BELOVED WWE star Kayla Braxton has delivered a powerful response to a podcaster who disgracefully referred to her as a “rape baby”.
The broadcaster, 32, works for the planet’s biggest wrestling company as a backstage interviewer on SmackDown.
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Kayla bravely revealed in 2022 that she was conceived after her mother was sexually assaulted.
Now the beautiful interviewer, real name Kayla Becker, has admitted that she has been struggling over recent days after having to deal with “insane and unwarranted hate” on social media.
The WWE ace shared a clip on her Instagram of podcaster Kevin Scampoli and shots showing some direct messages with another person that called her “rape baby”.
Scampoli then repeated that vile term while laughing on a live stream, which looks as if it was from his podcast.
Kayla captioned the Instagram post with an emotional message that read: “Man. This past week has been a challenge. I’ve gotten some insane and unwarranted hate for no reason at all.
“I was hesitant to post this because I hate giving satisfaction to the people who have put me in this mental space.
“But I also think it’s important to talk about it. I’m having a hard time understanding why I’m receiving things like this lately for parts of my life I’ve had no control over, but have shared because I feel like… why else am I here if not to make some kind of difference, ya know?”
However, while Kayla says that she can be “very hard” on herself she is also proud of her accomplishments “despite how I got here”.
She added:: “I’m very hard on myself, but then I consider where I am despite how I got here. I was conceived via rape and my mother (who’s been to hell and back and I’m so proud of her) was in prison for years, which is what landed me in foster care.
“But as strong as I try to be, things like this bring out the darkest parts of me. I hate giving this bottom feeder any attention, but I think exposing him is necessary.
“We all know people who have taken their lives because of this kind of thing. I’m way too stubborn to do that, but these people need to be held accountable … oh Kevin Scampoli – bless your empty heart.”
Scampoli has not yet publicly responded to Kayla’s Instagram post.
But the star, who has worked at the likes of WrestleMania and the Royal Rumble, also joked that she would use the sick jibe for her autobiography.
She said: “Also – maybe the title of my memoir will be ‘rape baby.’ I mean – how damn bad ass is it that I was brought into this world that way and kinda killing it?”
A host of fellow WWE performers jumped into the comments to offer their support, with Nia Jax saying: “I love you Kayla, you are incredible in every way.”
While music producer André Saint-Albin also wrote: “You got tons of love and support! Never forget that.”