Priscilla Kelly Reflects On Time in Toxic Attraction, Says She Lost Herself a Bit In It

Priscilla Kelly recently reflects on her experience in NXT as part of Toxic Attraction, noting that she had fun with it but lost herself as a character. Kelly was part of the trio as Gigi Dolin alongside Mandy Rose and Jacy Jayne. The group dominated the NXT women’s division, with Kelly and Jacy Jayne winning the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles and Rose winning the NXT Women’s Championship.

The group broke up shortly after Rose was released from WWE. Jayne and Kelly feuded afterward and Kelly’s real-life brother was brought into the story a bit. Kelly spoke about those periods with Denise Salcedo and you can see highlights below:

On Her Time In Toxic Attraction:

“So at first, I was excited to be doing anything when I first came to NXT. I was just happy to be on TV. And I was happy to be included in something, because some people come to WWE and they’re not used on TV for years. I came in and within six months I was in a faction that was being pushed to the moon. So I got really lucky with that, and I think it was a time where there wasn’t a hot women’s faction in NXT, And it was like the change over to NXT 2.0. There was a lot happening in that like first year. So it it all worked in my favor right away. So it was a cool experience to come in and be able to — I guess, like get shot to the moon. I won the NXT tag championship like right out of the gate. So it was really nice.

“But I did feel like with Toxic Attraction, I felt like at a certain point I lost myself as a character. I felt like I became what they wanted me to be. I think at the time they kind of wanted this like sexy glamorous kind of thing with our group. And it worked, so I mean, they know what they’re doing. But I definitely felt like I became more of that kind of like sexy glam character rather than the more gritty, grungy, a little bit unnerving character that I’ve always been. So from time to time, there was like a disconnect with myself and the character I was portraying. Because I felt like I was kind of being something I wasn’t. And I mean, I had fun with it for sure. I definitely had fun.”

On Her Post-Toxic Attraction Feud With Jacy Jayne:

“I actually was very happy with the promos and things like that they were letting me do at that time. Because I was really good in with the writer. Like, he would actually let me like sit down and we would work together on writing these promos. And the ones that I would work together with the writers on? Those are my favorite promos, because those are my real words. They’re not somebody telling me to go say something in a cadence that I would never say it. They’re my real words, my real emotions. And all of those promos that I cut during that time? That was all entirely true, everything was real. None of that was fake, none of that was a storyline. Every single bit of that was real.

“And I think like a lot of people can tell. I think when somebody goes out and they cut a promo that’s written for them, or they’re cutting a promo um to portray a character that’s not real? I feel like you can see through that, I feel like it doesn’t connect with people. And that’s why I’ve always wanted to be open and real about my story, and I want my promos to always come from a real place. Because people can see through the bulls**t. And I was really proud of that that stuff, especially I got to bring my brother to TV like that. I was really — that was one of my happiest moments in WWE by having my brother be on TV with me. That was cool.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit Denise Salcedo with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.