On an episode of Story Time with Dutch Mantell, the former WWF/E manager (Uncle Zebekiah aka Zeb Colter) and veteran producer gave an unfiltered breakdown of Charlotte Flair’s recent wardrobe malfunction on SmackDown (tap here to see uncensored photos).
Dutch not only reacted to the incident itself, but also discussed America’s cultural attitudes toward nudity, double standards between men and women, and how often these situations really happened during his time in TNA.
He made it clear he thought the whole situation was blown out of proportion. Dutch said that wardrobe malfunctions have been part of entertainment forever and shouldn’t be treated as major scandals.
Dutch criticized how American audiences overreact to nudity, making a simple body part into a taboo: “Babies know what nipples are because they grow up on them… I don’t see the big deal.”
He pointed out that other cultures don’t treat breasts as shocking or shameful: “You go to India… women walk around without tops on… in certain parts of Africa they walk around without the tops on.”
According to Dutch, the U.S. inherited its extreme modesty from its early settlers: “We make it… unacceptable. Wasn’t America founded on Puritanism?”
Dutch then questioned why society treats male and female bodies so differently: “Why can men… show their nipples but women can’t? I don’t get that.” And in classic Dutch fashion, he joked: “I encourage them to do so!”
Mantell also reacted Charlotte Flair’s reaction to the incident on social media.
“Charlotte posted afterwards… ‘I’m going to start wrestling in robes.’ That was funny… nobody wants to have that happen to them.”
When asked how often the problem occurred during his time working backstage in TNA, Dutch said: “Not much… we don’t care.” He suggested it wasn’t seen as a crisis within the company.
In a more comedic moment, Dutch explained that revealing outfits naturally pose more risk:
“A woman wears the low cut… you see everything and you say, ‘Boy, she has some big knockers.’ Sometimes those knockers are too big… when she gets older that’s going to be a problem.”
But then he gave the serious point – two-piece gear is more prone to slipping:
“If you’re going to have a problem… that would present more of a problem than, say, a one-piece.”
He said plenty of women use one-piece gear, but fans “don’t notice.”
Dutch responded to his podcast host’s claim that WWE used to run a 7–10 second delay in their broadcasts to censor such blunders:
“I think the delay is a little more than it used to be.”
