Priscilla Kelly Claims She Was Bullied to the Point of Being Suicidal in WWE

Former WWE star Priscilla Kelly is opening up about the darkest period of her life, revealing that bullying and pressure inside WWE pushed her to a breaking point.

In a new interview with Denise Salcedo, Kelly described feeling trapped, depressed, and disconnected from herself during her time with the company—until she finally found her way back. Kelly explained that she went through a severe period of unhappiness where wrestling no longer felt fulfilling. Despite collecting a steady paycheck, she admitted she was miserable and just going through the motions.

“I kind of went through this down period of — ‘I hate my life, I’m collecting a paycheck, I’m just hoping someday I can get back to who I am and the performer that I am.’ And as soon as I started to feel like I was myself again — I tore my meniscus.”

Her mental health struggles weren’t just from wrestling. Kelly shared that her personal life was also in chaos, dealing with family problems that only added to her stress and sense of isolation.

“I have a lot going on in my personal life on top of everything else. Both of my parents have a lot of issues — and my dad’s been in prison for the last four years, he actually just got out this past weekend. I’m dealing with my little brother that is going through hell and he’s on his own — and my mom’s got all kinds of issues, my dad’s locked up… I have a lot of personal stuff going on.”

At the same time, Kelly said the pressure in WWE was suffocating, especially during her early years. Coming from the independent wrestling scene, she said the company tried to change who she was and strip away her individuality.

“The pressure of WWE is a lot — there just was a lot of pressure those first two years, because I was new and I came from the indies. There was a lot that they were trying to, like, beat out of me. There was just stuff going on behind the scenes.”

The emotional toll became too much. Kelly revealed that bullying from certain people in WWE left her suicidal for a period of time, though she chose not to name names.

“I don’t want to bring it up — because I know it’ll blow up and then it’ll become a whole thing — but let’s just say some people were very, very, very not nice to me, to the point that I was suicidal for a little bit, because I was really going through it.”

After hitting rock bottom, Kelly said things started to turn around in early 2023, when she began main-eventing on the main roster. For the first time in years, she felt like herself again and rediscovered her passion for performing.

“Once I got out of that — I would say in the beginning of 2023, I started doing main events on the main roster and stuff — and that’s when I really felt like, ‘Okay, this is who I am, this is the kind of wrestling I like to do.’”

Kelly’s story is a raw reminder of how mentally exhausting the wrestling world can be behind the glamour of the spotlight. Despite the pain and toxicity she endured, she managed to survive, rebuild, and reclaim her identity.

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