Paige Discusses Leaks, Drug Suspension, WWE Welcoming Her Back, More

Paige was on the Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia podcast today and had a few interesting things to say.

Reddit user StillScreamin posted a rundown.

Some highlights:

About her photo and video leaks:

She says that after her leaks, she didn’t even want to go out. Last Tuesday, she was out with her friends and some guy came up to her friend and said that ‘that’s the pornstar and I jacked off to her yesterday’. Paige then begins crying on the podcast, and Lillian tries to comfort her. Paige says she finds it really hard to feel close to anybody anymore. She says she’s not a bad person and she’s made a ton of mistakes.

She talks about the leaks, and says that it was a stupid mistake and warns girls about social media. Whilst crying, Paige says that after they came out, she barricaded herself into her house and even contemplated suicide.

She hates the fact that she’s gonna be known for her leaks. She hates that in articles, she sees the headlines ‘sex tape scandal star’. She said that she got so skinny and ended up collapsing with exhaustion in England and they told her that it was stressed induced anorexia. Some of her hair fell out and she was just so sick. It still breaks her heart.

She regrets it immensely, and says that Xavier Woods is her friend so she feels horrible for him too. She says that she felt like she degraded herself as a woman and she’s learned to never do something like that again.

About her WWE suspension for drugs:

She admits that for the 2nd suspension, she took drugs and she got suspended. She says that she didn’t even enjoy doing it, and she’s not that person but she chose to do it, and it was completely her fault. She tried to cover it up but she was just embarrassed. She didn’t want to look terrible because she built herself up as a role model and didn’t want to be seen as the girl who parties and does drugs.

About WWE helping her and welcoming her back:

She says that she was not mad at WWE suspending her. She says that WWE love her and are still helping her. They’re allowing her to do therapy and she never realised how great they are to her. She says that they’ve always stuck by her and that they love her.

She says that Mark Carrano helped her and phoned her everyday. Rosa Mendes put her in touch with a therapist at WWE because Rosa fought an alcohol addition.

She says that she spoke to Vince, Hunter and Stephanie when she returned and they said to her that she can be anything that she wants to be and that they believe in her. They said that they were happy that she was happy and healthy and back home.

After her return, Stephanie came up to her and whispered in her ear ‘You are gonna be fine. This is your house’. Paige says that she’s so inspired by Stephanie. Stephanie told her that Paige can now help others with her journey and that Paige can still be a bigger star than she was before. She calls Stephanie a hero and empowering.

She says that WWE gave her her confidence back. She said that Mark Carrano hugged her as soon as she turned up in Atlanta a week before her return. She said that everyone hugged her and gave her the confidence to stay strong.

She said that the pop she got almost made her cry on stage. She says that this is her world and she took a step out of it for a while, but now that she’s seen everyone again, she’s so happy she’s back. Lillian says that she can notice a huge difference in Paige.