Nikki Bella Says I Do Official E! Trailer
Choosing a formal for her wedding to Artem Chigvintsev was a portion of barroom for Nikki Bella.
That's due to the fact that the Total Bellas alum already had her imagination gown, which she got portion engaged to ex John Cena, with whom she split successful 2018 aft six years together. And arsenic Nikki exclusively told E! News, determination was nary different outfit she could ideate walking down the aisle in.
"When you imagination of having that time and that formal and that's thing that you emotion arsenic a small miss oregon a woman, and for maine that's what that formal was," she explained up of her and Artem's E! wedding peculiar Nikki Bella Says I Do. "When I saw it, I thought of maine and maine successful it and it's thing that I loved truthful much—and I paid for it. So I felt erstwhile Artem and I were readying our wedding, I conscionable couldn't assistance but consciousness like, 'Why bash I person to springiness up the formal that I emotion due to the fact that it was possibly gonna locomotion down different aisle?' I conscionable felt like, no, this was for maine and for nary 1 other but me."
However, the 39-year-old added, "I made definite to person that speech with Artem, due to the fact that if helium did person an contented with it, I would person for definite not person worn it. His sentiment mattered to me, but past I was truthful pleasantly amazed astatine however helium felt."
As for however Artem, 40, felt astir his bride wearing a dress she bought portion successful a erstwhile relationship, helium plainly stated, "I didn't mind."
"Nicole ever asked maine 'would it beryllium OK?' I honestly deliberation radical marque specified a large woody astir it," helium explained. "I didn't attraction astatine all. Like you commencement putting vigor retired determination where it shouldn't be. It shouldn't impact america getting married. It was wholly fine. But I didn't spot the formal until the precise past moment."
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When the Dancing With the Stars pro yet saw Nikki successful her formal for the archetypal clip astatine their August 2022 Paris nuptials, the archetypal happening helium thought was "wow"—however helium had plentifulness of different things connected his mind.
"I was reasoning astir each my vows and what I request to say," Artem admitted. "It's really precise stressful due to the fact that it's a one-take wonder, right? It's a one-time benignant of a deal. You don't privation to messiness it up. You conscionable privation it to beryllium precisely cleanable and I deliberation erstwhile I saw Nicole walking through, like, 'Wow. This is precisely what's expected to be.'"
See Nikki and Artem's road to the altar erstwhile Nikki Bella Says I Do premieres Thursday, Jan. 26, astatine 9 p.m. connected E!.
Don't miss the premiere of Nikki Bella Says I Do this Thursday, Jan. 26, astatine 9 p.m., lone connected E!.