Nikki Bella isn’t interested in making herself smaller just because some people don’t like how direct she can be. That includes speaking up for women in wrestling, something she says she’s done apologizing for.
Speaking on The Nikki & Brie Show, Nikki shared a quote she’d recently sent Brie while her sister was having a difficult day dealing with her injury. But the message hit Nikki pretty hard too.
“Some of us don’t fear the storm. We are the storm. Stop apologizing for your intensity. Your power was never meant to be hidden. It was meant to be directed.”
For Nikki, that brought up a pretty simple question. Why should she keep apologizing for the things that make her who she is?
“I just felt like that quote really makes you be like, ‘Why do I apologize for who I am?’”
Nikki knows she’s not always going to say everything perfectly. She’ll use the wrong word, give people too much information and occasionally say something that makes absolutely no sense.
“People know I just have come to accept, like, I say fucked-up words all the time. Like, I’m never gonna get things right. I’m always gonna say TMI and I’m always gonna just use words that are—I don’t know—that just don’t make sense. And people might think I’m ditzy.”
She’s done apologizing for that. And she’s especially done apologizing when using that same voice to stand up for women in wrestling.
“But it’s, you know, I’m just gonna stop apologizing for that and also sticking up for women and stuff in my industry.”
That doesn’t mean Nikki suddenly thinks being outspoken makes her right about everything. She simply doesn’t believe being stern, direct or honest should automatically come with an apology because somebody doesn’t like hearing it.
“Remember when people want to diss who you are or you feel like you have to be apologetic for being stern or direct or honest or truthful. Um, just don’t apologize for it. You are who you are. Know your superpower and just find a way to direct that into change.”
Nikki isn’t promising to become quieter or easier to deal with. If she believes something needs to be said—especially when it involves women in wrestling—she’d rather say it and deal with the reaction afterward.
Do you think Nikki Bella should keep using her platform to speak up for women in wrestling, even when it gets her criticism? Let us know in the comments.
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