Booker T says a fan filmed him in the bathroom during WWE WrestleMania 42 weekend
It was noted by Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com that the lack of security at the hotel was a topic of conversation during WrestleMania 42 week. While speaking on his podcast, Booker T addressed the situation with fans pushing boundaries…
“They were camped out. They were camped out everywhere. You couldn’t walk anywhere—they were camped out, and they were following me.
I remember a guy literally filming me in the bathroom. When I walked out, he goes, ‘Hey, hey, Booker,’ and I just kept walking because I was so mad. He was filming me in the bathroom, you know?
But for me, it was the toughest time I think I’ve ever had to deal with as far as fan interaction, this year at WrestleMania in Vegas. Like I said, a lot of them were just outright disrespectful.
Let me tell you this one—I don’t want anyone to take this the wrong way. I’m not thinking about whether someone has a disability or anything like that. I remember I was going into the hotel, hadn’t even checked in yet, and I was getting mobbed. I’m just trying to get checked in.
I’m like, ‘Guys, I can’t. I’ve got to get checked in first. Please just let me get checked in.’ And this one guy comes up to me, ‘Can I get a picture, Booker T? Can I get an autograph?’ I’m like, ‘Man, please.’ Grown man.
Then he goes, ‘I got autism.’
And I’m like, ‘Come on, man.’ The thing is, what people don’t understand is if you do it for one person, you’re going to have to do it for everybody else. It’s going to start a chain reaction.
When people don’t understand that and just step on your toes and disrespect you, you really get upset. I just need people to understand that we are human, just like everybody else. We get upset just like anybody else in situations like that.
But like I said, I just wish we would have had better security or something to handle that situation, because it was really, really bad—the worst I’ve ever seen.”