Chris Jericho On If He Has Seen Racism In WWE, Vince McMahon Calling Him An "Effeminate Tough Guy"

As noted earlier, Chris Jericho spoke with HuffPost Live this week to promote last night's season finale of Tough Enough. During the interview, Jericho said that McMahon calls him "the most effeminate tough guy he has ever met" and that Jericho is directly responsible for Alberto Del Rio's scarf gimmick because McMahon hated seeing Jericho wearing a scarf. Jericho claimed that he was inspired by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones to wear scarves, but McMahon thinks scarves are more feminine than rock and roll.

"When Alberto Del Rio was in the company, he wore scarves to the ring and that was a direct order from Vince," Jericho recalled. According to Jericho, McMahon would say that "scarves are heat".

On the topic of racism within WWE, Jericho said, "if you want to find something to complain about, you can, but if you want to also appreciate what's going on, you can".

While Jericho said he never saw racism in WWE, he admitted there was stereotyping in the past, giving the examples of Japanese performers always throwing rice and Mexicans wearing sombreros.

"Diversity is the word and WWE is a billion dollar company," Jericho said. "I think WWE is probably far and beyond more diverse than most entertainment companies are. I think right now the Tag Team Champions [the New Day] are African American and they just won the [titles] from some African American dudes [the Prime Time Players]."

Jericho then joked that even Canadians are not immune from WWE's stereotyping.

"What about Canadians? What about racial profiling against Canadians? A mountie? We had a mountie [in WWE]!" Jericho noted. "If there's any type of racial comments, everyone's offended except for Canadians. No one ever stands up for the Canadians. Ever! You know why? It's because we're too friendly to worry about it."

You can watch the entire interview in the video above.

Source: HuffPost Live