Post by Stephanie McMahon's sidekick! on Sept 12, 2002 13:27:51 GMT -5
Recap Of Billy & Chuck On Howard Stern
The following is the recap of Billy & Chuck on the Howard Stern show;
Billy & Chuck were on Howard Stern this morning. I heard the whole interview, and here are the highlights:
- Before coming on, Howard introduces them as the 'gay' wrestlers. He also plugs Smackdown tonight and the wedding.
- Howard begins by asking if Billy & Chuck are gay in real life, or are they playing characters. They both say they are playing characters on TV, and Billy says it's been a challenge to play a gay wrestler. Howard begins joking about how 'lucky' it must be to have Vince McMahon tell you that you're going to be gay. Billy and Chuck laughed it off, to them, it's just playing characters. Billy says he's been 'working with Vince for 10 years now' and has played 5 or 6 characters, and this is just another gimmick.
- Howard asked about their backgrounds and how they got into wrestling. Billy says he used to be bull-rider, and just wanted to be a wrestler. Chuck talks about his days of college basketball.
- There were four phone-ins from fans during the interview. The first caller says Billy & Chuck are ruining the WWE. The second caller identifies himself as 'Big Val' and said he used to be wrestler, and wrestled for the WWE. He said that Billy knows him. The guy sounded bitter, claiming Vince 'screwed' him and that Vince is off the wall, doing whatever he wants to do instead of putting on good wrestling. This guy started rambling on about how Vince stole Taker's gimmick from him. A 3rd caller said that Billy & Chuck were 'killing the WWE' and that ratings are down and it's because of publicity stunts like this. The last caller was hard to understand, but it seemed like more negativity towards B&C and the WWE. (Billy & Chuck didn't really respond to caller's comments).
- Howard then asked if they are afraid that the fans are pissed, or that if fans are going to have a hard time differentiating reality from TV. Howard also asked what the crowd response was like at Smackdown. Billy says he thinks most fans realize that it's all an act, and actually believes the fans are wanting for some kind of 'revelation' in which Billy & Chuck are NOT gay. Billy and Chuck didn't think this gimmick would reflect on their overall careers.
- The interview was peppered with the usual Howard humor, and many gay jokes. He asked if they ever kissed ('No') and in order to 'mentally' prepare, do they actually imagine performing sex acts on each other (Also 'No'). Billy & Chuck laughed with all the jokes and talked about all the 'stretching' they do on Smackdown. Howard also asked who the 'woman' was in the relationship. Billy says he proposed to Chuck, so Chuck must be the woman. Howard says based off of looks, he would've guessed Billy would be the woman.
- Billy and Chuck had to leave to be interviewed by Matt Lauer, so Howard joked that they should strip and rape Lauer.
- After B&C leave, Howard and Robin comment about how fans of the WWE are probably pretty irate over the whole thing, but that wrestlers basically have to do what Vince wants. In the interview, Howard thought that wrestlers 'made good money'. which B&C did not audibly respond. Robin commented that the look on Chuck's face made it apparent that they don't. Howard said that it seems they were handling it all very well.
Interestingly enough, Billy & Chuck were very open and into the gay angle. They seem to have a positive attitude over the whole thing which came across very well in the interview.
The following is the recap of Billy & Chuck on the Howard Stern show;
Billy & Chuck were on Howard Stern this morning. I heard the whole interview, and here are the highlights:
- Before coming on, Howard introduces them as the 'gay' wrestlers. He also plugs Smackdown tonight and the wedding.
- Howard begins by asking if Billy & Chuck are gay in real life, or are they playing characters. They both say they are playing characters on TV, and Billy says it's been a challenge to play a gay wrestler. Howard begins joking about how 'lucky' it must be to have Vince McMahon tell you that you're going to be gay. Billy and Chuck laughed it off, to them, it's just playing characters. Billy says he's been 'working with Vince for 10 years now' and has played 5 or 6 characters, and this is just another gimmick.
- Howard asked about their backgrounds and how they got into wrestling. Billy says he used to be bull-rider, and just wanted to be a wrestler. Chuck talks about his days of college basketball.
- There were four phone-ins from fans during the interview. The first caller says Billy & Chuck are ruining the WWE. The second caller identifies himself as 'Big Val' and said he used to be wrestler, and wrestled for the WWE. He said that Billy knows him. The guy sounded bitter, claiming Vince 'screwed' him and that Vince is off the wall, doing whatever he wants to do instead of putting on good wrestling. This guy started rambling on about how Vince stole Taker's gimmick from him. A 3rd caller said that Billy & Chuck were 'killing the WWE' and that ratings are down and it's because of publicity stunts like this. The last caller was hard to understand, but it seemed like more negativity towards B&C and the WWE. (Billy & Chuck didn't really respond to caller's comments).
- Howard then asked if they are afraid that the fans are pissed, or that if fans are going to have a hard time differentiating reality from TV. Howard also asked what the crowd response was like at Smackdown. Billy says he thinks most fans realize that it's all an act, and actually believes the fans are wanting for some kind of 'revelation' in which Billy & Chuck are NOT gay. Billy and Chuck didn't think this gimmick would reflect on their overall careers.
- The interview was peppered with the usual Howard humor, and many gay jokes. He asked if they ever kissed ('No') and in order to 'mentally' prepare, do they actually imagine performing sex acts on each other (Also 'No'). Billy & Chuck laughed with all the jokes and talked about all the 'stretching' they do on Smackdown. Howard also asked who the 'woman' was in the relationship. Billy says he proposed to Chuck, so Chuck must be the woman. Howard says based off of looks, he would've guessed Billy would be the woman.
- Billy and Chuck had to leave to be interviewed by Matt Lauer, so Howard joked that they should strip and rape Lauer.
- After B&C leave, Howard and Robin comment about how fans of the WWE are probably pretty irate over the whole thing, but that wrestlers basically have to do what Vince wants. In the interview, Howard thought that wrestlers 'made good money'. which B&C did not audibly respond. Robin commented that the look on Chuck's face made it apparent that they don't. Howard said that it seems they were handling it all very well.
Interestingly enough, Billy & Chuck were very open and into the gay angle. They seem to have a positive attitude over the whole thing which came across very well in the interview.
