#WWE’s Carmella clears up sex ‘panda’ confusion

WWE superstar Carmella is setting the record straight on boyfriend Corey Graves’ sex slip up.

Discussing her personal life on E!’s “Just the Sip,” the “Total Divas” personality opened up about Graves’ social media flub in April, when he likened the couple’s quarantine intimacy to pandas in captivity during an Instagram Live.

“[He] made it seem like he didn’t want to mate with me in quarantine,” Carmella said Wednesday.

Graves, a fellow WWE star whose real name is Matthew Polinsky, previously said he felt “like a panda in captivity” while elaborating on life at home.

“You know how people always complain that pandas don’t ever want to breed and mate when they’re in the zoo, cause they’re always just locked down and not into it? I feel like a panda in captivity,” Graves said at the time, to which Carmella responded, “Thanks.”

Though Graves said he didn’t mean any harm with his comments, Carmella, real name Leah Van Dale, disagreed.

“It sounds like a bad thing,” she said.

The fallout from the pair’s viral exchange was later splashed across headlines, which didn’t go unnoticed by Carmella.

“I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m great now that the entire world knows that you don’t want to have sex with me, so that’s cool,’” she said.

Graves has since apologized, according to Carmella.

“Apparently, pandas don’t like to mate when they’re in captivity and that’s what he compared it to,” Carmella said of Graves’ point. “I was like, ‘Can you just clarify this for everyone and know it’s nothing that I’m doing wrong, ok? This is on your end buddy.’”

In May, Carmella announced her new endeavor with Graves, the “Bare With Us” podcast, focusing on love and relationships.