WWE Superstar Doudrop was recently interviewed by Wrestling Inc as she talked about working with Vince McMahon on a “dancing” gimmick when she was brought up to the main roster from NXT UK. You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On Vince McMahon telling her to dance: “It was really funny because he wanted me to come out and dance. I was like, ‘I don’t know if you looked all up in that C.V., but it did not say, dancer.’ I was kind of like, ‘what am I doing? I don’t like this.’ Then one day I got backstage and he goes, ‘goddamnit, I see you out there shaking your ass all afternoon, why can’t you do it out there?’ I was like, ‘you’ve absolutely got me over a barrel there,’ because seeing me when I am rehearsing. When he said that, he was like, ‘I just want the people to see your personality that we see back here.’ I was like, ‘oh man, you have completely stunned me with that.’ I totally got what he meant. And from that point on, that’s when I started to get more comfortable with jumping around and dancing.”
On working as a heel: “Then with evil Doudrop, as some people are calling it, which I love. I just feel like it’s the opposite side of my personality. I think for me personally, I am either super bright and bubbly, or I am a little brat and crabby. So, it’s kind of nice to let both sides of the real me come through.”
On being body positive: “I love it, and it’s hard, don’t get me wrong, and it can be very wearing. I think because it’s so much easier to put out negativity in the world than it is positivity. But one thing I am a big believer in is that if we all gave up on social media then all that would be left is negativity. That’s no good for anybody, is it? But for me, one of the most important things was being a good influence on my stepdaughter. I used to want to change so many things about myself. I wanted to get big lips and liposuction and all this stuff. But if I did that, then all of these things that I am trying to teach her about how beautiful she is, and how she should love herself would just be hypocritical. So I just want to lead from example and say, ‘Hey man, you don’t have to look Barbie doll perfect to be awesome.’”
