Liv Morgan

25:50thank you um thank you so it's just crazy to um to just like know that and feel that so young five and like five and like with every fiber of my being knew that like i was going to somehow like make this happen and it's crazy because if you look at my life on paper like i should not be right that's what i mean and um I just was so steadfast in that and I can't explain why I can't explain why I just I like had that knowledge and information and belief like downloaded like in my soul like this is what it is and like I never wavered on that yeah I never once wavered and so uh yeah to be sitting here with you talking about it is insane look at you look at what you made happen thank you because of this driving belief that it was that was your path you know you believed in yourself wholeheartedly that you were going to make it happen and you did I mean that's amazing thank you and how have you been able to parlay that back to your family like how how have you been able to save them I mean you know WWE was like all of our dream growing up we had a wrestling ring in the backyard with like lawn cushions and string for ropes and after school that was like the spot and actually I was always you I love it I was always like I would just like bitch smack on my brother's friends and they would run home crying they would run home crying that was my one move I'd just be like, yeah, and, uh,

27:40they'd run home crying. Um, and so it was just like, I'm not joking. Oh my God. That's so great. And, uh, yeah, it was all of our dream, you know, and to be the one that got to see it through, like, I just wanted to share that with them, You know, and my family has had it like it wasn't, you know, it hasn't been easy. And everyone's just like doing their best. And yes, of course, like, you know, find their footing in this crazy world. And so that's looks like whatever they want. Oh, whatever they want is. Yeah. Everyone defines it differently. Whatever they want, whatever they need. It's it's theirs.

28:27They don't have to ask. that's beautiful you take care of yourself too though right yes yes yes good because that's important yeah I do yeah I couldn't ask for more honestly in this life um I have beyond what I need so what do you need nothing nothing I don't need anything I swear I have anything I could want um I live in a beautiful home I retired my mom all my brothers and sisters are happy and healthy and doing well um my animals on my farm are so happy I love my job um I literally couldn't ask for more in this life I have everything I could ever want or dream of truly I feel exactly that same way.

29:19I really do. I'm so blessed so many times over and the life I've got to live has just been so remarkable. I mean, and continues to be. And my husband and my children, like that's that's that's just everything. Yeah. You know, it just is. And and I'm so lucky. I'm so lucky. I feel the same. You know, truly blessed. That's just the right word. Yeah. I mean, well, we don't have anything else to talk about. Yeah, I know.

29:56But so do you have any nieces or nephews now? I do. I do. I have five. Oh, wow. I have five nieces and nephews. Are they fans? Yeah. They think what I do is insane. Because it is. And it's the best. They think it's so crazy. They watch me on TV. They wear my shirts. They love coming to the shows. It's super cool. I don't know, honestly. I have moments where I'm always like, I cannot believe this is life. It's never lost on me. It's never something that I get used to. I'm fully aware, like, this is fucking crazy. I live the life of my dreams, and I get to share it with my loved ones and the people that matter to me.

30:42and they get such a kick out of it. They think it's hilarious and so funny and they're so proud and so happy. And like all my little nieces and nephews like wrestle on the couch. So cute. I'm like, be careful. Don't try this at home. Yeah, truly. Yeah, don't try this at home. Even though I did. Backyard. I wish I had footage of my little backyard. I wish I had anything to show you. I would love to see you slap the shit out of some shit. I'd send them home crying. I swear. It was so iconic. That is hilarious to me. So good. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Do you feel like, I know you're saying it's surreal, and do you feel like five-year-old or three-year-old you ever, I know you felt it in you, but, like, did you ever imagine you'd be here?

31:29I feel like, you know, I had such a strong belief, but also, like, I was aware of my surroundings and my situation and all that I lacked. You know, like, I'm not a Division I athlete. I don't have family in the business, had no money, no like, I don't want to say like no skills, but like no skills. You know, all I really had to bring to the table was like my heart and my love for it. And just my desire to change my family's life. That's all I really had to bring to the table. And so I believe it was enough. It was enough. Definitely. It was enough. Passion and drive. Yeah. So I believed in it, but also like I was like aware that like people like me typically don't get these opportunities or land the way that I landed.

32:20But all the time, it's so inspiring for anyone listening. That's like I have everything working against me, but I have this dream being lived in it. Like that's what I hope to like, you know, great point. little kids that watch me that like grew up similar to me where you know um they don't have the best home environment there's no funds maybe not the best family dynamic that could feel so hopeless you know you could just feel like this is my life forever um where did you sleep um living room floor couches um sometimes share a bed with my sisters but you know what's so funny is we had like a three-bedroom house that we'd split, but we'd all end up on the living room floor together.

33:06We'd all end up on the living room floor together with blankets and pillows with the TV. And we were happy that way. You know, we had each other. Like we were happy all sharing that floor together. Wow. Yeah. Any fights in the middle of the night? Oh, tons. Get off me. You took my blanket. Someone's stealing the pillow. Yeah, you're like, damn it. you have to get those blankets and pillows early in the night to secure them um and so yeah you know even though it was like sparse and scarce like we were happy you were tight we were happy yeah um because we were like all we had yeah so we were still it was it was okay I wouldn't change like the conditions that yeah I grew up in um they made you who you are yeah you know I think like Like if I was like, you know, like I think like maybe if my dad hadn't passed, you know, I'd probably be like a spoiled little bitch.

34:07You think? Yeah, I do. I don't know. I'd probably be a spoiled little princess that got everything she wanted. I don't know. And didn't have to work for anything. No, because you're still, your heart is still you. You think so? Well, no, but and you still would have had four brothers. Yeah, that's true. Can't change that.

34:26But I wouldn't change anything. I wouldn't change a thing, truly. I would do my life a million times over the same exact way that I had done it, just to land where I landed. Absolutely. I mean, that's what makes us who we are. Yeah. For better or worse, right? Like, this is me. It's all of me. And, you know, I'm working hard to fulfill my dream and do what I think I can do. And here you are doing it and living it and paying it back and paying it forward. not only in terms of supporting your family in so many ways more than financially, right? Like this dream has brought you all together in a way I would imagine.

35:10You know, it's like literally living the dream that you guys all shared, seven of you on the living room floor, watching wrestling on the TV, like trying to, I'm sure, fight to get a better spot to watch it. And also like pay-per-views, like we couldn't afford the pay-per-views. So we would just listen to like the white noise. Oh, yeah. Like it would just be like the white noise and you would kind of see a glimpse of something. And we're just following it along. Yeah, we're just trying to like get what we can. But then at midnight, they would update the website. We'd go on the website really quick and be like, okay, this is all that happened.

35:43It's like funny when I think about like the lore of wrestling in my family. I didn't know that my father was a wrestling fan. I didn't know this until a couple years ago. Like I just, no one had mentioned it. um but apparently he loved loved loved loved wrestling loved iron chic like loved wrestling and uh he was like at work one night and they he told my brothers to record it and my brother couldn't figure out how to record it so he wrote down everything oh that's so cute everything word for word because he was so like worried that my dad would be upset oh my god like everything the commentator said wrote down moves everything the commentator said like how cute is that that is amazing and I didn't know that so when I learned that a couple years ago I was like oh it's like such like it was something like ingrained in me that I didn't even yeah that you didn't even know yeah big news WWE and sports fans the world's number one sports fan festival Fanatics Fest is making its return to New York City Fanatics is bringing you closer to the leagues teams superstars and athletes you love across four action-packed days in July.

