Nikki & Brie Garcia Explain REAL Reason Behind Name Change _ E! News
Nikki & Brie Garcia Explain REAL Reason Behind Name Change _ E! News
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00:01 - Now these girls took over the world of wrestling
00:04 as the Bella Twins, but now these sisters
00:06 are trading in their names and the ring
00:08 for a whole new venture.
00:10 They are making my favorite thing, wine.
00:12 - That's right, and we recently spoke to the Garcia Twins
00:15 about their new line of bubbly dream podcast guests,
00:18 and of course, the name change.
00:21 Talk a little bit about this name change
00:24 for people that are confused.
00:26 - I know, people are so confused.
00:28 I think it's 'cause we haven't gotten to fully
00:30 tell our truth.
00:31 I think what people don't,
00:31 the WWE owns the name, the Bella Twins.
00:34 They own that IP, so anything that came with the Bella Twins,
00:37 the Bella Army, Brie Mode, Fearless Nikki, WWE owns.
00:41 So you take that chance by walking away
00:44 that they're gonna take their IPs,
00:45 which business-wise makes total sense.
00:48 And we go back to our name.
00:49 Bella represented our Italian heritage,
00:51 Garcia represents our Mexican heritage.
00:53 How blessed in one lifetime we get
00:55 to represent both heritage.
00:57 - Bella Twins have made history the past two decades,
00:59 Garcia Twins are about to make history in this decade.
01:02 Do you ever miss being in the ring?
01:03 - We do.
01:04 The great thing about pro wrestling
01:06 is you have this blank canvas,
01:08 and we come up with the stories,
01:09 go out there to see if it works with the audience.
01:12 And the minute you connect with your fans,
01:14 and it gives me goosebumps thinking about it.
01:15 And I miss our fans, being in front of them.
01:17 - I miss the Bella Army, I miss the girls in the locker room.
01:21 I mean, that's a sisterhood.
01:22 So I miss those things, but I do have to say,
01:25 where I'm at in my life, I don't miss it where like,
01:28 I gotta go do it.
01:29 Like, I look back and I'm like,
01:30 oh my god, greatest memories ever,
01:32 but I'm really excited for my next chapter.
01:34 - What is going on with the Nicki and Brie show?
01:36 Are there any rules between your families
01:38 of like, you can share this, but don't share this?
01:40 Because I do feel like there's something about a podcast
01:42 that makes it easier to just say something
01:44 and blurt it out, and then like, Artem's like,
01:47 babe, too much.
01:48 - Yeah, happens to us all the time.
01:50 - It does.
01:51 - Our husbands are always like, why?
01:53 - Yeah, especially when it's like the sex talk
01:55 or something like that.
01:56 He's like, did you really have to go there?
01:57 And I'm like, well, I mean, yeah,
01:59 but like, I didn't mean to, I was just talking.
02:02 - Who's your dream guest?
02:03 - I think Angelina Jolie would be awesome to come on
02:05 and kind of educate all of us how to be like,
02:08 a badass mom, you know?
02:10 Yeah, a plantipid.
02:12 - For me, for a while, and we've reached out to her twice,
02:14 and she hasn't come on yet, but Mia Hamm.
02:17 'Cause she was like, one of my idols growing up,
02:19 and so I'm hoping maybe one day,
02:22 I know you guys live right beside each other.
02:24 - How often are the kids together?
02:26 Is it like, constant play date?
02:27 Like, they're just extended, right?
02:29 - They feel like siblings.
02:30 - Yeah, they really do.
02:30 - They're together literally almost every day.
02:32 - So good.
02:33 And it lays off the pressure of me having another child.
02:36 - Yeah, that's what I was gonna ask.
02:38 Are you feeling that feeling of--
02:40 - I do go back and forth.
02:41 Arden would love a little girl.
02:43 I mean, if I knew I could actually have a little girl
02:46 and I could just pray and be like, can you give me a girl?
02:48 And then if that can happen,
02:49 she'd be calm and sweet and all the things, I'd do it.
02:52 But I go back and forth.
02:54 I'm really content being one and done.
02:56 - You did Dancing with the Stars.
02:57 - Yes.
02:58 - Which is how you originally met Arden.
02:59 We've just heard that Ariana Madix has signed up.
03:03 Do you have advice for that girl
03:06 going into Dancing with the Stars?
03:08 - My advice to her is be vulnerable
03:10 the whole journey there.
03:12 Pour your heart out, show your strengths,
03:16 have those weaknesses,
03:18 and then also be a part of that creativity.
03:20 And if you have moments in your life from your past,
03:23 memories that you wanna tell that story on the dance floor,
03:26 go to your pro, go to the producers,
03:28 and be like, this is the story I wanna tell.
03:30 I kinda hope she gets paired up with Arden
03:32 because to me, Arden, out of all the pros,
03:35 tells people's real life stories so beautifully.
03:38 - And now it's time for you to do it.
03:40 I mean, Marie.
03:41 - I mean, I got the dress.
03:43 - I feel like.
03:44 - Are you ready?
03:44 Would you?
03:45 - I would do it if I could practice at home
03:47 so I could drop my kids off at school,
03:49 train all day, pick 'em up from school.
03:51 - It's quick flight.
03:52 - It's quick.
03:53 - What are you guys gonna be doing now?
03:54 Oh.
03:55 - I mean.
03:56 - And you want our wine.
03:56 - And you need company's CEOs.
03:58 - I feel like everyone since the day
04:00 we did reality television knew the Garcias, our winos.
04:04 We're so proud of Bonita Bonita.
04:05 We're going on tour sixth year.
04:07 We're wine tasting.
04:09 You come up to Napa Valley, you're gonna see us,
04:11 and we're really proud of our wine.
04:12 - And what an exciting moment for you
04:15 to be able to be like, okay, you know what?
04:17 Now I can really focus on this.
04:18 - Exactly.
04:19 - Because I know you guys have been spread thin
04:22 throughout your career.
04:23 What does that feel like?
04:24 - Oh my gosh, it feels empowering.
04:25 It feels liberating.
04:27 It's just, it was like when you get to fully focus
04:31 on your passions, and I've been blessed to do that
04:33 for my entire life, whether it was soccer,
04:35 wrestling, now winemaking.
04:37 It just makes life fun,
04:38 and it doesn't make work feel like work.
04:41 - New episodes of the Nicki and Bri Show
04:43 come out every Wednesday,
04:45 and their Bonita Bonita wine is available now.
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