Chelsea Green: I am ‘so not’ my WWE character

Though elements of her personality shine through on screen, Chelsea Green doesn’t think her WWE character is the same as her real-life self.

Green became the inaugural WWE Women’s United States Champion near the end of 2024 and has now held the title for more than four months. Her WWE character is confident, always believing success was inevitable. But Green told Chris Van Vliet on a new episode of Insight that she is “so not” her character in real life. Everything she’s been through in her career, like being released from WWE in 2021, has kept her much more humble than Chelsea Green is on TV.

“Whenever I say, ‘Do you want this in character or not?’ They always say, ‘Well, you are your character.’ And I’m like, I am so not my character,” Green told Van Vliet. “Like I know I’m over the top and so exaggerated, but like, I am uber narcissist, like uber, uber, uber into myself as Chelsea the wrestler, and like has no doubts I’m going to be champion. But I have way more humility in my real life because I’ve not been champion and I’ve been trying to get to WWE for forever. And I’ve been fired a million times. And I didn’t make it off Tough Enough. Like there’s so many things that go into my story as the real human Chelsea Green that makes me believe I don’t deserve this title or I won’t be winning it. But then Chelsea the wrestler is like, of course I’m winning it. I’m Chelsea.”

Green, 34, agreed that self-awareness is a key difference between her real self and her character. The TV version of Green thinks she can do anything — even when she’s obviously bad at it. Green also does not crave attention in real life like she does on TV.

“Chelsea the wrestler loves attention and loves holding a microphone and all that,” Green said. “In real life, I don’t want a birthday party or like anyone to sing to me. I don’t need a cake. I don’t need any of that. I just want to sit at home with my zoo [of animals she and Matt Cardona own].”

There is no match planned for Green at WrestleMania 41, but she’s set to team with Piper Niven & Alba Fyre against Zelina Vega, Kayden Carter & Katana Chance on SmackDown this Friday. The episode is taking place in Las Vegas on the eve of WrestleMania.