Ric Flair Gives His Side of Recent Bar Incident

Maybe he should stay out of bars. Ric Flair might be one of the greatest characters of all time but he’s had a history of issues with bars and going a bit too far with some of his comments. That was the case again a few weeks ago when he was asked to leave an Indiana bar. Now we have Flair’s side of the story.

Flair was a guest on the “Dan LeBatard Show” and discussed the incident. While the original story said that Flair insulted the bartender for an unknown reason, Flair says that it was due to the bartender not turning on the Masters golf tournament and not replacing his glass after Flair ordered another premium drink. Here are Flair’s comments on the incident:

“I walked in, said to the guy, ‘Will you please put on the golf tournament?’ It’s only the Masters, right? He said, ‘What do you think this is, a sports bar?’ ‘I didn’t say it was a sports bar, I asked you to put on the Masters.’ I had only had one drink, I asked for another drink,” and that the bartender used the same glass. “Sir, doesn’t a premium drink require a new glass?’ And he goes ‘Are you telling me how to bartend?’ And I said, ‘Not if I don’t have to, dumba–.’ ‘Did you call me a dumba–?’ ‘I can call you a dumba–, or a fat a–. Both work.’”

You can listen to the full interview here:

Opinion: This really doesn’t help Flair’s story. Either way, he was insulting the bartender and coming off like a bit of a snob asking for a clean glass because it was a premium drink. Asking to watch the golf tournament is fine but there’s no need to insult a bartender like that, no matter who you are.