Newly single “Dancing With the Stars” alum Nikki Garcia has her eyes peeled at Super Bowl LIX. Following her divorce from DWTS pro Artem Chigvintsev, Garcia is navigating the dating world once more. Though she admits that she’s not quite ready to date, she’s been having plenty of fun this weekend.
“Last night, I was like, ‘Nicole, like, this is your first time being single at Super Bowl!’ Like, I already am thinking and listening,” Brie Garcia told People magazine ahead of Sunday’s big game.
“I feel like she’s more excited about it than me!” Nikki Garcia said, adding that she’s “still healing.” Elsewhere in the interview, Nikki Garcia — who shares son Matteo with Chigvintsev — said that there’s still some excitement regardless.
“I would be lying if I wasn’t like, ‘Oh!’ There is a lot of eye candy. All the muscles and the fashion, it’s just like all the men, the manly men,” she added. She also told the outlet that there’s just something about football players that’s “sexy.”
“They just walk and they have it. It’s a different swagger,” she said.
Nikki Garcia Has No Interest in Getting Remarried
Following her split from Chigvintsev in August 2024, Garcia isn’t really thinking about getting into another relationship. However, one thing that she does seem set on is not getting married again.
“I can definitely see myself falling in love again,” Garcia told Us Weekly in January. “I don’t think it’s going to be anytime soon,” she continued.
“I’ve talked to people about this. There [are] commitment ceremonies. I’m like, ‘I don’t ever want to sign paperwork again. No, thank you.’ And they’re like, ‘Yeah, you could still have a wedding. It’s just more of a commitment ceremony. You can wear rings, but you don’t need to sign papers,'” Garcia added.
“I don’t want to be legally [bound]. We could talk about changing names way in the future if this person is my person. [But] no paperwork,” she said.
Nikki Garcia Plans on Spending Valentine’s Day With Her Son
Getting through the first year after a divorce is tough as each person needs to figure out new traditions and new plans for different holidays and other special days — such as Valentine’s Day.
Without a partner by her side, Garcia is planning on spending the romantic day with her 4-year-old son.
“For me right now, it’s anything with my son,” she told E! News. “He gives me the greatest love ever. He fills my cup up beyond,” she continued.
“So it would be having a really fun lunch with french fries because that is his favorite and now it’s my favorite,” she added
