Nikki Bella reveals she’s been ‘exhausted for three years’ since giving birth to son Matteo, who suffers from speech delay: ‘It shook me a lot’
Nikki Bella has been “exhausted for three years” since giving birth to her son, who has a “speech delay.”
The 39-year-old former professional wrestler has opened up about how her life has been “shattered” since her two-year-old son Matteo – who she has with husband Artem Chigvintsev, 41 – became a toddler because there is “always something”. deal with it.
She told E! News: “I’m not going to lie, being a toddler has really shaken me.” Feeling like I’ve been exhausted for almost three years, I’m wondering, “Brie, when will I get my life back?”
“You transition from teething, then you just take him to preschool and take care of the illness, and there’s always something.
“And Matteo also had a speech delay, so just dealing with it and the therapy – the toddler stage – definitely shook me.”
Candid: Nikki Bella has been “exhausted for three years” since giving birth to her son, who has a “speech delay,” as she revealed in an interview with E! News; She is pictured with husband Artem Chigvintsev, 41, and their two-year-old son Matteo
However, Nikki wishes she could “freeze” Matteo’s current age.
She added: “I would say I wish I could freeze that age because I just want to freeze him when I see he has his own personality but is also all about mum – and dad too, though really a lot about mom — I just want to freeze it, and I want him to stay like this forever.
‘[He] has his father’s sweet soul – I have a sweet boy.”
Matteo will be three at the end of the month, and he was just two when his parents tied the knot last August.
But Nikki revealed in February that Matteo vomited during their wedding.
She told the publication, “He threw up.” The Nutcracker is playing, and we look at the altar, and I’m like, “Where is he?” And I just feel his hand like that, and my brother says, “Here are the rings. Matteo throws up. You know, just keep getting married.” I think I turned white!
“We both don’t even remember the ring part because we kept looking at each other like, ‘Are we horrible parents, like we put our rings on and we were just told our son is going to throw up in the back?’
“In the end he threw up and went back to the hotel and in the end he was actually fine.” But I’m sad we don’t have that moment, but it’s okay. We’ve seen him before.’
She told E! News: “The toddler stage, I won’t lie, shook me badly.” Feeling like I’ve been exhausted for almost three years, I’m wondering, “Brie, when will I get my life back?” Teething moves on , then you just take him to preschool and take care of the disease, and there is always something.
She also said, “And Matteo also had a speech delay, so just dealing with that and the therapy — so the toddler stage — definitely shook me.”
Nikki was previously engaged to John Cena, but they split in 2018 after six years of love.
She has been dating her Dancing With The Stars pro partner Artem since January 2019 and announced their engagement the following year in January 2020.
Weeks later, the two announced they were expecting their first child together before welcoming Matteo in late July 2020, with Nikki citing this as the reason the wedding was delayed.
They finally married on August 26, 2022.