2 August 2026
Nikki Bella is “super celibate” and “pretty much like a nun”.
Nikki Bella is single
The 42-year-old wrestler – who split from ex-husband Artem Chigvintsev, with whom she has five-year-old son Matteo, in 2024 – has recently been romantically linked with Philadelphia Eagles player Cooper DeJean but she insisted she “doesn’t have [the] energy” for a partner.
She told Us Weekly magazine: “I’m pretty much like a nun at this point. Super celibate. I should just put on a ring.
“I wish I was out there getting wild. I just don’t have energy for it.”
Nikki’s twin sister, Brie Bella, has “been trying” to set her sibling up on dates, but she understands why her priorities are elsewhere at the moment.
Brie said: “She’s too busy, and I get it. Matteo is her world right now.
“She’s like, ‘I have no time between being on the road, our wine company and our podcast, and then Matteo. I try. But she’s like, ‘No, no.’
“This is the thing with her: If she has a free night, she wants to Netflix and chill. She’s like, ‘I don’t want to go on a date. I don’t have to dress up.’”
But that doesn’t mean Brie – who has Birdie, nine, and Buddy, five, with husband Bryan Danielson – will stop trying to play matchmaker.
She added: “I still keep my eyes open. There’s been some prospects.”
The twins feels they have been “misunderstood [their] whole entire careers” and want people to realise they have always been most passionate about wrestling rather than seeking stardom.
Brie said: “At a time when we became massive reality stars [on E!’s Total Divas and Total Bellas], everyone kind of felt that was what we wanted.
“But it’s like, no, we’re massive reality stars because we love to wrestle. But that’s always been [our] fight, which is hilarious to us. We look at online debates and all that, we’re like, ‘Look at all the people who think they know, but they don’t.’
“I feel like people have really felt our love and passion for the business because we don’t have to be doing it. We have thriving companies and we do very well. But we love it. And we missed it so much.”
