Mick Foley cuts ties with WWE following Trump’s comments about Rob Reiner
Mick Foley cuts ties with WWE amid the company’s alleged support of President Donald Trumpwith the president’s recent comments on the late Rob Reiner the ‘last straw’.
Foley, 60, announced his decision to part ways with WWE on Tuesday, December 16, with an explanation via Instagram that he has been “concerned” for several months about the WWE’s “close relationship with Donald Trump.”
The retired wrestler said his concerns increased “in light of [the Trump] the government’s continued cruel and inhumane treatment of immigrants (and virtually anyone who ‘looks like an immigrant’).”
The turning point, however, came after Foley said he read the president’s “incredibly cruel comments after Rob Reiner’s death” and declared that this “is the final straw for me.”
Rob and his wife, Michele Singer Reinerwere found dead in their home on Sunday, December 14, after being murdered.
We weekly later confirmed that the couple’s 32-year-old son Nick Reiner was arrested on murder charges and held without bail. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced that Nick was officially charged with two counts of first-degree murder and that he could face life in prison without parole or the death penalty if convicted.
As Hollywood mourned the deaths of the director and his longtime wife, who were 78 and 68 respectively, Trump, 79, issued a statement seemingly pointing to Rob’s alleged issues with him as the reason for his death.
“Something very sad happened in Hollywood last night. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented film director and comedy star, passed away along with his wife Michele, reportedly as a result of the anger he caused in others by his massive, unyielding and incurable affliction with a mind-numbing illness known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, also known as TDS,” Trump wrote on Monday via his Truth Social platform.
He continued, “He was known to drive people crazy with his raging obsession with President Donald J. Trump, with his apparent paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump administration exceeded all goals and expectations of greatness, and with America’s Golden Age upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!”
In the wake of the controversial comments, Foley revealed Tuesday that he “no longer” wants to represent “a company that coddles a man so seemingly without compassion as he marches our country toward autocracy.”
Never one to hold back, Stephen A. Smith unleashed an impassioned tirade against President Donald Trump over his response to the deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner. “The president who chooses to comment on their deaths in a disrespectful, caustic and disgusting manner falls under the office of the presidency,” Smith, 58, said […]
Foley said: “Last night I informed @WWE talent relations that I would not be appearing for the company while this man remains in office. Additionally, I will not be signing a new Legends deal when my current one expires in June.”
He noted, “I love WWE, will always cherish my time with them, and I am very grateful for all the opportunities they afforded me. But, in the words of Popeye the Sailor, ‘I stand what I can, and I can stand no more.'”
We weekly has contacted WWE for comment.
Foley is a retired professional wrestler, comedian and author. During his time in the arena, Foley went by Cactus Jack from 1991 to 1996. He carried famous cowboy books and used objects such as barbed wire during his matches.
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner had a difficult history with President Donald Trump. Michele crossed paths with Trump before marrying Rob. During her time as a photographer, she worked with Trump on the cover of his book The Art of the Deal, which was published in 1987. Two years later Michele and […]
He made his WWE debut in 1996 as Mankind and the following year adopted the ring persona of Dude Love. Cactus Jack also returned in 1997 and Foley fought as all three at the 1998 Royal Rumble.
The four-time world champion was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013, a year after retiring from wrestling. However, Foley has maintained his association with WWE, working as Raw General Manager from 2016 to 2017 and appearing on WWE Raw for many years.
Trump, meanwhile, has a long-standing relationship with the WWE, as former CEO and chairman of the board Vince McMahonwho resigned in 2024 following allegations of sexual assault. (McMahon has denied the allegations and federal prosecutors dropped the case criminal investigation in February.)
Before becoming president, Trump made several appearances on WWE programs and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013 as a celebrity tribute.
Currently WWE Chief Content Officer Paul Michael Levesque – known as Triple H – is part of the president’s fitness council.
