Nikki Garcia bleeds Eagles green — especially if it means supporting defensive back Cooper DeJean.
“Walking into Sunday like…. 🦅🔥,” Garcia, 42, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, December 28, ahead of the team’s matchup against the Buffalo Bills. “‘Been there, WON that.’ 🙌🏼 #FlyEaglesFly.”
Garcia uploaded throwback footage of herself wearing DeJean’s jersey and team-branded sweatpants as she entered the Eagles’ Lincoln Financial Field arena. (The team’s Sunday game takes place at the Bills’ Highmark Stadium, and it’s not known whether the WWE alum is in attendance.)
While Garcia displayed her pregame spirit, fans flocked to the comments section wondering if the post is a clue about her dating life.
“In the Coop jersey too! 🔥,” one social media user commented, with another adding, “She wants to keep the rumor alive.”
Garcia, a longtime Eagles fan, has recently been speculated to be dating Dejean, 22, despite a 20-year age difference.
“So blessed for the people around me, new friends and old, who make life so special and fun 🤍✨🙏🏼,” Garcia wrote via Instagram earlier this month, posing for a pic by DeJean’s locker at the Eagles stadium. “Thank you Big Dom @daveophilly @nickyryan @philadelphiaflyers & @livecasinophl for spoiling me and my crew this weekend!”
She continued, “Fly Eagles Fly! Truly THE city of brotherly love! 💚🦅.”
Nikki appeared to shut down the rumors during a recent episode of her and twin sister Brie Garcia’s eponymous podcast.
“It’s crazy because I actually haven’t been touched or done anything in so long,” Nikki said on the December 18 episode, hinting that she hasn’t dated in a while. “It’s funny when people call me a whore when I actually haven’t had intimacy in a really long time, even think of kissing.”
According to Nikki, she hadn’t “even kissed someone in so long.”
“It’s, like, kind of crazy. I was thinking of this last night: ‘Do I know how to kiss?’ You know when it’s been so long? I mean, I hope [I still do],” she quipped. “I’m about to make out with my pillow to make sure I still got it.”
Nikki was previously married to former Dancing With the Stars pro Artem Chigvintsev, with whom she shares 5-year-old son Matteo, from 2022 to 2024.
“I’ve really taken the time to kind of date myself,” Nikki exclusively told Us Weekly in January of post-divorce life. “I have days where I get to focus a lot on me and self-care and just really get to know who I am in my 40s. I feel like I have this whole new era to look at, and I get to choose how I want to be and [where to] take it.”
DeJean, for his part, has not addressed the rumors connecting him to Nikki. He was last romantically linked to Steph Wilfawn in 2024.
“She’s been a trooper. She’s been handling a lot, going through a lot,” DeJean said of Wilfawn during a February appearance on “The Pivot” podcast. “She’s been there every step of the way. I met her back in college, so she’s been there for me, which I appreciate, and I need [her] throughout this crazy time.”
DeJean led the Eagles to a Super Bowl victory earlier this year — at the end of his rookie season.
“My phone’s been blowing up, especially after the Super Bowl. It’s almost hard to even go on my phone anymore just because [of] everything that’s going on,” he recalled on the podcast. “She’s been a trooper. She’s been there for me, so I appreciate her for that.”