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38:25What does your mom say about your dad? Are you like him? Yeah, she thinks like he is reincarnated through me. She's like, you are your father. You are him to a T. She says like, she says like his soul is my soul and that we are merged. And I, I, I don't know. That's pretty beautiful. Yeah. But also I believe her, but also, you know, I never knew him. So it's hard for me to, yeah, I have nothing to go off of. There's only like three photos of him that I have, you know, and one is like, he was a lot older than my mother. Oh yeah. So it's like one. How much older? Old as shit. my mom um she was 23 when she met him and my dad was already in his 50s photos on there oh yeah look at that oh man i do have a younger folder of him too where he's quite handsome he looks just like my older brother um but yeah that's my mom and my dad wow he's so italian he's so Italian um and he liked the younger ladies yeah yeah and so yeah my mom says that I'm just like my dad that's pretty cool yeah um my brother though my oldest my my brother that's closest to aging me the one who really like put me on to wrestling he got to go to Survivor Series um and um it was such a crazy experience he's been to shows before but um I really wanted to like like kayfabe me being there so i um flew private just to like avoid anything and so to like give him this experience of like flying private to san diego to stay in this airbnb to go and watch me return against john cena you know helping dominic in his hometown like all that meant so much to me I don't want to cry again because it meant so much to him and you're doing it Liv that's so awesome yeah it's so much fun so amazing congratulations thanks it just almost feels so good it should it should you should be so proud of yourself that was like the best time in my whole entire life and like I knew he meant it you know and so it's so cute she got me too there's something about my 30s Stephanie it's like making me cry all the time can I tell you I'm not even joking like I'm not even joking I'm crying all the time and I'm like six months ago I wasn't crying all the time I'm crying all the time yeah that's just what is it my gosh oh I just think it's hormones everything is touching me like everything is touching me I'll watch videos online and I'm like ah I'm just sobbing and I'm like my god I'm on the plane reading books John Cena's retirement.

41:15Oh, I know. I bawled like a baby. So I was on the plane flying back from Saudi. And so I missed it live. And during my connection, it was Jet from Makeup and Grayson Waller. And he put on his iPad and I'm sitting on the floor watching it. And I'm just like sobbing. I know. I'm sobbing. And I'm just like, man, like, what is going on? I mean, I could theorize, but. It was definitely like my inner child. Like, ah. Yeah. Well, I guess, right? But I mean, I don't know. I just think we get sensitive as we get older, especially when you become a mom. You get like super sensitive to everything. Hormonally, we're always going through something.

41:53You know, we are like from the first time it starts all the way through. By the way, we're always dealing with something. It's just not fair. I feel like I'm like way softer on this side of my injury than I was before. Perspective, maybe. I guess like something in me is often like Play-Doh. so what so let's dig there a little bit why do you think like how did it make you think differently I don't know if it was like the initial devastation of the injury like when I tore my shoulder in 2022 I accepted it it was my first injury I was like okay I'll come back from this but this injury really like mentally messed with me um I believe everything happens for a reason and like I know that to be true but this was like the one time selfishly where I was like this didn't happen for my greatest good like this happened to like fuck me you know that's what I really felt and I struggled with that like being someone that someone being someone that believes like everything happens like for a reason I'm so delusional like this happened even if it seems terrible I'm gonna come back better on the other side like believing and what a great way to be by the way thank you but then suddenly not believing in that yeah that must have felt terrible I believe in like what do I have to believe in if I don't believe that everything's gonna be okay at the end of the day um and then Raquel like says something so like nonchalant she's like well sister I think like when you lose your faith that's when you're supposed to have the most faith and I just was like huh and then so I feel like when she said that I kind of was able to like pick myself up a little bit more I was like feeling so sorry for myself and I just was so upset and so like disappointed and she said that and that kind of like took me out of it a little bit like let me try to feel more faith yeah um and I also think like you know just that five months by myself like being in WWE since I was 20 years old and feeling like it be such a prevalent part of my life before then um not being involved it it was hard for me because I feel like I don't have like in my heart like my relationship with WWE is not like conventional it's not like my job it's like I feel like it raised me and taught me anything good that is me I feel like is from WWE thank you for saying it was the good stuff anything bad is me anything bad is for me of all the good is from WWE and so it was hard for me it was hard for me and so being 31 and having this like five months of isolation where I'm not live morgan where I've been live morgan the last decade of my life like 80 of the time it was an adjustment for sure and um I think all those things were a little bit heavy for me like even like you know doing shows and going to the hotel that's like a dip so having that on a grander scale all at once it was just a lot it was just a lot and it was a lot for me to wrap my head around and to kind of settle in well and are you surrounded by people at home like do you have a lot of people yeah all my family migrated over to florida okay so like okay so you're not alone no i'm not alone you're not alone alone no no no okay it's like 15 minutes away okay great um so I had I have tons of support and I you know tons of friends that I love that were there for me but it didn't matter what anyone said or really what anyone had to offer me it was like no like I'm devastated yeah and I'm heartbroken and I'm upset and I need to sort through this on my own because there's nothing you can do for me that's going to make me feel better I just yeah you had to heal in a deeper way yeah but I think like sitting with myself those five months and just being Gianna Daddio and not Liv Morgan I'm like man I'm such a pussy I guess I'm like such a sensitive little soft girl and I'm like still like trying to shake it off a little bit um but I don't know I think just like being me for this extended period of time um shifted a lot of my mindset as well like I feel different I don't feel like I'm the same person that I was six months ago.

46:05Well, hopefully we're all always growing. Yeah. Right? Like that's grow or die. Yeah. Right? Yeah. And to live your fullest life, you've got to be able to do that. And oftentimes it's going through hard stuff. That's what makes us who we are. And it's cool, I think, that you're having this sort of change. Yeah. You know, I'm still like figuring it out because I feel like I'm still very much in like the transition of it all um did it make you think about the future in a different way yes and no um I feel like my biggest like takeaway from it is like I'm so like less interested in me and like so much more interested in like what I can do for others and like do for like the world you know what I mean like not that I feel like I was like selfish or vain before but I'm like the biggest thing in my life you know I don't have kids or a significant other it's just like me and I don't want to be like the most important thing in my world do you know yeah and so it just made me think a lot about like like what I want to leave in this world and uh the person that I want to be um and like what I want to do for others I don't know why that makes me emotional because you care because you're an awesome loving soul who's just being very raw and very vulnerable and that is the best way to be I think right I feel like it's good yeah I feel like I definitely feel more I'm vulnerable, but I feel like it's like good.

47:52But just know that it's. So here's something that I have learned recently, which is not, you know, it's sort of an aha. Right. But the only person you're ever with your whole life is you. Yeah. You know, like, yeah, I mean, that's kind of a real thing. Right. But it's true. And so that's not a bad thing, you know, that that you're finding yourself or that you were the most important thing in your life. Like you should be in a way because it's your life. But I understand what you're saying. You want it to have as much meaning as possible. Yeah. And just like more of a purpose. I mean, my purpose is not just like me, me, me.

