Everything Nikki Bella Has Said About Dating After John Cena Split

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Everything Nikki Bella Has Said About Dating After John Cena Split

Starting fresh. Us Weekly broke the news on Thursday, January 3, that Nikki Bella moved on from John Cena to her former Dancing With the Stars partner, Artem Chigvintsev. The new pairing came five months after Bella and Cena called off their engagement and split for good, which the Total Divas star told Us Weekly was "what’s best for me." [ami-related id="1261326" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/john-cena-and-nikki-bella-a-timeline-of-their-relationship/" title="John Cena and Nikki Bella: A Timeline of Their Relationship" target="" showsubt="false" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/john-cena-nikki-bella-timeline.jpg"] Before the Bella Twins member was ready to give love another shot with the DWTS pro, however, she often opened up about her love life following her split from the Bumblebee actor. Keep scrolling to revisit all of Bella's quotes about romance and living the single life after she and Cena went their separate ways.

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Everything Nikki Bella Has Said About Dating After John Cena Split

Starting fresh. Us Weekly broke the news on Thursday, January 3, that Nikki Bella moved on from John Cena to her former Dancing With the Stars partner, Artem Chigvintsev. The new pairing came five months after Bella and Cena called off their engagement and split for good, which the Total Divas star told Us Weekly was "what’s best for me." [ami-related id="1261326" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/john-cena-and-nikki-bella-a-timeline-of-their-relationship/" title="John Cena and Nikki Bella: A Timeline of Their Relationship" target="" showsubt="false" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/john-cena-nikki-bella-timeline.jpg"] Before the Bella Twins member was ready to give love another shot with the DWTS pro, however, she often opened up about her love life following her split from the Bumblebee actor. Keep scrolling to revisit all of Bella's quotes about romance and living the single life after she and Cena went their separate ways.

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On Kissing New People

The professional wrestler went out with Peter Kraus from The Bachelorette several months after she and Cena split for good. A portion of the date was shown on a Total Bellas preview in November 2018 and Bella’s hesitancy was clear. “I haven’t kissed another guy in nine years,” she said before Kraus leaned in to give her a smooch.

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On Being Single Over the Holidays

Bella told Us in December 2018 that she was excited to be flying solo during the holiday season. “I haven’t been able to really enjoy the single life properly,” she said. “It’s hard being a single girl. Over the holidays, I’m really looking forward to wandering into some bars and being a single girl."

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On Dating in the Public Eye

Bella and Cena’s relationship was publicized on social media and on television throughout their six years together, but the two-time WWE Divas Championship winner admitted that she wants to keep things more private in the future. She told Cosmopolitan in October 2018, “Going through all that, I don’t ever want to do it again. It scares me to ever have another public relationship.”

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On Her New Habits

In September 2018, Bella called her dating life "kind of boring” and gave Us a peek into her typical evenings. “Gosh, I’m pretty lame. Usually the person that I date at night is Netflix and my black licorice,” she quipped. “They’re very satisfying.”

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On Dating Another Professional Wrestler

Bella was quick to shut down speculation about the possibility of her dating another pro wrestler in the future. She told TMZ in July 2018, “I can’t even think about that.”