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As beforehand detailed, it’s throughout between Nikki Garcia and Artem Chigvintsev.
It has been for awhile now.
The previous WWE famous person filed to divorce the Dancing with the Stars character in September… simply days after Chigvintsev was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence.
The celebrities received married in 2022 and are dad and mom to a four-year previous son named Matteo.
Following Chigvintsev’s arrest (the Napa County District Lawyer’s workplace finally declined to file prices), the estranged spouses submitted short-term restraining orders in opposition to one another.
In her authorized paperwork, Garcia alleged a number of bodily altercations with Chigvintsev — together with the August 2024 incident during which she claimed that he “tackled me a number of occasions and pinned me to the bottom whereas our little one was current.”
The pair went on to settle the divorce and agreed 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,” Garcia’s rep informed Us Weekly in a press release on the time.
As for a way she’s holding up within the wake of this private drama?
“I’ve to say that 2025 has been wonderful up to now for me,” Nikki says in the latest Us Weekly cowl story.
“I’ve actually taken the time to sort of date myself. I’ve days the place I get to focus loads on me and self-care and simply actually get to know who I’m in my 40s. I really feel like I’ve this complete new period to have a look at, and I get to decide on how I need to be and [where to] take it.”
Garcia took an prolonged hiatus from her podcast and from social media after the break up, admitting now that she wanted time to course of the “shock” of every part that transpired.
She returned to the previous platform in early December, saying the outpouring of help from followers was “overwhelming.”
As you would possibly anticipate, Garcia says her focus is fully on her toddler, who’s glad for now to trip between properties.
“What’s loopy about coparenting is you get a schedule. It’s wild that in the future it’s like, “OK, listed below are the times you get your son,” and that’s simply what you do. For me, that half is extremely powerful,” Garcia added on this subject.
“I had by no means been in our residence with out him. So getting by way of these days is extraordinarily tough as a result of I simply love being round my son a lot.”
We’re guessing virtually all divorced dad and mom can relate.
The wrestler and actuality star by no means noticed this romantic end result coming, however…
“I really feel like issues occur for a purpose. I’m stronger at this time than I’ve ever been. And that’s not just for myself, however for Matteo. I really feel like being a mom and wanting the very best for my son and figuring out I’ll do no matter it takes for him to have that makes you extremely sturdy.”
Garcia doesn’t need to have any extra children and doesn’t need to be legally certain to anybody once more.
However she hasn’t given up on discovering a soulmate, telling the tabloid:
“I can positively see myself falling in love once more… “I actually really feel folks come into your life for a purpose. Folks are available in, and so they educate us issues.
“And generally, when these loves don’t work out, you must look and go, “What did I be taught and what did I achieve?” As a result of there’s at all times magnificence in it.”
