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En entrevue pour Straight Talk Wrestling, Tessa Blanchard est revenue sur la controverse sur ses présumés propos racistes et actes d’intimidation.
Sur X (Twitter), en janvier 2020, celle qui a entre autres marqué la TNA en détenant le titre masculin mondial lançait un appel de solidarité à l’endroit des lutteuses.
Mais Allysin Kay, Chelsea Green et Isla Dawn avait répliqué vivement, décriant son attitude négative dans les coulisses.
Blanchard, qui travaille maintenant pour la promotion mexicaine CMLL, affirme qu’elle ne changerait rien à sa carrière si elle le pouvait, affirmant que son parcours a formé la lutteuse et la personne qu’elle incarne actuellement.
“I wouldn’t change anything about the peaks, the valleys, the way my career’s been, I wouldn’t change anything because I’m very proud of the woman that I am now and the wrestler that I am today and where my career is.”
“If anything would have been different, I might be in a different place, I might be a different person, my ego might be through the roof, who knows?”
Blanchard admet que la controverse entourant ses propos en coulisses l’a mené à des problèmes mentaux majeurs. Elle a perdu son identité et a senti un grand vide, passant d’une étoile montante de la lutte à une perte de contrats importants.
“When everything happened to me, it was even a tough topic to even talk about. I remember I was living in Tijuana at the time and I remember some days I would wake up, I didn’t even have the strength to live that day so I would just go back to bed and I would be in my bed all day long. There were days where I was tired about life just because my identity was wrestling, I didn’t know who I was without it and in a matter of less than 24 hours, it was like from here to (nothing). From contract offers from the biggest companies, more money than I’d ever seen in my life to nothing.”
Elle ajoute que sa famille a été affectée, assurant ne pas être méchante de nature.
“My family, my little brother and sister were 14 years old at the time, were reading all these things about me that I knew wasn’t me, I knew wasn’t in my heart, I wasn’t this person, but it didn’t matter, perception is reality, the truth doesn’t matter.”
“I didn’t know my identity without wrestling and through all of that, through those ups and downs, those really hard days that I didn’t know if I was going to get through, I found out who Tessa is without wrestling.”
Chelsea Green, qui lutte maintenant à la WWE, a répondu à la mise en ligne de cette entrevue par Fightful.
Elle ne lui souhaite pas de mal comme tel, espérant qu’elle a trouvé la paix intérieure. Mais Green aurait aimé que Blanchard reconnaisse ses torts et s’excuse pour son comportement égoïste.
“I don’t wish self-harm or thoughts of suicide on anyone and hope she has found peace. However, a simple ‘I am sorry’ goes a long way. We haven’t heard that yet. Accountability matters, and a redemption tour of interviews won’t erase the actions of an egotistical bully.”
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— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) August 26, 2024
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