Published: Apr 3, 2025 by Connel Rumsey | Last Updated: Apr 3, 2025 by Connel Rumsey
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Sherri Shepard
WWE’s Charlotte Flair has publicly commented on her divorce from her former husband Andrade for the first time.
Charlotte Flair made her return to WWE television after over a year away back at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, with her going on to win the Women’s Royal Rumble match for the second time.
Charlotte’s victory earned her a shot at Tiffany Stratton’s WWE Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 41, but shortly after her return, news broke of her divorce from her former husband, fellow WWE star Andrade.
Speaking to Sherri Shepard, Charlotte emotionally commented on her divorce for the first time, detailing her past year and dealing with her injury and divorce.
She said:
“I didn’t (handle it). I felt like I was failing at my job. I felt like I was failing in my personal life, and the embarrassment of being divorced again, and then being compared to my father.
“When I made the decision to file for divorce, the only thing that I kept thinking was, I didn’t want anyone to know. Like ‘oh my gosh I failed again’.
“Then my knee, I think as women, men too, but it’s like ‘she’s going to come back a year older, she’s gonna come back less than, she’s coming back off this knee injury’. Unfortunately, the WWE audience hasn’t got to see the comeback of Charlotte Flair, this wasn’t a Charlotte Flair redemption story, but for me it’s a redemption story for me.
“Everything that I have feared, or been scared of, or embarrassed of publicly, because everyone has an opinion even though they don’t know the facts.
“I’ve found my worth. It’s okay not to be okay, that’s what I’ve learned. It’s okay to take a moment, take a breather, to start over.
“I was able to keep the divorce a secret until I came back, won the Royal Rumble, and then I was on Monday Night Raw, like hearing from Charlotte Flair after her Rumble win and epic return, and then boom, everything hits the media. Everything that I had been scared of hit that day, and I was like ‘the fight’s over’. I have nothing to fight. This is me, this is who I am, I’m standing in my worth, and people can have their opinions.
“I think to the audience who watches wrestling, they don’t know what Charlotte has been through to get to where she is, but I know, so for Ashley, this is my biggest comeback yet.”
Charlotte Flair vs. Tiffany Stratton is reportedly slated to take place on WrestleMania 41 Saturday on April 19.
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