Nikki Bella and Artem Chigvintsev are officially parents! They welcomed their first child on July 31 (by the way, just a day before his twin sister also had a son!). The new parents have had a whirlwind romance, only having been officially dating for around a year and a half, but they met years before— and that can thank reality TV for the introduction of the same.
Nikki and Artem met again in 2017 when they were a couple in the season 25 Dancing with the Stars. Made it through seven weeks of competition before being eliminated, landing in a tie for seventh place overall. At the time, Nikki was actually still engaged with his ex, fellow wrestler John Cena. Even told Nikki E! News that she wanted Artem to teach, and Dinner for your first dance at your wedding. “Well, if John is going to be for him, to take some dance lessons, I’m sure we can think of something,” Artyom joked again.
Of course, we all know that the wedding never actually happened: Nikki and the Dinner broke up for good in July of 2018, after six years of on-and-off relationship. In December of that year, Nikki talked Us Weekly about singledom and seemed to indicate that she was single at the time. “It’s hard being a single girl. During the holidays, I’m looking forward to wander in a few bars and being a single girl.”
By the beginning of 2019, however, the rumor mill has shifted gears, and reports circulated that Nikki had actually been dating Artem for longer than anyone thought. A source told Us Weekly at the beginning of January, 2019, which the couple has been dating “for a while” at that moment. Nikki continued to say that they were friends and nothing more, at least for a couple of months.
That lasted until the issuance of a March 2019 episode Total Of Fine that confirmed their relationship. “I have a new level of excitement. I’m just having a lot of fun. And I feel like the first time, I’m focusing on me. It is a madness. I have never in my life would I have thought that, like, I have had a lot in common with a Russian,” Nikki said in the episode. “I’m ready to really explore new things and people, and really see what certain chemicals are and all.” After the issuance of the episode, Nikki shared a cute photo to Instagramwith her planting a kiss on his cheek. “Well, after that the end of the season. First, I am going to talk about this Wednesday…” her caption of the photo. They continued the documentation of their relationship in public, especially in The Fine Podcastthat Nikki hosts with her twin sister, Brie.
It is revealed in its participation in a January 2020 Instagram post, where Nikki also revealed that he had indeed achieved a position in contact with the previous two months, while in France, in November of 2019. Only a couple of weeks after sharing her engagement news, which also revealed that they were expecting their first child.
