Scarlett revealed that they had seen their departure coming for months. “I’d say we knew for months what was happening, what was going to happen,” she said. “I hope it’s okay for me to say this, but I’m kind of his Game of Thrones Red Woman. I have been for a long time when it comes to astrology and looking things up… I did see that we were going to have some sort of contract dispute, but it was going to take a while. And I did feel in my gut like we’re going to step away since like, February.”Kross confirmed, “I mean, we’ve told very few people about that, but yeah.”“Always trying to make things work, always trying to make the best of anything and everything, right?” Kross said, while Scarlett added that Kross had approached Triple H in January to express their desire to stay. “You approached Hunter back in January, actually letting him know that you want to stay,” she noted. Kross replied, “And you. I said we would both like to stay.”Scarlett detailed a frustrating experience in dealing with talent relations. “One of the last questions before the 24-hour notice was given, Kevin asked where I stood in all these contract negotiations. And they said, ‘We’ll get to her once we’re done with you,’ which I took as them using me as leverage against him,” she said. “It did come off a bit misogynistic, because originally I was hired before you, and the idea that I have no value without him… that came off as very misogynistic to me.”Kross explained how the situation was misunderstood internally. “We do that. Everybody loved it. We leave. The next day was weird at Raw… I get a phone call from somebody in talent relations, and he says, ‘Creative is not happy. There’s heat. They’re pissed.’ I was like, Well, I apologize about that… I go across the hall. I speak to some of the writers, explain everything. They’re like, ‘We have no idea what you’re talking about.’”
Kross continued, “Eventually I did speak with Hunter and cleared the air with him… He was super cool about it once we spoke to him, he understood where I was coming from and what I was trying to do. It wasn’t like a live thing. It was on YouTube. But just weird.”Kross said they’re enjoying their newfound freedom. “Having the freedom to assess the audience… and being able to bring that to life and hear the reactions and feel that. I mean, I love being in WWE, but being able to actually perform my artistry in the way that I know people want to see it… nothing beats that.”
He added that they’re enjoying meeting fans at conventions and events tied to their book tour: “Being able to meet people, especially in the New England area… people driving from all over the northeast to meet us.”
Scarlett added with a laugh, “People naming their babies after us… people have come up saying, Hey, this is ‘Scarlett Karrion.’”
Kross concluded, “Just being able to show up anywhere, at any time and do anything, and creating an air of unpredictability at these shows, I think also serves something very interesting to fans as well.”
Karrion Kross and Scarlett Open Up About WWE Departure, Viral Promo, and Creative Freedom
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