5 Total Divas break-ups that played out on TV

#4 JoJo Offerman’s break-up with Justin Gabriel featured on Total Divas

Before JoJo Offerman became involved in a relationship with Bray Wyatt, she dated another WWE Superstar – former Nexus member Justin Gabriel – in the first season of Total Divas.

The relationship did not feature much on Total Divas, with couples including Nikki Bella & John Cena and Brie Bella & Daniel Bryan receiving more television time. The standout scene from JoJo’s one and only season on the show came when she was dumped by Gabriel due to their 11-year age gap.

This led to a scene in a hotel room where Eva Marie tried to make sense of the situation.

“I just think he completely played with your emotions and made you like him more than [you would have originally]. I just think it’s so bizarre because when he pursued you, he knew how old you were [19]. So then why, all of a sudden, is it like, hmm, wait, maybe not?”

When JoJo said she could not believe Gabriel had decided to call things off with her, Eva advised her to stay professional at work and not let him know that he has bothered her.

Gabriel clarified in a 2017 interview on the Pancakes and Powerslams podcast that he was told by Total Divas producers to break up with JoJo in front of the cameras.

He was happy for their relationship to be shown on television but, after being portrayed as a “super womanizing heel”, he felt as though the people who edit Total Divas made him look like a bad guy.