Insight with Chris Van Vliet - Kelly Kelly on life after wrestling and if she’d return to WWE

Episode Date: June 20, 2019

Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank) just celebrated 13 years since her WWE debut at age 19 and opens up to Chris about what life has been like since retiring from pro wrestling. She names the superstar she would want to feud with, explains how she got the name Kelly Kelly and talks about the night she defended Edge’s World Heavyweight Title. Audio equipment provided by Samson Technologies: bit.ly/CVVSamson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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enjoyed this chat. I hope that you do as well. It's Barbie Blank, aka Kelly Kelly. All right. So yesterday was a big day for you, 13 years. Yes. Congratulations on that. Thank you. Thank you so much. I actually, I had no idea. And I think I woke up yesterday morning and to all these tweets, and they were like, oh, it's your 13 years, you're 13 years. And I was just like, oh, my gosh, time has just flown by. I mean, it's so crazy to think. Does it feel like a thousand years ago? Yes, it makes me feel very old.

You're not old. No, I'm 32, but still. But that is crazy, though, that you started your WWE career at 19. I know. The youngest WWE diva ever. And those are like the formidable years, like 18, 19, 20, you know, in the early 20. So you kind of like went to the school of WWE. Oh, I got thrown into the wolves, that's for sure.

You know, I definitely just had to grow up at a very young age, and I had to have really thick skin. I had to move out on my own. I had to experience what it was like doing my own laundry and like just stuff that you don't think about. And then when it happens and you're like put to the test of like, okay, what do I do? Yeah.

Because yeah, I had to move to Louisville, Kentucky. and that's where the training was, so very far away from my home and anyone that I knew. That's Ohio Valley, right? Yes, yeah, OBW. But everybody, you know, would go out. I didn't go out. I didn't have a fake ID. So it's miserable.

Like, it was so, oh. It was such a hard year. But it was great because I got to learn so much down there. And so I was glad that I went there and that I trained there. And then I was given the tools to come up and, you know, into the WWE. Although once you got into WWE and you still weren't of age, couldn't you just walk up to bars and be like, hey guys? I mean, Kentucky, they were, I feel like they knew who I was

and they were just like, we're just going to mess with her because who she is, you know? And there were so many times when I'd be like, don't you know how I am, I'm Kelly? Like such a 19-year-old, like, thinking, right? And I think back and I was just like, what a jerk? Anybody who's watching this right now, We'll see this Kelly Kelly and then this one in the background here.

This is a, it's like, it's like double for you here. Yeah, I know. That's Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly. Yeah. There we go. K3s. Who came up with the name? So Vince came up with the name actually.

The first episode of ECW, it was going to be Kelly. And because he had given me a list of names, you know, of how many, or like, there was 15 names and pick a name that you like, right? Okay. So I was like, okay. And so I picked Kelly because I thought it was cute. And I think there was a Barbie name Kelly because I couldn't be Barbie. So I was like, okay.

And then I guess Vince had seen an episode of Cheers. And the girl's name on it is Kelly. And her boyfriend in it did a song called Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly. And so in Vince is mine. That's how it came. To me, so. I feel like if you debuted today, Barbie Blank is a great wrestler name. That's what I wanted.

And they were like, no, we can't trademark it. And it was a whole thing. That is a far better, not that Kelly Kelly is a bad name, but Barbie Blank? I know. I agree. Is Kelly Kelly trademarked? Yes, it is. Oh.

Yeah. So when you go to do signings, you're Barbie. I'm Barbie Blank, formerly known as. Right. FCA. Yes. You have to put the F. K-A-A-N there.

So what do you sign the autograph as? I usually will just do Kelly-Kelly-Kelly unless they ask for, hey, can you sign both? Oh, all right. So with yesterday being your 13-year anniversary, all these people were tweeting these things at you, were you seeing some memories and going, oh, I completely forgot about that.

Yeah. So many in ECW that, like, because I feel like Vince wanted to kind of like make sure that never was talked about again. because of what I was doing at 19 years old, like this exhibitionist and this whole thing, I think I look back and I'm just like, oh my gosh, my poor parents number one. Like what I put them through when I first started, I could only imagine. So stuff like that.

