Jerry “The King” Lawler was on Cerrito Live on Saturday afternoon. Among several topics, Lawler talked about his empty arena match with Terry Funk, Raw, coronavirus and more.

Lawler made it clear that he is not taking the coronavirus outbreak as seriously as most of the country and he didn’t have good things to say about Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and member of the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force.

“He’s a weasely looking little guy,” Lawler said about Fauci. “He’s also the one who stood there and said ‘I wouldn’t advise anybody to go on a cruise because I wouldn’t go on a cruise myself. I don’t like cruises.’ So he’s just up there talking about his own personal feelings so I don’t put much stock in what he says either.”

Cerrito then asked Lawler who he trusts. Lawler said, “What are you supposed to trust? Here’s the other thing. What are you gonna do if you get it? They say there’s no treatment for it, there’s no cure for it. What are you gonna do? I’m not gonna hole myself inside a room here and quarantine myself like an idiot for who knows how long… You go on and live your life and if you get sick then you go and get some kind of treatment. As they are saying now, the people that say they don’t recommend air travel they say they don’t have a treatment for this. Now more and more people are coming out and saying ‘well I got it but then I got over it.'”

Cerrito pointed out that there are not enough tests available and the virus seems to impact the elderly the most.

Lawler fired back, “Older people with previous health problems where their immune system is already weakened. You can say that about anything. You can say that about the common cold, you can say that about the flu…”

Cerrito noted that the fatality rates are higher for coronavirus and there is not a cure for it or a treatment plan yet so that is what makes it scary. Cerrito said he was concerned about Lawler flying at this time.

Lawler responded, “I know what I’m gonna do, I’m gonna fly and I’m gonna be at Raw on Monday night … You know why? Because I like to pick up my check every Monday for being at Raw every Monday night.”

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