There were rumors online this week that photos of Kurt Angle passed out on an airplane had been circulated backstage in WWE and at a recent creative meeting at SmackDown. Angle went on Twitter and addressed those rumors:
“Rumors are the root of evil. The truth will endure. Here is the truth!”
“I’m excited to say I’m coming up on My 1 year anniversary of being clean and sober. Im Very Humbled. GOD has truly Blessed Me. It’s been a difficult but exciting road to living alcohol/drug free. Then some heartless individuals want to create rumors of Me “passed out” on a plane. Wow! I guess You can’t take a nap on a plane when Youre a recovering addict. But it only makes Me want to stay clean even more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
A more updated report confirmed these images of Angle, it’s said he was most likely sleeping rather than “passed out”, but it’s also said the pictures didn’t do Kurt Angle much help in a return to WWE.