With wine in hand, Butler tried to answer his own question by talking about his ambitions and, most keenly, all the things he loves.
Above all, Jimmy Butler loves his daughter. He can’t get enough of it. She taught him that unconditional love exists, even though she sometimes slaps him in the face in the morning. Being away from her in the bubble was difficult, and he is making up for lost time and wants to be the best role model he can be for her. “I need to make sure that women are on the same level as men now, because that’s what I’m going to teach her,” he said. “Anything that a man can do, you can do. With my blood running through your veins, we are not intimidated by anyone, no matter the color of your skin, whether they are men, women, how tall they are, how fast. We don’t care. You will be the best. “
Jimmy Butler loves to be from Texas. Although people often think he is from Houston, he is quick to correct them and say he is from the suburb of Tomball, and is proud of it. He considers himself a country boy – the boots in that commercial weren’t just for show.
Which brings us to another thing that Jimmy Butler loves: “I love country music, man,” said Butler. “I love the individuals who are singing the song, how they are family oriented.” He told me to check out the latest album by his new favorite country artist, Filmore.
Jimmy Butler also loves wine. He prefers red, and I assumed it was Dwyane Wade, another famous wine drinker, who introduced him, but he said it was actually Wahlberg who handed him his first glass. “It was on September 13, 2013,” recalled Butler. “I know that date because it was the day before my birthday and I was in Chicago.” Wahlberg was there, filming a Transformers sequence, and invited Butler to the set. At that point, Butler said, “I’ve never had wine before.”
He admitted that in college he drank only hard liquor. I was surprised, but his unfamiliarity with wine was understandable. I was the same way. We both associate wine with a different lifestyle and with wealthy people who did not grow up in the same socioeconomic environment as us.
“[Mark] it was like, ‘Hey, do you drink wine?’ Butler continued. “I’m like, ‘Hell, no. I don’t drink wine. ‘I’m looking around and all eyes are on me, and then a guy I was with the Bulls nudged me with. The nudge for me meant, like, ‘Hey, of course you drink wine. Mark Wahlberg is offering you wine! ‘Butler tried to play it cool. “‘Yes I drink. I drink wine here and there, ‘”he said. Wahlberg poured him a glass of Sassicaia 2010 and Butler thought, “You know what? This is not so bad. ‘”