Personality
Wilson is noted for his unique personality. In the 2010 MLB All Star Game he debuted a pair of bright orange spikes and continued to wear them throughout the season, coloring half of them black with an indelible marker after being fined $1,000 by National League for non-conforming shoes. Wilson claimed he was punished for "having too much awesome on feet." In an interview with Jim Rome on September 3, he claimed to be a "certified ninja" which he learned in a dream.
Wilson has a mohawk hairstyle and while on a road trip at the beginning of August 2010 grew a thick beard, which he dyed black at the start of September. He never admitted to dyeing it, saying in 2010 "It's dark because we play a lot of day games. It's tanned. It's focused." During the Giants' playoff run, fans adopted the battle cry "Fear the Beard."
He has a number of tattoos. He had a dragon on his left shoulder done to honor his father. He also has the words "In nomine patris" ("In the name of the father") across his chest in addition to a Celtic cross with lettering on his right wrist that he got while on a trip to Ireland with Dallas Braden.
Wilson has frequently appeared in commercials.
Wilson became a born again Christian at the age of 23. He adopted a gesture of crossing his arms, with his left hand in his glove and his right hand underneath pointing with the index finger while looking at the sky, which both honors The Holy Trinity as well as his late father who died of cancer when Wilson was 17. He performs it when he records a save or closes out a game.
On May 30, 2011 (Memorial Day), Wilson announced that in memory of his father, an Air Force veteran, he would endow two scholarships for LSU Air Force ROTC cadets. The scholarship will be a need based scholarship available to any college junior or senior.
At the 2011 ESPY Awards, Wilson arrived wearing a spandex tuxedo, drawing attention from Seth Meyers during his opening monologue. Meyers also made light of Wilson's beard.
Frequently, Wilson has made references to "The Machine," a character from the movie 8mm. In an episode of The Cheap Seats, he had someone dressed as "The Machine" walk past in the background in full BDSM leather fetish apparel, supposedly unknown to him. Another time, in an interview with Jim Rome, Wilson appeared to receive a call from "The Machine" and pulled a leather mask (allegedly "The Machine's") out of his pocket to show to Rome.
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