I'm a bonafide AEW tribalist, but I will say this: A portion of AEW fans were TERRIBLE to Brandi Rhodes. I didn't like her character, but the way people talked about her, if it were my wife, would have pissed me right off. Some people evolved 'go away heat' into something more mean and personal.
I don't know, man...she was incredibly obnoxious by constantly trying to take the spotlight. She burned through like 3 or 4 storylines in short order, and never brought anything worthwhile to the product. They literally had Awesome Kong...and people forget, because it was about Brandi. Lol
Oh I agree. Rewatching the early tv she is far and away the worst character on screen. Her involvement in any of his feuds was always atrocious. I The best thing the 'E did for Cody was not make her an on-screen character. Her lack of charisma absolutely extended to him in AEW.
And I still think Cody should just shut up. He's legit the biggest star of the biggest wrestling company in the world. But if the disrespect he alludes to was how people talked about Brandi and his family...well he's not exactly wrong. Even insincere, disingenuous people are right occasionally.