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Charlotte Flair Issues First Public Statement On Divorce From Andrade

Originally posted on The Sportster | By Jim Parsons | Last updated Apr 4, 2025 9:05 AM ET

Charlotte Flair felt like a failure during her divorce and knee injury recovery.
She felt anxious about returning to WWE and being judged by the audience.
Flair found peace in revealing her divorce, learning self-worth, and embracing her comeback.

Charlotte Flair recently shared her first public comments on her divorce from fellow WWE Superstar Andrade. During Charlotte's time away from WWE rehabbing an injury, she was also dealing with a private struggle—her separation and eventual divorce, which remained largely unknown to fans. While WWE performers deserve privacy regarding their personal lives, Flair made a conscious effort to keep the news out of the spotlight.

Flair Shares Why She Kept The Divorce a Secret

When Charlotte started talking about the feelings she was having as she was filing for divorce and trying to keep the news a secret, she said she felt like a failure. Flair explained:

"I felt like I was failing at my job. I felt like I was failing in my personal life, and the embarrassment of being divorced again and then being compared to my father. When I made the decision to file for divorce, the only thing that I kept thinking was, like, I just didn't want anyone to know. Right, like oh my gosh, 'I have failed again.'"

She said she was also worried about her knee injury and how she would be perceived by the WWE Universe when she returned after so much time away. "I think you know, as women, I think men too, but it's like everyone's probably thinking, well, she's going to come back a year older; she's going to come back less than... and unfortunately, the WWE audience hasn't gotten to see the comeback of Charlotte Flair. This wasn't a Charlotte Flair redemption story." She added, "... but for me it's a redemption story for me because everything that I have feared or been scared of or embarrassed of publicly; because you know everyone has an opinion, even though they don't know the facts."

Flair Finally Got To Stop Fighting

"I found my worth," she said. She explained that she learned it's okay not to be okay." She added, "It's okay to take a moment, take a breather, to start over."

Getting to finally let go of keeping her divorce hidden was a big relief. "I was able to keep the divorce a secret until I came back and won the Royal Rumble." She said she was on Monday Night Raw after she won the Rumble, "...and then boom, everything hits. Yeah, the media and everything that I had been scared of hit that day and I was like the fight's over I have nothing to fight. This is me. This is who I am. I'm standing in my worth, and people can have their opinions, and like ma,n I think to the audience, this is my biggest comeback yet."

Flair will now be trying to win the WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania 41 when she challenges Tiffany Stratton.

This article first appeared on The Sportster and was syndicated with permission.

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