Even the Big Show gets scared (Credit: WWE)

The Big Show might be billed as the World’s Largest Athlete, but even the WWE legend is scared of something!

The former world champion – who has spent two years recovering from injuries- is also the star of his own sitcom, which sees him as a fictionalised version of himself.

The character in WWE and Netflix’s The Big Show Show does carry some of his namesake’s real life traits, and the on-screen alter ego’s fear of mascots left Metro.co.uk wondering what really scares the man himself.

‘It’s clowns. I hate clowns,’ he told us. ‘I don’t go to circuses. I don’t like clowns. They’re not cute, they’re not funny, they’re not adorable.’


Anyone hoping for a movie night with Big Show – whose real name is Paul Wight – best pick carefully, because he’s ruled out any chance of him watching Stephen King’s IT, or even reading the book.



‘It will never happen. I have my own issues with clowns,’ he said. ‘I think I was a toddler, I got that wind up jack-in-the-box thing of Bozo the clown and that probably scarred me for life when I was little.

‘Thinking about it, what a toy to give a child! You turn it, crank, crank, crank and then this clown pops out of it and scares the holy terror out of you! Great toy, 1970s!’

The Big Show Show is available now

While the family sitcom itself was created by duo Josh Bycel and Jason Berger – and crafted by a great writing team – there was still plenty rooted in reality with Show seeing a lot of his own story play out.

He said: ‘I never really talked to those guys before, and they blew me away with the pilot, because the part about Lola, oldest daughter coming to live with me – I got custody of my daughter when she was 15.

‘I literally experienced that, just having my daughter visiting a couple of weeks here and there to “OK, now I am a full time dad.” ‘

Big Show knows all about being a family man (Credit: WWE/Netflix)

The wrestling icon knows all too well about being a household name meaning nothing at home, and the writers struck the right note.

He added: ‘I got that full time parenting job, so I understood where my character was coming from on the importance of wanting to build that relationship stronger and really make her feel like she was home.

‘I asked those guys, “Do you guys have a private investigator following me or something, because this is very close to my real life?” ‘

The sitcom hit the right tone (Credit: WWE/Netflix)

Big Show was keen to find the right tone for the comedy, and he’s delighted with how it all came together for the first series.

‘The one thing I wanted from this show from the beginning concept was to make this the kind of show where if you’re watching it’s a family you want to be a part of,’ he pondered.

‘You’ve got a crazy dad that’s world famous for being a monster, but at home he’s dad. I take out the trash, I make sandwiches – I’m just a dad like anybody else!

‘The whole world superstar thing doesn’t matter a lick when you walk through the front door.’



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