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By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

The evening after his quickie-divorce from Evelyn Lozada was made official, shamed NFL player Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson made his first TV appearance since their marriage meltdown where he talked about his meteoric fall from grace.

"I'm taking class, anger management classes. I'm trying to find out how I can channel my anger...How can I diffuse those situations," the former Miami Dolphins wide receiver told Showtime's Inside The NFL in an interview that aired Wednesday night.

While Johnson made out that the therapy was a personal choice, a crisis management expert tells Breaking Celebrity News that he believes Chad's words are a desperate attempt to seek forgiveness from the public that will most likely backfire.

"Even to give the notion that this is voluntary is a mistake, obviously this is not voluntary. It will have been court ordered and he shouldn’t be alluding to that," Michael Bilello, President and CEO at Centurion Strategies, a public relations and marketing agency that handles high-profile athletes, told Breaking Celebrity News in an exclusive interview.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Basketball Wives star Evelyn filed for divorce from her estranged husband after just 41 days of marriage following a violent incident on August 11 when he head butted her. The six-time Pro Bowl receiver was then arrested by Davie, Florida police and released from jail on $2,500 bond the next day after being charged with simple domestic battery, a misdemeanor.

The 34-year-old has subsequently struck a plea deal with prosecutors in the domestic assault case, and will not serve any jail time. He is due in court for a hearing on Friday when the judge is expected to finalize the agreement.

The serial cheater and wife-beater went on to tell Inside The NFL, "I gotta wor