Rhea Ripley has detailed her mental health struggles.
The WWE Women’s Champion was the most recent guest on Stephanie McMahon’s podcast. She talked about things such as her rivalry with Jade Cargill and more.
During the interview, the Mami also opened up about her mental health struggles. She revealed that one of the toughest times for her mentally was WWE’s Australia tour in 2025 for the Crown Jewel PPV. Being a native of the country, Rhea Ripley was not only trying to please all her friends and family, but the WWE star also felt responsible for everything that was happening on the show:
“I felt like the face of Australia in WWE. So I was like, ‘I take full responsibility for everything that’s happening here. I take responsibility for how I perform. I take responsibility for how these fans treat my peers.’ I took responsibility for too much, and I just wanted to make sure everyone was happy.”
My Body Was Shutting Down: Rhea Ripley
The mental load of trying to please everyone became so bad that Rhea Ripley had a full-blown panic attack on the RAW after the PLE. According to the former Judgment Day star, her body was shutting down and she felt like she was dying:
“I was just like, at such a really low point. Even after…we had the three shows we had — SmackDown, then Crown [Jewel], and then RAW — by the time RAW was done, I collapsed in catering. Yeah, it was bad. I had a full panic attack. I hadn’t eaten; I hadn’t drunk water. My body was shutting down. It was probably the skinniest I’ve ever been, and I was just like dying.”
After the trip, Ripley started putting herself first a lot more and started cutting people out of her life who were making things worse for her. She described sending the message to that effect to one unnamed person, writing that she ‘can’t give you any more of me.’