Jeanie Clarke, the former wife of Stone Cold Steve Austin, spoke exclusively to the Dirty Sheets podcast this week, to promote her new book, “Through The Shattered Glass.” During the interview, she revealed many details about her turbulent marriage to Steve Austin. During the interview she revealed how Austin truly felt about Owen Hart, which you can listen to via the YouTube video below.
Jeanie Clarke, formerly Jeanie Williams, appeared in WCW as Lady Blossom, who was the valet for “Stunning” Steve Austin. She was married to Austin from 1993 to 1999. She is credited with helping Austin develop his “Stone Cold” persona, and is probably best known for telling Austin to drink his tea before it got “stone cold,” whilst he was contemplating changing his in-ring name from “The Ringmaster” to something different. After making the “stone cold” comment, she immediately suggested that he use that as his new nickname.
She was also instrumental in the creation of the “Austin 3:16” catchphrase.
Jeanie Clarke was very candid during this interview, and openly admitted to her own addiction issues and took responsibility for her part in the breakdown of the marriage.
For wrestling fans, the key revelation may be how Austin truly felt about Owen Hart. Jeanie Clarke stated that Austin refused to attend Owen Hart’s funeral, and claimed that Austin never gave forgave Hart for injuring him, and was especially upset with Hart for not apologizing afterwards. She also alleged that Austin believed Hart may have even injured him on purpose.
Steve Austin and Jeanie Clarke are now on good terms, despite her book. They have 2 daughters together who live in England and Clarke stated that Austin was in regular contact with her and their daughters.
Austin was on course to become the biggest star of all time in 1997, before Owen Hart’s piledriver took years off his career. None of us can judge Austin for how he felt or even still feels about Hart, because none of us have lost millions of dollars and years of our careers, due to someone else’s mistake. Granted, Austin did make millions in the industry and is very comfortable. However, had it not been for the piledriver, he may have remained on top of the industry well past 2002, when he began to wind down, before finally retiring in 2003.
