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“I’m Just Weirded Out by His Defense of James Gunn”: Fans React as Marvel Actor Batista Covered up Manny Pacquiao Tattoo After Major Revelation

Published 01/06/2023, 1:15 PM EST

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In his recent interview with GQ, the famous wrestler and actor Dave Batista revealed that he removed a tattoo related to Manny Pacquiao from his body. Batista and the world champion boxer Pacquiao used to be friends. As a token of appreciation for this friendship, Batista had tattooed what he called a “team logo” on his left forearm. However, after Pacquiao publicly made “some anti-gay statements, ” Batista decided to remove the tattoo.

Batista said, It used to be a team logo. I was part of a team of a person I considered a friend and someone I really looked up to. And then, he later came out publicly with some anti-gay statements and turned out to be an extreme homophobe.” After the news broke out, several fans took to Facebook and offered various reactions regarding it. Here’s what they’ve been saying.

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In a very direct comment, one user said, “Why I wouldn’t get people’s names and cr*p tatted on me”. On the other hand, another user expressed that they learned something new from Batista as he revealed this. “This is quite relieving to me and I’ve also learned something new today so there’s that,” they said. Meanwhile, a person had the chance to appreciate Dave. “He’s such a better actor than a wrestler. Nice to hear he seems like a decent person too lol”, they commented by saying.

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However, one person added by saying,I’m just weirded out by his defence of James Gunn.” While Batista removed a Pacquiao-related tattoo, he, in the past, defended James Gunn who was fired by Disney regarding “offensive attitudes” discovered on his Twitter feed. Meanwhile, a fan wished for better roles for Batista in movies. “I really hope going forward he can start to get more good, serious roles. He’s a fantastic comedic actor, don’t get me wrong, but given that he’s leaving the MCU because of how Drax got treated he clearly wants to be doing more and I hope he gets that chance,” they said.

Finally, one fan talked about the only time he hated him. “The only time I hated that man was when he beat the Undertaker at Cyber Sunday 2007,” they said. Other than that, they had no issue with Dave Batista, the human being.

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a postgraduate student of English literature. A diligent journalist; he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.
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