Jim Cornette is not laughing about Ric Flair’s latest health scare. After Flair’s recent fall in Tampa left him hospitalized and later photographed wearing an eye patch, Cornette admitted that watching what is happening with The Nature Boy has become more sad than funny. (Ric Flair — Credits: Ringside News)
Speaking on his YouTube channel, Cornette discussed Flair’s recent string of health issues and questioned why the 77-year-old continues living such a public lifestyle. Flair had already revealed he was dealing with a blood clot in his leg and had been advised against traveling before suffering the fall that injured his face and eye.
Jim Cornette on Ric Flair Health Scare
“I don’t want to laugh about all this,” Cornette said. “But Ric Flair, he just can’t help himself, or he doesn’t want to, or he insists on being a public spectacle. And it’s sad. It’s just sad.” Cornette acknowledged there are plenty of jokes someone could make about Flair’s reputation for partying, but said he doesn’t feel like making them anymore.
Cornette questioned why Flair still feels the need to maintain such a big public presence when dealing with serious health concerns. In his view, somebody who has accomplished as much as Flair shouldn’t have anything left to prove and could afford to slow down. “When you’ve got blood clots… just rest,” Cornette said, wishing Flair would settle into a quieter existence.
The Ric Flair Cornette Remembers
What bothers Cornette most is the contrast with the Flair he knew decades ago. Sure, Flair loved drinking and partying back then too, but Cornette said there was another side to him when it was time to handle business. Traveling together when Flair was a booker and world champion, Cornette remembers Flair arriving immaculately put together at production meetings, the airport and CNN Center — the partying at night, but a respectable professional when it counted.
“He did the partying at night, but he still functioned as a respectable adult that came off as a professional,” Cornette said. That contrast — between the polished world champion he remembers and the version regularly seen making headlines today — is what Cornette says he has such a hard time wrapping his head around now.
Also Read: Sheamus Addresses AEW Possibility After WWE Exit: “Ask My Wife”
Source: Ringside News — read the full story there.