Charlotte Flair wants to bring more of her real self to on-screen character

  • Ian Carey
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Charlotte Flair says she is going to bring more Ashley Fliehr into her on-screen character.

While speaking to PEOPLE, Flair expressed that she feels the character of Charlotte isn’t relatable, and she wants to pull back the curtain and show fans her true self.

“I think a weight has been lifted off my shoulders because ‘Charlotte’ had to be so perfect and pristine all the time and people couldn’t separate the character and who I am in real life,” Flair said.

She says that an emotional interview she gave to Sherri about her recent divorce has her feeling more confident being her authentic self.

“Getting all these things that have been really hard for me off of my chest, like, ‘This is who I am, accept me.’ It feels like I don’t have to — not necessarily hide — but I’m not worrying about, you know, ‘What’s going to happen today?’ Or in an interview, ‘Are they going to ask me and I’l have to pivot to something else?’ It’s like, this is the authentic me. And it feels really good.”

Flair lost to Tiffany Stratton on night one of WrestleMania 41 last weekend. The build to their match became controversial, with Flair and Stratton allegedly going off-script during a face-to-face segment on the April 4 edition of WWE SmackDown. During the segment, Stratton made a reference to Flair being 0-3, a likely nod to Flair’s most recent divorce.

Flair says her character will start to include more of her real personality in her post-Mania storylines.

“On the opposite side of WrestleMania, I think I will tap more into that and kind of try to bring me — Ashley, the real person — to Charlotte, because I do feel like Charlotte really isn’t, the character I made is not relatable,” Flair explained.

Flair explained that she would like to be able to give young fans high-fives as she heads to the ring, possibly implying she would like to work as a babyface.

“If I could be ‘Charlotte’ in my real life, I would,” Flair continued. “In reality, if I wasn’t here right now, I’d be in sweats watching old episodes of Sex and the City. But no, I feel like at this stage in my career I’d like to pull the curtain back a little bit and show them like, hey I’ve been this hardcore, dominant b—- for however many years. But I’d like to also be able to high-five the kids as I walk down the aisle.”

Flair’s full interview with PEOPLE is available here.