Rhea Ripley recently had to reveal she had an eating disorder to calm down fake news being spread around her on social media.
Appearing on the Pod Meets World podcast with Danielle Fishel and Will Friedle, the former WWE Women’s World champion addressed her issue more in detail, saying that the past year has been really difficult for her, especially since it affects her a lot if friends or family at home are going through difficult times themselves.
She says thankfully, her husband, her dogs, and her friends are her strong points and going on X is really difficult for her.
“I need to delete that. It’s hard going on and trying to make it a work environment, but then, because it is a work environment, I get all these things coming up on my For You page. As soon as I click on the app, it’s negative towards me,” Ripley wrote.
“I can’t even escape it or doom-scroll like a normal human without seeing things about me, about my body, about my booking, about me as a human, even though they don’t know who the hell I am. It does get really tiring, but that’s also why I like to share what I’m going through.”
She said originally there was no plan to reveal what she was going through, but also saying what she has might help others too in the process.
“I needed that when I was going through stuff as a kid. If I knew my idols were going through these struggles and they are powering through and being amazing, and I look up to them and think they are strong and larger than life, then I can get through it too,” Ripley said.
