WWE News: Charlotte reveals people made fun of her for being divorced

What's the story?

Charlotte Flair was recently a guest on Arm Drag Takedown with Pollo Del Mar to promote her book, Second Nature: The Legacy of Ric Flair and the Rise of Charlotte. She talked about some of the topics she covered in the book, including her previous marriages. Flair revealed she was made fun of for being divorced and it had bothered her a lot in the beginning.

In case you didn't know...

WWE Superstar Charlotte Flair was married twice, but both her marriages ended in divorce. In her book, Charlotte revealed she had been a victim of domestic abuse and assault multiple times in her first marriage. Her divorce was finalised in 2011 before she married Thomas Latimer, better known as Bram in 2013. Her second marriage ended with divorced in October 2015.

Second Nature is a joint autobiography of Charlotte and her father, Ric Flair which was released out in recent months. Charlotte's father Ric Flair was married four times and is currently engaged.

The heart of the matter

During her interview, Charlotte Flair revealed that she had been made fun of for being divorced when she first came to WWE.

Flair was not sure of the reason this bothered her but she thought it could have been because she was embarrassed, or she was comparing herself to her female peers in WWE.

She "hated failing" and felt the need to get it off her chest, so she put it in her book to share what she had been through and learned along the way. The current SmackDown Women's Champion also confessed she felt she had come out of the experience a better person.

“It really got to me when I first started in WWE that people would make fun of me being divorced. My dad has been divorced so many times. I don’t know why it bothered me. I don’t know whether it’s because I hate failing or I was embarrassed or comparing myself to my female peers — I don’t know. But to just get that off my chest, explain what I’ve been through or what I’ve learned, [how] I’ve come out a better person. I think that was the hardest part to share.”

What's next?

Charlotte Flair is set to defend her SmackDown Women's Championship in a Lumberjack match against Natalya at Clash of Champions this Sunday.

Author's take

Charlotte experienced a lot of hardship early in her life. Having a father like Ric Flair cannot be easy as she has to work inside his enormous shadow. Flair is currently doing amazingly well in her career, as she is a Women's Champion once again.