As advertised, The Bella Twins — Nikki and Brie Bella — appeared as guests on Wednesday’s episode of The Today Show on NBC.
The Bella Twins were on to promote the season three premiere of Total Bellas on E! this Sunday, and followed two straight days of John Cena co-hosting the morning talk program.
As you would expect, hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb asked Nikki about Cena’s comments about her during his two appearances on the show this week. For those who missed it, you can check those out here.
“I was so shocked,” said Nikki of Cena’s comments about wanting to marry her and start a family with her. “I was literally in the middle of the red carpet for the NBCUniversal Upfronts and got the breaking news. You guys know this, John is absolutely an amazing man. He’s such a sweetheart and I truly love him so much. He’s my best friend. You know, a lot of us that go through the wedding planning process, we have to kind of face these issues that we have hiding down deep inside and I just know that a healthy me will be a healthy us. I do have hope for our future but I know right now I need to work on me and before I do say those vows and walk down that aisle, I just don’t want to be hesitant, I don’t want to be regretful.”
Nikki continued, “I think when you sacrifice for so long and it’s like you can give so much and then you kind of get tired of giving, and then someone wants to give it back and you just start to feel exhausted.”
Nikki’s twin sister, Brie Bella, also chimed in on the ongoing relationship issues between her sister and Cena, whom she referred to as her brother.
“She’s exhausted because she’s been in a marriage with me for 34 years and I’m not an easy wife,” Brie said jokingly. “For me, I love both of them and I applaud them for putting their relationship out there, which you”ll see on this season of Total Bellas. It’s really hard when you’re filming a reality show, and my sister and I were always the type of people who were open books. We have no filters. The good, the bad and the ugly, it’s all going on our show. It just shows everyone out there that you’re not alone, cold feet really exists. I’m her twin, I have her back. John’s my brother, I text him all the time. He was actually my first Mother’s Day text I got. So I love him, he’s a great man and I love them both together. I can’t wait to see how this all ends.”
Near the end of their appearance, Nikki was asked outright whether or not she thinks she’ll end up getting back together with Cena. Nikki replied, “I definitely have hope, I really do.”
Check out footage of The Bella Twins’ appearance on The Today Show on NBC above.
