2019 was not WWE wrestler Lars Sullivan’s year.
Just months after issuing a two-sentence apology for years of resurfaced racist, sexist, and homophobic comments, Sullivan closed out the decade by deleting his Twitter account when internet sleuths discovered his gay adult film past.
Reddit had a field day when users connected the dots (or in this case, the tattoo) from Sullivan to gay adult performer “Mich Bennett.”
Ring Side News reported that Sullivan, whose real name is Dylan Miley, posted dozens of racist, sexist, and homophobic remarks under two different usernames on a message board at BodyBuilding.com between 2007 and 2014.
Related: Years of disturbing homophobic posts written by WWE star Lars Sullivan just resurfaced
Some of the remarks included things like:
I don’t actually have any true hateful feelings for gay people, but it’s just a part of my sense of humor I like to explore. Homophobia, racism, sexism, these are all hilarious things to make light of in the right environment (among other straight men).
And:
Every time I hear a man say that p*ssy smells like **** I cringe because I automatically assume they’re a closeted homosexual repressing their true intuitions.
The comments earned Sullivan a $100K fine from the WWE, but it turned out there was a second shoe to drop.
You can see a work-friendly preview of that here — Sullivan is on the left:
WWE is Lars Sullivan territory
Pornhub: *clears throat* "THIS IS LARS SULLIVAN TERRITORY! pic.twitter.com/UkeTn89Dpc
— Fiending for Followers?? (@Fiend4Follows) December 29, 2019
Chrisk
Not the sharpest tool in the shed eh.
RickHeathen
Nor has he the biggest…
shigellosis
guessing you compared?
David Feinberg
On a homophobia scale from 1 to 10, I would rate those posts around 2.2. Would be nice if this was the worst we had to deal with.
I’m more interested in how straight men of color take to his racial humor in the locker room. Or how he knows that his locker room buddies are straight.
Brian
I wouldn’t even rate them that high. If those are the worst Queerty could come up with I can’t quite muster up the outrage I’m expected to. I can handle, and sometimes enjoy, tasteless humor.
boymikefl
Some repressed/closeted gay men act on their desires secretly (so he thought) & others use homophobia to distract. RuPaul says, “What other people think of me, is none of my business.” 2020, ?is on his way out, it’s ok to be gay?Be yourself? Gay Prez & hubby coming to WH?
asa1973
I mean…I think I might have said those words in his second post verbatim at least two dozen times.
Hussain-TheCanadian
I know and understand that our community is pretty sensitive about what insensitive arsholes say about us, and in the majority of times we should be sensitive because we have not achieved total equality with our straight peers yet, not only in the United states but in some respects, in Canada too.
However, I dont think what shrek tweeted above is that bad, if I was around a straight guy who kept on saying how nasty p*ssy is, I would wonder if hes straight or not. Wouldnt piss me off though, that’s a psychological conundrum that I would explore more.
jonasalden
This is funny when you think about it because of the increasing frequency of these kinds of stories. Pastors, CEOs, wrestlers, rappers, pop singers, etc. At this point, I say we just sit back and enjoy the show. I know that sounds cynical, but there’s not much more we can do. The moment we hear someone go off about gays and minorities, we know what’s coming.
averageguy40
I think he’s cute.
TabooSonDad
I’d spread my legs for him!
Patrick
I cannot fathom why anyone would want to watch him in perform, he is not attractive. And he has shown that he is not attractive on the inside either.
DuMaurier
The other guy’s cuter. Judging from the selection of stuff he “apologized” for, this isn’t quite on the level of a hellfire/brimstone homophobic preacher caught on Grindr, but it is amusing.
nitejonboy
Good god, who would want to watch that cretin looking thing in action…even back then he looked like he had an extra chromosome or something going on upstairs.No thank you…but yeah,all that homophobic talk, me think the cretin protest too much, he’s clearly gay as hell!!
shigellosis
DAMN…. I mean DAMN…. aint karma a bit*ch!!!! it never fails…NEVER!
Rock-N-RollHS
You must be young or live in a cave. People get away with crap, and good people get screwed, ALL the time. But it’s good to have a positive view on things, however deluded.
Bob LaBlah
Some how I didn’t read homophobic statements or should I say he didn’t say anything that I haven’t already said or will say in the future. I see what was printed as no more offensive than were I to reveal some of the things that I am guilty of having referred to my gay brethren as (“that is one silly-as queen” or something like “I would slap that screaming bent wrist twink into the middle of next month of I could get away with it ” or “I bet bro’ is packing some huge luggage down there.” What I bet got him was when those videos surfaced where he can’t deny that is another man he is having sex with. The vid is over on Pornhub but it isn’t complete. Though cute he isn’t packin’ enough for me to write home to momma about. And besides, the WWE itself is all scripted anyway so who really cares. If he were a main eventer then ol’ Vince McMahon would surely have the PR people all over it. And no, I don’t mean Puerto Ricans.
Kangol2
Hideous racist closet queen. Karma is a MF!
batesmotel
Guess he really likes boys.
justgeo
Just another toxic exploiting pig of a male. Not gay not het just dick driven ass hole why give him the space?
dricktx
If you query his stage name (the wrestling one) the pictures of him aging chronologically make it absolutely clear that this is the guy. A strong person in this situation would pull themselves up, own up to it, and carry on.
And even though this one seemed as open minded as to have man sex for anyone to see, it doesn’t seem like that will happen because of all this other recent douchebaggery behavior.