Charlotte Flair Breaks Silence On Infamous Tiffany Stratton Divorce Shoot (WWE News)

In an excellent, extremely candid piece for The Players' Tribune, WWE's Charlotte Flair has opened up on a whole variety of topics, including, for the first time, her reaction to Tiffany Stratton's divorce comments in the build to their WrestleMania 41 match.

To be more specific, this article was penned by Ashley Fliehr, the real person behind the WWE character of Charlotte, with Ashley laying herself bare and being incredibly open.

Admitting that she was caught off guard by Stratton's comments, and that her reaction was an incredibly real one, the 14-time World Champion wrote:

"I think in those times when people have seen me appear rattled by the booing, those are just the times when I’ve felt like — at least for a moment — the boos aren’t for Charlotte. They’re for Ashley. They’re for me. They’re because of the way I look. Or because of the energy I’m giving off as a woman. Or because of real trauma I’ve gone through in real life. So when it got mentioned in Chicago that I have an '0–3 record at marriages' … yeah, it rocked me legit. I’m not too proud to tell you that. I don’t need everyone thinking I’m playing 5-D chess all of the time. My reaction to that line was as genuine as it gets. Because — and maybe this makes me naive — in my head?? Charlotte hasn’t been divorced. So I wasn’t expecting it to come up in that promo….. and then all of a sudden I had an entire arena cheering as I got mocked for something that was (and frankly still is) devastating to me.

Which isn’t the end of the world. I moved past it — I always do. But when I reflect on my time in WWE … honestly, that stuff hits me harder than any bump I’ve taken. Like, it’s tough enough to play a queen on your BEST day, you know?? On your worst day, it’s even tougher. And on those days when you’re feeling insecure, or anxious, or weak, or ugly, or — yes — heartbroken?

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It’s almost impossible."

As alluded to, that divorce line got plenty of people talking on the Road to WrestleMania, with it reported at the time that both Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stratton had gone off-script during their promo exchange.

By all accounts, Stratton threw in the "0-3 in marriages" line in response to Charlotte "eating her up" in previous exchanges. Reports noted how some backstage saw this as Tiffany standing up for herself, which in itself was followed by Flair saying how Ludwig Kaiser was constantly in her "DMs" - Kaiser being the real-life boyfriend of Stratton.

Either way, the overall feeling was that the collapse of this segment didn't particularly leave anybody looking good, with those same reports stating how Charlotte was genuinely shaken by the crowd reaction to her, which is something now corroborated by the Queen herself in this Players' Tribune piece.

Should you find yourself with a spare 15 minutes or so today, your writer absolutely recommends having a read of Charlotte's - well, Ashley Fliehr's - article, where she opens up about her career, her personal life, her struggles, her role as a prominent woman in the industry, and a whole, whole lot more.