Trigger Warning: Self-Harm

Over the past few years, Rhea Ripley has become a fan favorite. Her dark-heel persona with insane strength is something that the WWE Universe is obsessed with. The way she walks, and the way she talks, everything about her, is alluring to the fans. This is why she has an enormous fanbase on social media.

But do you know that the same social media that constantly pours love for her today, once made her feel bad about herself? There was a time when Ripley hated social media because it made her feel less confident in her own body. Trolls and haters made her a subject of harsh criticism in the past. They attacked her with hurtful comments, making her very self-conscious about her body.

Social media used to make Rhea Ripley depressed

After taking part in WWE’s first-ever no-makeup photo shoot, Ripley sat down for a candid conversation with other WWE superstars in March 2020. During the chat, she talked about the toxic side of social media. She also revealed how it made her feel depressed in the past.

She said, “I have done a lot of bad things in the past, being like depressed. I’ve cut myself over all this stuff. And it’s just social media is just so venomous. You shouldn’t really care what people say about you. Because we are all beautiful in our own way.”

She revealed people trolled her for her masculine physique. It went so far as to make her resort to physical harm to numb her emotional pain. She then emphasized to her fans not to make the mistakes she had made in the past

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She asked her fans not to let the negativity spread on the internet get the best of them.

Ripley advised her fans on how to cope with social media toxicity

Ripley began by stating that people were very rude to her online and often dropped hate comments for her. From being called gross to getting compared to a man, she had to endure a lot of trolling and hatred on the internet. Even minor things, like the shape of her nose under different lighting and angles, were scrutinized. But she said that over the years, she trained herself to become better at dealing with the negativity of the internet.

Giving a piece of great advice to her fans – who have or may become subject to body shaming on social media – she told them not to overthink it. She asked her fans to surround themselves with positive and uplifting people to deal with such situations.

Despite her on-screen persona as a heel, Ripley hates bullies. Therefore, taking shots at the trolls and haters on the internet, she said that the only reason a person body shames another person is when they are not comfortable in their own body. They try to take other people down just to feel good about themselves. Which is definitely a good way to look at it, especially when you’re a star getting endless hate for being yourself.

What do you think about Rhea’s past and how she’s grown from it?

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