“Easy Target” Amy Earnhardt Opened Up on Her Struggle During Dale Earnhardt Jr’s Premature Retirement Fiasco: “I Stayed Off Social Media…”

Dale Earnhardt Jr’s retirement announcement in 2017, surely broke a lot of hearts. However, what broke Dale’s heart was the speculations behind his retirement. The constant rumors surrounding the Earnhardt family, especially Amy Earnhardt, were disheartening for the driver and his family.

In an episode of ‘In Depth’ with Graham Bensinger in 2018, Amy Earnhardt addressed the allegations about her. After Earnhardt Jr’s retirement, fans and media blamed Amy for ending the Daytona 500 champion’s career. However, she made it clear that this was not the case.

Amy and Dale married on 2016 New Year’s eve. And in 2017, the JR Motorsports owner announced his retirement. Assuming that his wife played an influential role in Earnhardt’s retirement decision, people began circulating theories that she wanted Earnhardt to give up his career.

While talking about this, Amy said, “A lot of that was not surprising. I think it was just an easy target. I am an easy target for something like that. Without a lot of information too, they’re just gonna assume.”

Furthermore, she added that the timing of all these incidents was quite ironic. She revealed; “And it was ironic timing considering he was going to come to the end of his career anyway and we were getting married, (and) I just got pregnant. It was just kind of all cumulative and easy.”

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Moreover, she added that the couple’s decision to be off social media helped a lot. She said, “So, it didn’t bother me too bad, and plus I stayed off of social media when we were really going through the really bad parts of it. Just because he and I both didn’t want to see what everybody was saying.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr on his retirement 

In 2018, Dale Earnhardt Jr released an authorized book that followed his life’s journey. In ‘Racing to the Finish: My Story,’ Earnhardt revealed the details of the final year of his racing career. Moreover, the book encompassed both on-track and off-track incidents from the driver’s life.

While talking about how his retirement decision was surrounded by rumors, he said, “As my time out of the racecar was extended, and as rumors about my retirement started getting louder, a lot of people spoke up. They had a very hard time dealing with it all. They looked for something or someone to blame.” “

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Earnhardt cleared most of the doubts through his book.