During the “Mr. McMahon” documentary on Netflix, they covered the lines being blurred between Mr. McMahon the character and Vince McMahon the person. While Vince claims that there are no similarities between the character and the person, others in the doc claim that the character and the real-life person are the same.
During episode 4, the series covered Sable’s rise in WWE as one of the most popular performers in the company and her falling out with the company that led to her filing a lawsuit in 1999 with claims of sexual harassment.
When asked about Sable, McMahon said, “I don’t know much about Sable in terms of the lawsuit…it’s kind of a blur but all I know is she came back to work.”
Sable returned to the company in 2003 in the role of Mr. McMahon’s assistant. McMahon’s 2001 interview with Playboy was also brought up. During the Playboy interview, McMahon admitted to cheating on his wife Linda and said what he did in his real life is “totally unrelated” to the affairs he had on TV when playing the role of the Mr. McMahon character.
McMahon said, “Me as a human being, generally speaking, is not who that character is. Sometimes people think it’s the same thing, joking. But nonetheless, no.”
All 6 episodes of “Mr. McMahon” are up now on Netflix.
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