48:33Like, you know, I love doing things. But can I just say me, me, me. All you're doing is like you're totally giving back to your family. Like you've been giving back all along. So don't feel like you haven't been. You have been. But you want to do it in a different way. Maybe we're in an additional way. I want to do it on like a bigger scale. Yeah. It truly makes me happy. Like. Like the stray cat. Yeah. It makes me happy knowing that I've like made a difference. You know, even like the cliche shit that they say, like holding a throw open for someone, smiling at someone. Yeah. No, like that matters.

49:02No, it does. It matters. I wholeheartedly agree. It can totally change the direction of someone's day. You know what I mean? Like it matters. And like. You don't know what they've been. Yeah. What their morning was like. Everyone has been through something. And like. Oh yeah. You never, ever, ever, ever know. But like you could tell like when you hold a throw open for someone and they're just like. you know what I mean there's something so little that made like such like a difference in their day like maybe they want to hold the door open for the fucking next person you know yeah but things like that but just on like a grander scale and I don't know what that looks like for me yet or like what that means for me yet but I feel like that's where like my head is at it's like what can I do for people on like a grander scale I just want what's your what's your why yeah yeah And so I think I'm like figuring that out.

49:45And I think all of that just makes me like such a baby, like so much softer than like typical. I'm just feeling a lot these days. That's good though. It's all good. And I think you said you couldn't figure out the second injury, why it happened. It wasn't part of your everything has a reason, but it's brought out this side of you. Yeah. I mean, not only did it get you the opportunity to be a part of Sina's farewell. Iconic. Pretty cool. iconic yes yes but like it's it's brought out the side of you that you didn't ever maybe have time to realize was there or that you couldn't allow to be there because you had to be so tough to survive yeah you know and now you're in a place where maybe you can let your guard down a little bit and it's maybe something you need to do yeah you know to go through it you're still but just know you're still just as strong you're still just as tough yeah yeah you are yeah I know it I feel like a little bitch yeah but if something were to happen you'd step right and it just comes right back yeah you you would have no problem I think so yeah I know so I know so thanks you're just you know you're allowing yourself to put your guard down for a minute yeah you know and that's scary as hell it's very scary it's vulnerable yeah but that's the I mean that's when you feel the most yeah right I mean what a blessing it is to feel regardless you know what I mean yeah such a blessing to be able to feel and resonate with something and I don't know in the next breath you're on tv just yeah scaring the shit out of all of us so yeah you still got it it's so cool I love the dichotomy yeah I was really sitting at home crying trying to save the world but like on WWE television I'm coming to fuck shit up.

51:37So impressive. So feel free to steal the slap. Thank you. Because I think after this podcast you should make it your own. You just gotta like throw a wink to the camera. It's been like 31 years in the making. Yes. Yes. I've gotta see it. I've gotta see it. It's dangerous. Maybe right now. I whipped it out a couple times and like no one likes it. Yeah. No way. I bet they don't. There's no way to pull a slap. You know what I mean? You kind of really just gotta give it. Yeah, well, I used to try to pull it. And then the boys always told me, don't pull that slap. Like, it slapped me. It's got to look real.

52:08It's got to look like it can hurt. That's one of the things where, like, you can't fudge it. Like, if you're going to decide to do it, you have to do it. You have to do it. You got to lay it in. I did pull when I slapped my mom, though. Oh, it's the worst iconic. If you watched the footage, I can see. Oh, my God. I wanted to throw up. Can we get that footage? No. She hits me back, by the way. But you had said that and then I've watched it and you can see it's a little bit different. It's a little different. Yeah, like I keep my arm in. I don't let it come out. I mean, I wouldn't want to slap my mother either, to be fair.

52:38Yeah. And it's like just. That lady would go down. I could never. She did. She took a bump, my mom. First bump she's ever taken is from her daughter slapping her across the face. It wasn't a planned bump. It was just actual like. Yeah. I didn't know she was going to do that. Although, truthfully, my mom is the true athlete in the family. Yeah. Yeah. My mom played boys sports growing up in North Carolina because they didn't have girl sports teams. She played basketball and baseball. Yeah. And you slapped her. And then I slapped her. And she takes this great bump. She got you back there. Oh, oh, oh.

53:12There we go. That was before my boob job. You're so hot. Yeah, but you still gave it. I thought they were real. Yeah. You're so iconic, Stephanie. I cannot deal. Can we get a replay on that? You're so iconic and hot. Oh my God. No, it's crazy. I'm so young. No, you're so iconic and hot. I cannot deal with it. I can't believe I slapped my mother. That was the worst. I wouldn't be able to. No, it was the worst. I seriously almost threw up. I'm not even kidding. It made me feel so terrible. And she hit me. What is the conversation before in rehearsals? Break your teeth. Yeah, that's it. That was Paul's contribution.

53:55He comes over, he goes, Linda, whatever you do, make sure you grit your teeth. Because if your jaw is slack, she could knock you out. And I'm like, I'm not going to knock my mother out. And he's like, grit your teeth, Linda. Sometimes it's not even the power. It's just like if you get them in that sweet spot. Yeah, if you get just right. Yeah. That's the thing. Yeah. So her teeth were tight. Good. She has this tiny little face. Oh, I felt so terrible. You're a monster. This is iconic. We love you for it. One time I was in between Paul and Shane, and I was supposed, I think I was supposed to slap Shane, but Paul tells me, slap him.

54:41Or I should say Hunter. I don't know for everybody. So I slap Shane, and then Shane's pissed, and he's like, what's that? And I'm like, he told me to do it. He's like, he goes, slap him. And I turn around and. No! And then Paul's like, slap him back. And I turn around and it is this scene. And I am like, it was like five or six times. It was pretty funny. I have to say. Like one of those fun moments, right? Where it's just in the moment, nothing was planned. This is the best. The in the moment moments. Yeah. That turn into magic. Yeah. The best. That's where like the magic comes from. It's like those moments that aren't planned.

55:18There's real magic. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. And everyone who's there is a part of it. Mm-hmm. You know, and that was like Cena's farewell. Yeah. Everybody who was there. And then they were so mad. But they were a part of it. Yeah. You know, of all of those. I thought it was perfect. Oh, yeah. I thought it was perfect. I really did. This is now going to make all the wrestling sites. As a John Cena fan. Yes. The number one fan growing up. So let's hear. I thought it was perfect. I thought it was perfect. Tell me why. um well I think the element of the crowd wanting so badly for him to break out of that hold like I if I wasn't crying at John Cena I was crying at the crowd's belief that he was gonna come out of did you hear them chant yes never give oh don't give up don't give up that's so beautiful it's so beautiful I've never heard them chant that never and um I feel like you know I feel like you could look at his facial a couple different ways was he like smiling because this was the end and he was gracious to let it go.

56:19Or, you know, you could be a little bit cheeky. Like, he fucking gave that to Gunther. He didn't have to tap. He fucking gave that to Gunther because his time was up. You know what I mean? Like, that was it. You know, I feel like there's different ways you can look at it. And in my mind, it's like... John Cena didn't tap out because he had to tap out he tapped out because time is fucking up and it's Gunther's turn. Here you go, bro. Like, not because I really need to tap, but just fucking here you go. In my mind, you know? Yeah. And so I just thought it was perfect. I thought it was perfect and I loved it and I cried at it, like I said, on the floor of the airport.

