Artem Chigvintsev recently appeared on The Bellas Podcast. During it, he talked about first meeting Nikki Bella, who would eventually become his fiancee and mother of his child.
They were paired together on Dancing With The Stars, which was at a time where she was still in a relationship with John Cena.
“Obviously, I mean Nicole might feel a little different. But to me, just the meeting, that was the one thing that kind of tripped me out. I know it’s very controversial and at this point, whatever, I don’t really care,” he said. “I think meeting Nicole for the first time, I actually called the executive producer right after our first meet, I even said, ‘Wow. This girl is actually incredible.’
“Actually, I said, ‘I think I’m like, in love.’ I don’t really understand what it meant for me at the time. Just when you meet a certain person that you kind of don’t really understand how you feel yet, you have a lot of feelings. You don’t know how to cope with it or what to do with it,” Artem reflected. “And you just try to manage it as well as you can in the best way you can. Again, look, I’m not perfect. Obviously. But, I think that was the time it kind of hit me. Even speaking about it right now I am sweating.”
H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcription
