In a recent interview with Renee Paquette as part of her Oral Sessions podcast, WWE RAW superstar Eva Marie discussed several topics, including going public with her alcoholism and addiction issues.

“I think it was one of those things, in 2013, jumping into WWE, doing the Diva Search, getting a developmental deal, then going from a developmental contract to all of a sudden on to the main roster, and on top of that, Total Divas, it was like game-time decision in the sense of something that I used to be so ashamed and embarrassed about and don’t want anyone to know.

Also, I didn’t want anybody to take that power away from me, so I felt it was really important for me to have that narrative put out into the public first. That way, I took the power away from anybody else, I told my story first on Season 1 of Total Divas, I think that’s where I’m grateful to the show, to showcase those types of real issues. I think that’s also another thing where social media is one of those things where you pick and choose how much you want to share what you do or what you don’t want to and hopefully navigate those squiggly lines as best you can.”

The interview is available in full at this link.