Nikki Bella was headed down the aisle with John Cena before they called it quits back in 2018, days before their wedding.
And the two-time WWE Divas Champion has since moved on with fiancé Artem Chigvintsev, with whom she’s already started a family.
She recently revealed that Cena reached out to her after she gave birth to her and Chigvintsev’s son Matteo back in late July, and the exes still appear to be good friends.
New addition: Nikki Bella recently revealed that ex John Cena reached out to her after she gave birth to her and Chigvintsev’s son Matteo back in late July, and the exes still appear to be good friends
The 36-year-old told Us Weekly of seeing each other move on: ‘John and I will be tied forever. I get that, like, we had a public relationship on a reality show for six years.’
Cena recently tied the knot with Shay Shariatzadeh, 31, last month in a surprise ceremony in Tampa, after they began dating last year.
Bella added: ‘All I’ve ever wanted was for him to be happy. So, it makes me happy when I see that and, like, him kicking butt in the movie world and all that stuff. I love that!’
She began dating Cena, 43, in 2012, and he popped the question in April of 2017, following their mixed tag-team match on WrestleMania 33.
Still friends: The 36-year-old told Us Weekly of seeing each other move on: ‘John and I will be tied forever. I get that, like, we had a public relationship on a reality show for six years’ (pictured in April, 2018)
Surprise wedding: Cena recently tied the knot with Shay Shariatzadeh, 31, last month in a surprise ceremony in Tampa, after they began dating last year (pictured in January, 2020)
Happy for him: Bella added: ‘All I’ve ever wanted was for him to be happy. So, it makes me happy when I see that and, like, him kicking butt in the movie world and all that stuff. I love that!’ (pictured in November, 2017)
Wedding bells: She began dating Cena, 43, in 2012, and he popped the question in April of 2017, following their mixed tag-team match on WrestleMania 33, before breaking it off a year later (pictured in April, 2017)
They broke off the engagement a year later on April 15, 2018, less than a month before their planned nuptials on May 5.
The Total Bellas star continued: ‘So with the baby, he reached out to Brie and I both. We haven’t had an individual conversation in gosh, I don’t know how long, but it was very short and sweet!’
She welcomed Matteo Artemovich on July 31 with Chigvintsev, to whom she got engaged in January, a year after they began dating, following their run as partners on season 25 of Dancing with the Stars.
Nikki gave birth to Matteo just a day before twin sister Brie, 36, welcomed son Buddy Dessert with husband Bryan Danielson, 39, with whom she also shares daughter Birdie Joe, three.
Congratulations! The Total Bellas star continued: ‘So with the baby, he reached out to Brie and I both. We haven’t had an individual conversation in gosh, I don’t know how long, but it was very short and sweet!’
Proud parents: She welcomed Matteo Artemovich on July 31 with Chigvintsev, to whom she got engaged in January, a year after they began dating, following their run as partners on season 25 of Dancing with the Stars
Twin pregnancies: Nikki gave birth to Matteo just a day before twin sister Brie, 36, welcomed son Buddy Dessert with husband Bryan Danielson, 39, with whom she also shares daughter Birdie Joe, three
She revealed on Better Together back in May that the idea having children was what ultimately led to her split with Cena.
The Incomparable author said: ‘Overall, we did have such an incredible relationship. It was just two people that wanted two different lives. We were trying so hard to make it one.’
Nikki continued: ‘Even in the end when he was willing to give me kids, I could just tell it’s not what we wanted. And that’s really, like, you know, what pushed me in the end, was like, if I’m going to force someone to be a father.
‘I’ll never forget, I think it was my life coach, he goes, “What if he looks at you down the road and just regrets everything, and then you have this child and you’ve built this life? Is that what you want?” And I remember thinking, that’s not what I want. I don’t want to force someone to change.’
Not in the cards: She revealed back in May that the idea having children was what ultimately led to her split with Cena: ‘I could just tell it’s not what we wanted’ (pictured in August, 2013)