Drew Gulak says Ronda Rousey WWE incident was a ‘complete accident’

Drew Gulak has responded to Ronda Rousey's allegations that he inappropriately pulled on her pant drawstrings backstage at a WWE event. 

During an appearance on NewsNation on Tuesday, Rousey said that she was waiting to speak with Triple H outside a WWE writers' room when someone grabbed the string of her sweatpants before walking away. She would later identify this person as Gulak. 

Rousey said:

I was standing there and this guy I was barely an acquaintance with grabs the string of my sweatpants as I’m walking by...and nobody reacts as if this is abnormal, and he’s going down the hall and I’m like ‘what the f*ck is that? Why are you grabbing the string of my sweatpants? If my husband was standing there next to me, would you feel comfortable walking up to me and grabbing the string of my sweatpants?' All the guys around me were like, this is part of the day. And if this guy was coming up to me and doing this kind of stuff to me when there are other people around, what’s happening to these other girls when I’m not in the hallway?

On Wednesday, Gulak posted to X stating that the whole situation was an accident and one that he has already apologized to Rousey for.

Gulak wrote:

Backstage at a WWE event in 2022, I saw Ronda talking with a group in the hallway. I stopped to say hi and shake all their hands, and in an attempt to shake her hand, I accidentally touched her drawstring. Complete accident, and one that I had apologized to her for the mishap.