Nikki Garcia Walks First Crimson Carpet Since Artem Chigvintsev Cut up at WWE Monday Night time Uncooked

Nikki Garcia is stepping out and again into her roots following her break up from Artem Chigvintsev.

The Whole Bellas star, 41, made her first pink carpet look for the reason that former couple settled their divorce in November 2024, and her outing got here at none aside from on the premiere of Netflix’s WWE Monday Night time Uncooked — an ongoing skilled wrestling tv particular produced by WWE.

For the occasion, held at Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome on Monday, Jan. 6, the retired WWE star wore a pink strapless leather-based corset with matching pink and white pants. She paired the look with pink pumps and a daring pink lip.

Garcia and Chigvintsev have been married from 2022 till 2024. They’re dad and mom to a 4-year-old son, Matteo.

Months earlier than their divorce settlement, the Dancing with the Stars professional, 42, was arrested in August on suspicion of corporal damage to a partner.

Chigvintsev didn’t face legal expenses associated to the incident, and each he and Garcia alleged that the opposite particular person was the aggressor within the dispute that led to his arrest.

Subsequently, the previous couple have been granted protecting orders in opposition to each other — although they have been later dropped following their divorce.

Throughout a current episode of The Nikki & Brie Present, a podcast she co-hosts together with her twin sister Brie Garcia (also referred to as Brie Bella), Garcia mirrored on the teachings she realized in 2024. 

“I believe what was the most effective for me was the disconnecting from a lot and going through quite a bit — and to have been doing the work for thus a few years main up that helped prep me and provides me an incredible basis — however I simply need you to know that you’re a lot stronger than you assume,” she stated within the Dec. 30 episode.

“In our strongest moments, we positively have been tremendous weak moments, and we simply have to determine how we get by means of that,” Garcia continued, including that she’s been spending her time and vitality round issues that make her really feel sturdy.

She added: “And I’ve devoted myself to that the previous few months, and it really helps.”

In keeping with Garcia, “conditions like … divorce” can take “a bit of you,” however sure songs, similar to Harry Connick Jr.’s “Be Not Afraid,” had “actually helped” throughout her time of want.

In an announcement to PEOPLE, Garcia beforehand requested for continued ”privateness for her and her household” after the divorce.

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Chigvintsev additionally stated partly in an announcement to PEOPLE that he was “extremely relieved and grateful that the home violence expenses in opposition to me have been dropped” and stated he is “grateful that the reality has prevailed.”

In case you are experiencing home violence, name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is obtainable 24/7 in additional than 170 languages.