I'll see pictures of and when I had to do the dances. That was rough. Well, that was first pitched to you, though. Were you just like, I'm happy to be here? Yeah, that's basically what it was. like I told Paul Heyman actually called me and he was like we have this idea and it's this gimmick and you're going to come out and you're going to do like this like strip teas and then your jealous boyfriend's going to come and like wrap you up in a towel and like number one I have

no rhythm so this is not going to be good I was like I was a gymnast like I'm typical white girl like you know and Vince is like it'll be fine it'll be fine I'll show you I'll teach you the moves I was like well whatever I got to do to get my foot in the door this is it So my first day, I remember Triple H, Vince, we're all in the room, and they were just like, all right, these are just the basic moves that we need. And I'm like sitting there. Like I'm watching Vince McMahon who I watched when I was like 13 years old and just like idolized. And I'm just like, and he's like got a chair and he like swings his jacket around. Oh my God.

I was just like, oh my gosh, if anyone could be a fly on the wall in this right now. But it was great. It was really definitely a great memory of that and how I started. And the funny thing is, so I go on and it's, we're on live television, my first night. We rehearsed hours with this chair. The prop is the chair. I walk on the stage, there's no chair. Oh, no.

And I was like, oh, my God, I stood there for a good few, like, seconds. And I was like, I guess I'm just going to have to just dance. Like, I don't, oh, it was so a home. And I get to the back, and Vince is like, oh, my gosh, I'm so sorry. But you did so good. You took it on the fly. Like, you took it on the fly. I was like, yeah, I guess.

How long after that, the Extreme Expoise, from there, did you start to get treated like an actual wrestler? It took, I mean, it took a good year. I mean, for people to finally, like, take me serious and actually let them, you know, the WWWWE let me wrestle. You know, because they wanted to make sure I was ready, that the fans were ready to see it. Because I feel like if they, when they start to push people down, you know, push wrestlers down their throats, like the fans, the fans don't like it. And it's like they can feel that you're like getting pushed on to them. And for me, I always wanted to wait until it was my time. I didn't want to be, you know, pushed down their throats like some of the other Diva Search winners or something like that.

I wanted my time to come. And I knew my time was going to come. So I was like, I was, you know, I knew I had many years. And I was very young. And I was able to kind of watch and, like, study a lot of girls and just kind of be my own character. Because Vince was like, you just go out there and be you. And so that's what it did. And fans just over the years really got behind me.

Yeah. You're one of the most popular divas of all time. Thank you. It's true. When you won the Divas Championship that night, it was power to the people. Yeah. Was that, I mean, it's wrestling, right? Was that a work?

Okay, so no. We are all, we go, no. Maybe they knew, maybe Vince knew, but our, so Fit Finley is our trainer, or was our producer who put our matches together. And Bree was the champion, and it was like me, Eve and Beth, whoever the fans picked to go against her. So we all had to learn different matches. So Brie had to learn three matches that day.

And whoever's name was called to go out, she had to know, remember the match. Wow. It was very nerve-wracking for how I felt so bad. I was like, I don't know how you're doing. I don't know how you're going to do this. Yeah. Because it was like they gave us a good amount of time. I think we had a good like five minutes.

Which is crazy that. But it's crazy that that was considered a good amount of time. Right. Because now the women are getting like 20 minutes. Right. Yeah. You were like right on the cusp of like the give divas a chance thing. Yeah, yeah.

Would it be, you know, how much different would it be for you now if you were still wrestling? Well, I came back. I did the first ever women's world. Yeah, of course. I did the first women's ever pay-per-view. And it's just, it's very different. It's, I don't know, there's just a lot more girls and it's a lot. These girls are just, they are really giving it.

They're all. Like, they do not, they are jumping off tables. and ladders and chairs and like, you know, just stuff that when I was there could have never imagined that we would ever have the chance to do. And I just admire it so much. And I praise these girls for what they're doing right now because I don't know if I could come back and do half of what they're doing. Of course you could.

I mean, maybe, maybe. Do you have any plans or hopes to come back and wrestle full time again? I don't think I could do it full time because it's a lot. I mean, you're on the road 300 days a year. You know, it gets to be a lot. But I would definitely come back for a run or two. I miss the fans. I miss performing.

You know, I love doing what I did. There's nothing like getting out there in front of that crowd, right? No, it's the most amazing feeling that you'll ever get, walking through the curtain and just having all those people chant your name. And it's just like, the rest. So if someone's watching this and they're just a wrestling fan, what have you been doing since we've been doing? last saw you. Oh my gosh. Let's see. So I retired in 2013. And nothing like retiring in your

20s. Yeah. I mean, it was great. And then I was on a reality show on E called Wags for four years, and that was really fun. Do more people recognize you from Wags or from WWA? Well, you know, what's funny is that the men recognize me from W.WE and the women recognize me from Wags. So it's good. I have that, you know, that mixed. Yeah. I like it. What's more scripted? Reality TV or WWE?

