Personal Life
While in Kuwait during a WWF tour in April 1997, Vader appeared on the television program Good Morning Kuwait. During the interview, the host asked Vader if wrestling was fake. As a result, Vader flipped over the table they were sitting at and assaulted the host, while using foul language. In December, Vader was fined $164 for this incident.
White's son, Jesse White, was born April 19, 1986. In July 2009, White began training Jesse to become a professional wrestler in Japan. Jesse originally committed to the University of Oklahoma and was touted for the National Football League, but was taken out with a hip injury. In April 2011, Jesse signed a developmental contract with WWE. Jesse is currently wrestling as Jake Carter in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling.
Due to years of alcohol abuse and travel, White's wife left him in 2007. Following this, White quit drinking and curtailed his travel schedule before undergoing double knee replacement surgery. However, his surgical wounds became infected, and he was bedridden for six months. Soon after recovering, White passed out during a plane trip to Japan for an autograph session. He was in a coma for 33 days, during which he lost 112 pounds.
White is a born again Christian.
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