#3 WAGS drastically changed her life
Barbie Blank debuted in WWE at the age of 19 and was only 25 when she retired from full-time in-ring competition. She married long-time partner Sheldon Souray in 2016 but separated from the former NHL star in 2017. Both her marriage and her breakup were heavily featured on the reality television show WAGS.
The former WWE Superstar admits that she didn't have a whole lot of time to grow up while in the public limelight,
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"When I started, I was so young and I was thrown into it, so I never really got to grow up. When I retired, I was 25 and I was in a relationship, and he was on the road because he was playing hockey, and I was like, 'What do I do with my life? What do I want to do?' I became a housewife. I was cooking, and he had two daughters, so I was taking care of them. It was fulfilling, but I still needed something for me."
That's when WAGS came calling. The reality show documents the lives of professional athletes and their significant others. Blank credits the show with helping her transition out of boredom and into self-discovery, "It helped me let out that bug - that I loved wrestling and was able to entertain, so I was able to channel that into WAGS and I really enjoyed it."
Still, Blank admits to having some regrets,
"When I was going through my separation, I wish that had not been on the cameras, but it was my real life and it was going on. We're filming stuff and we're in the midst of arguing and I can't shut that off. We're just going to have to let that roll."
When asked, if she would return to reality television, Blank answers in the affirmative,
"I would probably do another show. It would just have to be a competition show. I don't know, if I could do one with my life again, maybe. I don't know [laughter]. Never say never."
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