american actor producer singer songwriter and choreographer columbus keith short jr
was born in kansas city missouri and raised solely by his mother his mother became a single mother
in a very tragic way three weeks before he was born she killed his father somehow she was able
to avoid any prison time and also having to give birth behind bars by the age of five columbus and
his family would relocate to los angeles it was also at this very young age that he decided that
a career in entertainment was what he wanted to pursue for a living upon his arrival in the city
of angels he immediately began seeking out acting opportunities it was probably a good thing that
he found something to occupy his time since things at home were not good columbus's mother was a very
stressed out single parent at one point things became so overwhelming that she contemplated
putting him in foster care this would be the beginning of columbus's lifelong struggle with
abandonment issues he also struggled with watching his mother go through multiple failed marriages
by his early teens columbus had managed to land work in several television commercial campaigns
as a senior in high school he was offered an opportunity to graduate two months early in order
to see the world with the traveling production of the broadway show stomp columbus would also
find love during this time and marry a woman by the name of brandy in 2001. the union would only
last two years and produce a son after a couple of years on the road with the dance troupe he would
parlay his professional success into a stint as the creative director of britney spears onyx hotel
tour in 2004. that sweet taste of success however quickly turns sour when a major scandal involving
columbus and britney surfaced and caused him to be fired we'll get into those details a little later
columbus then felt it was time to end this chapter of his life and begin pursuing his
true passion acting funny enough his acting debut actually came in the role of a dancer in the 2004
dance drama film you got served he then took major roles and saved the last dance too stomp the yard
and cadillac records he's also appeared on the small screen in a variety of shows including er
judging amy and that's so raven he also founded a film and television production company and
executive produce numerous projects columbus was ready to give marriage another try in 2005
and got hitched to actress and dancer tani mccall they would expand their family with a daughter
in 2012 and that same year columbus would land a key role in the popular political thriller series
scandal things seem to be going better than ever but they would soon take a shocking turn tani
would file for divorce from columbus twice the second of which would occur after he allegedly
put a knife to her throat and threatened to end her life as well as his as part of
a no jail plea agreement columbus pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic v*******
and performed 30 hours of community service in 2021 columbus sat down with mike tyson
on his hot boxing with mike tyson youtube channel to once and for all put the rumors and accusations
to rest he spoke about his ex-wife's toxicity infidelity and insatiable desire to destroy
his life she allegedly even tried to extort money from him with the help of some local
gang members after that didn't work police showed up at his door two days later and the news of his
alleged attack on her ended up on the news even though columbus argued he would never hit a woman
he did have some violent episodes with men the next month after the incident with his wife
columbus would find himself in more hot water after cold caulking one of his male in-laws in
a bar while in attendance of an engagement party columbus stated he was being taunted and acted in
self-defense after he claimed the man got physical first the incident resulted in the man suffering a
concussion and a broken nose he would avoid jail by pleading no contest to a felony assault charge
and sentenced to three years on supervised probation two months of community labor and
anger management counseling columbus would speak to radio station v103 in atlanta about what set
everything off i had to defend my wife at a bar this man was being highly highly disrespectful
slapping her in the face with twenty dollar bills and it got to that point this string of bad
behavior incidents continued when in july columbus was arrested and charged with public intoxication
after leaving a bar without paying his tab and subsequently getting into an altercation
with a security guard also back in 2010 he was prosecuted for an attack on an la basketball court
after he sucker-punched a player bashing his teeth in and cutting him badly columbus pled
no contest to disturbing the piece quite a bargain after a charge of aggravated battery was dismissed
on the professional end scandal's explosive 2014 season finale had just aired and columbus was
scheduled to call in to the tom joyner morning show for an interview all about it falling right
in line with everything else going on in his life it did not go well at one point he even called tom
the n-word columbus would later issue a statement apologizing and blaming his behavior on the very
early morning time slot following a late night event resulting in him being exhausted and not
