Natalie Barr endured a rather uncomfortable moment while interviewing two rival WWE stars during Tuesday’s episode of Sunrise.
Natalie and co-host Matt Doran welcomed Australian wrestler Grayson Waller and America’s LA Knight onto the show for chat, but things quickly devolved into the pair trash talking each other.
Looking visibly uncomfortable as their verbal insults became heated, Natalie interjected: ‘I’m getting a bit scared here – I’m glad I’m sitting on this side of the couch.’
Things soon went awry when they asked the WWE champs to demonstrate their abilities.
After Waller and Knight refused to perform a ‘signature’ WWE move on each other, Natalie suggested that they instead demonstrate using a Sunrise floor manager.
The male staffer then confidently strutted onto set and prepared to face off with Waller, who seemed irritated that the man wasn’t taking it seriously.
John Cena’s iconic WWE entrance theme music began playing as Waller threatened to beat up the man on live television.
‘I don’t think you understand, because if I go over there we’re gonna have the police here, because I’m not gonna give you some fake punch,’ Waller ranted at the man, standing up from his seat.
Natalie Barr endured a rather uncomfortable moment while interviewing rival WWE stars Grayson Waller and LA Knight during Tuesday’s episode of Sunrise. (Pictured with co-host Matt Doran)
‘I’m gonna punch you straight in the jaw. The disrespect that you give me when you act like this isn’t real. Don’t act tough. You guys disrespect us, are you kidding me?’ he continued.
Natalie was visibly shocked by the outburst, nervously telling Waller: ‘I’m not disrespecting you.’
Matt meanwhile diffused the situation, doing his best umpire impersonation before escorting the floor manager off set.
Waller however sat down and assured Natalie that he and Knight ‘loved’ the Sunrise host.
The hosts quickly wrapped up the interview moments later.
Waller became fired up after a floor manager jokingly challenged him to a fight, shouting: ‘I’m gonna punch you straight in the jaw. The disrespect that you give me when you act like this isn’t real’
WWE stars are known to maintain the guise that WWE wrestling is ‘real’ by playing up their ring characters during interviews. (Pictured: Waller on WWE)
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