Sonya Deville revealed that Vince McMahon asked her to be patient when it came to her WWE in-ring return, and he had some key advice for her authority role as well.
Sonya Deville was a recent guest on Out of Character with Ryan Satin to discuss all things WWE. When asked about what advice she has received from Vince McMahon in regards to her on-air authority figure, Deville said that he reminded her to smile a lot.
“He reminds me to smile a lot, ironically,” Sonya Deville said. “Because I think he loves the demeaning attitude of when someone in my role does something more passive-aggressively and then smiles. I think he thinks that that’s so much more powerful than just being like, ‘You’re not allowed in this match.’ That’s a piece of advice he gave me when I kind of first started the role, that I’ve taken throughout, and it’s really helped. If you look back at his stuff, he’s just genius. When he just gives that grin, and he’s doing his walk, it’s just so hateable. So, he kind of gave that to me.”
Deville also admitted that months into the role she was pestering McMahon to get back in the ring but he wanted her to wait for the right moment for it to happen.
“About halfway through this role, I was going to Vince [McMahon] and I was like, ‘When am I getting back in the ring?’ Just kind of pestering him, and he was like, ‘Just wait, just wait.’ Then like, a couple of weeks ago, he pulled me aside and he was like, ‘Aren’t you glad you waited?’ That was kind of my confirmation from him, letting me know, look at how much equity and how much work we just put into this character, and now she can go anywhere and do anything from this point on. So that was kind of cool.”
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