Leah Van Dale: Speaking Her Truth

Barely Famous

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🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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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 Quince: Give yourself the luxury you deserve with Quince! Go to quince.com/famous

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0:00.0	Welcome to the shit show.
0:02.9	Things are going to get weird.
0:04.5	It's your fave villain, Kail Lowry.
0:06.4	And you're listening to Barely Famous. Thank you. Hey everyone. Welcome back to another episode of barely famous podcast.
0:59.0	Today we have Leah Van Dale. She's formerly known as Carmela as part of the
1:03.8	WWE. It all started when Leah was a dancer and cheerleader for the NFL and the
1:09.1	NBA and then she took the leap into the WWE, which is amazing. Leah's dad was a dancer and cheerleader for the NFL and the NBA. And then she took the leap into the WWE, which is amazing.
1:13.1	Leah's dad was a former pro wrestler who worked for the WWE.
1:16.8	And so it's not really a surprise that she made this leap.
1:19.2	I absolutely loved her character, Carmela.
1:21.8	And she was with the WWE for 12 years.
1:25.1	And we've been seeing all of your questions, all of your comments. And today we're
1:29.4	going to get some insight from Leah herself about why her contract ended so abrupt. At some point,
1:35.1	she decided she wanted to enter motherhood. Unfortunately, that meant lots of changes in other
1:40.3	aspects of her life and deciding whether she was going to continue to be a
1:45.0	WWE wrestler or not or maybe it wasn't even her decision. So let's get into it with
1:50.2	Leah Van Dale. Welcome back to another episode of Barely Famous podcast. Today we have Leah
1:54.2	Van Dale formerly known as Carmela or Mela. Welcome to Barely Famous. Hello. Thank you for
2:00.4	having me.
2:01.2	I am a little bit nervous about this because this is the first time you're ever doing something like this.
2:06.1	Yes, it is.
2:06.9	And people who are familiar with WWE know you as Carmela.
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