WWE’s Carmella Says She’ll Never Get Respect She Deserves Because She’s Pretty

WWE Raw star Carmella has said that she believes she’ll never get the respect she deserves because of how she looks.

A lot of fans seem to (wrongly, for the record) place Carmella in the bracket of someone who’s only pushed as much as she is because of her looks and not because of her talent or hard work, but that’s an assessment she very much disagrees with.

On the latest episode of the After The Bell podcast, she spoke about her love for watching NXT 2.0 which brought up the topic of Mandy Rose, who recently said she too wants to be respected for her talent and hard work, not just her appearance.

In response to Rose’s comments, Carmella said:

“Good luck, because when you’re pretty, that doesn’t happen. That fires me up, it really does. I get so upset when I hear something like that, ‘Because (Mandy) is pretty, and she’s a babe, and she has a great body then she can’t be good in the ring. She just can’t’.

“When I got signed in NXT, I remember Bill Demott said, ‘You’re going to have to work twice as hard as everyone else because you’re pretty’. I remember being like, ‘What?. That’s crazy’. You see all these girls from the past that were gorgeous and these models and all of that, so I was like, that’s crazy to hear from a coach. ‘You’re going to have to work twice as hard because people aren’t going to respect you because of how you look’. And it just blew my mind, and I remembered thinking, ‘Okay, noted and challenge accepted’.

“That’s what I did. I was the last draft pick when I came to SmackDown and I busted my butt and made history left and right. I’ve done amazing things in this business and I’m not sorry for them, I’m not apologizing for that and I’m proud of myself for that. No matter what, I’m never going to get the respect that I deserve because of how I look and that’s just how it is.

“If I didn’t look like this and I had the same matches and same career, people would be like ‘Carmella is amazing, we love her’. Because I look how I do, I’m not going to get the respect that I deserve.”

As of today, Carmella is officially on the Raw brand after being switched from SmackDown in the WWE Draft. Despite being on the main roster for over five years, this is the first time she’s on Raw and not SmackDown.

Quote via Wrestling Inc

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