In 2023, news broke that Rusev and former WWE talent CJ Perry were getting divorced after eight years of marriage, and while the 2 were seen on their very own for quite a bit, they ultimately reconciled and are still together today. Perry sat down for an interview on “Insight with Chris Van Vliet,” revealing what went incorrect of their relationship on the time.
“I used to be really unhappy for a very long time, and I believe I first got triggered after I was released from WWE in 2021; it was my whole life,” she recalled, noting that every one her friends were in WWE, and the ordeal triggered all her mental illness and made her manic. Nevertheless, after watching Kendall Jenner on a podcast, she saw how her mental health was affecting her marriage and relationships. “I believe divorce rate is 50% more in ADHD people, depression and anxiety is 50% more in ADH people, and suicide is 50% more in ADHD people. Because nothing is sweet enough, and you ought to move on.”
Perry then admitted that WWE provided her with the right environment to maintain her unaware of her issues, as she was consistently on the move and at all times in a brand new environment.
“After I did not have all that, and I needed to make myself joyful, I used to be turning to all of the incorrect things,” she explained. “I used to be even turning to Miro [Rusev] an excessive amount of to make me joyful.”
CJ Perry believes almost getting divorced from Rusev helped her recenter herself
Since then, CJ Perry has learned that the one one who could make her joyful is herself. Moreover, looking back at her release from WWE, she claims she was shocked and devastated but looking back, she’s thankful. “That is life. You understand? And sometimes our hardest moments are the moments that teach us.”
Circling back to her marriage to Rusev, she further admitted that their relationship has been a whirlwind, and that the 2 broke up consistently and got separated multiple times too. Nevertheless, despite Rusev serving her divorce papers on her birthday, she claims their relationship is sweet now.
“That was really hard for me, however it was one among the best moments of my life,” she recalled. “That was after I really cut myself off from the world.”
During this time, Perry received her divorce papers, the exact same week she was released from AEW.
“Me and Miro even talked about that, even when we got divorced, we wish to work together still,” Perry added, recalling that Rusev went to Bulgaria for a while, leaving her to comprehend just how much she loves him and that he’s her family, in any case. “Even when we, possibly at different moments, didn’t see eye-to-eye, we weren’t on the identical page, we wanted various things there for a moment, we still had incredible love for one another.”
Since rejoining WWE, Perry has gone on to sign a Legends contract.
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