{"id":176687,"date":"2025-06-24T21:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/nikki-garcia-believes-she-was-seen-as-villian-in-artem-chigvintsev-divorce\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T21:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T21:00:28","slug":"nikki-garcia-believes-she-was-seen-as-villian-in-artem-chigvintsev-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/nikki-garcia-believes-she-was-seen-as-villian-in-artem-chigvintsev-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Garcia believes she was seen as &#8216;villian&#8217; in Artem Chigvintsev divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-06-24\" datetime=\"1750798828\" pubdate=\"\">24 June 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Nikki Garcia believes she was seen as the &#8220;villain&#8221; in her split from Artem Chigvintsev.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Nikki Garcia felt she was seen as a villain<\/p>\n<p>The WWE star &#8211; who is also known as Nikki Bella &#8211; split from the Dancing With the Stars professional last August after two years of marriage following a row  which saw police called to their home, and she hit out at the double standards of how men and women are portrayed by the media.<\/p>\n<p>In a preview from her appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/kristin-cavallari\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,kristin-cavallari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristin Cavallari<\/a>&#8216;s Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour obtained by E! News, she said: &#8220;I think they make me, like, more of a villain than I am.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her twin sister, Brie Garcia, agreed: &#8220;Oh, for sure. Especially out of your divorce.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kristin &#8211; whose own marriage to Jay Cutler ended in 2022 &#8211; added: &#8220;Of course, you&#8217;re a woman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nBoth Nikki and Brie believe their images as wrestlers make people think they are tougher than they are.<\/p>\n<p>\nNikki said: &#8220;I feel like when you&#8217;re badass women and you kick ass in a ring, people just assume you&#8217;re not empathetic.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s like we could go kick so much a**and, yeah, I&#8217;ll pick a guy out in the crowd. I&#8217;ll body slam you right now. I can do it&#8230; &#8220;I&#8217;ll pay for your hospital bill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nBrie agreed: &#8220;Because we&#8217;re pro wrestlers and all these things, we can come off so hard and tough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nNikki added: &#8220;I think that&#8217;s the biggest misconception.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd Nikki &#8211; who has four-year-old Matteo with Artem &#8211; claimed her WWE persona was also used against her during her legal battle with the former Dancing with the Stars professional.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;People bring up like, &#8216;Well I don&#8217;t know, 2017, your character in the ring&#8230;. I&#8217;m like, &#8216;That&#8217;s not real. I was playing a villain.&#8217; I was playing a character and they all think I&#8217;m that person. I mean, I heard it in court through the divorce. Because I was a strong woman, a pro wrestler.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nKristin fumed: &#8220;You should not be able to use anything in entertainment. That&#8217;s bulls***.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe 38-year-old star admitted her own public confessions had also coloured people&#8217;s image of her.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe added: &#8220;Or, with me, they always want to make it about sex. Like, I said a lot more than just that. It drives me insane.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nFollowing Nikki and Artem&#8217;s row,  the 42-year-old dancer was arrested amid allegations of domestic violence, but was not charged and he recently admitted the incident &#8220;ruined&#8221; his life.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe told the Glamourous Grind podcast: &#8220;It completely ruined everything for me. From every angle, it ruined my life completely.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;The worst part of all of this was because the [district attorney] dropped the case, clearly stating there was nothing they could possibly have charged me on.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;&#8221;When people see that mugshot. For them, in their mind, you are immediately guilty.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;There is nothing you can say or try to justify yourself to change their minds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nArtem noted there was no hesitation on his part when it came to ending the marriage.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe explained: &#8220;I wanted it to be over. I needed to go back to live my life and I need to move on \u2014 emotionally, financially \u2014 and I just wanted my life to be normal again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe couple shared differing accounts on what had happened during the row that led to Artem&#8217;s arrest and later sought restraining orders against one another, though they have now been dismissed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/nikki-garcia-believes-seen-villian-artem-chigvintsev-divorce-1420962.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 June 2025 Nikki Garcia believes she was seen as the &#8220;villain&#8221; in her split from Artem Chigvintsev. 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