10 WWE Ideas EVEN Vince McMahon Thought Were Too Sleazy
4. Marlena Smoking Cigars
On the subject of Goldust, to further shroud the character in mystery, fascination - and ratings, it was hoped - the androgynous character, played by a man who displayed overt homosexual tendencies, was flanked to the ring by Marlena. A buxom blonde bombshell patterned after classic film star Marlene Dietrich, she completed an ingenious act precision engineered to spark a grunting, interested frown in middle America.
Her orientation was less difficult to determine, because the hidden subtext of the ever-present cigar she smoked was a c*ck.
Vince McMahon famously loathes smoking, but it's not entirely clear whether his distaste for her smoking cigars in particular was linked to the simmering suggestion of oral sex which, as we've established, is perfectly fine for the son-in-law and not for women, plural. Unless that woman is Candice Michelle, which was fine, but only because she was getting noshed out at the same time as Triple H.
Jerry Lawler was a fan on commentary - no sh*t - telling Vince that you've gotta love a woman who smokes cigars. "No thank you" he said in response to the gentle rib.
Vince hated this sleazy update on Hollywood glamour so much that at first he was reluctant to allow Marlena to light them.