WWE star Alexa Bliss blasts cruel trolls over ‘heartbreaking’ abuse: ‘There is a person behind the character’-Alistair McGeorge-Entertainment – Metro

Alexa Bliss opens up on the struggles of fame (Picture: WWE)

Alexa Bliss admits dealing with online trolls can be ‘heartbreaking’ with the already hectic life as a WWE superstar.

The former women’s champion has been forced to deal with vile social media abuse over the years, and she urged people to be more mindful of the ‘person behind the character’.

She exclusively told Metro.co.uk: ‘I feel like a lot of people don’t really understand – nine times out of 10 when you see us performing, we are going on no sleep, we are going on beat up bodies because we do travel four, five, six days a week.

‘We are emotionally exhausted, we are mentally exhausted, we are physically exhausted but we are doing it to entertain everyone else.’

Alexa urged the critics ‘making the worst comments about someone as a person’ to try their hand at wrestling themselves to see how tough it really is.

‘I agree that everyone should have the right to speak their opinion. But when you talk about us as human beings, people, and not our characters, that’s where the line stops and I don’t feel like that’s OK,’ she said.

‘But we do it because we love what we do, we love entertaining people. It’s really disheartening and heartbreaking when we are putting our all out there.’

Alexa is a former women’s champion (Picture: WWE)

The 31-year-old star – who could be reunited with Bray Wyatt after the Fiend’s sensational WWE comeback earlier this month – explained how sometimes she knows she hasn’t done her ‘best’ in the ring, but she’s still hit her limit.

‘It’s my physical best. I know it may look like my best, but that’s all the energy I had to give that day. I gave my personal all,’ she pondered. ‘We’re told how terrible we are and how we should be fired – that’s not nice, and people forget that there is a person behind the character we are portraying on TV.’

Indeed, the stars are often left ‘running on fumes’ and in a lot of pain, which means the online abuse can hit at a deeper level.

‘Remember, we go home to our families too, we wake up the same way you guys do,’ she explained. ‘To have people say such hurtful things back gives us the mentality of, why are we doing this then?’

However, Alexa did acknowledge her passionate fans around the world – those that support the stars while respecting the efforts involved in their performances and overall life.

‘There are people that are so nice on social media and appreciate what we do, and we appreciate that appreciation back,’ she smiled. ‘We will always give our all, we will always give every moment to the crowd because they deserve it.

‘They’re spending their money, they’re travelling, they’re doing all these things to watch us so we owe it to them to give it our ultimate best. If it’s not enough for some people, it’s on them I guess!’

WWE Raw airs Monday nights at 1am on BT Sport 1.

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