56:53I actually have a photo. I didn't know they were taking photos of me. Can you send the photo? Yeah, so you can't see me crying, but I'm just like, this is the TV. Wait, can we also appreciate your phone case? Yeah, that's for a moment. Yes. Pretty fucking cool. I love this. Liv, we have to do this phone case and brand it yours. Yeah, I would love to. You know who to call. What do we do for this? I feel like you know who to call. Stephanie, I feel like you call all the shots. No, I'm just saying, well, if they agreed, it would be a great idea. Here's me. So you can't see me crying? I don't know if we do phone cases.

57:25Why aren't we doing phone cases? I'll find out right now. Do you guys know? We have some phone cases. Do we have these, though? Oh, it's on a suitcase, too. So you can't see because it was from behind. but I was in there like swimwear at the TV. Like I was five years old again. It's propped on a suitcase. It's very cute. It's a real airport moment too. Yeah. Except I was sobbing and my sleeves were wet. From like just. It's very Catholic. And I'm sitting there like, I'm like, man, either my inner child is yearning or this is just 30. I don't know which one it is, but I'm going right now. Oh, yeah.

58:09Oh, yeah. It gets better with each decade. Gosh. I can't. I hope. Man. I don't think I can handle being more sensitive than I already am right now. No, you can. You actually can.

58:23Jackie's laughing way too loud over there. Yeah. Jackie, I forgot you were there. I love you.

58:30This segment is brought to you by Factor. Liv, what conversations did you grow up having around the table? And actually, I'm just going to change this question. Oh, my God. I knew Factor meals. This brought to us by Factor. Shout out to Factor. I love Factor. That's my meal prep. Okay. Yeah. There we go. There you go, Factor. It doesn't get any bigger than that. I'll still ask her the question. Is there a favorite meal or family tradition? And we were talking before. so please tell me about Christmas Eve. We definitely had the holiday spirit. Christmas wasn't always waking up and tons of presents.

59:10It was more so just like Christmas Eve dinner. Was it special Christmas Eve dinner? Yeah, that's like in my family. It's like Christmas Eve dinner is really like the spectacle versus Christmas. Do you do the seven fishes? Yeah, no meat. See? Really? You did the seven fishes? Do you know the story behind the seven fishes? I don't know the story behind the seven fishes, but there's a movie about the seven fishes. I think it's called Seven Fishes. Have you seen it? I have not seen it. How incredible is that movie? What is it called? Joe, do you know the story of the seven fishes? I will. Yeah? Okay.

59:50What's the name of the seven fish movie? Oh, I thought it was called Seven Fishes. It might be. There are feasts of the seven fishes. Yes, there is a bear episode, but we're not talking about the bear episode. So we're talking about the movie, right? The movie. Feast of the Seven Fishes. Feast of the Seven Fishes. Iconic. It's so great. Yeah, my family growing up, it was very much, you know, Christmas Eve dinners and enjoying that, having the house decorated. Did you help make the fish? Cookies baking? No. No. So who helped your mom in the kitchen? My mom is the chef. Just your mom by herself?

1:00:22Maybe some handy helpers here and there. A fish for each child. Yeah. No. My mom threw it down in the kitchen always every year. She would call me over to like taste test and I'd be like, great, you know. And that's kind of how it is to this day. Lots more presents though nowadays. But yeah, we just enjoyed each other's company really. We'd have presents to open up, you know, sometimes, but it wasn't anything great. That wasn't what our Christmas was about. It was really just like the togetherness. Did you have a tree? Yeah. Yeah. trees that we would um some years we do the popcorn you know yeah the carland yeah lights yeah um other years we handmade ornaments um some handmade ornaments from school yeah um those are my favorite yeah i remember some years we had two trees um i wanted my own little tree i don't know why one year i just decided i always wanted my own i wanted my own i want my presents under my tree in my son's room oh that's great what i put a little tree in my son's room Oh, that's so cute.

1:01:25He gets to put all his ornaments that I don't want on the big tree. No, there's just like too many Paw Patrol ornaments. But it's cute. I sound like a monster. He gets to decorate it by himself. And he has his own Paw Patrol ornaments? Well, he's Chase. So like, I mean, I think that's fantastic. He likes Paw Patrol. He's a little older now, but we're fading out. Okay. Mario was this year's theme, right? Yeah, and then he fell in love with John Cena. Oh, yeah, he did. Just in time. A month before. I know, I'm sorry. A month before he retired. Well, luckily there's like 20 years of footage you can play back.

1:01:59Yeah. But he's also a huge Cody Rhodes fan. He is. Oh, good. So he went to SummerSlam, was his first show ever, to see Cody and Cena. Diehard Cody fan. And then like, I don't really know when it happened. Oh, Cody's going to be so mad. I was keeping it. They were both up here. But yeah, no, he did. He switched. He like switched a little. But then he'll switch back. Yeah. Now he's like, well, he's gone. he said to me he made a the last time is now sign like and it's a cute six like a child writing it and he's like but if he's gone how are we going to give him my photo I'm like we're not honey no you give it to Stephanie and Stephanie gives it to him and then I made the face no I would have lied I would have been like look at this right now it's fine it was the true heel yeah you've taught me so well you said we're not honey we're not we're not oh goodness we missed our moment oh no it's so terrible life lesson life lesson yeah yeah needed to be quicker yeah we can't always get what we want right true very true very true head to factormeals.com slash Steph50off and use code S-T-E-P-H-5-0-O-F-F to get 50 % off your first Factor box plus free breakfast for one year.

1:03:24This offer is only valid for new Factor customers with code and qualifying auto-renewing subscription purchase. Make healthier eating easy with Factor. Are you a planner? Like, do you? Yeah. Are you pretty on top of things? Or is it just Christmas? I'm pretty on top of things, but I also leave room for some unpredictability. Yeah, I love this. I love this. I leave room for universe to universe. Do you use apps to keep track of things? No, I journal. You journal. I'm a big journaler. Big journaler. Yeah, I love to journal. Something about, honestly, I try to get away from my phone a little bit.

1:04:01That's good. Like reading books. I used to read books on my phone, and I was like, I want to be out of my phone. So I try to have tangible, physical books. Yeah, so books, journaling. I don't want everything in my phone. I want like less screen time. So I try to do things that will minimize the screen time. So journaling, planning all like on paper, pens and paper, which sometimes scares me though because I'm like, man, I write some shit down and if I lose this book or I find this away. You never want anyone to find it. Yeah, no. Did you see when I got arrested and they went through my journal?

1:04:32No. Tell us about that, please. Okay So you know I got arrested Like two years ago You knew I got arrested Two years ago right I actually did not Oh really Oh my gosh That's not in the Briefing document My mugshot went viral We probably weren't Going to talk about it My mugshot went viral It was like a thing It was like It was like The hottest mugshot I think I must have Thought it was not real How could I have Missed this Wait Can I just say This day Before we pull up The mugshot I had a hair appointment And an eyebrow appointment The universe Blessed me The universe Blessed me All right Seriously They think that's the hottest mugshot She's mortified No I'm not She's like who is this criminal On my couch Why are you holding The numbers It's below Cause they didn't even like Book me book me I did not change They did not put me in a cell I'm like chilling in the lobby Like this Just like Why did they arrest you She spent her childhood Trying to be like you So what happened was Stephanie Is I was driving home For my eyebrow appointment In Orlando And it was dark at night And I couldn't see So I'm driving a little bit slower Like I could see but I was just driving slower.

