In an interview with Hook and Barrel magazine former WWE superstar Natalie Eva Marie pointed the finger at PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) for her love of hunting.
“Shout out to PETA because you guys made me a hunter,” she told the publication. “Thank you very much. Because they did all the hard work by showcasing factory farming… so now I’m going to go hunt my own meat. You should know where your meat comes from.”
Eva Marie claims that part of the reason she became a hunter was her concern over natural food sources.
“When you’re hunting your own meat it’s field to table, and I’m doing it with my hands. So, I feel there’s this element of knowing exactly where your food comes from,” she said.
Eva Marie is on the cover of this month’s issue. Natalie credits her husband Jonathan Coyle with making her an avid hunter.
“One reason was obviously the food,” she says. “Jonathan is really into nutrition and health and wellness. And anybody that has followed my journey by watching Total Divas, and things of that nature, knows I truly believe health is wealth. If you don’t have your health, you have nothing. I don’t care: You can be rich and have all of the things that you think will make you happy. But if you don’t have your health, then you’re done.”
The interview features an odd picture of Eva Marie, her hand over eyes, as she kneels next to a kill, a deer. There is no caption with the photo so there is no context.
Eva Marie has also become a brand ambassador for Christensen Arms.
“It’s so important for us to have that right and Texas, thank God, is one of those big states for us to actually have that right. I don’t think I ever want to live in a place that takes that away,” said Eva Marie who moved to Texas in 2021.
In the interview, Eva Marie spoke just a bit about her wrestling career, mostly about her WWE try-out.
“I just went ahead through that process, and it was audition, audition, audition. And then the callback—the last one—was an in-ring physicality tryout. And girl, I have never wrestled in my life. I’m a field athlete. I like to keep my feet on the ground. So as soon as we started doing forward rolls and running the ropes, I said, ‘Holy s–t, this is crazy! Not only does this really hurt, but this is wild!’ But it was a good feeling to me because I love to compete,” she said.