Emotional Charlotte Flair gives raw insight on Andrade divorce in first comments

When Charlotte Flair decided to file for divorce from her husband, fellow WWE star Andrade, the daughter of wrestling legend Ric Flair grappled with the thought of failure all over again.Speaking Thursday during an emotional appearance on “Sherri,” the 38-year-old wrestler offered raw comments about the demise of her third marriage and the public’s perception in the fallout.“When I made the decision to file for divorce, the only thing that I kept thinking is that I just didn’t want anyone to know, like, oh my gosh I have failed again,” said Flair, who originally filed for divorce in June 2024 after tying the knot two years earlier.Flair, who had worked her way back from a knee injury sustained in December 2023 that kept her sidelined for over a year, expressed feelings of “shame” and worried about drawing comparisons to her father as he has been married four times and split from longtime partner Wendy Barlow last fall.“I felt like I was failing at my job, I felt like I was failing in my personal life, and the embarrassment of being divorced again,” Flair told show host Sherri Shepherd.Looking back at what’s transpired personally and professionally — Flair won the women’s Royal Rumble match in her February return, the same month news of her divorce was revealed — the athlete has “found her worth” as she embraces the next chapter.“It’s okay not to be okay, that’s what I learned.It’s okay to take a moment, take a breather to start over, and I was able to keep the divorce a secret until I came back, won the Royal Rumble and then I was on ‘Monday Night Raw,’ hearing from Charlotte Flair after her Rumble win, her epic return and then boom, everything hits,” said Flair, whose real name is Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr.“Everything that I had been scared of hit that day, and I was like, the fight’s over, I have nothing to fight, this is me, this is who I am, I’m standing in my worth.

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