Purrazzo didn’t want to respond to the comments on social media, saying that ultimately it would’ve just put her in contact with “the worst” of the fanbase. When the discourse came to Twitter (now X), Purrazzo saw an opportunity to address the matter, after a fan requested that she not be tagged in the comments.

“I was like, well, I have seen it. I had a little cry about it, and then I realized my body does not define my worth,” she said. “I had just gotten married. I’d just gotten a bachelor’s degree. I just debuted in one of the biggest companies in the world. I’ve worked with every wrestling company in the world. I’m a 5-time world champion and my husband loves me whether I’m a size extra-small or a size extra-large, and I’ve never been an extra-large and I’ve never been an extra-small, so if that’s how you value me, then you can kiss my fat ass.”

Purrazzo regrets giving the comments power over her and feels that she took some of the power back with her response on social media. Despite going through emotional turmoil, Purrazzo was newly-debuted with AEW and couldn’t lose momentum, meaning she had to step in the ring with the enitre situation weighing on her.

“I think I cried [before her next match] because I was like…I don’t want to put on gear. I don’t want to go to work. I don’t want to be in front of all these people in spandex and know that they’re judging me,” she said. “I don’t think I had ever felt like that before, and I’d been wrestling 12 years at that point…I think that’s also then translated into my body of work as a wrestler. I have never felt so self-conscious wrestling, and wrestling’s always been my thing. My character is that I’m the greatest technical wrestler in the world and here I am in the ring, feeling so self-conscious about my body…I think that if you watch me, maybe 3 years ago versus now, you might be able to see that because I’m terrified every time I step in the ring now.”