Rousey comments on ‘night of awkward interviews’
At the TUF 18 finale, Ronda Rousey was just not in the mood for being interviewed and it showed in…
At the TUF 18 finale, Ronda Rousey was just not in the mood for being interviewed and it showed in interviews during the fight and after on FOX Sports Live. Rousey received a lot of negative criticism for the way she behaved this interviews, but recently explained it was heartbreak and tragedy that caused her akward tension that night:
The whole day I was just being instigated by everybody and I was tired of being instigated, Rousey told MMAjunkie. I was being forced into situations where people were trying to instigate me.
I just got back from ‘Fast and Furious’ and all day, every single person who walked up to me was like ‘Oh my god, did you hear? Paul Walker died,’ Rousey recalled. It was like a piece of gossip and they couldn’t wait. They were hoping they would be the first one to tell me so they could see my reaction first, and I was just really disgusted with everyone’s behavior about that the whole night.
I’m happy for Jessamyn (Duke), but Peggy (Morgan) lost, and I was heartbroken for her, then I saw Davey (Grant) and Jessica (Rakoczy), lose and I was heartbroken for them, too, Rousey said.
That’s what was bugging me the most, Rousey said. Was what my kids were going through and how just insensitively people were treating the tragedy and what happened to Paul and his family.
