The tip of 2024 is upon us, and it’s solely pure that we glance again on the previous 12 months and assess the modifications we’ve made, the issues we’ve discovered and what we hope to perform within the new yr. For Nikki Garcia that’s no simple activity. The previous WWE star generally known as Nikki Bella divorced her husband, Dancing with the Stars professional Artem Chigvintsev, following his arrest in August for home violence. She spoke candidly in regards to the classes she needs to take into 2025, delivering a robust message about not attempting to repair folks.
There have been accusations lodged backwards and forwards between Nikki Garcia and her former DWTS accomplice — who started courting in 2019 once they have been paired collectively on Season 25 the ABC dance competitors — since his arrest. Garcia started in search of a divorce lawyer instantly, although Artem Chigvintsev has insisted he was not violent together with his spouse. In reflecting on the yr, Garcia stated on The Nikki & Brie Present podcast she’s realized how sturdy she is, and one massive lesson she discovered was:
We aren’t right here to repair different folks, we simply aren’t. We’re right here to steer by instance. We’re right here to show our kids, nurture our kids, train others, lead by instance, however we’re not right here to repair. And it took me 41 years to understand that, and I am positively taking that into my 2025.
Nikki Garcia and Artem Chigvintsev share one youngster, 4-year-old Matteo, in order onerous as this breakup has been on Garcia, it’s not stunning that plenty of her focus is on her son. She spoke in regards to the vitality she’s put into attempting to repair folks, saying she’s discovered you’ll be able to present love and assist “particularly in relationships that you’ve,” however you’re not right here to repair. Garcia issued some sturdy recommendation for anybody who would possibly hear themselves in her phrases, saying:
In the event you’re in that sort of relationship that you’re fixing, it’s worthwhile to discover your manner out, as a result of attempting to repair somebody is not going to deliver love and happiness and alter. You are actually, in the long run, gonna drain your self and simply deliver unhappiness. And in order that hit me actually onerous, as a result of I positively am now in that house, and this new period of me in 2025 is not fixing. I’ll lead. I’ll assist. I’ll assist. I’ll love, however I cannot repair.
That’s positively some sturdy vitality to take into 2025.
Nikki Garcia’s divorce from Artem Chigvintsev was finalized in November. A district legal professional declined to file legal expenses towards the skilled dancer following his arrest, and each events have since dropped their restraining orders towards one another. Hopefully which means all concerned are set to maneuver into the brand new yr in a wholesome manner.