{"id":677,"date":"2017-03-06T17:48:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/?p=677"},"modified":"2017-03-06T17:48:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:48:12","slug":"former-zellers-mascot-homeless-and-living-on-windsor-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/?p=677","title":{"rendered":"Former Zellers mascot homeless and living on Windsor streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-678\" src=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture.jpg\" alt=\"Capture\" width=\"230\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Windsor, ON &#8211; Zeddy, the lovable mascot employed by Zellers Department Stores has turned up in Windsor, Ontario and is now homeless after being unemployed the last four years.\u00a0 &#8220;It started to go bad right after the last Zellers store closed in 2013.\u00a0 I started drinking, my wife left me and I kept spiraling downward&#8221; said Zeddy during a recent chat on Wyandotte Street East.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone was so excited about Target stores opening.\u00a0\u00a0 How did that work out\u00a0 mother-f####r!!!&#8221; the former mascot exclaimed.\u00a0 The despondent Zeddy\u00a0added\u00a0&#8220;And did those sons-of-bitches at Target even give me an interview?\u00a0 No, they didn&#8217;t!\u00a0\u00a0I can&#8217;t find anything.\u00a0\u00a0I can&#8217;t even get a spot doing stand-ins for that overrated A &amp; W Great Root Bear&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what was next and how he might get his life back on track Zeddy advised that he plans to stop drinking and may attempt a comeback in the theatre.\u00a0 &#8220;I heard there might be a Sweeney Todd revival coming up so I&#8217;m going to contact my old agent and get some new head shots done&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windsor, ON &#8211; Zeddy, the lovable mascot employed by Zellers Department Stores has turned up in Windsor, Ontario and is now homeless after being unemployed the last four years.\u00a0 &#8220;It started to go bad right after the last Zellers store &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/?p=677\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":680,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}