1:05:37Did you have the headlights on? Everything was fine. I just was driving slower. But you couldn't see because of your eyebrow appointment? No, because it's dark and I just couldn't see as well as I could see in the daytime. Okay, got it. And it was a one-way road and it was like, there was like nothing on the sides. I don't know. I was just like not driving fast, which I typically don't. But anyway, so I'm driving and it's like, and I'm like, I'm like, oh shit. I don't even know I'm being pulled over because I'm not doing anything wrong. So I get pulled over. I did have a little bit of marijuana in the car.

1:06:11And so. And it's illegal in Florida? Or where were you? Well, yeah, it's medical in Florida. But, you know, that really wasn't the issue. The issue was is that, and this is facts. Someone, you know, I always have friends at my house. I was driving friends in my car. Someone left a vape in my car, like a synthetic marijuana vape. And I'm not like a battery girl. you know what I mean like I'm not gonna use this vape right um the vape is a felony the vape is a felony in Florida if you have like a synthetic marijuana vape that's a felony and like you're going to jail ASAP really yeah and so um yeah and so I don't want to lie they're like is there a weed in the car and I'm like yeah and they're like where is it and I'm like here you know it's like a weed and they want to do a full car search and then they find this like one vape pen that unbeknownst to me like is in my car because I don't right right um but that was a felony so um they arrest me um yeah no I'm completely unaware oh yeah they arrest me they go through my car and uh they find a journal and they start reading my journal Stephanie and sorry I hit my whole face they go to my goal list and it's like so cute and innocent it's like being the WWE Hall of Fame like I want to do some acting you know what you mean like they just like read my goal list and they're like laughing at me they're like ha ha ha like this girl welcome this is horrifying yeah they're like welcome to the real world little does she know and then they find like a pay stub in my car from wwe you're like oh wait maybe who are you maybe and then they find my trading card and then right away like the whole tone changes because i did not pull the wwe card like i was like yeah you probably were like please don't say anything and also like i'm aware enough to know like i knew i was being arrested i've been pulled over like quite a bit just because like I'm not the best driver drive slow though yeah but drives because I'm not the best driver like I'm gonna drive slow um and so I I was full aware when I got pulled over I was like oh I'm getting arrested this time like I just like my body knew it like I knew it I knew it but like they knew to search well no my car smelled like marijuana because I had a little bit of marijuana is maybe this why you're not a good driver no I mean it makes sense you drive slow I don't drive under the influence I don't drive under the influence so I was just I'm just not a good driver so I knew my car smelled like marijuana and so I didn't want to lie like I probably could have but like I'm like it's probable cause you know like I did have I told you I was a paralegal studies major and I just meant it's probable cause so I'm like he's gonna search my car regardless he's gonna find it so I just was like here and then he was so mad at me.

1:08:56He was so mad at me. Right away, I get whistled at the car, hands behind my back. No way. I was like, oh shit, I'm being arrested. And I was like, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry because you're going to take a mugshot. Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry. And then I'm like, just be nice because this body cam footage is going to be released. And so I'm just like, yes sir, no sir, yes sir, no sir. Am I arrested, sir? You know, I'm just like, yes sir, no sir. And also like, I'm not, I would never be like, I'm Liv Morgan from WCW. You know, like that's not like my style. so I didn't even think that so as he's going through my car he finds all like my WB ship and the complete vibe changes and like now they're like apologizing to me now it's like too far in the process where like they have to do it yeah and like what the body camera didn't pick up is that three cop cars pull up as I'm in the back seat and I'm doing a meet and greet no yes I'm like this handcuffed and they're like live is work gonna be mad I'm like yeah and uh they're taking photos and i'm just like did they all like take pictures like as if they were the ones to come here like man what the fuck and um right away i'm just like i'm gonna get fired and i'm so upset because i'm just like i'm gonna get fired like i spent my whole life being good i get arrested one time and it's not even my fault even though it is but i'm gonna get fired and the thing i thought about most was like you know the community work we do here I love doing the community yeah I always get chosen to do the community work and I'm like I'm not going to be able to do the community work anymore oh you're going to be doing some community work

1:10:32and so I'm like so sad like work's gonna fire me and I just ruined everything I spent my whole life for this one goal and now everything is squandered I was so upset but work was my phone call work was my one wow I said hey I'm in jail who did you call what who um I'm forgetting his name Dan it was Dan oh at the time Dan yeah so I called Dan and he's like what happened and I'd tell him like verbatim what happened and then I bail myself out of jail which is why I'm not in the orange with oh okay with they're like are you gonna be bailed out and I was like yes I was like I'm bailing myself out of jail.

1:11:10I actually didn't know you could bail yourself out. Well, I mean, I had to call my mom and be like, Mom, why are the money? Let's go get me out of here. But it was my funds. I pretty much bailed myself out of jail. And then, what was my point of this story?

1:11:32Why did I tell you I got arrested? Why did I even tell you that? We had to run it back. Why did I say that? Can anyone help us get there? She just does this. Yeah, you suck that out of me. You're talking about journaling and you said if you ever... Oh, they were reading the journal, yes. So they read my journal. That's horrifying. Holy shit. She is. They read my journal. I'm a journal. They read my journal on my goal list. Yeah, but that's how they found out you were who you were. Yeah, and now you use apps. No, I still journal. No, no, she's still teaching. Yeah, I still journal. Yeah. But isn't that crazy?

1:12:10Did a whole meet and greet. Read my whole ass journal. So then how'd you get out of it? I mean, you bailed yourself out. And so then what happened? Work was like, hey, we're going to find you a lawyer. I paid for the lawyer, but you guys found me a really great lawyer. Oh, good. I'll tell you something about that lawyer off camera.

1:12:30Stephanie! You are going to laugh. Oh, boy. I can't wait. I can't wait. I was like I'm gonna get I was like I'm gonna get canceled But my lawyer did his job And I got away Because you know in Florida We do not have the proper testing to tell what is Synthetic marijuana versus what is not Really? So it just got thrown because We don't have the proper tools To even test what is synthetic versus what is not Huh I have so many questions about that Yeah well good for you that's awesome i mean i guess good for me right yeah shit yeah there's a lot of people in florida right now that are psyched the more you know but um it was terrible all in all i felt very terrible about it oh no i'm sure you did i'm sure that was a horrifying situation i was horrified and i was mortified and i was so embarrassed and i was like it is so tough though when you don't know that's in your car i know but it's like your car you should i know like what's in your car um but i just had no idea it was like in the crevice of the sea like you know where you drop your shit and you're like it's gone forever yeah you know when you can't when you're looking for something that you want to find yeah and so it was like in the crevice and i never would have known it was there i never would have found it it has no smell but they like searched through everything and they found it and i just was like damn um but yeah those days are behind me yes they are yes they are i do not ride dirty anymore I know everything that's in my car unless it's with Dirty Dom you have to get the fuck out nothing in the car and so yeah that's something I'm very like yeah well you have to be you fucking suck it outside of my car to not in my car yeah sorry I learned to check my seat crevices tonight you should honestly because you never know well you're gonna yeah you're gonna there's kids in the back you're gonna find a sandwich or something yeah something smushy oh i was going like chips and crackers but yeah no for me it was always like the grossest stuff yeah like what well like um well at the moment i'm thinking about cleaning up vapes no dog puke oh yeah and this just happened like we got back from John Cena's farewell tour and it's four o 'clock in the morning and we arrive to my poor dog.

