WWE Star Tegan Nox Came Out As Lesbian : Posted a Pic With Her GF

The 25-year-old WWE NXT star Tegan Nox, who featured in this year’s Royal Rumble, came out as lesbian via Instagram by posting a photo alongside her girlfriend, Sierra St. Pierre.

With over 211k follower on her Instagram account, Nox revealed that she is in a relationship with Sierra St. Pierre. Nox posted with the caption, “Life is good.”

The picture was also published on Sierra St. Pierre’s Instagram account with a caption “It’s hard being the famous one in the relationship.” that confirmed the WWE NXT Superstar’s relationship.

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In this cute picture we can see Tegan Nox and her girlfriend, Sierra St. Pierre, hanging out in front of the Hogwarts castle at Universal Studios Orlando just last week, complete with rainbow-colored face masks.

After Tegan Nox (whose real name is Steffanie Newel) came out as lesbian, publicly speak up about her sexuality and her relationship status In a recent interview with Newsweek.

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“My life has always been a “don’t ask, don’t tell” situation, but I felt like it was the right time, especially when you’ve found the right one you’re in love with. It was the right time to do that.”

She added, “The reaction has been great. There are a few people who obviously don’t agree with that, but 99 percent of the reactions have been positive.”

“I’ve got texts coming through from so many colleagues and friends. It was nice. It’s great to see that there are so many nice people in the world.”

Nox also opened up about how Sonya Deville, the WWE’s first out, lesbian wrestler, helped her on her journey to a public coming out.

“I actually talked to Sonya before I even did this,” she said. “She was a big, big help. She gave me her phone number and told me to text her if I needed anything. So we keep in contact quite a lot about it. She’s a massive help with the fans, because my family knew but my fans didn’t. So she helped me bring it out to the public.”