Let the Philadelphia fans throw the WWE star Nikki Bella off his game enough to seemingly confirm what we already know: that he’s dating Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean.
Nikki, 42, was in Philly for Raw on Tuesday, February 2, where she hosted a segment with twin sister Brie Garcia. At first, Nikki thought people were booing her.
“Is that because the Eagles aren’t going to the Super Bowl or because of us?” she asked.
“I actually think they’re saying Coop,” Brie interjected.
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After looking nervous for a moment, Nikki replied, “Can you blame a girl for having good taste? I mean, Pro Bowl, baby.”
Nikki’s apparent confirmation that she and DeJean, 22, are an item comes a month after a source said Us Weekly in January I had “went to a couple” of Eagles games. (DeJean, meanwhile, has not publicly addressed the alleged relationship.)
“They’ve been hanging out,” the source added at the time. “She’s having fun and enjoying being single.”
The source also explained that when Nikki is “not on the road she’s at home with her son.”
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Nikki welcomed her son Matteo in 2020 with an ex Dancing with the stars partner Artem Zhivintsev. The couple married in 2022 before Nikki filed for divorce two years later, following Chigvintsev’s arrest on a charge of domestic violence. The two were eventually served with restraining orders against each other and no criminal charges were filed. They settled their divorce in 2025.
Nikki opened up we in January 2025 about his personal life, saying he wasn’t looking for a relationship.
“I’ve really taken the time to date myself,” she said we. “I have days where I’m really focused on me and self-care and I can only know who I am in my 40s. I feel like I have this new era to look at, and I can choose how I want to be and (where) to take it.”
By the fall of 2025, dating rumors had begun, spurred by Nikki attending an Eagles game and sharing a video via Instagram that included her posing next to DeJean’s locker.
“So blessed by the people around me, new friends and old, who make life so special and fun,” she wrote in the caption.
Nikki then spoke out against the fans that drew conclusions about her alleged relationship with a man 20 years younger than her.
“It’s crazy because I haven’t actually been touched or done anything for so long,” Nikki told Brie on a December 2025 episode of her SiriusXM podcast “The Nikki & Brie Show.” “It’s funny when people call me a whore when in reality it’s been a long time since I’ve been intimate, even thought about a kiss.”
Nikki added: “I haven’t kissed anyone in so long. It’s kind of crazy. I was thinking about this last night: ‘Do I know how to kiss?’ Do you know when it’s been so long? I mean, I hope (I still do). I’m about to go out with my pillow to make sure I still have it.”