Mr. October has some regrets about his infidelity.
Reggie Jackson is the subject of a new documentary on Amazon’s Prime Video that debuts on Friday, and spoke with Howard Stern on SiriusXM about a wide range of topics on Wednesday.
In one segment, Stern asked the former Yankees slugger if it was hard for him to open his heart to a woman.
“It wasn’t hard for me to open my heart, but it was hard for me to be loyal,” Jackson said. “As a man, I cheated a lot.”
Jackson made no rationalizations for his .
“I won’t blame it on any excuse,” he said. “I just cheated. I saw a pretty girl and I tried to sleep with her.”
Stern pointed out that as a famous athlete, there were a lot of women available to Jackson.
“I won’t blame it on that either. I won’t blame it on that. I had access and I took advantage of it, and I missed a couple of wonderful ladies in my life, and it was my fault.”
Jackson did speak about the blessings of his daughter, Kimberly.
“I have a wonderful daughter,” he said. “I wasn’t married when I had her, but what an unbelievable experience, and she’s given me two grandchildren — two boys, and one of the kids, the poor son of a gun, he looks just like me.”
Jackson said that he is currently in a relationship with a woman that he has known for more than 30 years.
“She’s a tremendous friend, I love the life and spending time with her,” he said, adding that he will “probably” marry her.
Jackson was previously married once, to a woman named Jennie Campos, and they divorced in 1973.
Other topics Jackson broached with Stern included former MLB commissioner Bud Selig blocking him from purchasing the Oakland A’s, plus stories about Yogi Berra and his feud with Thurman Munson
