Charlotte Flair was the subject of a new editorial on ESPN W to promote her appearance in ESPN Magazine’s Body Issue. You can read a few highlights below:
Charlotte comments on finding her new identity in WWE, how she sees herself outside of the ring:
“With Charlotte, I forged a new identity. After a while, I’m like, ‘Dang, why can’t I act like that in real life?’ Wrestling is less buns and guns now. I’m proud of the athleticism. With Ronda [Rousey] coming in, she’s an Olympian, not a reality-TV star, not just eye candy. I never viewed myself as glamorous. I didn’t ooze sex appeal. I was a tomboy, the girl next door.
Social media and all these dirt sheets said that Charlotte wasn’t modelesque, she wasn’t pretty, that ‘she looked like her dad in a wig.’
‘Genetically superior,’ they came up with that.” I can’t say that it didn’t get to me, because it did. They hated me no matter what. So instead of shying away from it, I decided, ‘I don’t care if you like me or not.’ I was arrogant, cocky. And my career took off.”
Charlotte Flair On Finding Her Character In And Out Of The Ring, Wanting To Be An Attraction In WWE
Charlotte says wrestling has given her a better life:
“I had so many growing pains. Things that I needed to figure out. What path to take. I can’t say that when I’m not in the robe, I’m not insecure. But the more I grow into this character, the better my life gets. At 32, I’m the most confident I’ve ever been in my own skin.
“I don’t know what would have happened to me if I hadn’t found wrestling. The ring is my safe place.”
