During an interview with Sportskeeda's Bill Apter, Chavo Guerrero was asked about his comments directed at Rey Mysterio where he told him that he should not "prostitute" the Guerrero name and that he should donate to Eddie's kids.
Chavo said he did a virtual signing and he was joking when he made his initial comments about Rey.
Chavo said, "Basically I said, Rey, I get it we all loved Eddie. You loved him too. You guys were very good friends, not best friends like you keep saying. He (Eddie) had one best friend and it wasn't you but he loved you like a brother 100 percent. When Eddie died, Rey found out like everybody else. I didn't have to call Rey. I did call Chris Benoit because that was Eddie's best friend. His other best friend out of wrestling was a guy named Art Flores. He was Spider in WCW. His third best friend really was me. But don't get me wrong. He loved Rey but they weren't best friends. They didn't travel together...but high regards for each other."
Chavo quoted Jerry Jarrett saying "real issues draw real money." Apter asked him if this is a real issue and Chavo said "It's not."
Chavo then said that he texted Rey and said, "I told him real quick. I said, 'hey, not real heat, I'm not mad, just a work.' He jokingly texted me back and said, 'yea I was wondering what did I ever do to him?' We had a little quick laugh about it. So I said anything I say from then on, disregard it...Now I laid into him a little bit."
Chavo recapped some of his tweets about Rey donating to charity or Eddie's daughters "who don't make any royalties off of Eddie."
Chavo said he "let it go for a little bit" before telling fans that it was just a work. He continued, "I could continue this very very easily and I can just hammer Rey but it was for fun. I was messing around."
When Apter asked how can fans believe anything he says going forward, Chavo said, "That's what a heel does."
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