Bruce Prichard Says He Was Homophobic Before Meeting Pat Patterson

WWE’s Bruce Prichard has admitted that he was a homophobe before meeting wrestling legend and openly gay man Pat Patterson.

In addition to being the first WWE Intercontinental Champion, Patterson was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1996. He died in December 2020 at the age of 79.

On a recent edition of his “Something to Wrestle” podcast, Prichard recalled how meeting Patterson changed his outlook on homosexuality. He said,

“I was homophobic until I met Pat Patterson. It was coming from a place of fear and ignorance on my part. Never being educated, never knowing anyone to know that, ‘Well, wait a minute. They’re just people, they have a different preference than you. Some like Coke, some like Pepsi.’ When it gets down to it, that’s kind of what it is, guys.

“Pat was proactive about it and went to Roy [Shire, AWA founder] and says, ‘You’re gonna hear a lot of things about me, I’m gonna tell you straight up, I’m gay. I have a friend of mine [Louie Dondero] that lives with me … If you have a problem with that, I’ll leave tonight.’ Pat and Louie helped me with that so much. They made everything so normal.“

While Patterson’s sexuality was known within the industry and among fans, the WWE Hall of Famer ‘came out’ during WWE’s reality TV series ‘Legends House.’

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