WWE legend Ric Flair addresses viral restaurant confrontation, denies being drunk

Ric Flair went viral earlier this week as a video of a verbal confrontation he was in at a Gainesville, Florida, restaurant surfaced on-line.

The WWE legend was at Piesanos Stone Fired Pizza final week when he was “Disrespected More Than I Ever Have In My Entire Life,” per a put up on X.

Flair was heard utilizing expletives and asking a bartender to take their dialogue into the car parking zone.

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The 75-year-old wrote on X that the incident started “Because Of An Issue I Had With The Kitchen Manager Taking Too Long In The Bathroom.”

Flair addressed the argument on the “MJ Morning Show” in Tampa.

“It just escalated, and I was wrong for getting mad, but I kind of felt like I was defending my position,” Flair mentioned. “I was wrong for losing my temper. When I feel like I’m put in that area where I’m uncomfortable and all of a sudden everything just fell apart, I got upset.”

“I was wrong for getting upset. I probably just should have just walked out the door, but it caught me so off-guard because we were having a wonderful time,” he added. “Then all of a sudden… someone in their kitchen said I did something wrong in the bathroom and there’s no one there except me and him.”

Nashville Deputy Mayor Brenda Haywood and American wrestler Ric Flair attend a press convention the place July 31 is said “Ric Flair Day” in Music City at Nashville Fairgrounds on June 23, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

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Flair denied being drunk, though he admitted he had Michelob Ultra and “probably” two blended drinks.

The video begins with Flair and a bartender in an argument, and Flair saying, “I didn’t do anything wrong except spend money and put this place over and bring my family and friends here. That is bad for you.”

The bartender requested why that might be the case, to which Flair mentioned to “watch social media tomorrow,” seemingly hinting at his future put up.

The bartender instructed Flair his title was Nicholas, to which Flair replied, “Nicholas D—head.”

The two then mentioned an interplay Flair had close to the toilet. Flair mentioned on social media that the argument began “Because Of An Issue I Had With The Kitchen Manager Taking Too Long In The Bathroom.”

Flair then supplied a feminine bartender a $1,000 tip “just to say to him ‘kiss my a–.’”

Ric Flair attends the forty fourth Annual Sports Emmy Awards at Frederick P. Rose Hall Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 22, 2023 in New York City. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)

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Nicholas mentioned he “cut off” Flair on the bar and didn’t ask him to depart like Flair claimed. 

Flair then requested the bartender to take the dialogue to the car parking zone, which he declined as he was “on the clock.” Flair then replied, “You’re on the p—- clock.” Another patron on the bar mentioned he would take it exterior, as he was not an worker, and he didn’t “give a s—.” That’s when a feminine bartender requested that man to “please stop.”

Flair posted on social media pleading to his followers to “never visit” Piesanos, though he mentioned he had meals from there delivered through Uber Eats shortly after the altercation anyway.

Flair has battled well being and alcohol points through the years.

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