Carmella Calls Out WWE Over Corey Graves’ Short Paternity Leave

Carmella is calling out WWE for what she sees as an unfairly short paternity leave policy after her husband Corey Graves had to return to work just five days after the birth of their second child, Bram.

In am Instagram story, Carmella explained that while Graves was able to be there for the birth, the timing of his leave didn’t align with their son’s arrival. His paternity leave reportedly began a week early, and with Bram being born five days past his due date, Graves had to return to work almost immediately after they got home from the hospital.

“Yes, he was here for the birth, thank goodness,” she said. “It just sucked because his paternity leave started a week early, and since Bram was past his due date, by the time he was born, Matt had to go back to work. He had to go back like five days after we came home from the hospital, which sucks.”

Carmella acknowledged that having Graves at the birth was most important, but still criticized the lack of flexibility in WWE’s policy. She emphasized that five days just isn’t enough time for a new parent to be away from work.

“But I guess I’d rather have him leave a little early postpartum than have him miss the birth of his child. So we had to compromise, I guess,” she added. “Although I still think he should have WAY more time off than just five days after the baby’s born. That’s crazy. But you gotta do what you gotta do.”

Graves returned to his commentary duties on the October 17th episode of Friday Night SmackDown, having been written off television the previous month in a storyline beatdown by Brock Lesnar. While WWE hasn’t commented on the situation, Carmella’s remarks have opened up discussion about how much time is truly enough when it comes to paternity leave in the wrestling industry.

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