1:14:59It's just, he has all these problems and he's 200 pounds. So he's a big dog. He's 185 or whatever. And there's this huge, nasty, like shit puddle, puddle. Aw, but maybe. His puddle will probably score. But I mean, yeah, no. But I go to clean it up and it's so like viscous and I can't even really get it. I get it with the towel and now I just throw the towel away because I'm like, this is ridiculous. But it wouldn't. It was like layers of mucus. Maybe describe it more. I mean, I'm telling you, it's gross. So I scrubbed it. I'm baking. So I did everything. But this is not coming out of my carpet.

1:15:41Yeah. It's going to be with us forever. Yeah. But so while I'm cleaning it, yes, the new carpet. But it's OK. It's fine. So as I'm cleaning it now, my daughter who's upstairs because we all got home at the same time she's oh mama there's a couple more piles up here oh i'm like what does it look like there are chunks in it that must be throw up okay thank you honey so now i go up and now i'm cleaning the two throw ups and then find another one but while i was doing it i went into my fingernail got into some sweet potatoes. It was mushy.

1:16:24Honestly, that must be like the number one thing about nails that is like so low-key dirty is like the shit you gather under there. I have nail brushes for that very reason. I do. Yeah, I scrub under my nails. You have to. You ever see someone, and I don't judge, but you ever see someone that has not cleaned under their nails and you're just like, ah! Yeah. You can't even tell them either. My dad always said, like, it doesn't cost anything to wash your hands. Yeah. You know, like, you can't have dirty fingernails. It's long, you know, it gets tricky. Oh, it's so skeevy. You can't have, like, snacks under there.

1:16:56If you're going to have long fingernails, you've got to take care of them. You're having a hard time. Snacks. Yeah, no. Snacks. Can you imagine? No. Yeah. No. Good. Yeah. This took a turn. Yeah. Do you think differently of me that I got arrested? Well, you know what happens. Do I what? Do you think differently? No. I was like, oh my God, she didn't answer the question. No, because I didn't hear it. Because I'm a little hard of hearing. That means she doesn't want to tell me. No, Liv, oh my God, are you kidding? Do you know my life? Some of it. Some of it. That's fair. Like, come on now. I mean, nearest and dearest.

1:17:33Yeah, no problem at all whatsoever. No, I feel sorry for you that you had that experience where they're reading your journal. I know, that was the part that got me the most. That's a pretty crappy one. It was, but you know. I mean, I love that it turned into a fun meet and greet sort of because you were still in such an uncomfortable situation. But like that's a scene out of a movie. Yeah. Honestly, I feel like my life is a scene out of a movie. Yeah. And yeah, I do. And I'm like, I wish I could have cameras going all the time because some of the shit. I think we could arrange it. Why do I keep hitting my face on the microphone?

1:18:02Who adjusted Stephanie's mic? I feel like you need to sit. Oh.

1:18:10That was weird. I'm just gonna Me too, me too I'm gonna just hold this I was gonna say you need to save your Diary Diary from that day Someday When you're inducted Shout out to those officers Shout out to those officers who were arresting me Yeah Remember when you laughed at me Yeah, reading my journal Well here I am, motherfucker Bitches me right here yeah it was it was my babe the whole time luckily like my goal list was cute though so it was it was embarrassing but it wasn't the worst it was wholesome shit you know yeah yeah yeah i don't like that they laugh yeah they did but look at them yeah fucking losers

1:18:59and look at you yeah they wanted photos with you that's great oh my god yeah when you jumped up on John Cena man that was the coolest it was so fun oh my god yeah never in my life would I have thought that right I would have a moment where I'm jumping into John Cena's open arms like and wrapping yourself around yourself around him while I have a boyfriend you know just doing all the things I think like every fan I was like she no like you're going through yeah like you had no idea what was gonna happen and then your face turned I was like funny to me because Yeah. Everyone was like, okay, she turned on Dominic.

1:19:37Shocking, but okay. And like, she's looking at John Cena weird. This was the part where like people weren't understanding. Yeah. They weren't getting it. Like they were like, what is she doing? Like, why is she smiling at him? And then took his arms and they're like, what the? Like if you watch like the online reactions, people are like, they're just like, what are they doing? And then the face dropped and they're like, oh, she's going to do it. My eyes dilated too. Oh, it was so cool. I loved it. Look at that. Take that, John Cena. I really kicked them, too. Did you? I kicked them right in the wee-wee.

1:20:12I did. And this, too, I just gave everything. Well, that's what they say you got to do. Yeah, I just gave it. I had one bad whiff, and it was terrible. Yeah, I mean, we all do. Yeah. We all do. And I was going to hit Lita with the title, and it was such, like, her and I both thought we were going to nail it. And I'm like, I'll come like this. Yeah, and she's like, oh, yeah, okay, great. Like, we were practicing where I was going to hit. That's the worst. And I swung too slow, and she bumped fast, and it was terrible. Like, the crowd was awful. It's okay. You learn from those, though. You do. You'll never do it again like that.

1:20:49You'll never ever do it again like that. Never. Better to lay it in. Yeah. Better to lay it in. Yeah, so I laid it in. I just. Yeah. I never kicked someone in the dick before. I just was like, man. No, so I've done it a few times, and there's, like, different things that they can do to make sure it yeah but they like that's my question like what is are you like hey john no there was no discussion there was no discussion i just oh really you weren't see i was always taught like try to kick me here you're like i'm sorry i just knew the assignment and i was like i had one job it was kick john scene in the dick and hit him with the title you know what i mean so i was like say no more i got one two got it well wrap my legs around him yeah make a face easy easy, easy.

1:21:27Say no more. Say no more. Got it. Understood. Check. Yes. Got it. Got it. It's one of the most entertaining characters. I'm so excited. Thank you. I can't wait to see what you're going to do. I'm excited to see what's next. So Liv, we know that you're a Green Bay Packers fan. So if you could pick any current or former Packer to be your tag team partner, who's stepping in the ring with you?

1:22:03I just want to give a quick I hope you recover Micah Parsons Okay, yes Wait, you know I forgot his last name Hold on It's Aaron He doesn't play for the Packers anymore But he's my dude Aaron Jones It's definitely not Rodgers My God Aaron Jones Aaron Jones Jones, yeah. Former Packers. Why? Well, because, you know, the Packers invited me over for a practice, and they were so great to me. It's why I'm a Packers fan. They were so great to me. They were so, so, so welcoming. They made me feel so welcomed being there. But Aaron Jones was my guy. We hung around for most of the day. I got to meet his family, his mom, his brothers, his sisters.

