Lacey Evans on Her Struggles Before Enlisting in the Marines

– The Wrap recently spoke to Lacey Evans, who served in the US Marines, on this Sunday’s WWE Tribute to the Troops special. Below are some highlights.

Lacey Evans on her struggles before she enlisted, which “saved” her life: “Growing up, I did not have the role models that I needed. I didn’t know what I wanted to be. I didn’t know what a positive, happy, healthy lifestyle looked like. All I knew, while looking around, [was] my dysfunctional, drug-infested, mental health. Anger, depression. It seeped [into] and destroyed my family. That’s the life that I knew.”

Evans on why entertaining the troops is important: “I know not only what the military goes through — the veterans, the active-duty — but their spouses, their kids. They’re going through hell. The divorce rate’s high, the arguments are high. The veterans are tired, the active-duty — they go through a lot.”

The WWE Tribute to the Troops special will air on Sunday on the FOX Network.