Former AEW star Saraya, also often called Paige during her time in WWE, has been through rather a lot in her young life, and it’s something she’s speaking out about more in her recently released autobiography. Fans of the star know that her life, and the lifetime of her family’s, has already been the topic of the movie “Fighting With My Family,” which was produced by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and released in 2019. Saraya sat down on the “Lightweights Podcast with Joe Vulpis” and said the movie almost didn’t see the sunshine of day attributable to her struggles along with her mental health throughout the time it was filming.
“I assumed the movie was not going to come back out due to how crazy I used to be being and it stopped for a second,” she explained. “I used to be like, ‘F***, I just ruined this,’ from me being crazy. They stopped [production] because they were nervous about me and all of the drugs I used to be taking. Everyone thought I used to be going to die. Then it went back into production again, obviously. After I [went] back to WWE, they helped me a bunch. They got me counseling, which was great. Got me a therapist. They really took care of me… They helped me get sober.”
Saraya said she initially didn’t think the movie would do well, not since it was a nasty movie, but because she didn’t think anyone “gave a s*** about her” enough to wish to see it. Saraya said she is pleased with “Fighting With My Family” and said she had an emotional response to getting to observe it the primary time while training for her WWE comeback.
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