Rebecca Quin, better known by her pro-wrestling moniker, Becky Lynch, had to overcome a lot of adversity to be where she's at today. As a teen, growing up in Ireland, Quin struggled with alcoholism, but later found wrestling as an outlet to help save her from heading down a spiraling life of addiction. Now, she's one of the biggest female stars on the current pro-wrestling market for her hardcore persona and aggressive style of wrestling. With an arsenal of moves like the Cross Armbreaker, the Diving Leg Drop, and her patented finishers in the Bexploder and Disarm-er, there aren't a lot of wrestlers out there that can match her intensity.
In 2002, Lynch and her brother began training at a facility in her home country of Ireland and made her first professional wrestling debut just five months into training. From 2002 to 2006, Quin would wrestle in the independent market, most notably for the Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling's all-women promotion, SuperGirls Wrestling where she won the inaugural SuperGirls Championship before suffering a severe injury that would force her to take a six-year hiatus from the ring. In 2013, Lynch would sign a development deal with the WWE and be added to the brand's main roster in 2015. Since then, Lynch has become a 3x WWE Smackdown Women's Champion and 1x WWE Raw Women's Champion. Lynch is the only wrestler in history to hold both belts simultaneously. Becky Lynch also defeated Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey for both the Women's titles in the first WrestleMania main event headlined by women in the company's history.
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.