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Charlotte Flair Says Having Her Father In Hospital Was Challenging

September 26, 2017 | Posted by Joseph Lee
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In an interview with Busted Open Radio (via Wrestling Inc), Charlotte Flair spoke about how she felt when her father Ric Flair was in the hospital. Here are highlights:

On her father being ‘older’ when she was born: “I’m very close to my dad. My father was at the height of his career when I was born – so you could tell he was older. And whether I was consciously aware or not, I knew there were changes. I knew what my dad was going through.”

On how she felt about his hospitalization: “I actually took off longer from work for this than when my brother [former pro wrestler Reid Flair] died. You know, I’ve never seen my dad vulnerable. I’ve never seen him sick. So to have him in the hospital and not being my rock was very challenging. I don’t know if I ever really accepted that it was as serious as it was,” she continued, adding that she was really shell-shocked when the doctors told her that her dad may not make it, and that it was imperative to pay her final respects to him. “But, after the surgery, it took about a week and a half before they would say, ‘okay, he’s really going to be on the mend.’ I remember thinking, ‘what am I gonna do without him?’ But he is still the first person I’m going to call when I need advice on work. Whether I take his advice or not, of course, is a different story.”

She also said that the incident allowed her to gain perspective about herself and her work, which was also helped by her time off. This let her “loosen up” a little going forward, as she said she tends to be “uptight.”

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