Actor Mehcad Brooks shared a touching story on Instagram about his humble beginnings getting started in Hollywood. He might be appearing in the new Mortal Kombat soon and having the ability to walk away from the series Supergirl to write a book and work on feature films, but things weren’t always that rosy for him. As explained in the Instagram post of his, he was a window washer on Rodeo Drive when he would be constantly talked down to by those he worked for, telling him things like “Don’t get any of your nasty window water on these clothes you can’t afford.” But it was about a year later at 24 that he found himself back inside of that same store getting fit for a tuxedo as he had just won a SAG award along with his castmates from Desperate Housewives. He was being fitted by the person who had spoken down on him in the past. He then saw another guy in the same position he used to be in being treated the very same way in front of him. He said he walked over to him and told him he was wearing the same uniform 11 months ago and to the employee berating him in front of everyone, he told him, “Be nice to everyone, you never know if you’ll be fitting them for an award show later.”
I found this to be a touching story because you never know who you’re talking to and who you’re acting out in front of. Someone is always watching and karma does tend to always get people later, especially those who enjoy throwing their weight around on others. It’s also important for people like him to tell the stories of how they got to be where they are as an inspiration to someone else. And might we add that for someone with the body that became a Calvin Klein model, he was definitely destined to make it and not remain a window washer forever.
