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Government confuses Ronda Rousey's staged WWE arrest as real life in COVID-19 PSA docs

Ronda Rousey is a UFC icon who turned her career path toward WWE a few years ago. She’s a well-known superstar with wide appeal, or at least interest. Hence why the federal government wanted her as part of its educational COVID-19 response.

Except, the government didn’t do its homework correctly and got her staged WWE antics mixed up with real-life events.

Sports stars listed for possible PSA on COVID

Rousey was one of the 274 celebrities vetted to be part of a series of public service announcements by the Department of Health and Human Services to educate people about the pandemic, per a report by Politico on Thursday.