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Nikki Garcia Gets Candid in 1st Interview After Divorce: 'I Was in Shock'
Nikki Garcia sat down with Us Weekly in her first interview following her divorce from Artem Chigvintsev to talk about heartbreak, healing and staying strong
In early 2019, shortly after calling off her engagement to fellow WWE superstar John Cena, Garcia reconnected with her Season 25 Dancing With the Stars partner, Artem Chigvintsev, for what would become a whirlwind romance. “Artem is the first person I’ve been with where I feel like I can be Nicole and never fear he’s going to leave me for it,” Garcia, 41, said at the time, calling Chigvintsev, 42, “the sweetest soul you’ll ever meet.” In her filing, Garcia detailed multiple previous physical altercations with Chigvintsev, including the August incident in which she claimed that he’d “tackled me multiple times and pinned me to the ground while our child was present.” The two went on to settle their divorce and agreed to “drop the domestic violence restraining orders against each other in an effort to move on with their lives and effectively coparent their son,” Garcia’s rep told Us in a statement at the time.
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