Rhea Ripley Reveals 'Terrifying' Experience With Fan At Her Home

Invasion of privacy from WWE fans has been a problem for wrestlers for decades but some particularly troubling situations have occured in 2025, including Liv Morgan having an alleged stalker who ended up being arrested outside of the WWE Performance Center.

Wrestlers have consistently asked for fans not to visit their homes but that didn't stop one supporter of Rhea Ripley, who appeared outside of Ripley and husband Buddy Matthews' home on multiple occasions during the course of one day.

While Ripley and Matthews were not home, the former WWE Women's World Champion described the "terrifying" experience on Insight with Chris Van Vliet.

"We looked at the Ring camera, and there's some chick at our door, and I didn't think anything of it. And I was like, Why does she keep ringing the doorbell and just stand there for eternity? And then we had our Australian friends who live near us, and they came to pick up our mail, and they go, 'This is for Rhea Ripley. I think it's fan mail?' I was like, oh no, who the hell has my address? That's just something that people shouldn't be doing," Ripley began.

"That's kind of like crossing the line. We are normal people outside of work, and we like our privacy. We like to have our normal humanity. But I went back and I watched the Ring doorbell, and this chick was like she just came out of the movie Smile. I'm sorry if you're watching this lady, but you were terrifying. She was scary, she rang the doorbell, she got real close to it and just [smiles creepily]. Then she looks at her phone and she [smiles again], and she did this for so long. She was there for like 10 minutes, and then she left, came back, did it again, and then she left, and then she came back wearing something different and rang the doorbell," she continued.

"I was just like this lady really thinks that we're home, the cars are there because we left them there. If I was home, I wouldn't know what to do. If I opened the door and she was just standing there, what could have happened? She could have done anything, I don't know you; you could have attacked me, and I don't know how she got her car in the gate. We have a gated community, no one lets you in, terrifying. This stuff happens all the time with everyone. Like Liv had one the other day as well, and then there was a whole Roxanne stuff that was going on," Ripley added.

"People need to understand that wrestling is our passion, that's our love. But at the same time, you have to understand that that's our work, and it's like we go home and we're different people, and what you see on TV is not what you get outside of TV. So it's like we're normal people. Please do not come up to our house. Do not stalk our property, do not threaten to kill us over a storyline on WWE. And it's craziness like that, and people need to understand boundaries sometimes."

Rhea Ripley remains a top star on WWE TV. She criticised a section of pro wrestling fans in May for "degrading successful women."