Charlotte Flair opens up on why she didn’t want to be in storyline with her father
During an interview with the Hindustan Times (h/t Fightful), WWE superstar Charlotte Flair opened up on her recent storyline with father, Ric Flair and how she did not want to be involved in it.
The said angle played out soon after Charlotte made her return at the WWE TLC pay-per-view event in December last year, winning the Women’s Tag Team gold with Asuka.
Soon after, she found herself squaring off against Lacey Evans, who had aligned herself alongside The Nature Boy, with WWE depicting them as a couple of sorts.
It was a weird dynamic which made for uncomfortable viewing and clearly it was not exactly cozy for those involved as well.
Recently Ric Flair confirmed that he wasn’t completely on board with the idea but chose to go ahead out of respect for Vince McMahon. Now, Charlotte has also opened up on the angle with her father, insisting that she was not a fan of what went down either.
“It wasn’t so much about Lacey. It is very difficult with my dad. I had an extensive amount of time off for the first time ever in my career, I was eager and excited to come back and start fresh. I wanted to add layers to my characters as I felt stale. I wanted these changes. When my dad got brought into the picture, I was like man it’s 2021 and I don’t want to share the screen with my dad.
“I am Charlotte Flair now, I am not longer Ric Flair’s daughter, that’s Charlotte’s dad. I was like why I have to be on TV with my dad. I don’t want anyone to think that is selfish, anyone would love to share screen with their dad. But if anyone’s followed my career, all I have done since day one is pave my own legacy. Yes, I do a lot of his personal trademarks but it is also to acknowledge me as a separate performer. So that’s why I was frustrated at home because selfishly I wanted the screen for myself and not with my dad.”
The angle was abandoned due to Lacey Evans’ real-life pregnancy, following which Charlotte was inserted into the WWE Raw Women’s Championship feud against Rhea Ripley.
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