Goldust was Dustin Rhodes’ most recognizable character in his time in WWE but has been polarizing more often than not.
However, portraying the character didn’t go down well with Dustin Rhodes’ father, Dusty Rhodes. During a recent interview on Talk is Jericho, Dustin revealed that he had a huge falling out with his father who objected to the character.
“I had that in the back of my head, like, is he ribbing me for this? But at that point, I had been trying to follow in my dad’s footsteps for so long and it was like, ‘it’s not working man, I have to do something else.’ We had a falling out, which was the worst thing, the worst decision of my life ever –- you’ve got one dad, one mom, so it’s good to work things out, right? But we were in that downtime where we weren’t speaking to each other and Vince (McMahon) had just called me and he presented that and I just said yes,”
Dustin Rhodes on Talk Is Jericho
Despite the fallout, Dusty and Dustin Rhodes ended up repairing their relationship and Dustin continued as Goldust throughout his WWE tenure. While Dusty passed away in 2015, Dustin is contracted to AEW and intends to continue wrestling.
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