Before they became famous, retired WWE stars Nikki Garcia and Brie Garcia worked as waitresses at Hooters, experience that they say gave them an advantage in the ring, they told The Washington Post this week.
Identical twins who were given wrestling names at age 19 The Bella Twinswas a server at the chain’s Mission Valley location in San Diego.
“Working there allows me to really tap into my feminine energy. As a waitress, you need confidence to approach strangers and talk to them. But we had to have thick skin and not just confidence, we had to own it,” Brie said.
“You go up to guys who are excited and want to make a racket. So I knew how to keep them in check… and we all set boundaries for ourselves… and we didn’t take any abuse from the customers. So at a young age I learned to stand up for myself, take responsibility for myself, own the room and the table. And I think taking that attitude into wrestling has really helped me.”
The 40-year-old brunette beauties are currently on a podcast tour.The Nikki and Brie Show: Mommy’s Wild TourThe wine cellar, titled “The Wine Cellar of the 2000s,” will go on sale at City Winery in the Meatpacking District on July 20, and she also revealed her secret to upselling to male customers.
“She rubs my cleavage. She’s like, ‘And do you want some more fries?'” Nicki said.
“Yeah, we got really creative, whether it was the terminology or just saying, ‘We hope you have a great time Hooters fiction,'” Brie added. “As waitresses, we came up with this really sassy phrase, and honestly, everyone loves seeing the Hooters girls doing the YMCA and hula hooping, and it just makes us more tips.”
In their podcast,Nikki & Bree ShawIn “Bella Army,” the Garcia sisters have “really real and raw” interactions with their fans, formerly known as the Bella Army, now known as the Bonita Army. [The girls are half-Mexican and half-Italian, and bella and bonita mean pretty in Italian and Spanish, respectively.]
In one episode, the couple, who live on the same block in Napa, California and gave birth 22 hours apart, discuss coaching their 3-year-old sons’ tee-ball teams.
“We took coaching tee-ball very seriously. It was hard work because it’s a hard job. And you see a lot of little eyes looking up and saying, ‘What’s next?'” says Bree, who has a son, Buddy, and a daughter, Birdie. Her husband, professional wrestler Bryan Danielson.
“Every time he hit the ball he would run after it, trying to get it back – it was as if he wanted the ball he hit,” said Nikki, who has a son, Matteo, with her husband, Artem Chigvintsev. “Dancing with the Stars” Partners.”
The California-born, Arizona-raised duo joined Cameo a few months ago to raise capital for the wine label. Bonita BonitaIt was launched in 2019.
“We were like, ‘OK, we need to buy more grapes for wine,'” Bree says. 8.5 million Instagram followers“You know, grapes aren’t cheap,” he explained.
Celebrities have been recording personal video messages for a fee and sending birthday wishes and encouragement to fans via the platform, but he’s already had to fulfill a few fetish requests with a body slam.
“Someone said, ‘If you could just put the phone on the ground and act like you were stomping on it with your bare feet,'” 10.6 million Instagram followers.
“And people always ask me to wear a wrestling outfit.”
“I got this request yesterday: ‘Can you do a minute-long video or something to tease your sister?'” Brie added.
“So I said ‘No.’ I don’t want to blame my sister.”
