Fred Rosser, FKA Darren Young, discusses his WWE career, Vince McMahon and being LGBTQ (Exclusive)

Finn Balor's inclusive entrance!

The likes of Sonny Kiss and Sonya Deville, and Finn... I mean, Finn's a good friend of mine but Finn is also an ally who is representing the community - and a funny story... Not really funny story about Finn but when I got released from WWE, over two years ago, I wasn't really upset over it, nothing last forever. I always said, Michael Jordan can't play basketball forever. Not saying I'm Michael Jordan, but... You know, you know, he can't perform forever - so when I got released, you know, it is what it is, I was already living out in California because I wanted to get into some acting and commercials.

But months later, at WrestleMania, WWE had finally embraced the LGBTQ movement but they did it on a straight guy, Finn. When I seen that the next day, this was at WrestleMania, the next day, Monday, I was devastated, man. I cried like a baby. I cried like a baby because I'd just been released and then they are finally embracing the LGBT movement but they are doing it with Finn. It broke my heart. I'm a grown man, 35 years old, and I cried like a baby.

But, like I said, if it wasn't for me making that sacrifice, I don't think we would have been able to fully embrace the LGBTQ movement.

So, like I said, I'm not the first, I'm not the last, but I'm the one who came out publicly while still signed, so I want it to be a domino effect, you know? Whether people see me on TV, or on my social media, I want them to say, "Well, if you can do it, so can I."

And social media is my open diary to the world. So, there are people that say, "Oh, I need a break from social media, I need to get off social media." Well, you can look at social media one of two ways. You can use it to impact, motivate and educate people or you can use it to s**t on people snd I'm not going to use it to s**t on people.

Everything I do always comes from the heart with the intent to motivate, inspire and educate the masses, not just the LGBTQ community but the masses.

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I've got one last question. We've been so inclusive with this interview that I think we need one divisive question. Pineapple on pizza, yes or no?

No, I don't like to mix my sweets and savoury stuff. I don't like missing my salts with my sugars. So, yeah, I would say no. No pineapple on pizza.

Give me pepperoni, give me pepperoni. Domino's Pizza is my favourite pizza.

Excellent, thank you so much, and it was a pleasure speaking to you.

Yeah, thank you, and please follow me on Twitter, Instagram, my social media, @realfredrosser, my government name. Join the Block The Hate movement that is running wild in a city near you.

I always say none of us are as strong as all of us, so the Block The Hate t-shirts are just a byproduct. The point of me is to spread love and spread my Block The Hate movement because strength in numbers is so important.

So, like I said, I don't post for the thousands that might hate, I post that one person that is inspired and like I said, don't die with the story, you tell it. Definitely follow my journey and if you don't have anyone in your family that supports you, be a part of my family on social media.

The holidays are coming around, if people don't have that support, be a part of my family on social media.

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A huge thank you to Darren Young for speaking with me. You can follow Darren on Twitter here or Instagram here.