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When Michael Irvin saw his first ever six-figure check, the future Hall-of-Fame wide receiver used it as a way to get himself some off-the-field action.
Irvin, the former Dallas Cowboys icon, played a starring role in the popular recently-released documentary 'America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys' - highlighting the team's rise and recent struggles under owner Jerry Jones.
As a superstar on three Super Bowl-winning teams, Irvin made some major money with the Cowboys. But the first time he held a million-dollar check, he propped it up as a showpiece.
Appearing on Shannon Sharpe's 'Club Shay Shay' podcast, Irvin bragged about how he used that check to impress women - before implying that they'd slept with him once they caught a glimpse of that seven-figure number.
'That check, that first million-dollar check, I left that right there on the table, right in my room.' Irvin said - using Sharpe's notes as a prop and propping it up against two liquor bottles.
'So as soon as they walk in they [women] say, 'That's your check?'' Irvin added, before pretending to take off his shirt.
Former Dallas Cowboys star Michael Irvin revealed that he got plenty of attention after earning his first ever million-dollar check while playing in the NFL
Irvin told Shannon Sharpe (L) he used the check as a prop to entice women to sleep with him
He doubled-over with laughter, hugging Sharpe as the former tight end and podcast host erupted in giggles of his own.
'I say, yeah, yeah, yeah,' Irvin continued. 'I had my finance people calling me, telling me, 'Send that check, Michael, we're losing, we're losing.'
'I said, "Shoot, I'm winning. What you talking about? I'm winning like a mug"… But it's real, it was real.'
Irvin also spoke about how his upbringing - in a section of Fort Lauderdale, Florida that he deemed 'Brokeville' - meant that he 'didn't know anything' after earning life-altering money with the Cowboys.
While 'The Playmaker' surely enjoyed his days as a bachelor in Dallas, he has been happily married to his wife, Sandy Harrell, for 35 years.
Last year, Irvin revealed that Harrell, who he met in his early days at the University of Miami, is struggling with early-onset Alzheimers and that the family hired a nurse to care for her needs.
'She, if anybody, has earned the right to be in her home. You know what I mean?' Irvin told Sharpe. 'And no matter what, she will be in her home.'
