Rhea Ripley tells critics of her doing the stinkface spot in WWE to “shut up”

During an interview in early 2024, Becky Lynch criticized a viral video of Rhea Ripley giving Nia Jax a “stinkface” at WWE live event. Becky said the following…

“It’s about how it looks. And it’s about fulfilling a bunch of men’s fantasies out there in the crowd, and it becomes not about the art it becomes about that. And I’ve fought so long to change that and so I kind of go when I’m talking about that, and when I’m forced to answer about that, I go that just f**king sucks. That just f**king sucks.”

During an interview with Ring The Belle, Rhea had a response for critics of the spot…

“Shut up. Shut up. Honestly, like, it’s real funny because I get criticism for every single little thing that I do. But you see the men doing this and you’re like, yeah, that looks cool, amazing. Tiffany Stratton does this the other week and they’re like, oh my god, I love you, Tiffany. Oh my God, you’re so sexy, please do that to me. But when I do it, there’s a problem? Why? You’re just mad that I’m popular, that’s why.” (quote courtesy of Jeremy Lambert)