{"id":81015,"date":"2026-01-08T06:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T06:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/81015\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T06:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T06:09:16","slug":"nikki-bella-casually-dating-eagles-cooper-dejean-after-weeks-of-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/81015\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Bella casually dating Eagles\u2019 Cooper DeJean after weeks of buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean and WWE star Nikki Bella have been on a few dates amid rumors that they\u2019re an item, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/06\/nikki-bella-cooper-dejean-dating-eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to TMZ.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pair reportedly are casually dating and there is a mutual attraction, but Nikki is still \u201cvery single.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old WWE Hall of Famer, who is a diehard Eagles fan, and DeJean, 22, have been<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/28\/sports\/nikki-bella-fans-flames-of-cooper-dejean-dating-rumors-with-eagles-video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> at the center of dating buzz<\/a> since late 2025, as Nikki has sported his No. 33 jersey while attending Eagles games.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38116380\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bella.jpg\" alt=\"Nikki Garcia attends Netflix's &quot;Happy Gilmore 2&quot; New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on July 21, 2025 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-38116380\"  \/>Nikki Garcia attends Netflix\u2019s \u201cHappy Gilmore 2\u201d New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on July 21, 2025 in New York City.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38116359\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cooper-dejean-33-philadelphia-eagles-117004373.jpg\" alt=\"Cooper Dejean #33 of the Philadelphia Eagles warms up prior to a game against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium on December 8, 2025 in Inglewood, California. \" class=\"wp-image-38116359\"  \/>Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean warms up prior to a game against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium on December 8, 2025 in Inglewood, California.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>She strut into Lincoln Financial Field sporting a cropped DeJean jersey during the Eagles\u2019 eventual 13-12 victory over the Bills on Dec. 28.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, she was all smiles while<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/18\/sports\/nikki-bella-and-eagles-cooper-dejean-spark-dating-rumors-after-philly-post\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> posing at DeJean\u2019s locker <\/a>after Philadelphia\u2019s 31-0 shutout win over the Raiders on Dec. 14.  <\/p>\n<p>Nikki\u2019s primary focus is on her career and her 5-year-old son, Matteo \u2014 whom she shares with her ex-husband of two years Artem Chigvintsev \u2014 per TMZ.<\/p>\n<p>She and the former \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d pro\u2019s messy divorce was settled in May 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Nikki filed for divorce in September 2024 after Chigvintsev was arrested at their Napa Valley home on suspicion of domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p>During a previous episode of the podcast, \u201cThe Nikki and Brie Show,\u201d she said she and Chigvintsev are \u201cin a good place\u201d and are co-parenting.<\/p>\n<p>DeJean\u00a0was previously linked to Steph Wilfawn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean and WWE star Nikki Bella have been on a few dates amid rumors&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1418,34366,69,4538,71,70,726,13465,27854,15585,41023],"class_list":{"0":"post-81015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-nikki-bella","10":"tag-philadelphia","11":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","12":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","13":"tag-philadelphia-news","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-sports-entertainment","16":"tag-wags","17":"tag-wrestling","18":"tag-wwe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}