I mean, I think that's why I was so good at the TV because I was like used to wrestling and like having, you know, just. Yeah. What you got to do on the fly and when you're given like, okay, this is, you know, we're not going to give you what to say. We're going to kind of just put it in your hands and you just take it. So that's why I had a lot of fun with the reality. Yeah. because I was able to use a lot of that, what I learned wrestling. So what else have you been up to?

So I did that, and then I've just been doing, like, guest appearance spots on, like, soap operas, which is really fun. I'm starting to get into the acting, kind of the acting bug a little bit. I'm signed with a lot of fashion brands on Instagram. That's the new world. It's crazy how much it's taken off, too, you know, and I love doing that. I mean, I started as a model, so, you know, it's kind of second nature. The crazy thing is you could probably make as much money, if not more, just doing influencer stuff.

A million percent, yeah. Yeah, which is, it's a whole new world that we're living in. It is. But it's great. And then I also do a lot of, like, Comic-Con. I do a lot of signings. I probably do at least twice a month signings all over. And those, I love doing those, and I love meeting the fans.

And it's so great, you know, just having, like, especially little girls. And they're like, oh, Kelly, I used to watch you. I want to be like you when I get older. and it's like, oh, that makes me feel like what I do is, you know, there's a purpose and it makes, you know, it's really nice. That balances out the creepy guys who are like, I've loved you forever. Exactly. Sign my arm, please.

Oh, really? Oh, goodness, yes. Is that the strangest thing you've signed? Yeah, or like they want me to sign like their chest. Oh, guys, come on. Sometimes I'll be like, I'll sign your hand. Like, you know, let's find a middle of balance here where we get a happy medium. What's the number one thing that fans want to ask you about?

If I'm ever going to come back. Okay. The number one question. Because when I tweeted this out and you retweeted it, so many people wanted to ask about the edge match. Because you're the only woman in WWE history to defend the World Heavyweight Championship. That match. Oh, my goodness. that along with winning the championship was one of my favorite matches because there's all these

there's all this pressure on it like there was so many different things that were happening like you know then i was going to get fired and then so it was like all this stuff right so before we went out i i i love leila and i'm shell and i told them i like i said kick the living shit out of me i want to be because i had because when I get fired, I'm going to have to cry. And so I was like, I want to be able to hold all of these feelings inside and just the second she says it, I want to just be like, oh. So they, I mean, I probably blacked out at one point. Like, they just gave me all they could.

But it was great. I wanted it that way. I wanted the fans to feel bad. I wanted the fans to think, oh, my God, there's no way in hell. Kelly's going to win this champion. Like, there's no way. So when we won, it was really cool, and then how Vicki came out and fired me. And Michael Hayes is like, right before he was like, Kelly, I need you to effing cry.

I need you. I'm like, oh, my God. I'm like, okay. So I'm feeling all this pressure from every direction. But it went really well, and I was really happy with it. So where did you go to when you have to cry? Because I don't think I could cry in command. I was in so much pain.

Literally in so much, I got to the back and I had ice packs everywhere. I was like, oh, it was rough. But you cried different tears after you won the Divas Championship. Yes, that was happy tears. That was coming from a place of like, holy shit, I've worked for five years and I've worked so hard to finally get this. And it's boat and it's based on being voted by the fans. And that's ultimately why it wasn't given to me by a writer. It wasn't, it was up to the fans.

And so that's why it truly meant a lot. Was that reaction written into the script? No. No, they were like... Michael Hayes didn't you need you to effing cry for that one? No. He was like, just feel, you know, whatever you're going to feel. But you did have a, did you have a promo planned out for that?

No, so they wanted me to get on the mic and they wanted me to think, you know, power to the people because that was what they were doing. It was about. So I just... People power. People power to the people. And doesn't, I mean, isn't that kind of coming full circle? because wasn't it John Laurenitis that was the one that found you? Yeah.

Wow. Yeah, he found me. Yeah. I was like doing modeling in Florida, Venus swimwear. So I was like in their catalogs. He had seen me. So he's like flipping through a catalog and he's like. Yeah.

