Nikki Garcia Says She 'Played Up' Artem Chigvintsev Romance In Public Before Divorce: 'Hasn’t Been Great For A Long Time'

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Nikki Garcia tried for a long time to make things appear better than they were in her marriage. In Monday’s revealing new episode of her podcast The Nikki & Brie Show, the former WWE star got candid about her split from her husband and baby daddy Artem Chigvintsev after he was arrested following a domestic violence incident at their home.

While he wasn’t charged, Nikki ultimately filed for a divorce, which was just settled weeks ago. Related: Brie Talks ‘Trauma’ & ‘Sadness’ She Can’t ‘Fix’ Amid Nikki’s Ordeal In the emotional episode, the athlete, formerly known as Nikki Bella, explained that she “played up” the romance in the spotlight in hopes it would help things get better behind the scenes.

She explained: To do this, it meant she often had to pretend they were the happy little family everyone thought they were, faking it for the cameras.

Nikki dished: Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to save the marriage. Just as heartbreaking, one reason the 41-year-old tried so hard to make things seem picture-perfect was because she didn’t want to repeat history.