Darren Young
has criticized the WWE for its three-day tour of the United Arab Emirates,
where gay sex is illegal.
WWE decided not
to take the openly gay wrestler to Abu Dhabi for his own safety.
'Why do we
bring the best entertainment into a country [sic] like Abu Dhabi and they look
down upon women and gays? I get it! #MillionsofDollars,' he tweeted on Tuesday
(10 February) night.
Within minutes,
Young deleted the tweets, seemingly at the behest of WWE, and replaced them
with the following posts:
'My freedom of
speech is gone. Gone but not forgotten.
'I feel like no
none has my back and it upsets me. The struggle is real. I’m human.'
Fans and
several WWE Superstars, including Lance Storm and Sean Waltman, offered their
support.
Within hours of
the tweets, WWE released the following statement:
'WWE does not
discriminate against individuals regardless of age, race, religion or sexual
orientation, and we continue to proudly support Fred Rosser (aka WWE Superstar
Darren Young) for being open about his sexuality.
'Unfortunately,
WWE cannot change cultures and laws around the world, and thus we did not send
Fred Rosser to the United Arab Emirates for our upcoming events for his own
protection.
'WWE also fully
supports Fred Rosser’s right to express his views on personal social media
accounts rather than WWE’s corporate platforms.'
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