Former WWE superstar and Hall of Famer Nikki Bella spoke on her recent divorce from Artem Chigvintsev on her podcast with sister Brie and admitted that she has suffered through some “super weak moments.”
During the podcast, a listener submitted a voicemail about going through a divorce of her own and Nikki commented:
“I think what was the best for me was the disconnecting from so much and facing a lot — and to have been doing the work for so many years leading up that helped prep me and give me a great foundation — but I just want you to know that you are so much stronger than you think.”
“In our strongest moments, we definitely have been super weak moments, and we just have to figure out how we get through that. And what do we do, and who do we need to lean on, and what do we need to bring into our life and surround ourselves with, and what can feed our soul and make us strong? And I’ve dedicated myself to that the past few months, and it truly helps.”
Nikki then added that she hasn’t endured a day since the divorce “without tears” but added that she feels she will eventually “get there.”
“I just know that situations like this or divorce or whatever it may be, it takes a piece of you,” she continued. “It takes a piece of your heart that will never grow back or never be replaced, but it’s how do we make that piece of you that’s gone strong.”
Nikki also shared that she listened to the song “Be Not Afraid” in her “darkest moments of the past few months” when her lawyer would call or her divorce was in the news. “I would have to literally listen to that on repeat, and the lyrics of that song got me through so much because it just made me feel like God was talking directly to me,” she explained. “And just telling me, don’t be afraid. You’re gonna be okay. I’m always ahead of you. Just grab my hand, and I will bring you to rest.”
The retired wrestler added that her “soul just [needed] to rest” because she was going through “so much stress, anxiety, sadness, heartbreak [and] anger.” Nikki concluded the conversation by saying that the heartbreak she experienced was “exhausting.”
