Go away it to Philadelphia followers to throw WWE star Nikki Bella off her recreation sufficient to seemingly affirm what we already know — that she is courting Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean.
Nikki, 42, was in Philly for Uncooked on Tuesday, February 2, the place she hosted a phase with twin sister Brie Garcia. At first, Nikki thought the group was booing her.
“Is that for the Eagles not getting within the Tremendous Bowl or for us?” she requested.
“I truly suppose they’re saying Coop,” Brie interjected.
After showing flustered for a second, Nikki replied, “Are you able to blame a woman for having good style? I imply, Professional Bowl, child.”
Nikki’s obvious affirmation that she and DeJean, 22, are an merchandise comes a month after a supply advised Us Weekly in January that she had “gone to some” of Eagles video games. (DeJean, for his half, has not publicly addressed the alleged relationship.)
“They’ve frolicked,” the insider added on the time. “She is having enjoyable and having fun with being single.”
The supply additionally defined that when Nikki “isn’t on the highway she is at dwelling together with her son.”
Nikki welcomed her son, Matteo, in 2020 with former Dancing With the Stars associate Artem Chigvintsev. The couple married in 2022 earlier than Nikki filed for divorce two years later, following Chigvintsev’s arrest for felony home violence. The 2 have been ultimately granted restraining orders towards one another and no legal costs have been filed. They settled their divorce in 2025.
Nikki opened as much as Us in January 2025 about her private life, saying she was not searching for a relationship.
“I’ve actually taken the time to form of date myself,” she advised Us. “I’ve days the place I get to focus loads on me and self-care and simply actually get to know who I’m in my 40s. I really feel like I’ve this entire new period to have a look at, and I get to decide on how I need to be and [where to] take it.”
By fall 2025, the courting rumors had began, spurred by Nikki attending an Eagles recreation and sharing a video by way of Instagram that included her posing subsequent to DeJean’s locker.
“So blessed for the individuals round me, new mates and outdated, who make life so particular and enjoyable,” she wrote within the caption.
Nikki then spoke out towards followers who jumped to conclusions about her alleged relationship with a person 20 years her junior.
“It’s loopy as a result of I truly haven’t been touched or executed something in so lengthy,” Nikki advised Brie on a December 2025 episode of their SiriusXM “The Nikki & Brie Present” podcast. “It’s humorous when individuals name me a whore once I truly haven’t had intimacy in a very very long time, even consider kissing.”
Nikki added, “I haven’t even kissed somebody in so lengthy. It’s, like, form of loopy. I used to be considering of this final night time: ‘Do I understand how to kiss?’ You realize when it’s been so lengthy? I imply, I hope [I still do]. I’m about to make out with my pillow to verify I nonetheless received it.”



