Rhea Ripley Opens Up About Eating Disorder Struggle

superstar Rhea Ripley has revealed that she's battling an eating disorder.

The former Women's World Champion, 29, made the admission after wrestling fans on social media pointed out that she appeared to have lost weight and muscle mass in recent months.

One video, shared by fitness influencer Matthew Angeletti, analyzed Ripley's slim down, with Angeletti pointing out that she had lost a lot of fat from her frame.

Ripley then responded to the post, writing, 'Just a little eating disorder that I'm actively trying to handle.' 

The Australian-born star has been busy in the gym ahead of WrestleMania 42, which takes place this weekend.

She is set to face the current WWE Women's Champion Jade Cargill for the belt on Saturday.

She recently shared her grueling workout regimen with WWE.com and admitted that she's been training harder than usual due to her match against Cargill.

Last year, she revealed her brutal arm workout in a video with fellow wrestler Sheamus.

Some of her exercises included seated biceps curls, triceps pushdowns, overhead cable triceps extensions, curl bar skull crushers, horizontal dumbbell triceps presses, hammer curls, tricep dips and more. 

Ripley is currently in professional wrestling.

The three-time women's champion boasts 6.7million followers on Instagram and was ranked the No. 1 female wrestler in the industry in 2023.

Ripley is known for her distinctive gothic punk aesthetic, which she has crafted over the course of many years.

She currently has tattoos across her torso, forearms, and entire legs, and she wears jet black lipstick and eye makeup while performing.

Before her transformation, Ripley was a fresh-faced blonde with a much more wholesome look. 

She opened up about her extreme image change in an interview with Fox Sports back in 2022. 

'Growing up, I looked at people like Beth Phoenix. She was different, she was built different, big, beefy and she had muscles and she was going out there and obliterating anyone in her path. That's someone I looked up to,' she said.

Ripley said that she'd worked hard in the gym to turn her body into 'a weapon of mass destruction'. 

She also said she was tired of stereotypes about how women are expected to look in society. 

'The whole thing is women should have long hair. I hate that stereotype. I hate when men say, "Grow your hair out,"' she said. 

'No. This is my body, this is my choice. I do whatever the hell I want with my body and you can’t tell me what to do because I love myself, I don’t really care if you don’t love me.' 

Ripley's immense popularity comes with downsides, with the star being slammed against a car door by a throng of 'rabid' fans while on tour in Europe last year.

When exiting her hotel and making her way to her Uber ahead of WWE's Clash in Paris event, Ripley was swarmed by a large group of male wrestling fans demanding autographs and photos.

After a video of the incident went viral, Ripley took to social media to warn wrestling fans about crossing boundaries.

'Remember, we are people. Do not swarm me or anyone like a pack of rabid zombies,' she wrote.

'No one should ever be pushed up against an Uber driver's door and completely mobbed like I just experienced. Use common courtesy and humanity. No means no.'

Ripley isn't the first WWE star to speak out about the company's out of control fandom.