drunk or high as some assumed about a week later columbus would issue another statement confirming
that his run on scandal was over at this time i must confirm my exit from a show i've called home
for three years with what is the most talented ensemble on television today everything must come
to an end and unfortunately the time has come for harrison wright to exit the canvas i wish nothing
but the best for shonda carrie and the rest of the cast who have become like a second family to me
in such a short amount of time for this i will forever be grateful at the end of the year in an
interview with access hollywood live columbus finally revealed the real reason behind his
departure from scandal he was in fact fired due to some personal demons he was fighting including
marital woes and losing a close friend who took his own life i'll be candid i was struggling
with drugs i had a lot on my plate and you know i was using unhealthy ways to kind of self-medicate
and dealing with a lot of heavy-duty stuff in my life i was doing cocaine and drinking a lot
and trying to balance a 16-hour work schedule a day and a family and i just lost myself back then
he did give credit to showrunner shonda rhimes as well as his fellow co-stars
who were aware of his issues for trying to help as best they could by 2016 columbus had moved on
and established a relationship with legendary hip-hop video vixen corinne steffens sadly her
top-notch bedroom skills wouldn't stop what happened next in the early part of the year
corrine was granted a temporary restraining order against him due to his numerous drunken tirades
which involved kicking down their bedroom door and threatening her 18 month old son he
was also forced to move out of their home she told tmz that she hoped the tro would provide
the tough love columbus needed to seek treatment for his issues and that she didn't want a divorce
yes you heard that right according to corrine they were actually married at the time but
columbus maintains they were not he would add a probation violation to his growing
list of indiscretions in april 2016 after failing a drug test columbus decided to end
the year on a high note by getting married to aida abramian in december they would go
on to have two sons together giving columbus a total of four children by three different women
their wedded bliss would take a negative turn in 2018 when columbus was arrested for
a domestic v******* incident that took place the year before he would end up pleading no contest
and sentenced to 36 months of probation and domestic education he would also be sentenced
to serve one full year behind bars but would be released after just 34 days to add insult to
injury he was still on probation at the time from the 2014 bar fight in 2020 columbus released his
book titled short stories the autobiography of columbus short the process of writing the book
he says was very cathartic and healing and he was able to take the opportunity to address some
misnomers and properly defend himself now remember that dream job on the britney spears 2004 tour
that turned out to be more of a nightmare well the reason behind columbus's dismissal from his
position had to do with a rumor of a clandestine affair between him and the pop princess remember
by then columbus was not only married but his wife brandy was expecting even though his marriage was
on the decline at the time as columbus claimed he initially denied that anything outside of
friendship was going on between him and brittany in later interviews that would change though when
his book came out columbus revealed that after britney heavily pursued him over an extended
period of time a one-time one-night roll in the sheets with her did happen when they were in rome
later on a phone call with her parents he claims he overheard them ask
why are you [ __ ] that both of britney's parents denied anything of the sort took place even though
they were never intimate again the rumor mill just kept on churning and britney's parents as well as
her management were getting fed up columbus and britney soon fell out and he was then
fired on wednesday february 2nd 2022 tmz reported that columbus was arrested yet again for a
domestic v******* incident when a verbal argument between him and his wife aida became physical
when police arrived columbus claimed she punched him in the face
but he had no marks they did notice however that his wife displayed a minor injury that did
not require medical attention he was eventually released after posting his 50 000 bond and as of
the making of this video he hasn't been formally charged with any crime five days later columbus
popped up on social media to once again tell his side of the story in a short one-minute video
he claimed that he had asked his wife to leave their home due to what he called his frustration
in the process of grabbing her phone he scratched her hand he ended up going to jail after he says
the police had to make a decision on who to arrest and decided it should be him based on her injury
the caption of the post reads the truth marriages are challenging but getting
through it is a blessing i am not an abusive man nor am i on drugs but drinking alcohol makes
my mouth get a little out of pocket that's the truth my wife and i are working on our marriage
the real work with at call me mrs short hashtag my apologies hashtag levitating2022
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