David Shoemaker Says Vince McMahon Always Had A Lot Energy For ‘Mr. McMahon’ Interviews
Wrestling fans can now stream all six episodes of “Mr. McMahon” on Netflix. The docuseries covers the life and career of Vince McMahon and how the lines were blurred between his reality and his on-screen character.
The documentary was produced by Bill Simmons and the Ringer. David Shoemaker served as a consulting producer.
Speaking on The Masked Man Show, Shoemaker was asked about interviewing Vince for the series
“He always had a lot of energy. He always had a thermos he was drinking out of that, I believe, had a five-hour energy, or multiples of it, thrown in there. It never felt like he was sleepy. He would go nonstop. He famously gets three hours of sleep. At some point he said, ‘My doctor and trainer told me I have to get more. I’m trying.’ He’s got a lot of hours to film, only sleeping for three hours. It wasn’t just the waiting, call time is at noon, he shows up at ten. That was already weird. I had a back row seat, what do I know. The whole scene felt like he was oblivious to that. You hear that from people who work there. Creative meeting is supposed to start at two PM, so we all know it’ll happen around eight. There is no apologies when he walks in. ‘It’s just the way it happens because this is when I’m here.’ I learned very quickly I needed to have an open schedule. For the production team, they’ve done documentaries about some of the most famous people in the world, and never dealt with anything like this,” he said.
Fans can find Vince’s comments from the docuseries about blurring the lines of reality by clicking here.
Janel Grant, a former WWE employee, filed a lawsuit in January against Vince McMahon, WWE, and John Laurinaitis. The lawsuit accuses McMahon of sexual assault and sex trafficking. On May 30, Grant agreed to pause the lawsuit for six months while the federal investigation continued against McMahon, who resigned from TKO/WWE following the lawsuit being filed.
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