WWE’s Sonya Deville recalls when she first came out as a lesbian

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By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)

AfterBuzz TV with Sonya Deville
Host: Sean Whalen
Interview available at Acting Class Weekly Youtube Page

Sonya Deville shares her “coming out” story: “I knew she’d (Sonya’s mom) be supportive. I just, I was in such denial within myself for the longest time, just because of the, like, the place I grew up in. Like, it wasn’t common. I didn’t know anybody that was gay. I think I had one gay friend in high school and she never even, like, came out. It was just, like, we all just knew…I think I was more just not comfortable with saying it. I was like; and I was also in denial. I was like, ‘I’m not gay, am I?’

“Cause like, I think, also the fact that I didn’t fit the stereotypical mold of what a lesbian is supposed to be or act, like, I, I was just this girl that nobody would have expected. Maybe had someone said, ‘are you gay?’ I would have been like, ‘yeah, yeah, I am actually.’ You know what I mean? And it took that opportunity, that opportunity happened when I was, like, 17 living in Florida, wh–, when I just graduated high school. My friend’s mom said to me, ‘honey, I think you’re gay.’ And I go, ‘yeah, I am.’ Like, as soon as someone vocalized it to me, gave me permission. I was like, ‘yes, yes, yeah!’ But like, no one had ever said it. I had never really th–, I would think it but then I’d be like, no, I’ve been dating guys my whole life. Like, there was just, I just had a juxtaposition in my head. I just couldn’t figure it out.”

On whether her time in the closet and not truly being herself is why she loves performing and acting: “100 percent…100 percent, and that’s something I’ve only started to perform in recent years. I’m like, wait a second, I think that makes a lot of sense, looking back at it.”


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Readers Comments (3)

  1. Um, like, good, like, interview except, like, if anyone else, like said the stereotypical mold of what a lesbian is supposed to be or act”, like, they would be bashed.
    And, like, ok you’re, like, gay. We got it. Like, let it go.

    • Some people also may not be as comfortable speaking in an interview setting such as that, so maybe they use the word “like” a lot. Why take shots? It honestly wasn’t that hard to follow. Let it go.

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