Saraya FKA Paige dreaded her father’s supposed reaction after leaked s*x footage

Former WWE superstar Saraya-Jade Bevis, also known by her in-ring name Paige, made her debut in the company in 2014 and departed after sustaining a neck injury. As the youngest women’s champion in WWE history Divas Champion, she faced challenges during WWE career.

Unfortunately, she became a victim of a data breach, with leaked photos and videos depicting her engaged in intimate acts. This incident occurred a year before her retirement from all wrestling-related activities.

Saraya opened up about her dread after the leaked s*x tape

Saraya, who dominated the women’s division in her time in WWE, from being the inaugural NXT women’s champion to winning the Divas Championship, has never failed to entertain fans with her charm, skills, and versatility. She is now the face of AEW. However, things turned worse in early 2017, when her private pictures and clip were leaked on the internet.

The 31-year-old superstar described the impact of the leak on her. During a podcast called “The Sessions” hosted by Renee Paquette, Saraya addressed how traumatized she was upon learning about the leaks and shared her immediate reaction.

She said, “I was in San Antonio and it was just the most awful period of my life. The person that I was with at the time showed me a picture on Twitter. I was just like ‘Oh my God.’ I was like, ‘Is that real?’ because I couldn’t believe it was real at first. I was f***ing 19 years old, and I was completely f***ing mortified. I ran out of the house. I ran. I just kept f***ing running. I was [hiding] inside a f***ing bush, thinking that if people recognize me they’re gonna know.”

“I’ve never done it since. That was a f***ing lesson, I’ve learned, and I’ll never be caught dead doing it again. I felt so f***ing stupid, and so embarrassed, and was I already like a f-ing coke head at this time, and loved to drink, and that really f***ing got me to rock bottom where I didn’t really want to be alive anymore, dude. It was f***ing awful. I just was so f***ing sad. I remember being like, ‘If my dad is disappointed with me, I don’t think I could be here anymore’.”

Saraya suffered stress-induced anorexia

Saraya, despite being a confident and independent woman, suffered a lot of mental scars following the incident. She described in an interview with Fox News how hard it was to stay positive and move on from the incident.

The superstar went on to share how the pressure led her to start thinking about dangerous things that could endanger her life. She explained that she had to seek therapy as she was going through ‘stress-induced anorexia’ to cope with the situation.

Saraya signed with AEW in September 2022, making her debut for the company at the Grand Slam event. Fans are happy that the female superstar is now a full-time wrestler again and hope to see her perform in AEW like her previous days in WWE.