Bruce Prichard recently took to his podcast Something To Wrestle to respond to some rumors that have been circulating about his absence from WWE backstage as of late.

“To address some of the rumor and innuendo, which is complete horsesh** out there in the wrestling media if you will. This year, I took a vacation at a time when we did not have two SmackDowns in a row. We pre-recorded, and we had a count show. So there was no TV to go to in general. So I had my vacation tied up during that time where it looked like, ‘Hey, man, Bruce hasn’t been in here in like, oh my god! Three TVs!’ And then I contracted the flu. I was running a fever and not feeling well. We have a solid team and an incredible sports system and team that was there. I missed three TVs.”

Prichard was reportedly at WWE Day 1 this past Sunday.