Nikki Garcia is reacting to followers taunting her over her previous relationship with John Cena on the most recent episode of WWE’s Monday Night time Uncooked.
On the Monday, November 10, episode of Uncooked on Netflix, Nikki, 41, attacked current ally Stephanie Vaquer, as soon as once more turning heel (wrestling parlance for a “dangerous man”). The followers in Cena’s hometown of Boston brutally reacted, chanting, “John Cena left you.”
Nikki — who wrestles below the moniker Nikki Bella — shared her ideas on the vitriol she faces on-line from wrestling followers throughout a dialog with twin sister Brie Garcia on the Thursday, November 13, episode of their “Nikki & Brie Present” podcast.
“The hate’s so gross … even among the chants that I acquired [on Raw],” Nikki mentioned, whereas Brie, additionally 41, famous that she that “didn’t like” the chants she heard.
“Truthfully, I believe [the chants] acquired picked up extra on TV,” Nikki mentioned. “Or I used to be simply too in my second that I didn’t even know, I didn’t even hear it, to let you know the reality.”
Nikki went on to say that “it’s very nice” that “individuals who have credibility” in wrestling, like WWE star Huge E, have been singing her praises throughout her current return.

“As a result of I do know for thus lengthy, individuals are like, ‘I don’t need the trolls to come back at me on-line,’ so individuals simply by no means actually did [defend me],” she mentioned.
“It’s good for these individuals with credibility which might be talking up. As a result of on the finish of the day, all of them know the way a lot I really like this enterprise, how a lot ardour I’ve for wrestling,” Nikki continued. “They know the work that I put in. It’s not like I come on right here and at all times say like, ‘Oh, once I had two days free, the place I didn’t have my son, I flew to Orlando simply to get within the ring for 5 hours to fly straight again.’ You understand, I don’t discuss all that stuff on a regular basis, however the those that know that, know. I really love this enterprise and I wish to give it my all.”
Nikki dated Cena, 48, from 2012 to 2018, when the couple ended their engagement. “Whereas this determination was a troublesome one, we proceed to have an excessive amount of love and respect for each other,” the couple advised Us Weekly in an April 2018 assertion. “We ask that you simply respect our privateness throughout this time in our lives.”
Nikki moved on with Dancing With the Stars professional Artem Chigvintsev, with whom she shares son Matteo, 5.
Nikki and Artem, 43, met on season 25 of Dancing With the Stars. The couple married in August 2022. Nevertheless, they cut up two years later.
Nikki and Artem each filed for divorce in August 2024, and their divorce was finalized three months later.
“Nikki and Artem have settled their divorce and won’t be going to courtroom,” Nikki’s rep mentioned in an announcement to Us in November 2024. “Each events determined to drop the home violence restraining orders in opposition to one another in an effort to maneuver on with their lives and successfully coparent their son.”


