Ric flair gay

Richard Morgan Fliehr[7][a] (born February 25, ), known professionally as Ric Flair, is an American retired professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Flair's career spanned 50 years. [8][9]. For decades, homosexuality was an uncomfortable subject in the WWE. For example, Dustin Rhodes' Goldust persona pretended to be gay, using homosexuality as a means to draw heat, while Chris Kanyon, who was legitimately gay, hid his sexuality to prevent it from causing him any professional turmoil. Today, most fans accept that talent comes in all shapes, sizes, colors, and sexualities.

Ric Flair met his first wife while still relatively new and on the rise in the professional wrestling industry. He was known as a playboy and a stylin' and profilin' character, but this didn't come across into his personal life until many years later. Kanyon, who took his own life aged 40 in , was released from the company in and chatted to Howard Stern on air two years later while claiming his departure was as a result of him coming out as gay. Now, Flair — who also claimed no one has been released by WWE because of their sexuality — has explained his decision to call in to defend the promotion over the accusations but showed remorse over the way the late wrestler was hit by the exchange. Love is love is love is love and everyone should be able to love whoever and however they choose without fear of reprisal.

Three years after dating, they got engaged, and Ric Flair tied the knot for the last time in However, the couple reportedly split early in Flair and Barlow reportedly ended their relationship in January After their split became public, the wrestler revealed they were never legally married. This is not going to be a good couple of weeks for Ric Flair. Already being raked through the coals for his behavior as a WWE star back when he was on the road with the company and acting in a manner Tommy Dreamer just called Flair being Flair, the Dark Side of the Ring episode about The Plane Ride From Hell has hurt Flair's reputation and likely his wallet. That episode shined a light on Flair's immature and sexually inappropriate decision-making and next week's episode could do even more damage.

Ric Flair and Wendy Barlow have ended their relationship. Despite hosting a wedding ceremony in , the year-old wrestling legend and Barlow confirmed on Monday that they were never. Growing up, I had a passion. At the time it was the height of youthful masculinity. All the hard kids in school would watch it without fail, then come in on Monday morning to clothesline-from-hell the rest of us and talk shop.