Nikki Bella Calls Artem Chigvintsev an 'Amazing Lover' — but Insists He's Not Her Boyfriend
Nikki Bella is sharing some very intimate details about her relationship with Artem Chigvintsev.
On Wednesday’s episode of her podcast with twin sister Brie, The Bellas Podcast, Nikki opened up about attending Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson’s wedding with her former Dancing with the Stars partner — but she took issue with reports that referred to Chigvintsev as her “boyfriend” at the affair.
“I posted a lot [at the wedding] with Artem. We did really cute snaps,” she said. “I was his date, right, we’re dating. But then everywhere it says, ‘Nikki Bella and boyfriend Artem’ — and I’m like, wait, boyfriend? Why are there labels? Why are they doing that?”
“I feel like for women in my situation who date and have fun, who want to get our Carrie and Samantha on and showcase it on our platforms, people automatically assume that we’re official,” she added.
Brie, “playing devil’s advocate,” said she believes that when you post with somebody you’re dating on your Instagram, that translates to “making it official.”
“I feel like there’s a double standard for women when they want to date multiple people,” Nikki argued. “We have these rules that we can’t post them on social, but like, why not? If we’re not in a relationship where it’s official, that you aren’t engaged or married or boyfriend and girlfriend, when you’re not exclusive, why can’t [we] showcase all those moments without having the labels put on them or being called names like ‘slut’? I feel like when guys do it they get high fives.”
Brie pointed out that Nikki only posts those kinds of photos with Chigvintsev.
“The way you post with Artem makes it very much [seem] like you guys are official,” she said. “You and Artem are doing cooking videos, you guys do intimate type of pictures.”
“I’ll admit, I like doing it, I have fun,” Nikki said. “One, he’s crazy photogenic, he’s very handsome, but beyond that, we have a really fun time posting. It’s fun for us.”
