It’s been nearly a yr for the reason that incident between the WWE’s Nikki Bella and Dancing with the Stars’ Artem Chigvintsev that led to his arrest on home violence costs and their divorce quickly after. Whereas she’s positively made efforts to keep up privateness by the very public breakup, Bella just lately opened up about how co-parenting along with her ex-husband has been, as she defended herself to a fan who questioned how a lot time she spends along with her youngster.
Nikki Garcia (who makes use of the stage title Nikki Bella) has opened up just a few occasions about what she discovered from her cut up from Artem Chigvintsev, in addition to what she’s searching for in a person, however now she’s given some uncommon perception into her shared custody settlement with the DWTS professional after a fan referred to as her parenting into query. It began when Garcia slammed a fan who requested if her son Matteo “ever” noticed her. She responded to the remark, writing (through E! Information):
Marvel if you happen to write that to Dad’s [sic]? And sure he was with me 🙂 All week. Simply bc I don’t submit him on a regular basis doesn’t imply he isn’t with me. I attempt to preserve as a lot as I can non-public for his sake.
One facet of the cut up that Nikki Bella has addressed since final August is how her robust persona as a professional wrestler [don’t miss our WWE Evolution predictions] has brought on folks to forged her as a “villain” in her divorce. This fan’s question is probably going precisely the type of criticism she was speaking about, as they appeared to imagine that Bella posting about work on social media meant that she wasn’t spending any time with Matteo, who will flip 5 later this month.
She continued to deal with the scenario in an Instagram Story, the place she let followers in on how co-parenting goes with Artem Chigvintsev. She wrote:
My son is with me lots. Majority of the week after I’m dwelling. Each Tuesday after I land I drive straight to get him. And drop off on Sundays after I go away. Typically I’m gone longer and his Dad and I’ve an excellent coparent system. He understands how a lot he wants his mommy.
After the whole lot they’ve been by, it’s nice to listen to that The Traitors alum and Artem Chigvintsev have a “nice” system in place. It appears like her ex-husband is versatile, too, and whereas she sometimes has Matteo for many of the week, the skilled dancer is ready to preserve him extra when she has enterprise to do.
Nikki Garcia urged followers to not bounce to conclusions simply because she doesn’t submit loads of pictures along with her son, saying that she’s going to share “sure moments from time to time” but in addition desires to guard Matteo’s privateness. She concluded:
So please no extra feedback like this. Possibly should not have responded however triggered bc a small group of you suppose in case your child is not posted on a regular basis he is not with you.
Nikki Garcia and Artem Chigvintsev broke up after an incident August 29, 2024, that led to the dancer’s arrest on home violence costs. Prosecutors later dropped the fees, and Chigvintsev has insisted he was “not violent” together with his spouse.
Whereas the previous couple has gone by some robust occasions, it’s good to listen to that they’ve apparently settled into a great co-parenting routine a yr later — even when followers don’t at all times see it.