Pro wrestler Mick Foley parts ways with WWE over its Trump ties, cites Rob Reiner remarks as ‘final straw’
Legendary pro wrestler Mick Foley announced Tuesday he’s done with World Wrestling Entertainment for at least three years, citing the company’s close ties to Donald Trump and the president “incredibly cruel comments in the wake of Rob Reiner’s death.”
Foley told his 633,000 Instagram followers that he informed the WWE on Monday “that I would not be making any appearances for the company as long as this man remains in office.”
“I no longer wish to represent a company that coddles a man so seemingly void of compassion as he marches our country towards autocracy,” Foley wrote.
The “final straw” came on Monday when Trump mocked and belittled the beloved Hollywood director Reiner, who was found dead in his Los Angeles home on Sunday afternoon.
Reiner and his wife appeared to have died from stab wounds, a family source has told NBC News.
Foley wrote: “While I have been concerned about WWE‘s close relationship with Donald Trump for several months — especially in light of his administration’s ongoing cruel and inhumane treatment of immigrants (and pretty much anyone who “looks like an immigrant”) — reading the President’s incredibly cruel comments in the wake of Rob Reiner’s death is the final straw for me.”
Trump has had a long, close relationship with the WWE.
Linda McMahon, the wife of WWE founder Vince McMahon, currently serves as Trump’s education secretary and headed the Small Business Administration (SBA) in the president’s first term.
