“Friendly reminder: I haven’t been on TV for nine months and y’all still just can’t stop talking about me,” Punk wrote in another IG story, saying that love and hate are all the same to him.

“I don’t enjoy being the sole person that props up entire misinformed clickbait industry based on toxic gossip from lying sources, but what can you do? When you’re the king, it comes with the crown.

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Not content with just the two statements, Punk then released a video on his IG story, imploring fans to have some perspective.

“One more before I go, really quick,” Punk said. “The parasocial relationship a lot of fringe wrestling fans have with certain people is really unhealthy. I get the tribalism. Like, it’s fun to root for your team, but picking sides seems a little silly. You don’t know me. You don’t know anybody else. So, just go touch grass.”

According to a final post by Punk, “This is what happens when there is no hockey,” followed by a video of himself working out.