Wrester Mark Schultz Goes From Rave Reviews To Raving About Bio-Pic "Foxcatcher"

Channing Tatum as Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz in 'Foxcatcher'

Mark Schultz, Olympic wrestling gold medalist and the subject of the new Channing Tatum flick Foxcatcher, has done a huge flip-flop on his feelings about the film which is based in part on his life and career.

Just weeks ago during an interview on Inside MMA, Schultz spoke glowingly about the film and director Bennett Miller. Note that in the interview posted below, Schultz has high praise for Miller and how the film, while condensing the story, is highly accurate:

But on December 30th, Schultz posted on Facebook that he had taken offense at a specific scene in the movie: “Leaving the audience with a feeling that somehow there could have been a sexual relationship between duPont and I is a sickening and insulting lie… after reading 3 or 4 reviews interpreting it sexually, and jeopardizing my legacy, they need to have a press conference to clear the air, or I will.”

He then took to Twitter on December 31st with these choice words (now deleted):

I'm not sure if Schultz is angry over reviewers touching on the implied sexual undertones of Du Pont's approach to Schultz's character in the movie or what. Considering how effusive with praise he had been before the sexual tones were brought to the fore in a few reviews, I'm guessing he has some serious issue with being even remotely connected to anything "gay?"

Schultz then posted this statement on his Facebook page, saying he may have "tweeted out of anger:"

"My story and my life are real. I am a real human being. While I may have tweeted out of anger, I in no way regret standing up for myself, nor do I regret calling out the only other man who has had decision making power concerning my image and legacy these past years. I apologize for the harshness of my language, but I am firm in where I stand. I will gladly go to any lengths to protect and safeguard the integrity and truth of my story, my life, my character and my legacy. If that's not worth fighting over while I'm still alive, I don't know what is."

Interestingly, Schultz keeps referring to his new book about his life story. Not sure if all of this acting out is perhaps a social media campaign to drum up interest in his own book so he can piggy-back on the release of the movie?

It does come across as a knee-jerk homophobic reaction.  This is probably where I mention that Schultz coached for years at Brigham Young University in Utah, home of the homophobic.

By the way, surely Schultz knows that two men wrestling in tight singlets has ALWAYS had a sexual undertone, no?

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