Becky Lynch discusses the allegations against Vince McMahon.
In January, Janel Grant filed a lawsuit against Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis, and WWE in which she alleged that McMahon and Laurinaitis engaged in sexual assault and sex trafficking of her.
Becky Lynch worked closely with McMahon for years and became one of WWE’s top stars while he was still in charge.
In an interview with Marc Haynes of the Irish Independent, Becky Lynch was asked whether she had been able to reconcile the Vince McMahon that she knew and the one who has been accused of “horrible” things, as Lynch herself has said.
“I don’t know that person, you know what I mean? That’s been hard for me. We didn’t always see eye-to-eye, but especially in my last run with him there, and when I told him I was pregnant, he was so good to me. Apart from the run-ins — but you have run-ins in every relationship, especially at that level — I only ever had a wonderful experience in WWE with Vince, for the most part.
“So it’s very hard to reconcile that somebody else didn’t have that experience, and that other women didn’t have that experience. Especially when I had him to thank for my dream, for my husband [Seth Rollins], for my daughter, for the life that I have now. It’s hard to see those two different people in my head, and trying to merge them as one becomes very difficult. You’re reading these horrific allegations, but about somebody that you look up to as very much almost like a father figure.”
Becky Lynch: I Had No Negative Experience, It’s Difficult To Reconcile That
Becky Lynch continued by noting that she had a great experience working with McMahon, and it was difficult to reconcile that with the allegations. She made it clear that she has worked hard to change the way that women are treated in wrestling.
“So you have to listen to these things,” Becky Lynch said. “That becomes very difficult, because you’ve had no [negative] experience and you want everybody to have the experience that you’ve had, because I would always love my interactions with him, and that becomes very, very difficult, especially as a woman who has been so driven in changing the way that women are treated in wrestling and making sure that it is a safe space, that we are seen as athletes, that we are taken seriously, that we are appreciated for our minds, for our body of work, and for what we do in the ring.”
Becky Lynch is set to challenge Rhea Ripley for the WWE Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 40.
McMahon has denied the allegations, but he is under federal investigation.
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