The recently-released Earnhardt docuseries on Amazon Prime, which gave fans a glimpse into Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s personal life, seems to have touched ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin deeply. Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s wife, Amy Earnhardt, revealed this on their weekly Bless Your ‘Hardt podcast.
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Amy spoke about how Junior received a phone call from the former WWE wrestler-turned actor and media personality while they were travelling to the beach recently. Austin was reaching out to Earnhardt Jr. after watching the four-part documentary. And they both ended up gossiping, revealed Amy, chuckling.
Well, hitherto unknown details about the Earnhardt family were showcased in the show. So, there probably were enough intriguing matters to talk about for Austin, a NASCAR fan.
“His [Junior’s] phone’s always tethered to the car, because he’s playing music. A phone call pops up, and it says Steve Austin, and he goes, ‘Oh, Steve Austin’s calling’,” narrated Amy.
“I’m like Steve Austin? Stone Cold? Stone Cold’s calling while we’re driving down to the beach? What is this life?” she added.
Austin then spoke to Junior about how the rivalry between Earnhardt Sr. and Darrell Waltrip transformed over time. Waltrip was trying to hold his ground as the best when Earnhardt Sr. came into the sport and took over as its undisputed superstar.
“He answers the phone, they’re chit-chatting. I can hear Stone Cold because he’s talking so loud, and he’s wanting to talk about the documentary and DW [Darrell Waltrip], and he’s asking all kinds of questions. He literally just called to chit-chat and kind of gossip to be honest,” Amy added.
Stone Cold’s call was just a reiteration of how the world’s interest in Earnhardt Sr. and the family had been rekindled with the docuseries.
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Junior called the call from Austin a “quirky” occurrence, attributing it to the docuseries.
“Something like the documentary happens, and all of a sudden, all these little quirky things start happening, and then it kind of teeters off back into regular life for a while. That was cool. I hadn’t talked to Stone Cold Steve Austin in years,” said Dale Jr.
The instance shows how big of an impact Junior’s dad had, not only as a motorsports legend but also as a pop culture icon in the country and across the world.
