Tessa Blanchard has had her highs and lows throughout her career, but recently took to social media to defend her name after being called a racist.
In a recent post on X, Blanchard shared a photo of herself and wished blessings to her fans at the end of the year. Several fans took the opportunity to call out Blanchard for being allegedly racist. The back-and-forth between fans led to Blanchard herself responding. In her reply, Blanchard said she’s made many mistakes in her life, but “racism is not one of them.”
“I’m not perfect,” Blanchard wrote. “Made plenty of mistakes in my life. Racism is not one of them, nor has that ever been in my heart. An incident from 10 years ago has continuously been twisted into something that race had absolutely nothing to do with because of the social climate. I’m tired of being used as clickbait. Move on.”
In another reply, Blanchard said she “never” has been racist. She also told the fan it’s time to “move the hell on.” The allegations against Blanchard first surfaced in 2020. At the time, wrestler Allysin Kay responded to a social media post from Blanchard. In it, she alleged that Tessa spat in a black wrestler’s face and called her the n-word at some point while in Japan.
At the time, several other stars came forward to corroborate the story. This included Chelsea Green, La Rosa Negra, and Isla Dawn.
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