LANA REVEALS STUNNING ACTUAL REASON WHY WWE FORCED HER TO GET RID OF HER ACCENT
IF YOU’VE BEEN WATCH FOR A FEW YEARS THEN YOU KNOW THE LANA CHARACTER ISN’T THE SAME
AS SHE ONCE WAS
A FEW YEARS BACK, LANA WOULD COME OUT WITH HER HAIR TIED UP, SUITS EVERY WEEK, AND SPOKE
WITH A RUSSIAN ACCENT
WITH THE BELIEF BEING THAT SHE WAS FROM RUSSIA
IN REALITY, LANA WAS BORN IN FLORIDA BUT DID THE ACCENT WAS A PART OF THE CHARACTER
AND WE NEVER HEARD LANA’S “REAL VOICE” AT ALL
LANA THEN DID A WWE FILM WHERE SHE TALKED WITH HER NORMAL ACCENT...
BUT THE LANA CHARACTER PLAYED IT OFF AND SAID THAT SHE WAS ACTING AND THAT “AMERICAN ACCENT”
WAS FAKE
SO IT WAS A GOOD COVER UP UNTIL SHE WENT ON TOTAL DIVAS AND SPOKE REGULARLY 24/7
LANA RECENTLY DID AN INTERVIEW WITH 411 WRESTLING AND REVEALED WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE ACCENT
IN GREAT DETAIL:
“...I GREW UP AROUND RUSSIANS, I GREW UP AROUND PEOPLE WITH ACCENTS, SO IT WAS JUST
LIKE I JUST TALKED LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME.”
“I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF THE CHALLENGE MORE WAS PROBABLY LAST YEAR, I WAS TOLD THEY WANTED
TO ME TO LESSEN MY ACCENT, LESSEN, LESSEN, LESSEN MY ACCENT UNTIL I HAD NO ACCENT, SO
I KEPT ON DOING THAT.”
“I THINK, IT JUST WOULD GET A LITTLE IRRITATING, NOT EVEN IRRITATING BECAUSE YOU CAN’T GET
IRRITATED...”
“...BUT WITH THE WWE UNIVERSE THAT THEY WOULD BE LIKE ‘UGH, SHE’S GOING IN AND
OUT OF THE ACCENT.’
IT’S LIKE, ‘NO, I’M NOT GOING IN AND OUT OF THE ACCENT, I’M PURPOSEFULLY TALKING
WITH LESS OF AN ACCENT...”
“IT’S LIKE, NO, EVERYTHING I DO IS ON PURPOSE SO CALM DOWN."
“THEY NEVER GAVE ANY EXPLANATION.
I THINK WE WERE TURNING GOOD GUY, MAYBE THEY THOUGHT THE RUSSIAN THING SOUNDED HARSHER?”
LANA THEN CLAIMED THAT TOTAL DIVAS IS WHAT GAVE HER THE FREEDOM TO FULLY COME OUT OF
CHARACTER OUTSIDE OF THE RING:
“...SO IF ANYTHING, IT SHOWED, FOR ME INDIVIDUALLY, FOR ME AS CJ PERRY, IT ACTUALLY GAVE ME MORE
LIBERTY TO ACTUALLY BE MYSELF AND HAVE INTERVIEWS LIKE THIS.”
“BECAUSE IF I WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN ON TOTAL DIVAS, I WOULDN’T BE HAVING INTERVIEWS LIKE
THIS.”
“I’M ABLE TO SHOW LIKE, ‘NO, ACTUALLY, I DO PLAY, I AM A CHARACTER, AND THAT CHARACTER
THE RAVISHING RUSSIAN LANA...”
“...BUT SHE IS AN EXTENSION OF MYSELF AND I DO SPEAK PERFECT ENGLISH AND I DO SPEAK
PERFECT RUSSIAN AND I GET TO SHOW BOTH.”
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON LANA FULLY LOSING THE ACCENT ON WWE TV?
AND WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HER EXPLANATION OF IT?