I was so mortified by the obsessive husband featured on Dr. Phil yesterday & today that I had to find out more about him. His name, it turns out, is Jeffery "Desi" Deceder, and he's a puppet/mascot creator (website here) who also works as a pro mascot. He's the Pittsburgh Pirates Parrot. (One Pirates message board member claims Deceder lets fans buy drinks for him and does Jager shots through his beak, but that's likely apocryphal.)
From the article "High Jinks at the Ballpark: Costumed Mascots in the Major Leagues" by Robert M. Jarvis and Phyllis Coleman (link here): "Generally, mascots never talk. Here’s why: The Pirate Parrot once got assaulted at Three Rivers Stadium by a 7-year-old who pulled on, first, his beak, then his wing, then his back, then his hat. The Parrot hugged the child tighter, and he pulled on the beak again. Hard.
“I put my beak over his head and usually if you just whisper something to them, like, ‘Hey, don’t do that anymore,’ they quit,” said the Parrot, Jeff Deceder. “So I go, ‘Hey, Bud. Please, don’t do this.’ I pull my beak off his head and everybody focuses on him. He’s the center of attention. Heyells, and it sounded so loud, like there was no other sound in the stadium: ‘THE PARROT CURSED AT ME!’ "
For anyone who doesn't know, this guy is so fixated on his wife that he plants spy-cams in her tanning bed, turns off her alarm so she misses work (staying home, where he can keep an eye on her), and calls hundreds of her aquaintances to warn them away from her. He also placed a GPS tracking device in her car, and faked getting a vasectomy because he believed having a fourth child would repair all the damage he's done to his marriage. Dr. Phil sent him to a treatment center specializing in anxiety disorders and obsessive behavior, but he couldn't stay away from his wife long enough to complete the treatment. At first I thought the guy was just desperately trying to keep his family together, and I kinda felt sorry for him because...well, wearing a giant parrot costume isn't exactly a macho career. But it soon became obvious he could be a real danger to himself and his family. I pray this guy gets his sh** together before he does anything that can't be undone.
From the article "High Jinks at the Ballpark: Costumed Mascots in the Major Leagues" by Robert M. Jarvis and Phyllis Coleman (link here): "Generally, mascots never talk. Here’s why: The Pirate Parrot once got assaulted at Three Rivers Stadium by a 7-year-old who pulled on, first, his beak, then his wing, then his back, then his hat. The Parrot hugged the child tighter, and he pulled on the beak again. Hard.
“I put my beak over his head and usually if you just whisper something to them, like, ‘Hey, don’t do that anymore,’ they quit,” said the Parrot, Jeff Deceder. “So I go, ‘Hey, Bud. Please, don’t do this.’ I pull my beak off his head and everybody focuses on him. He’s the center of attention. Heyells, and it sounded so loud, like there was no other sound in the stadium: ‘THE PARROT CURSED AT ME!’ "
For anyone who doesn't know, this guy is so fixated on his wife that he plants spy-cams in her tanning bed, turns off her alarm so she misses work (staying home, where he can keep an eye on her), and calls hundreds of her aquaintances to warn them away from her. He also placed a GPS tracking device in her car, and faked getting a vasectomy because he believed having a fourth child would repair all the damage he's done to his marriage. Dr. Phil sent him to a treatment center specializing in anxiety disorders and obsessive behavior, but he couldn't stay away from his wife long enough to complete the treatment. At first I thought the guy was just desperately trying to keep his family together, and I kinda felt sorry for him because...well, wearing a giant parrot costume isn't exactly a macho career. But it soon became obvious he could be a real danger to himself and his family. I pray this guy gets his sh** together before he does anything that can't be undone.
11 comments:
Sounds like a psycho to me. I fear for her safety.
Me too. He started out just creepy and sad, but now it looks like he's completely lost it and could become the next O.J. His wife and kids are going to be living in fear for the rest of their lives.
I don't know if I'll ever look at a mascot the same way again...
I saw the episode yesterday, too. The guy is absolutely NUTS. I'm starting to wonder where Dr. Phil gets some of these people. Anyhow, the fact that this guy is a parrot mascot is absolutely hilarious! I guess you never know what's under those costumes, eh?
Yikes. I knew he was makes the costumes but I never knew he was under them.LOL.. I would hate to be his wife. It scares the shit out of me when men get that obsessive with women. I mean he jumped out of the limo to beat her home to be there when she got there. I missed the last half because I had to go get Kora from school but oh brother. I dont know what I would do if that was me. Well I suppose.Gotta go. J will be home here shortly. Then we are going for lunch and then to Bay Beach our amusement park I think and then grocery shopping. Not sure on that yet. Later N.
I think it was the hopping out of cars to race his wife home that was most disturbing. Then he acted like everything was hunky-dory when she arrived. YEEK.
Scary. You know that is how Wesley was with me at the end. I might post that later this week.
DAMN, I miss all the good ones!
I saw this couple the first day they were on, but I was grocery shopping on Friday! That guy gave me the creeps BEFORE all the stuff you described.
That can't be real....
Sadly, it is. I found an article from his hometown paper (after racing his wife home, he went missing for a while and was considered suicidal). CREEPY stuff....
the fact that this psycho is a giant parrot as a profession is hilarious and a little creepy. This is exactly the type of guy who will just freak out one day and kill his wife, or total strangers in a Denny's. I wonder what his parents think of him. Hopefully his pretty wife will find a real man who specializes in security.
Maybe she'll marry a tiger mascot who can scare away the parrot.
OK, that was bad.
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