WWE star Nia Jax brushes off fat shaming: 'Nobody can shame me, I am beautiful and completely blessed'

WWE wrestler Nia Jax has dealt with body shamers all her life, and by now she’s a pro at fending them off. On Tuesday, the 6-foot-tall wrestler and former model responded to a fan who was trying to comfort her over more negative comments about her size. She assured the fan that she’s just fine.

Jax, who’s appeared on Total Divas and is a cousin of Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson, made the remark the same day that she recalled being bullied as a kid, during an interview on Impact Theory.

“I remember I was playing basketball, and an entire arena was, like, chanting ‘Big Foot,’” said Jax, whose real name is Savelina Fanene. “It was a high school game, but … you’re constantly being reminded you’re bigger, you don’t look like everybody. There were days where I would be upset and, like, I’d cry about it. I wouldn’t get asked to dances because I wasn’t as petite and cute as the other girls.” It was Jax’s mom, she said, who helped her through these times.

“My mom, she’s always said, ‘Stay true to yourself. No matter what. Beauty comes from within. Whatever people think of you on the outside has nothing to do with your beauty on the inside, and that shines way more than how you look.’”

As a result, Jax makes a point of finding beauty in everyone she meets, she said.

She added that she always works to “find the positive.” Jax has addressed the issue before, including when she was asked about a WWE storyline that had her feuding with a much smaller woman, her real-life friend Alexa Bliss, who was dishing out insults about Jax’s body.

“I think it’s amazing,” Jax said of the storyline in an interview with the U.K.’s the Mirror. “I think it’s something that people know but they don’t want to talk about it, they always want to keep it hidden. I feel like we’re tackling it head-on and it should be [tackled]. Young women and young girls, and boys, should actually be hearing this and seeing the conflict that we go through and seeing somebody stand up for themselves and not have to allow somebody to bully them, because of the way they look, what their shape is, or the color of their skin is. You should always stand up for yourself. So I think it’s amazing. I’m very honored to be a part of it.”

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