In a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet as part of the INSIGHT With Chris Van Vliet podcast, Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes discussed several topics, including how he deals with fans who do not like his character.

“Have you ever watched the show Parks and Rec? Okay, so there’s a really great episode, she is running for city council and there’s a guy who hates her, and for no reason. He just has a thing and hates her. She throws this bowling night and ultimately at the bowling night she’s not supposed to be putting time in on him but she clearly is, she’s trying to turn him and the message is that that’s never going to happen.

With me, that’s where I feel very comfortable these days. I’d rather rock and party with the people who were part of all this and the fans versus it’s nice to prove fans right, it’s also nice to prove critics wrong, but it’s not my main focus. Feel like for a long time, chip on the shoulder, you wanted to turn them, change them and you can to some degree. But I feel like when you do that you discard the ones who are right there like, hey, we got your back, why are you so focused on this?”

The full interview is available at this link.