Lacey Evans opens up about getting pregnant during her WWE run.
The former United States Marine worked for WWE from 2016 until her departure earlier this year. But during a pivotal time in her career in early 2021, Evans announced she was expecting her second child. During a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet of Insight, Evans revealed the timeline of how things unfolded behind the scenes.
“So when I was in WWE, and I’m looking around at what I thought my life would be, and not only the difference that I could make in people’s lives, but it’s like, ‘Man, I’ve given my husband the sh*tty end of the stick here.’ Like, you know, he loves me, and he supports me to the fullest, but like, where are all of our babies at? Where is all the little sound of feet on our hardwood floors and the smell of bacon in the morning? And instead we’re on a plane at 3:30 in the morning heading out,” Evans said.
“So I went to Vince and I said, ‘Hey, sir, I’m not being used. And I want to have a baby. So I won’t if you plan on using me, I’ll stand by. I said, ‘It’s COVID, it’s like I’m not being used.’ And he kind of got quiet and he said, ‘Go have a baby.’ And I said, ‘Are you sure?’ I made sure because that man is f*cking awesome. He has done a lot for for me and my family. And I was just very thankful to be in that room having that discussion and having that opportunity in WWE, right? Life-changing money, blah, blah, blah. And I’m in a cool experience.
‘That was the game plan’
“When he said, ‘Go have a baby,’ I said, ‘Are you sure? Like I could wait you know, it’s not like I’m waiting 10 years, like you tell me.’ He’s like, ‘No, go have a baby. Just promise me you’ll come back,’ and I said, ‘I’ll be back six weeks after I push this motherf*cker out if I could just go at least give husband one more quickly.”
While the pregnancy was planned, Evans’ sudden pairing with Ric Flair to feud with then-Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair was not.
“So that was the game plan. I wasn’t being used and next thing you know, creative’s [going], ‘Oh, you’re gonna be with Ric Flair and Charlotte.’ And I’m like, ‘What the f*ck?’ It was wild,” Evans recalled. “But me being the motivator I am, I’ll show up. I’ll do the best and keep rocking and rolling. Well, I’ll be damned if a week before I was supposed to get the title, I have my baby.
“It was the best feeling in the world that my husband now has another child that he’s about to hold in his arms in nine months and nobody could take [it away]. So a lot of people say that I ruined my career and this and that. But this morning when I woke up and saw that little sh*t looking at me with a big smile on her face and my husband waking up in stride. You can’t tell me I ruined anything. I got exactly what I wanted and I’m very thankful and blessed that I have the life that I have.”
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