Although reports suggested that her departure was due to backstage heat with top WWE management, Caruso denied the rumors, insisting she left on good terms with the company.

Caruso revealed to Scott Fishman of TVInsider.com the real reason behind her exit from WWE:

The former WWE interviewer will now work full-time on ESPN where she has worked part-time on First Take and SportsCenter.

Caruso will appear on ESPN+’s morning show, SportsNation, among other digital series.

Despite spending nearly five years in WWE, many fans might not know much about Caruso’s life outside of the company.

Here are five things you did not know about Charly Caruso.

#5. Charly Caruso had a tough childhood

Charly Caruso’s father was a newspaper reporter, while her mother was a speech pathologist. She was their only child.

Caruso opened up about growing up as an only child during her interview on Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia:

Caruso stated that growing up as an only child helped her adjust to the WWE’s always-on-the-road lifestyle:

Caruso’s parents finalized their divorce during her college sophomore year. She confessed that it still affects her up to this day:

#4. Charly Caruso wanted to become an Olympic gymnast

Charly Caruso was an athlete growing up. She played several sports in her childhood, starting with soccer:

According to The Miami Herald, Caruso also participated in gymnastics, softball, and volleyball. She could not achieve her dream of becoming an Olympic gymnast due to injury. She also could not make it in college volleyball due to her height- 5-foot-2.

Caruso became a sports broadcast journalist. She covered many events and tournaments, including NBA, the NFL and the IndyCar series.

Caruso then joined WWE and spent nearly six withars in the company before announcing her departure to join the ESPN team.

She expressed her excitement regarding joining ESPN full-time in her TV Insider interview:

Caruso also launched her fitness app “Train With Charly” last year. It offers access to her workouts, nutrition guides and other health insights into how she stays in the best shape.

#3. Charly Caruso broadcast a show from her guest bedroom

Five years ago, Charly Caruso tried her luck launching her own YouTube show. She created a YouTube channel under her real name, Charly Arnolt. Her channel now has nearly 2700 subscribers.

Caruso launched a web series on her channel called “BackTalk Ball”. She introduced her show on the first episode saying:

Caruso asked her viewers to “take notes” to help her adjust the show:

The former WWE interviewer broadcast only six episodes of “BackTalk Ball”. Her third episode is the most watched on her channel, with 15 thousand views.

The current ESPN TV host published the last episode of her show on May 5, 2016. Caruso has stopped posting on her channel since then. The series, which started on March 31, lasted for less than two months.

#2. Charly Caruso started her career as a crime journalist

Charly Caruso graduated from college with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. She minored in Criminal Justice and Spanish. Following her graduation, she moved to West Virginia to join WSAZ-TV.

During her time as a reporter on WSAZ-TV, Caruso had to visit unsafe areas and work on stories she felt were uncomfortable. The former WWE interviewer then moved to Kansas to work for WDAF-TV. The situation was a little better there for the 33-year-old.

Caruso had a crew in Kansas, unlike when she worked in West Virginia. She worked on the Morning Live segment. Despite this, she felt crime reporting was not what she thought it would be.

Charly Caruso told the story on Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia:

After discovering that she was not as passionate as she thought about crime journalism, Caruso moved back to Indianapolis to take a sports journalism job:

#1. Charly Caruso did stand-up comedy

Despite her serious-career-driven personality, Charly Caruso has another side that many people do not know. Caruso is a person who likes to try different things. One of these things was stand-up comedy.

She told the story to Lilian Garcia on Chasing Glory:

Caruso went on to take improv and sketch comedy writing classes. She also performed again at the Greenwich Comedy Club in New York:

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