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White was a [[Born again|born again Christian]].<ref name=Part3/>

While in [[Kuwait]] during a WWF tour in April 1997, White appeared on the television program ''Good Morning Kuwait'' along with [[The Undertaker|Mark Calaway]], who was WWF World Heavyweight Champion at that time.<ref name=Cage/><ref name=kuwait>{{cite web|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/1997-12-31/news/18047941_1_kuwaiti-fined-kuwait-kuwait|title=Wrestler Vader Fined|work=New York Daily News|date=December 31, 1997|access-date=November 12, 2009}}</ref> During the interview, the host asked both of them if wrestling was fake.<ref name=Cage/><ref name=kuwait/> In response, White flipped over the table they were sitting at and grabbed the host by the tie, asking him if it seemed fake while using foul language. He was then arrested and detained by Kuwaiti authorities for two weeks.<ref name=Cage/><ref name=kuwait/> In December, White was fined 50 [[Kuwaiti dinar]]s (about $164) for this incident. In a later interview, it was revealed that this incident was in fact scripted, as it was pitched to both White and Earl Hebner by the producers of the show in an attempt to boost viewership numbers; however, the host was not apprised of the plan, which resulted in him filing for charges against White.<ref name=kuwait/>

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