I was over-invested in real estate.
The real estate market crashed, and I couldnt get out in time, Cage told60 Minutes.
I paid them all back, but it was about $6 million.

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I never filed for bankruptcy.
Work was always my guardian angel.
It may not have been blue chip, but it was still work, he added.

They didnt work, all of them.
Some of them were terrific, likeMandy, but some of them didnt work.
But I never phoned it in.
So if there was a misconception, it was that.
That I was just doing it and not caring.