The coronavirus pandemic has had a big impact on WWE, and the entertainment industry in general, and since March there have been quite a few positive COVID tests in WWE.
Renee Young was one of the first people from WWE to publicly announced that she tested positive for COVID-19, as she took to Twitter to let the world know after she found out.
During an appearance on the SI Media podcast that she generally likes to be transparent about things, which is why she tweeted about testing positive.
Her intentions were not to make the company look bad, but she noted that her tweet was “not well received” by company officials.
“Yeah. I generally just like to be transparent about everything. I like to just be honest. There’s no shame in having got it. Again we don’t know what’s going on with anything. We’re all trying to figure it out. So when I tweeted that I had it, I wasn’t doing it as, like, “I GOT COVID.” That was not my MO when I tweeted. It was mostly, ‘Hey, I have it.’ Also, in case there were people that could’ve been around me and maybe seen that I had it, I felt a responsibility to make sure people knew that I was sick. But, yeah, it was NOT well received.”
“They weren’t even even like ‘You shouldn’t have posted it.’ But it was like, ‘We wish you gave us a heads up.’ It was bad for PR and whatnot. But again, I wouldn’t have even thought to be like, “Hey guys, I’m gonna tweet that I have Covid, ha, ha. Like, that was just not what I was thinking about when I posted it.”
The former WWE broadcaster went on to admit that she felt bothered by the fact that no one seemed to care about her health.
“Listen, anything I say on this is gonna end up seeming like controversial or like I’m shi–ing on it or whatever,” Young said, “But, yeah, did I feel a little slighted? I didn’t really feel like anyone was all that concerned that I got sick. That bothered me for sure.”
Young did go on to say that she felt much safer when she worked SummerSlam, and that WWE has stepped up the testing at the Amway Center.
“But, you know, it’s hard to say. Again, it’s like, s**t, the show goes on and now they’re working at the Amway Center and they’re essentially doing the best that they can NOW. Now doing the proper tests. I think that was something that should’ve been implemented from the beginning. Since everything that’s gone down and however many people ended up getting sick, now it feels like a much safer environment. Even when I was there for SummerSlam, I was definitely less concerned about it knowing that everyone in the building has been properly tested with the nose swab and whatnot.”
