Charlotte Flair Responds to Babyface-Turn Backlash, the Downside of Being Heel, More | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Although she is attempting to make the most of it, Flair's face turn was certainly a sudden shift.

It had been years since she last embraced the audience, and for good reason. As a second-generation wrestler whose father is Ric Flair, her character was easy to boo and served as the perfect foil for any face. Fans essentially loved to hate her, though some have taken it too far.

Contrary to popular belief, Flair is very much not the same person she portrays on television. She admitted that the overabundance of negativity from fans occasionally upset her at the end of her heel run as much as it did in the beginning.

Thus, dealing with less of that now that she's a babyface has been refreshing.

"It's affected me my whole career, I think," Flair said. "I'm like, why am I the one character no one can disconnect from and see that there's a person there? Like I'm in charge of my storylines? My biological father is Ric Flair, so I think that's hard for them to push aside as well and a lot of assumption, being the bad guy for so many years."

Attempting to drown out the toxicity from social media has also been a recurring dilemma she's had to deal with.

"I try really hard not to read online because maybe I'll open my Twitter and I'm like, 'I'm putting that down! They're saying I'm doing a bad job being a good guy!'" she said. "And then I go to these [house] shows or even SmackDown and I'm like, 'Hey, are you guys hearing what I'm hearing?' I wish I hadn't let it affect me so much through the years. ... I don't think I've had an opportunity on screen to really let this phase of my career being the good guy let all of the pieces fall into place.

"I know people will say, 'She doesn't feel natural,'" the champ continued. "No, that's just me being me out there. Right now, I'm just me for the most part. Amped up, obviously, but Charlotte Flair is not good or bad. She's just entertaining."