{"id":2705,"date":"2009-03-27T12:52:22","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T12:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/03\/tv-star-willie-aames-has-garag.html"},"modified":"2009-03-27T12:52:22","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T12:52:22","slug":"tv-star-willie-aames-has-garag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/03\/tv-star-willie-aames-has-garag.html","title":{"rendered":"TV Star Willie Aames Has Garage Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"willieaamesandmaylo.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/willieaamesandmaylo.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"167\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>Christian actor Willie Aames is apparently in such financial trouble that he did what few celebrities have done before him&#8211;held a garage sale, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/116\/story\/1107533.html\" target=\"_blank\">according to the Kansas City Star.<\/a><br \/>\nThe newspaper reported that Aames held the sale at his Olathe, Kansas home yesterday and that there were a variety of items up for grabs:<br \/>\n&#8220;There was a plush leather couch and chair and a giant television. Also, a lion head mounted on an oak pedestal, along with stuffed wild boars and other wildlife he hunted. Some other items included crystal and posters of him when he was young.&#8221;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s certainly been a rough year for the former star of &#8220;Eight is Enough,&#8221; &#8220;Charles in Charge,&#8221; and &#8220;Bibleman.&#8221; He separated from his wife Maylo (pictured with him above),  filed for bankruptcy, and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/\/idolchatter\/2009\/01\/willie-aames-spills-to-star-on.html\" target=\"_blank\">tried to commit suicide over Thanksgiving.<\/a><br \/>\nAll of this came in the wake of the release of his book, &#8220;Grace Is Enough&#8221; which he co-authored with Maylo. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Entertainment\/Celebrities\/Willie-Aames-On-Fit-Club-Faith-And-Fame.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The couple spoke to me<\/a> shortly before the book&#8217;s release and discussed how their Christian faith helped keep their marriage strong as well as helped Willie overcome drug addiction and depression.<br \/>\nIn response to a question on how he gets through the low points in life, Aames said:<br \/>\n&#8220;Up until recently, many people told me, &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you just hang it up? You had a good ride, and you might as well give up.&#8221; That&#8217;s just not something that I do easily. No matter how I might feel about myself or my self-image, there is still a part of me that wants to fight to the end.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.locatetv.com\/person\/willie-aames\/89073\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.locatetv.com\/person\/willie-aames\/89073\/351x85_belief.gif\" alt=\"Willie Aames at LocateTV.com\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian actor Willie Aames is apparently in such financial trouble that he did what few celebrities have done before him&#8211;held a garage sale, according to the Kansas City Star. 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