Gangrel was also close friends with Chris Benoit. In an interview regarding the Benoit Family Tragedy, he respectfully stated:
"I know he loved Nancy Benoit so hard. I can't say what was really going on his mind, but I do know that he was a really good person and one of the few guys I'd say, 'Man, I love you, dude.' I had a special bond with Chris. I wasn't there. I don't know what happened. He loved her, he loved his kid. People snap. I don't think it had anything to do with the steroids or anything else. There was a whole lot of other demons. If it had been a garbageman who went out and killed his family, it would have been in the newspaper for one clip. But it was someone who was in the spotlight that kids idolized. It was another stab at the wrestling industry and people are going to take stabs at anything that's making money. It's sad - that's the bottom line. It is what it is." Heath was said to be an emotional wreck after hearing news of the Benoit murders, running nude through a hotel lobby before being subdued by security.