I also think Meltzer did a poor job of parsing his phrasing. Like, he could have said something like, "She's been a bit thicker, which is obviously a big deal from WWE management's perspective."
I think there's good and bad with Meltzer. It's clear that he gets fed information from wrestlers, who are likely trying to put themselves over, and there are times he isn't a good filter or doesn't get confirmation when he should, but it's also hard to know when he ran with a rumor and didn't do more reporting when he should have and when things just changed at the last minute, as happens a lot in wrestling. But he gets plenty of stories, right. And as Jericho pointed out on a recent podcast, his reporting helped reshape things for wrestlers in that they could see hard numbers on gates and such instead of just relying on whatever promotion they're in to give them the numbers, which of course would always favor the promotion writing the checks. I think overall he's a good guy, but he stepped in it this time. He owned up to his mistake quickly, though, so there's something to be said for that.
