In a recent appearance on the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, Mark Henry reflected on the last time he met Bray Wyatt, who tragically passed away on Thursday following a heart attack. Recalling meeting him at a signing in Los Angeles during WrestleMania weekend this year, Henry shared a touching story. He began,
“The last time that we were together was at a signing in Los Angeles during Mania, and Jacob (Henry’s son) was with me and he said, ‘Jacob, come here. Oh my God, look how big you got. He’s like, ‘Did your dad ever tell you that they tried to put him on a diet?’ And I said, ‘Oh, s**t, where is this going?’”
Henry went on to reveal how Wyatt made a joke that left his son in splits, highlighting his warm, caring and light-hearted nature in real life, something directly in contrast with his on-screen character. Henry said,
“And [Wyatt] was like, ‘Yeah, we came out of a meeting because [WWE] wanted me to lose some weight and they wanted your dad to lose some weight. And your dad said, ‘Okay, all right, enough. I’m going to start right after I go to Taco Cabana.’ Jacob just busted out laughing. [Rotunda was] just a funny dude like that, man. There’s not many people that you could just sit there, and they’re not trying to be funny, [but] they just funny. And I loved him.”
We continue to mourn the loss of Bray Wyatt, and send our deepest condolences to his friends and family.