Based something like along those lines. Yeah. I mean, I'm sure I made it much more simple than it really is. And from there do they call your agent? Yes, they called my agent. And my agent was, you know, called me. And he was like, hey, do you have any interest in WWE? and I was like, yeah.

I mean, I used to watch it with my dad for years, and I loved it. And, yeah. And they were like, okay, well, they want, you know, want to try it out. So I was like, okay. So the trial was in Atlanta, and I trial for a week. And it was rough. I mean, they were like, I ran the ropes 500 times. I had to take back pumps, like 500 times.

At one point, I was like, about to pass out because I was just, this is, but they wanted to see if I could handle it. and they wanted because they weren't used to training models. Like they, that was their first, I think me and Alicia Fox was like their first kind of experience with models and kind of molding them into wrestlers and, you know, their kind of poster child. Was there like maybe some resentment from people who had wrestled in the Indies and come up through the system? Yeah, we got a lot. We got a lot of people who are not happy about it. But all you can do is like, you know, I didn't, there's so much risk, you have to give so much respect for the people who have been there who have worked, you know, for years to get to the spot.

And I tried to come in as respectful as I could, shake everyone's hand, you know, and just, you know, just kind of stand back to and don't be in anybody's way and keep my mouth shut. And I did the best I could. And I, because a lot of women, I think that's why they couldn't, like, stay, they couldn't stay around. is because they didn't have the thick skin, they weren't able to take it, because it's a lot. Like, it's a very male-dominated business, especially back in 2006, you know, and me being so young, you kind of just take it on the chin and just keep it moving. Well, how did you deal with the negative response from fans that might have felt that way? The fan, that was hard, too, because I, that was the start, I guess, of Twitter, social media kind of thing was like when I started in ECW,

you and I just got so much hate and I was just like what after every match or after every time I was on TV I would look on my phone and I was like oh my gosh you're you're terrible you suck you're a horror you know what I mean it's just like oh my gosh what and so you just take it after a while with a grain of salt and you just get used to it and and as people got to see my character and they got to see the real me I didn't have to deal with it as much but That's a crazy thing to have to get used to. Oh, yeah. And that's why, like, a lot of these girls, like, young Instagram models will ask, like,

how do you deal with, like, all the hate or, like, when people are, like, everybody has an opinion. They're behind a computer, but at the end of the day, like, you know what you bring to the table. You know who you are. Like, people like you, you know, 500 out of one, you know, one person's going to say one negative comment. It's like, why, you know? So I feel like I had that event, especially with my reality show, too, a lot of the girls. took that really hard because a lot of girls were not liked on the show. Well, that's, did you ever watch any of those episodes and be like, why did they edit me like that?

I was very happy about how I got edited because I was very aware. Like, I knew when they were trying to feed us drinks and I knew, like I was just very aware of everything and a lot of the girls were not and they would just say these off the wall things and I would just be thinking, oh, this is going to be so bad. I can't see like it was not going to be good. But I was very happy with how there was no, there was never an episode or I was like, oh my gosh, I hate myself in that. Knowing that, knowing that you went through that, would you do another show? I would.

I really enjoy it. I really enjoy, you know, the people, the fans getting to see kind of like my everyday life and kind of see what I do on a daily basis and, you know, kind of life after wrestling and after wags. So yeah. You could make a YouTube channel and have so many subscribers. I thought about it. Well, if you do, everyone watching this right now will subscribe to you. Well, I mean, maybe, yeah, we'll see. If you have any questions, I will answer them.

It might not be good answers, but I will try to help out. That would be great. Do you go on a lot of auditions? I do. I go on a lot of guest ones when I'm looking for like guest stars and guest roles for like, influencers or like athletic like wrestlers or stuff you know stuff like that um more comedic stuff because i feel like it's that's kind of my forte i'm not trying to like go and do a big drama you know cry but you know you know i can do it but um yeah 13 years ago you probably wouldn't

have thought you'd be where you're at now if you look ahead 13 years where you're going to be 45 my goodness where you're going to be at 45 I don't know. Hopefully married with babies. You have a fur baby? I do. Your dog's the sweetest dog. She is. She's over there past hour. Oh, look at her. She's very entertained.

I mean, how far ahead do you look? You know, for me, I like to take things a day at a time. And this is like, this has always been, for the last two years has been my motto. Like, if I start to look too far, it's just so, just anxiety and stress. And so I just live every day, you know, and I take it as it comes. But I've always wanted a family and I've always, that's always been my dream. So, yeah. There's no reason that can't happen.

