‘Masked Singer’ Axolotl Revealed as WWE’s Alexa Bliss: How Her Husband ‘Helped’ Her Face Her Fear (Exclusive)

Axolotl was the cutest masked singer costume that we have already seen in the show. WWE stars alexa happiness he was revealed to be the adorable amphibian after his performance in LeAnn Rimes’ “Can’t Fight The Moonlight” on the March 22 episode. hollywood life spoke to Alexa EXCLUSIVELY about how she overcame her “fear of singing.” the masked singer.

“I had friends who did the masked singer. I watched the masked singer and I thought it would be so much fun,” Alexa said about why she decided to do the show. “I just wanted to face my fear of singing. I had a situation at karaoke years ago that traumatized me. but it traumatized me from singing for years especially in front of people I just wanted to finally face this fear and finally prove to myself that I could overcome it because it was an anxiety trigger for me but I did and it was funny. I just wanted to go and have fun. It was the best experience.”

Alexa said it helped to wear a “5-foot helmet” while performing. “My husband [Ryan Cabrera] It helped me overcome that fear a lot in that sense because he told me right before we were leaving when he was starting to panic,” Alexa revealed. already sang for these people in rehearsal. Fairies. You sang in front of people. That’s okay because that’s the fun part. This is the time for you to enjoy yourself. It was really nice to have him there to help me with that.”

Despite wearing a huge helmet during her performance, the 31-year-old admitted it was ‘harder to perform with her tail on’. I was scared to whip someone with my tail and throw myself down or something. It wasn’t the head that was difficult. In reality, none of this was difficult. I was more worried about my tail than my head because it really wasn’t heavy. The team came up with this amazing and intricate internal harness that took all the weight off my head and back. All the weight was on my hips and then my shoulders.

The Axolotl costume was certainly one of the most unique masks to grace the stage. Alexa said hollywood life who only knew what an axolotl was due to TikTok’s viral trend of “people using markers to draw around their axolotl in the tank and sing the second song of Second Hand Serenade. I didn’t know it was regenerative and I didn’t know how amazing they were. I only knew that TikTok.

Learning how the axolotl can regenerate, Alexa saw a lot of herself in the hardy amphibian. “To me, it reminds me of my WWE character,” she said. hollywood life. “I had to reinvent myself so many times for my personal self. I don’t like being the same character all the time, so always being able to adapt and evolve and move forward is how I relate to Axolotl. Also, my husband said he looked at me like that.

Alexa noted that she has become a “more well-rounded person” because of the masked singer. “I know I can face my fears and I know I can do things I never thought I could do before,” she said. “And now I feel more comfortable doing it. There were times when Ryan just took out his guitar and the two of us sang a song together just for fun. I never would have done that in a million years. I would never have sung in front of my husband if it weren’t for masked singer.” new episodes of the masked singer Season 9 airs Wednesdays on FOX.

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