5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (Jan 25)
2. AJ Styles' Close Shave With Understanding Things
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AJ Styles this week had a pop at the SHAVE COMMUNITY?! when he discussed on Steven Crowder's conservative-leaning podcast Gillette's recent, controversial marketing campaign.
For those who haven't seen it, the company asked if we're really the best men can get, or if we are toxically masculine. Cynical, important, whatever: you have an opinion it. AJ Styles has an opinion on it, too: he has a "problem" with Gillette razors, but seems deeply confused as to what the problem is.
We're not highlighting this to cast Styles as problematic, or anything like that. He's welcome to his traditional views, even if some expressed previously are quite rancid, writing subjectively. He wears a beard, but probably didn't grow it to own the libs. He didn't say anything remotely appalling here, he's a phenomenal athlete and in-ring storyteller, he loves and is loyal to his family, yada yada yada - but we cover his podcast appearance here to point out a wonderful spot of irony.
Discussing the "mansplaining" portion of the advert, Styles sought to understand. "There's an incident in the commercial where, I guess, the head honcho puts his hand on the woman's shoulder and says "What she was trying to say...", and I go: "Well, what did she say before? Maybe he was sticking up for her." Or maybe she said nothing, because this was a fictional reconstruction of mansplaining. AJ Styles needed to get the concept of mansplaining explained to him.
Great stuff.