10 Things I Hate About CM Punk
4. He's A Legitimate A**hole
They say you should never meet your heroes. Well, CM Punks been one of my heroes since 2004, and I have absolutely no desire to meet him in the slightest.
Over the years, Ive been lucky enough to bump into a couple of my idols whove proved to be exceptions to the rule. I literally crashed right into Henry Rollins backstage at a festival, and he was just as affably intense as I expected hed be; and when I worked on Alice Coopers Halloween shows a few years running, it turned out that his reputation as the nicest man in rock n roll was well deserved.
But generally, its a good rule to observe; and given the option to meet artists Ive been a fan of over the years, Ive usually remained politely noncommittal. After all, meeting someone you admire and then finding out that theyre an unremitting c*ckdonkey can affect the way you feel about them and their work. Were only human: its how were wired. Disappointment colours a lot of red things blue.
Us CM Punk fans have made excuses for him for years now. He doesn't suffer fools gladly. He's a sarcastic fella. He's just a little moody. I've heard them all - I've even parrotted them myself on occasion. But even his own friends acknowledge that he's a dick a lot of the time in fact, judging by some of his interviews, he himself recognises how hard he can be to get along with.
He's not a stupid man, and he's not thick-skinned. He knows when he's being difficult, or being a prick but part of being a prick is that often you simply don't care.
Punk has the friends he wants, the family he wants, the life he wants and the wife he wants. I'm sure he's not losing any sleep over the fact that some English guy who writes about wrestling and TV for a living doesn't want to be his BFF, and neither should he. It's just a shame, that's all. No one has to be a douchecanoe.