Dancing With the Stars’ Artem Chigvintsev sees a future with estranged spouse Nikki Garcia although she filed for divorce final month.
“Artem has needed to reconcile with Nikki. He doesn’t need the household to be divided, and [would love] to place this behind them,” a supply completely reveals within the new concern of Us Weekly, including that Garcia, 40, has no real interest in getting again along with Chigvintsev, 42. “Nikki desires to maneuver ahead.”
Regardless of Chigvintsev’s need to reconcile, the insider says that the skilled dancer will “respect [Nikki’s] needs and bounds.”
Garcia’s divorce submitting got here one week after Chigvintsev was arrested in Napa and booked on a felony home violence cost. The costs had been later dropped.

Artem Chigvintsev and Nikki Bella. Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Photos
Chigvintsev went on to file a restraining order towards Garcia earlier this month, claiming that the incident that led to his arrest started when Garcia allegedly threw a pair of sneakers at him. He then introduced the pair’s 4-year-old son, Matteo, upstairs, prompting Garcia to allegedly push her means into their bed room. They began preventing and the state of affairs escalated from there, Chigvintsev claimed.
Chigvintsev spoke out about his arrest final month after the fees towards him had been dropped.
“I’m extremely relieved and grateful that the home violence prices towards me have been dropped,” he wrote through his Instagram Story. “This has been an especially tough time for me. I’m grateful that the reality has prevailed.”
Chigvintsev added that his “predominant concern” is Matteo.
“He’s my world, and being his father is the best blessing in my life,” he wrote. “I’m dedicated to persevering with to supply him with the love, assist and care he wants as we transfer ahead. I’m hopeful that securing an equal custody association will assist us transfer on.”
Garcia, in the meantime, hasn’t publicly spoken concerning the incident or divorce. A second supply tells Us that the WWE alum, who was beforehand generally known as Nikki Bella, “by no means needed this to be public and has continued to ask for privateness for her and their son.”
As for the place Garcia stands with Chigvintsev now, the primary supply says “there’s minimal communication” between the exes, however “they each need to do what’s finest for them.”
Garcia and Chigvintsev met after they had been partnered on season 25 of Dancing With the Stars in 2017. Garcia was engaged to John Cena on the time. Six months after her July 2018 break up from Cena, 47, Garcia had moved on with Chigvintsev. Garcia and Chigvintsev bought engaged in November 2019 and tied the knot in August 2022. Garcia commemorated the duo’s two-year marriage ceremony anniversary only one month earlier than submitting for divorce.
“I’ll always remember the place I used to be after I requested Jesus about Artem. Having a dialog with He & God. How my emotions felt too quickly. All of it felt too quick,” she wrote through Instagram in August alongside a video of the pair’s marriage ceremony day. “After which this track [‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’] got here on. And that’s after I knew that I used to be falling in love with him and that it was all meant to be. 🙏🏼✨.”
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