Nikki and Brie Garcia Get Real About Whether They Want Their Kids to Be Athletes: We ‘Go Back and Forth’
26.05.2023 - 14:59
/ usmagazine.com
Just like mom? While twins Nikki Garcia and Brie Garcia have retired from the wrestling ring, they are unsure about whether they want to watch their kids follow in their footsteps.
“I go back and forth with Matteo. I feel like he’ll be more ballroom,” Nikki, 39, exclusively told Us Weekly of her 2-year-old son with husband Artem Chigvintsev. “Even though I see when he jumps off the couch and stuff that he could be [a wrestler], maybe. But I think, in the end, he’ll probably [do] baseball or soccer, but I would rather him be ballroom than wrestling.”
Nikki met the Dancing With the Stars pro, 40, during her season 25 stint on the competition when they were assigned as partners — and she was still engaged to now-ex John Cena. After being eliminated in week 7, Nikki and the choreographer later sparked a romance in January 2019. The Nikki Bella Says I Do stars got engaged the following November, nearly one year before Matteo’s arrival. They finally wed in August 2022.
Brie, for her part, is also on the fence about the potential of daughter Birdie, 6, and son Buddy, 2, joining the ring. Brie, 39, and husband Bryan Danielson — who is also a pro wrestler — welcomed their little ones in 2017 and 2020, respectively.
“I think Buddy [might]. Now watching him, he’s a pretty good wrestler,” Brie told Us. “And I go back and forth with Birdie because there’s a part of Bird where she’s an entertainer, where she loves to be creative and she’s very artistic and loves to do things in front of an audience. But she also doesn’t like to be physical so sometimes I’m like, ‘Hmmm, I don’t know.’ I will say I would be honored if they did, because anytime your kids look up to you and they want to follow your footsteps you’re just like, ‘Oh, my gosh.’”
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