1:22:48Oh, how cool. What an unexpected day, right? It was awesome, yeah. And so Aaron Jones. There they are. Hey. Very cool. And the shoes, the matching. He has a clothing line. He's going to send me a little box. That's awesome. So what is, if we looked into your journal today, what would we see as your goals? And do you always have goals in your journal? You know, I used to always have goals, but something, you know, like I said, like stirred in me the last five months, I don't have anything. like I don't have like win the Royal Rumble as a goal or become 20 time women's world champion like I feel like those used to be my goals and I still want all those things yeah and but I feel like my goals are like more life goals does everyone enjoy working with me am I giving everyone like a positive experience am I doing what I can for my opponents like my goals have like shifted a little bit and obviously I still manifest like I'm such a big manifester clearly thanks um but there are certain things that you can't control and although I am hopeful and manifesting a Royal Rumble win and countless more title reigns I want like my legacy to be that I was entertaining and people loved working with me and that I made everyone look great and that I just like gave it my all you know I'm okay as long as I know I'm giving it my all like I'm okay with whatever the situation is I just want to give it my all and just give myself the opportunity to like see how great I can be um and so like those are like more my goals now but I'm coming for that rumble win I'm not gonna lie okay okay okay I am coming for that um but yeah I just want to i don't know i feel like my goals are just a little bit more they're deeper deeper more meaningful like yeah than just like they have more purpose more purpose yeah yeah just like your character kind of found her purpose you're finding yours yeah you know and that's a beautiful thing thanks i hope it's a good one yeah well we kind of all are always continuing to find our purpose.

1:25:15You know, it's, it's a journey. Yeah. You know, it's never so clear. It's never so straight. It's, it's always when you don't expect it, but I love how you're thinking about it. John Cena was saying that he tries to earn his sunset, you know, so when he looks at the sunset, that he knows he's earned that day. Is there anything you think of that's deliberate like that, where it's like, I fulfilled my purpose today. Like I worked with so-and-so and it was beautiful and I was able to do exactly what I'm trying to do and make them, you know. No, but I feel like I'm like on that path, you know. I feel like day to day my goals are like much more like I guess simple.

1:26:11Like I'm like, all right, today. Did I have breakfast today? Did I drink enough water? Like I'm just trying to get by. Right, right. Did I work out today? Let me check in on my family. Is everyone okay? The animal is okay. But once like my to-do of the day is done, like I just, I love doing nothing. Yeah. I'm a big do-nothing girl. So what's your doing nothing? Nothing. but like are you watching something like sweats oh like sofa sofa favorite spot my bed honestly like I'll just sit in my bed and whether lots of pillows no pillows lots of pillows lots of blankets lots of soft things but I also like I love doing nothing squish mellows what squish mellows no not a squish mellow but I do like a squish mellow I don't have one but I like a squish mellow I like squish mellow but I love doing nothing and I love just like sitting in silence and just thinking yeah and sometimes i'm like not even thinking and i'm like meditating i was gonna ask you meditate but not even purposely like sometimes i just you know i'll be in the car maybe that's not the best time to meditate i'm not a good driver don't talk about the car not a great driver i was just meditating for like two hours and i'm like no music and not a thought in my brain and then i get there and i'm like holy shit how did i get here i did not have one concrete thought and i didn't get pulled over yeah it's weird yeah but like i love those moments of like silence and uh i love those moments of like nothingness but other than like true nothingness like i love to just hang around the farm and listen to music cook myself a meal like i'm very simple very very very simple what kind of music i love everything i love i don't love everything i love like hip-hop r &b i love country rock heavy metal.

1:27:53The only thing I don't like is like house music, which is like odd growing up in New Jersey. It's like we love the house music. You may not may not like Grease then. House music and the straight cats. The straight cats and house music everywhere. Everywhere. Yeah. It's the only thing I am like. Yeah. There's a lot of house music. Yeah. No. Not for me. Not for me. I did have my teen club days though. Maybe that's why. Yeah. Yeah. Big teen nightclub culture in New Jersey. but and so what animals and you have a farm yeah well it's more like animal sanctuary i have a farm but i don't like homestead i don't like milk i don't really eat eggs have you ever milked a cow i've milked a cow but like on a farm like on a zoo yeah i milked a cow i got kicked yeah it's funny i did um i have three cows one's pregnant so i'm gonna have a fourth um i'm excited i have seven chickens i have a donkey a pig um four cats and a dog wow what kind of dog i'm an excel american bully named spirit and she's just like the best everyone says that but she's the best i miss her so much i love her she's my baby i got her during covid so you know our schedule obviously was really changed and we weren't traveling and if we were traveling it was the performance center which i'm two hours from so i really like got to the graze her and be with her every single day and so that's my baby girl and i miss her so much um when i'm away do we have a picture can we put a picture i i'm sure i assume you're social yeah she's she's such a sweet sweet sweet girl she like hops in the mailman's truck and i'm like spirit like in the mailman's so friendly she doesn't know funny no like is the mailman particularly afraid of her no no one's afraid of her really she doesn't know anything bad like she's never she doesn't know pain she doesn't know like that there are bad things in the world you know what I mean she only knows like good and so she's like naive in that sense where she'll just run in a stranger's car because she doesn't know any better because everyone loves her and she just is and she's a she's a bulldog you said um a excel american bully so not a bulldog like pitbull okay yeah um but she's just the nicest girl um but yeah lots of oh my god oh my god she's so cute she's such a good girl look at that tongue she's such a good girl she loves to be in the shot she's such a baby oh she loves you she's like i'm not even looking at you that's my bestie She's really my bestie.

1:30:31I love that girl so much. But yeah, I love the farm. It's just such a different life than life on the road. I love the dichotomy. I love having both. I love the hustle and bustle and the travel and the meeting people. But I love going home and having like no neighbors and just having like the pureness of my animals. Yeah. And just taking care of them. It really like gears me up and gets me ready for like, you know, back to the hustle and hustle. That's right. Yeah. Even if it's only for a few days. Yeah. And did you find during COVID that same sort of challenge that you had when you were out with your injury?

1:31:10Or no, because kind of everybody was in the same boat. Everyone was in the same boat and we were still like working. Yeah. You know, like we still were taping. It's not like you were off. It's not like we were off, you know. So I was okay because we were on the same boat, like you said, and everything was still going on. So I was fine during COVID. I don't know why I was so affected during this injury. It was, I'm still like wrapping my head around it. It's still a little bit fresh. So I still don't really feel like I can verbalize properly like all it entails. It's like a catharsis. Yeah. Yeah.

1:31:52But I feel like every day like makes a little bit more sense. Yeah. And I'm like understanding a little bit more like why I was so. upset by it but it's still like very fresh and it's still kind of like transitioning out of that to the other side now that I am on the other side of it but I love it I really love it I love how you're thinking about it you know it's it's really beautiful it is and just know that it's good that you're in there too yeah you know yeah thank you yeah and that's important and I'm so incredibly excited for your next steps and your next roles. Oh wait. So before we finish though, talk a little bit about acting and what you're allowed to talk about.

1:32:35You know what you're allowed to say? I have another something to tell you off camera. I'll tell you a little bit about it though. The attorney and this movie that I did, Stephanie. Do you know anything about it? I don't. Nothing about it. I know nothing about it. I know nothing about it. okay so um i you know through wb i learned that i i love being a character being a character so much fun i love like sinking my teeth into something i love just like when i think of like live morgan i don't see her as like separate entity something that i have to make up i definitely like just pull from parts of me when you come to wb they always say like the best character is like an extended version of yourself they always say that and so um I don't view her as like separate in the sense of like what what is what is she gonna say what would she do like I right you can feel her I try to find yeah even if I'm so different than Liv Morgan but I'll dig to figure out what would make me act this way like even if I would never act this way like what could draw me to fucking act this way.

