Nikki Garcia and Brie Garcia never have to look twice to find a shoulder to lean on. “Sisters are a very special thing, and then what’s double that is when you’re an identical,” Nikki said on a 2023 episode of their podcast The Nikki & Brie Show . “Any type of twin, but I feel especially with identicals, it’s just a built-in bestie for life.
” It’s a bond that formed 41 years ago, when Brie entered the world 16 minutes after Nikki on Nov. 21, 1983. Since then, the pair have gone through several chapters together, both professional ( WWE Hall of Famers , E! reality stars , TV hosts and founders of wine brand Bonita Bonita are just a few titles on their résumés) as well as personal (like going back to their birth name Garcia after years of being The Bella Twins).
And when they welcomed their sons— Nikki shares 4-year-old Matteo with ex Artem Chigvintsev and Brie raises 4-year-old Buddy as well as daughter Birdie , 7, with husband Bryan Danielson —they were born just one day apart in the summer of 2020. “We always said we’re never going to be those twins,” Brie added on a May episode of Live With Kelly and Mark . “And then we grew up and we’re next-door neighbors.
We do life together.” Doing life together means the siblings are there for each other during hard times, too. Like in August when—three days after Nikki and Artem celebrated their second wedding anniversary—he was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence , with her filing for di.