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Leah Van Dale: Speaking Her Truth

07 Mar 2025

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This week Kail gets the exclusive on why Leah Van Dale AKA Carmella made her impromptu exit from the WWE after a twelve year career. For the first and only time Leah opens up about the disappointment she is feeling as a new mom facing an unplanned career change in the midst of celebrating the birth of her child. Kail and Leah discuss the fundamental differences between men and women's return to work after having a baby, how she hopes to see things change for women in sports and what her plans are for the future. This conversation is raw, unfiltered and most importantly relatable. For Leah’s company Snatch head to - https://www.snatch.co For the book Kail talked about The Let Them Theory click here For full video episodes head to patreon.com/kaillowry and to keep update wit h Kail and The Chaos subscribe to her newsletter at kaillowry.com  Thanks for supporting the show by checking out our sponsors! Happy Mammoth: get 15% off your first order at happymammoth.com just use thecode FAMOUS at checkout. Prose: get 50% off your first hair care subscription at prose.com/famous  Rocket Money: Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals by going to rocketmoney.com/famous  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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17.054 - 84.829 Kail Lowry

Welcome to the shit show. Things are going to get weird. It's your fave villain, Kale Lowry. And you're listening to Barely Famous. Hey everyone. Welcome back to another episode of Barely Famous Podcast. Today we have Leah Van Dale. She's formerly known as Carmella as part of the WWE. It all started when Leah was a dancer and cheerleader for the NFL and the NBA.

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84.949 - 90.611 Kail Lowry

And then she took the leap into the WWE, which is amazing. Leah's dad was a former pro wrestler who worked.

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90.871 - 112.507 Kail Lowry

for the wwe and so it's not really a surprise that she made this leap i absolutely loved her character carmella and she was with the wwe for 12 years and we've been seeing all of your questions all of your comments and today we're gonna get some insight from leah herself about why her contract ended so abrupt at some point she decided she wanted to enter motherhood

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112.967 - 134.191 Kail Lowry

Unfortunately, that meant lots of changes in other aspects of her life and deciding whether she was going to continue to be a WWE wrestler or not, or maybe it wasn't even her decision. So let's get into it with Leah Vandale. Welcome back to another episode of Barely Famous Podcast. Today we have Leah Vandale, formerly known as Carmella or Mella. Welcome to Barely Famous.

134.811 - 158.399 Kail Lowry

Hello, thank you for having me. I am a little bit nervous about this because this is the first time you're ever doing something like this. Yes, it is. And people who are familiar with WWE know you as Carmella. Yes. So you have been out of WWE for almost two years. Yes. But not by choice. No. So let's talk about it. Sure. And it started with... You, first of all, let me backtrack.

158.419 - 161.161 Kail Lowry

You were in the WWE for 12 years? 12 years, yes.

161.222 - 170.869 Leah Van Dale

I signed in 2013, which is wild. And we're in 20, that's, 12 years is a long time. Yes, I was a baby. I just was 25, I think, when I first signed.

170.909 - 177.572 Kail Lowry

It's so crazy how long. But first you were a cheerleader and a dancer. Yes. But how do you make the leap from cheering and dancing to WWE?

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