WWE star Paige has revealed how she needed therapy after the sex tape hell which left her battling chronic anorexia.
The Norwich-born wrestler – real name Saraya-Jade Bevis – was one of the sport’s biggest stars before she was rocked by problems in and out of the ring.
She was twice suspended for violating WWE‘s strict ‘wellness policy’ – including testing positive for a banned substance.
However, things really hit rock bottom when her private life was laid bare in shocking tapes leaked onto the internet by heartless hackers.
Now the 27-year-old has revealed exactly how a big a toll the highly-publicised ordeal had on her mental and physical health.
She told Fox News: “I did suffer a lot. I did. Just emotionally because at the time I was having my neck surgery too, and I had stress-induced anorexia.
“I lost all my hair. I had some really horrible thoughts. I had to go to therapy. It took me a while to get over because obviously, no woman wants to go through that.”
Now she is working to make sure others do not make the same mistakes she did.
“There’s nothing I can do about it. So why am I still dwelling on it? It happened. People have seen it. Like I can use this to help others now, you know,” she said.
“Everyone’s done that kind of stuff and it happened a long time ago when I was young and dumb and stuff happens and then you know, unfortunately it was released but I’m just like, ‘Hey, it is what it is. I can’t change it’.
“And so now I’m going with the Bella Twins and we went to a woman’s hostel place, with kids and stuff, like I get to go talk to kids about it, I’m just like, ‘Hey, like never do something when it comes to your phones.’
“Because like this is a different world nowadays. Like things come out and things happen so I was like, ‘You have to think twice before you make the same kind of mistake as I did.’
“So now I get to use it and utilise it on a different platform and help others with it. So I’m like it’s a horrible thing that happened, but now it’s a tool to help the next generation of people you know?”
Earlier this year Paige – who went on to become GM of Smackdown Live – was the focus of a new film about her early wrestling career.
‘Fighting with My Family’ charts Paige’s rise to the top, from growing up with parents that ran modest wrestling shows to her winning the WWE Diva title on her Raw debut.
The film is produced by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and stars Vince Vaughan, Shaun of the Dead’s Nick Frost and Game of Thrones star Lena Headey.
It was also written and directed by Stephen Merchant, co-creator of The Office and Extras.
