Charlotte Flair talks her wrestling character and how close she is to it in real life.
Flair is currently a member of the SmackDown roster and is set to challenge for the WWE Women’s Championship at SummerSlam this weekend in a triple threat match featuring Bianca Belair and champion Asuka.
Recently, Flair was interviewed on the Self-Care Is For Everyone YouTube channel and she explained the difference between her character and her real life persona.
“I’m definitely not as cool or glamorous [as my character],” Charlotte said. “So the short answer is when I first started in wrestling, I wanted to create a woman that I wanted it to be like in my real life. If you’ve watched WWE over the years, Charlotte can be petty, arrogant, entitled; all of those things, but at the character’s core, it’s just always being confident and fighting for what she believes in and competitiveness. As I’ve grown more confident in my real life over the years, I felt like my character just kept growing leaps and bounds because of it. I wish I was as put together as my character. I always have great outfits and robes. In real life, I’m very casual, laid back. I’ve got my sandals and socks that I wear.”
“Charlotte is kind of like my escape. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. I like going to work and being her. I like playing that character because even if I don’t feel like that, Charlotte always gets to be like that. I had my first extended break last year. I was forced to have the break because I needed mouth surgery, and I was like, ‘Oh man, maybe I do mask a lot of things.’ It’s easy to just turn it on and be Charlotte and not deal with how you’re really feeling in real life. So it’s kind of like, pros and cons,”
Charlotte Flair
We will have to wait and see if Flair can capture her 15th world title in WWE this Saturday night at SummerSlam.
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