Chelsea Green happy to ‘be the idiot’ in WWE
Chelsea Green has no problem playing an “idiot” in WWE because it’s a role that keeps bringing her more and more success.
In her WWE career, Green has prioritized character work to make sure that she always has a spot on the card. That approach has brought her success in the ring as well, with Green currently being a double champion. She holds the Women’s United States Championship on SmackDown and is one-half of the Lucha Libre AAA Mixed Tag Team Champions with her NXT tag partner Ethan Page.
Green appeared on a recent live episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet and was asked why she feels so comfortable being the butt of the joke.
“Because it gets me views, and it gets me a new contract, and it gets me a raise, and it bought me my new house,” Green responded. “And honestly, hopefully, in the next year it gets me numerous auditions, you know what I mean? Like, hopefully this parlays into something even bigger than we ever could have imagined — because I was able to just, like, tuck my tail between my legs and be the idiot.”
Green signed a new five-year contract with WWE this year. Along with her WWE work, Green has ambitions of further breaking into the entertainment field as an actor and host.
“I’ve been auditioning for role after role, and trying to dabble in the hosting space as well,” Green told Women’s World magazine this October. “I’m trying to start at the bottom and not cut corners. I want to do it the right way and gain respect within film and TV — not get there because I had it handed to me on a WWE silver platter.”
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