No, no. And then you can make a YouTube show about it. There we go. I think people would love to see that. Pregnant Barbie. I'm like, wow. What is your favorite feud that you had? My favorite feud.

I definitely Beth Phoenix. She, me and her had, I mean, she brought up. the best of me. We had the best matches together. Our match at SummerSlam for the Divas Championship in the Staples Center. It was just amazing. That was a violent match. Were you there? I was not there. No. I'm, I know. You were there. Because the live crowd was very, very, very, very, very lively, very excited. Is that, like, is that one of the biggest ones people talk to you about? Um, that one, I would say when we did, I was like, extreme, um, when we were in Buffalo, her hometown, it was for the Divas Championship. Uh, it was all the titles were on the line.

Night of Champions? Night of Champions. That was rough because I had never been booed ever in seven years. And everyone's, everyone's like, look, this is best hometown. You're, it's going to get bad. It's going to be bad. Don't let, just try and like, you know, not let anybody, all their, you know, booze, all their, you know, things they're going to say to you, just, you know, take it out, take it all your mind and just, you know, put all your focus into the match. And so I did, but it was hard at first. But it made for a really great match. And yeah, yeah, that was, that one was really, I think that one, yeah. Did you ever think about how you could be a heel, how you could get over? I, you know, I went to Vince. one time and I was like hey Vince like kind of had this idea I was thinking about being a bad guy

he was like okay well let's see your bad guy face and so I was like is that it hold on I'm gonna get ready okay okay and I was like oh he's just like he's like you're too you're just this is you know and and he was like every the fans love you like why would you ever want to turn I'm like just because I think it would be cool but you know by the way can you tell us where your fountain of you is because you haven't blessed your heart seriously you look exactly the same now as when you debuted in ECW oh my gosh you're so sweet is the secret just drink lots of water I mean and wine I don't know um my mom I have to I mean my mom and my dad like the genetics is just very blessed you're you're the true genetic freak not Scott Steiner yeah yeah he's true I mean he's up there though

he's definitely like whoa you look he looks exactly the same too so she's your parents Stone age, so you're going to look great when you're their age? I mean, I look at my mom and I'm like, all right, you look, and she's in her 60s and she's killing it, so. Well, congrats to Barbie's mom. Thanks, mom. Someone on Twitter wanted to ask about you had a very small program with Randy Orton and then it just disappeared after like one week.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. What happened there? I don't really know. I remember they wanted to do this storyline, I think had to do with K. maybe too. But I don't know. We started out and I guess, I don't know, it lasted for two weeks.

Like Randy was like, I used you. Yeah, and I, you know, so poor me again, right? Like, I always had to deal with like this big mean men, and I had to be like, oh, feel bad for me. But, yeah, I just remember we had the script one night and he was going to say all these mean things and I used you. and you were nothing to me and blah, blah, blah, blah. And I think maybe they were going to debut a guy maybe and have him come save me.

I don't know, but they just kabosh the whole thing. I don't really know what the point was it. I mean, that was the same kind of thing when they brought in karma. Yes. I don't, they were just to do this huge storyline together. And apparently like she was supposed to, you know, she was going to come and beat everybody up around me and then just save me. And then we were kind of going to, I guess, be like, part. like I was going to be like her tag team like I don't know how but then you know they dropped the

ball on that one so I thought that would have been really cool that would have been really give div as a chance I mean well look at it now they I'm so proud and happy for you know where the women are at right now so you know it took it took a few it took us going through it when you finally did decide to leave what was the real catalyst for that um when you mean when you left w w yeah was it like You know, is it once something specific? Were you just done with it? Were you ready for something else?

You know, for me, I had never been hurt, luckily. I had never really been out, never taken time off. So from 19 until 26 years, so for seven years, basically, I was on the road straight 300 days a year. Yeah. And I just, I was tired. My body was tired. My heart, and your heart has to be in it.

Like, you have to go out there every night and give it your all. or the fans can feel if you're, you know, they can feel if you're not into it. And it just got to a point where I was like dreading, having to get on the plane and having, and I just, my, you know, I just wanted some time off at that point. And they, you know, they were very supportive of it. They said, you know, take as much time off as you need.

So I took a few months off. And then I kind of wanted to come back, but I wanted to come off, back part time. And they didn't, they were like, look, you know, where the, you know, where we were at back then. It was like, no, it's either all or nothing kind of thing. And, you know, but they were like, the doors always open. So, you know, if you ever, you know, want to come back or if, so it was good.