1:33:43And so I like to think of it like that. And so I love being a character. And so I am interested in like, you know, doing television and film. And WWE has been so like gracious and letting me kind of like explore these things. I got murdered by Chucky on like season two of Chucky. I had a very small role in a film called The Co-Room with Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman. And WWE, like I said, has been so gracious and kind of just like letting me play and explore. but something came across my table it was the third installment of Bad Lieutenant I don't know if you've watched the first two um it had Nicolas Cage but this is the third installment of Bad Lieutenant um directed by Takashi McKay he is a legendary um Japanese director he has the scariest films ever and I love horror but like when I watched his movie The Audition and uh like I had to look away like i'm not squeamish i could like visual visually like i could watch it all but like this movie i was like whoa he just has such a way of like making you so uncomfortable that like different than the human centipede yeah yes yes because that's a look away this is like art this is art and um i forgot about that i was just kidding so yeah i get this script and i read it And I'm like, I love it, but there's no way WWE is letting me do this.

1:35:02I'm like, there's no way. I auditioned for it anyway, and I get the part. And I'm like, oh, shit. Like, I don't even know if I'm, like, really committed right now because of all this entails, which I will tell you later. Right, right, okay. But to my surprise, WWE's like, go get them. And I'm like, really? and so when I tell you the role and what it entails it'll make sense to you okay okay but I went to Japan for 17 days and filmed this movie with Lily James and Shunoguri and you know Sam Pressman and got to play this character that is so different than anything I've ever done oh this is so cool so different like the WWE universe is going to see me in a way that I don't think they've ever expected to see me but it was such an amazing experience it reminded me so much of WWE like we get so much prep at work that I think we don't realize until we're in this scenario like filming a movie to me felt like I was doing backstages you know okay and you know most of our stuff is live in the ring with one take.

1:36:17And so having that training and going into a film where you can't get as many takes as you want, but like you can get multiple takes. It's okay to mess up because you'll have another try. I was so like prepared. I feel like to like take this on. That's great. I had an amazing time. You know, we ended up doing everything one take anyway. Yeah. Yeah. He was such like, he had such a vision and I feel like anything after one take is like acting instead of like reacting. Sure. And so we kept everything one take, which is like a little bit vulnerable for me because I probably could have done like I feel like I could have done better.

1:36:51You give it a go. Sure. But that was just the honest take. It was such a cool experience and I felt so much better off for it. I did some things, Stephanie. I cannot wait to hear. When does this come out? I believe we are going for a Cannes debut, but I'm thinking October 2026 is what I've heard. But I'm unsure. Oh, you guys have to wait a while to hear these stories. I could have just gave so many lies just there. I really don't know. But I know they want to try to see if we can get into Cannes and debut the film there. But it was an amazing experience. And I'm hopeful to have more. But even if I don't book another movie for the rest of my life, this one.

1:37:32Was the one. This one was the one. It was special. Oh, I can't wait to hear. Thank you. And it was super challenging. I can't wait. Laugh? I'm scared. You should be. Oh my God, this sounds awesome. Oh, I can't wait to hear. When I told you that, I was shocked that WWE let me. And I remember asking Hunter. Did you get to kill anyone? It's better than killing. I was like, Hunter, do you like this for me? And he was like, if I didn't think it'd be good, I wouldn't let you do it. And I was just like, okay. And he gave me some advice because he had done. Right, right. He had done some films. I think Ken knows where you're going.

1:38:12Yeah. And so he was like, just go for it. And I was like, yes, sir. And then I was on my way to Japan. And then I went for it. It's good for you. It's so awesome. I just wanted to be brave. Yeah. I just wanted to be brave. I feel like life is so short. And I always think, you know how you hear people say, like, if you were 80 years old and you couldn't look back on your life, like, would you have wished you'd done this? Like, I've heard something that was like, okay, let's say you are 80 years old, but you've got to wake up. you okay yeah sorry I'm trying to keep can you guys hear her mic wise oh sorry yeah I'm not even talking to Mike I had heard like all right well let's say you are eight years old but you got to wake up today and be like 25 again like how would you tackle life you know and so that's how I saw this opportunity it was bold but I was like I want to be brave like let's just tackle life I don't care what people think about this I don't care what people say about this I'm getting to experience something that I never thought I'd experience and I just want to be brave and I just want to try all the things I just want to try all the things you know whether it's a hit or miss like I want to try all the things just because I want to be brave and I if I you know make it to 80 years old I want to look back at my life and be like I did everything like I ever wanted yeah even if I made mistakes like I did everything oh yeah no and you will make mistakes yeah I know that's just a part of it you know you totally made mistakes but that's okay because that's how you learn yeah you know but Eleanor Roosevelt has a great quote about do the one thing you're afraid of every day.

1:40:01I was scared. And that's, that's right. But it's like, if you think about fear, why are you fearful? If fear is a little exciting, you know, there's got to be something there. What if you just face your fear? What if you embrace your fear? Yeah. You know, yeah. What's on the other side of fear? I just want to embrace my fears. And I was fearful. Let me tell you. Yeah, I was fearful. But I was just was like, when am I ever gonna get an opportunity to be in a Takashi McKay film that Neon is involved in like let me just do it and so I did it and I'm so happy to have done it and I'm so great I'm very excited for people to see it like I said it's and where is this in time in terms of the injury um this was in June, February, March, April, May, May I shot it in May and I got injured June 16th so it was kind of like fresh off of I would think I was at work for like six weeks and then yeah I got injured so I wonder if there's any parlay from doing that to the second injury and why you felt the way you felt like I don't know I don't know either I don't know either um but yeah that was that was weird that I remember being like man I just had three weeks off filming this movie I just came back to work and I'm gone again like there was so many different factors that like added to my and then also missing summer slam in New Jersey are you kidding me my hometown hometown there was so many things evolution you know there was so many things that kept adding to the sadness yeah yeah I'm sure um but but you came out the other side yeah I'm okay and I feel okay and I'm excited to just get after it you know I'm excited just to get after it and see what the next couple months has in store for me I'm excited to give it my all I'm excited to continue giving myself the opportunity to see what I can create and make out of this life and so I'm just very grateful and I'm very grateful to you and I'm very grateful for WWE for just allowing me to live my dream and explore and play and be so gracious for me being arrested because that sucks.

1:42:04They're like, we love you, Liv. It's okay. And I'm like, are you sure? Everybody makes mistakes. It's true. Everybody makes mistakes. So yeah, you know, I just, I don't know. I don't know a thing. Well, we are the ones who are grateful. Yes, definitely. Yeah, and all of us here. Thank you so much. Thank you guys. Thank you for being on, for sharing so much. And we look forward to the next time too. Thank you. Because that'll be fun. You'll have a lot more to talk about. And then maybe we could share one of the stories. We'll have at least seen the movie. I'm going to tell you that you can gauge what you think is loud.

1:42:40Oh, this is good. All right. Thank you guys.