Trish Stratus recalls being punished by WWE for refusing a kissing scene involving a woman.
During a recent appearance on Pod Meets World, the WWE Hall of Famer was asked if there were any storylines pitched to her by creative that she flat-out refused.
“Oh yeah, lots of ’em,” Trish said. “I understood that if you were to say no, that it was like say ‘No, but…’ So I’d be like, ‘I’m not doing that, but how about we…?’ I wanted to make sure, ‘I can get there, but let’s do it this way.’ So I got away with a lot of stuff. If I didn’t wanna do it, I said no to it and got away with my suggestion or alternative way of approaching the same sort of outcome.”
Trish Stratus on being punished for refusing to kiss a woman
Trish Stratus further recalled refusing a WWE pitch that involved her kissing a woman, adding that the company responded to her decision by booking her to drop the title.
“But there was one time that I flat out said ‘No.’ It involved me kissing another girl. And I was like, ‘Hmm, I don’t understand. Why would– No, I don’t, nope. Just, nope.’ I’m like, ‘I don’t think my character would do that, or myself.’ So yeah, I didn’t do that. But then I got stripped of the belt right away. Like, literally was shown that this was, ‘You are being punished for your decision.’ Like, it was crazy. There was some crazy scenarios… I was told like, I was just like, ‘Oh, is this happening because–‘ ‘Yep, it sure is.’ And I was like, ‘All right, wow.’” [H/T: EWrestlingNews.com]
Elsewhere in the same interview, Trish Stratus revealed that Vince McMahon “hounded me like crazy” to pose for Playboy. Fans can check out her full comments here.
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