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The Sessions with Renée Paquette

219: The Sessions - Kenny King

The Sessions with Renée Paquette

Renée Paquette

Leisure, Society & Culture, Wrestling, Sports, Hobbies, Personal Journals

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Impact and ROH’s Kenny King has a LOT on his plate. Fortunately, he’s come to the right place. The former Tough Enough contestant talks breaking away from the WWE umbrella, how he went from child acting on Nickelodeon to Chippendale’s to reality TV, and why he might not be done with Claudio Castagnoli just yet.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome to the sessions.

0:08.1

Today I have got Kenny King in the hot seat.

0:13.1

You of course may know him from Impact Wrestling.

0:15.2

You may know him from many moons ago, from his time at Tough Enough, from the Bachelorette,

0:20.7

all of the many different hats.

0:22.5

The Kenny King has worn and we get into all of the things.

0:26.6

We talk about him being a child star and growing up in Orlando and the different shows

0:30.8

that he worked on in auditions and acting classes and Mickey Mouse Club, all of those things

0:36.0

that were happening in Orlando at that time.

0:39.4

We talk about his time in Tough Enough.

0:40.8

We talk about him getting into pro wrestling.

0:42.8

We talk about his time in Chippendales, which I personally find fascinating.

0:48.6

I love that that was something that he did for a while in Europe in Las Vegas.

0:54.4

The man has done it all and then of course, his time on the Bachelorette and the spotlight

0:58.7

that that put on him as America's Bachelor.

1:02.4

I'm honestly still kind of pissed that he was not picked to be the Bachelorette after

1:06.9

that season, kind of some BS because I think a lot of people are really rallying behind

1:11.2

him.

1:12.2

Anyways, he is an absolute gem of a human being, gem of a father.

1:17.0

We talk all sorts of parenting stuff as well.

1:19.7

But yeah, just a really great conversation with a guy that is funny.

1:22.5

We connected and we would always be on my neighbor when I was living out in Las Vegas and now

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