Like, we ended on good terms. There was no bad blood. It was just my time. I was just ready to, like, be at home and, like, you know, put focus into my family. And so, yeah, it wasn't anything bad that happens. As you sit here right now after being in the ring for all those years, does anything hurt on you now? not really like my neck like my I my disin my neck are a little disaligned but I guess that comes with it right I'll get a few migraines here and there um but other than that no I'm I'm very blessed

very lucky because you talk to some wrestlers that have been doing this you know for 20 plus years and they're like oh yeah my knees when I get out of bed or my back it makes I feel so I talk to so many people and at these signings and stuff and like a lot of the guys can't like hardly like they're like just hunched over and it's just like it's so sad I you know and I asked a similar question like that to McFoley and he goes you mean what hurts the most yeah he was like because every day I'm in Maine but I know who do you still keep in touch with so I just Candace Michelle it's so funny she did a comedy a little comedy bit for like a charity thing that we went to the other night and she was so good um and then so I came to support her for

that and then we actually randomly saw each other in Sherman Oaks yesterday. So yeah, so I talked to her. I mean I talked to tour. We're on a group message actually with all the girls from our era because when Ashley passed away we all wanted to, you know, do something for Ashley and for her daughter and we came together and we you know did the school fund me which has raised a hundred thousand dollars and and it's just it it gives me goosebumps because that, you know, we never thought we would, we were, you know, we were just like, we're just going to throw this number out and we're just going to hope and pray and we want to do whatever we can. And so we're all on this message. They're like 20 of us.

So it's like, Lillian, Malina, Jillian, Tori, Candace, Crystal, Layla, Beth, Michelle, like every girl from that era is all on it. You must get notifications all day. All day, all day. It's like labeled squared circles. Oh. Yeah, squared circle girls or something. With an emoji? There's got to be an emoji.

Which one? I'm sure I probably have like 10 right now on there from it. But, yeah. So I like to, you know, keep in contact. And we see each other a lot of these signings too. So it's like a reunion every time we get to see. So where's the next place people can see you? I will actually be signing at the wrestling guy store here right outside of California,

or right outside of L.A. Oh, okay. The 23rd from. I think 10 to 2. This will be posted before then, so there you go, guys. And then I will be in Jacksonville, Florida for reverse dating on, yes. And then I'm throwing the first pitch at like the minor league baseball team there. So that's exciting.

I'm actually, I'm good. I threw a first pitch at Arizona Diamondbacks game and I did well. So I'm not worried about it. So this, okay. There's no nerves. There's no, what is it? Who was it, 50 cents? Oh, my God.

No, no, no 50 cents. here. And then I'm going, doing a Comic-Con July 26 through the 28th in London. And, there's a lot of UK people watching this. Yeah. So that, please come out and say hi, please, please, please. Tell them, tell Kelly that you saw this interview. Yes. Yeah. Kelly Barber, what am I supposed to call you? I mean, you know, whatever you feel. K squared? K squared. Yeah, K2. If you were to come back now, Who would you want to have a match with? Charlotte. Definitely Charlotte.

Right to the top. Yeah. I mean, she's it. She just has it. Like, you know, and just with her mic skills, with her athleticism and her being a gymnast, too, and having that background. And, you know, Rick being her dad, she just inherited so many amazing things from him. And she, it's so crazy because when I first met her, she had no, she didn't want to wrestle. She was like, good.

was, you know, just graduated college, I think. It was volleyball, right? Yeah, she was, had no intentions of being a wrestler. And so a few years ago, she just was like, I'm going to do it. And she's killed it. And it's just so exciting to watch her. She's very, very exciting to see and watch. And her matches with Becky are epic. So this has been epic. Thank you. Thank you. Where can people find you? At the Barbie Blank. on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, be Barbie Blank. There you go.

Thank you. Thank you so much. That was fun. I like that. Big thank you to Barbie Blank, aka Kelly Kelly, for inviting me to her apartment in L.A. where we made this interview happen.

I wonder if, or I should say, when we will see her back in the WWE for an appearance. Oh, and her dog, Bambi is one of the cutest, sweetest little French bulldogs you will ever meet. You've got to watch my video on. YouTube to see that. The dog makes it appearance. It's awesome. Thanks to Greenroads for sponsoring the Chris Vanfleet show.

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