“Japan is a little different than the United States. [Danshoku Dino] plays the very over-the-top, stereotypical gay stuff where he tries to freak out his opponents by grabbing their dicks and doing weird things to them. We’re two sexual-based characters. Going into the match, we decided we wanted to really do something with it, to play off it.
He said, ‘Maybe you no-sell, because American cock is so big and so strong.’ And that’s how it played out, which really looks hysterical. It caught on and went viral.”
“When I first read it, I was like, ‘So what if I do? Is that wrong? Is that bad?’ Maybe he didn’t mean it that way — using ‘gay’ as an insult to me — but I feel like he needs to be a little more responsible, because he does have a legion of fans. If [Cornette] is going around using that as an insult, then they think it’s ok. It creates bigotry.”
“Trying to use ‘gay’ as an insult doesn’t necessarily mean he is homophobic. But it was a homophobic thing to say. It is just going to create something that doesn’t need to be created. Especially if he actually doesn’t feel that way.”
