Social media is a tool that, if used accurately, can further knowledgeable wrestling feud in a way that gets fans invested in a storyline. If that angle is not approved outright by WWE’s creative team, nonetheless, it will possibly result in disaster. Former WWE star Sonya Deville, real name Daria Berenato, revealed on her “Daria & Toni Unwrapped” podcast that she once posted a tweet about Lacey Evans and Vince McMahon, insinuating they were in a sexual relationship, attempting to start out a feud, and the post almost got her fired just two years into her fundamental roster run.
“I insinuated that in a tweet to attempt to start a storyline with Lacey, because I used to be eager to get back on TV,” she explained. “I had to enter Vince’s office and apologize for insinuating that another person sucked his d***. Hulk Hogan was in there once I went to apologize, rest in peace. And so, I needed to be like, ‘Hello, Hulkster. Good to see you, sir. Hi, Mr. McMahon, I’m so sorry for insinuating that Lacey sucked your d***. I used to be just attempting to make a storyline angle.’ And he goes, ‘You do not really think that is true, do you?’ I used to be like, ‘No, sir! No! It was all just an angle because she’s like an a** kisser!” …he said, ‘Okay. Don’t do it again.’ I said, ‘Yes, sir.’ Then I discovered like years later that I almost got fired that day.”
She explained Bruce Prichard showed McMahon “transcripts” of her posts and she or he needed to beg former Director of Talent Relations, Mark Carrano, for a gathering with McMahon. Deville exited WWE after nearly 10 years when the corporate opted to not renew her contract in February.
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