Nikki Bella is finally opening up about her messy split from Artem Chigvintsev ... calling it "really tough" just 2 weeks after they settled their divorce.
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00:00Well, Nikki Bella is speaking out now about the divorce from Artem, from Dancing With
00:06the Stars.
00:07And I guess it makes sense that she's speaking out now that they have settled everything.
00:13You wouldn't expect her to say much about it beforehand.
00:16But as we told you last week, they have reached a settlement.
00:20And she got back on-
00:22And dropped the restraining order.
00:23Yes.
00:24And the restraining order was dropped.
00:25And clearly it seemed like they were doing this, I think, primarily for the sake of their
00:29son Mateo.
00:31But now that it is done, Nikki was on her podcast with her sister and had this to say
00:36about the divorce.
00:37What's interesting is I hear some subtle digs here, perhaps, and I'm sure there's language
00:42in the divorce.
00:43I hear a few as well.
00:45But they can't say things about each other.
00:47What I-
00:48So she's careful.
00:49And what I find really interesting, which I want to talk about after we hear it, it
00:53feels like this was a sudden turn, that this wasn't something that was building.
00:59I'm not sure of that.
01:01But here's what she has to say.
01:03Listen to how it went from wonderful to awful.
01:08It's been tough.
01:10It's been really tough.
01:11I've been heartbroken, sad.
01:15Yeah, you know, you dream of having this family and you have this incredible love and it just
01:22goes the other way.
01:24And you go from having a great love story to having a terrible one.
01:29And never saw any of it coming, you know, as far as like what the ending would be.
01:35So it's just been, it's been a struggle.
01:38I just, just so shocked.
01:41I was just, I've been so shocked, like beyond words, and it's been heartbreaking.
01:47And I just, you know, it just, you lose your appetite, you cry a lot.
01:52And then I also, you know, stepped up and made sure everything was okay for Mateo.
01:57And so it's just been, I don't even know what other words to use.
02:01She also said something really interesting.
02:03She said she didn't want another failed public relationship.
02:07Remember, she dated John Cena on and off for so many years.
02:12And you know, when they broke up, it was a really big deal.
02:14And she didn't want that all over again, but said that she's open to like new beginnings.
02:19And you know, she has deleted all the photos on her social media and kind of said, like,
02:23you know, this is a fresh start for her and she's looking forward to it.
02:26I heard her doing a dance there.
02:28And I mean, that is a pun, a Dancing with the Stars pun.
02:31But yeah, she's very careful not to pointedly say anything about him.
02:36But you're right.
02:37Never saw any of it coming.
02:38Never saw it coming.
02:39It was wonderful.
02:40And then suddenly it's not.
02:44But then on the other hand, she said she should have gotten out of it long ago.
02:47That feels like it was building.
02:49So there are different messages in this.
02:53But you can tell.
02:54I mean, this really took its toll on her.
02:58Different messages.
02:59But you know, her and Artem have such different stories as to what occurred that day.
03:04And even though Artem was arrested, you know, this happened back in August, he was arrested
03:08for domestic violence.
03:10Officers actually chose not to file criminal charges, not necessarily because they don't
03:15think he did it, but because they felt, you know, their team couldn't prove beyond a reasonable
03:20doubt that he did these alleged, you know, things that Nikki had claimed.
03:24Well, it was more than that.
03:25It was actually that the argument was mutual combat because she had thrown baby shoes at
03:31him.
03:32And so apparently it was a combination of the injury and the fact that they were both
03:37kind of going at it.
03:39And I'm not saying who was right and who was wrong, but that's where it's hard to convince
03:44a jury like that.
03:45But whatever it is, you just hear that this devastated her.
03:51Hi, my name is Tasia from Orange, New Jersey.
03:54I agree.
03:55I think that whatever happened between Nikki and her now ex-husband, it took a lot on her
04:02to speak out.
04:04And I think that now she's just starting her healing journey.
04:08And her number one priority is making sure she's there for her son.
04:12Yeah, I felt like that was also the part about she stepped up.
04:17I had to step up, meaning someone else wasn't.
04:20She's not naming names.
04:21Right.
04:22Yeah.