find he couldn’t talk. Then he made up an excuse for that saying, “People would ask, ‘Why is your vocal chord paralyzed?’ I said it was a virus. I didn’t say it was an elective procedure to add hair to the front of my head. It was embarrassing.” This all very cathartic Joe, but now admit that you stand on a box to look as tall as Troy Aikman.

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