Michelle Beadle recently appeared on The Ross Report where she talked about CM Punk and more. You can read some highlights below:
“Look, first of all, when I’m flirting people will know I’m flirting,” Beadle commenced. “I’ve also known Phil for a few years at this point and I had, at that time, considered him a friend. We texted on a regular basis, we’ve had dinner numerous times. You know, It’s just one of those things where he’s not my friend, whatever. It was what it was. I thought it was a friendship, I guess I was wrong.”
Beadle then explained her side of the story, which is considerably different from Punk’s point of view.
“I show up at Tribute to the Troops,” said Beadle, “I see him in the hallway, I say ‘what up, f–kface’, which is my very loving way of referring to my friends. I don’t call my friends… I just… I’m an idiot. I call them all kinds of names, that’s how you know I like you. He was alone in a hallway, he didn’t really say anything. I was with P.R. from WWE and my assistant and we walked by. The next thing I know, she’s in my face yelling at me and I honestly, I swear to you, thought it was a joke.”
Beadle talked about how she hasn’t spoken to Punk since the incident.
“Phil and I stopped being friends that day and I wish him the best of luck and that’s it,” said Beadle. “It’s a bummer because I always respected him. I thought he was one of those cool guys that kind of didn’t fall into a certain role and kind of did what he wanted but to watch all that happen and to have somebody tattle on me and have their girlfriend get in my face is a little pathetic. But it’s okay, I’ve moved on.”
Beadle was asked by Ross if she was surprised Punk left the company so abruptly.
“He loves wrestling,” admitted Beadle. “As a kid he loved it, it was his passion. But I also think there are certain ways of a system that he doesn’t really get down with all that much. He’s got a beautiful place in Chicago, has a great life, great friends…was I shocked that he walked? Not really. Am I shocked he’s still gone? Yes. I think I thought, as a lot of fans have, ‘Oh, maybe he’ll show up at WrestleMania, oh, maybe he’ll show up at this.’ Look, we might not be friends anymore, but I also, as a fan of wrestling, I do miss him. I miss him as a wrestler, I think there’s really, with the exception of Cena, but he’s a different guy altogether, there’s really no one that can get on a microphone and do what he does.”
