Kevin Owens was recently a guest on Booker T’s Hall Of Fame podcast. During the podcast, Owens spoke a lot about his social media usage.
Owens explained why he isn’t as active on social media anymore. He also explained why he blocks people who criticize Roman Reigns and others. Here is what he said (h/t to Wrestling INC for the quotes below):
“I used to be a huge social media guy. It helped me make a bit of a name for myself while on the independents… But when I came to WWE – obviously they give you a bigger platform than the indies – so you have a lot more people with access to you and people who know you. Quite frankly, a lot of those people aren’t good people. Through the years I’ve experienced my share of crappy things said about me – you can talk about me and I won’t bat an eyelash – but when they start going after kids, even not my kids…
“I get this everyday where I see people, ‘Oh, you blocked my friend on Twitter, why? He never said anything about you.’ I used to see people talk about other people that I care about and they would say really horrible things. I blocked those people as well because if that’s how they think about people I respect, then I don’t want them to follow me or have access to me.”
Owens cited people saying terrible things about Roman Reigns and his family as an example. Those same people were also following Owens and he didn’t like that:
“I’m like, ‘I don’t want these people to have access to me.’ It’s not just Roman as it’s so many people. The Young Bucks are friends of mine and I was tagged in a tweet where this guy was talking about he hopes The Young Bucks break their neck. Then you’re not a fan. It doesn’t matter if you don’t like them, to wish that on someone, I want no part of that,”
“That’s the kind of stuff that has driven me from social media. I still use it once in a while and I like posting about my family. But I try to keep wrestling out of it because I don’t enjoy that part of it. Everybody’s got an opinion and everybody thinks their opinion is important, but I don’t care for it in that way.”
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