For months and months there have been circulating rumors that longtime WWE star Nikki Bella has been in a relationship with one of the NFL's young stars. She recently decided to feed into it a bit.
Bella is a Philadelphia Eagles fan and has been rumored to be dating Eagles star cornerback Cooper DeJean. On last night's episode of Monday Night Raw in Philadelphia, she seemingly responded to the rumors.
At one point while she was in the ring with her sister Brie, the crowd appeared to be booing. Nikki asked "Is that for the Eagles not getting in the Super Bowl or us?"
Brie remarked "I actually think they're saying Coop."
Nikki then delighted the crowd by replying, "Can you blame a girl for having good taste? I mean, Pro Bowl baby."
Bella and DeJean
Cooper DeJean has emerged as one of the league's best cornerbacks in just two years. He helped the Eagles win a Super Bowl as a rookie and won Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors this past year.
Through two seasons and 32 games played he has 144 tackles, 22 passes defended, two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.
DeJean is also just 22 years old (he turned 23 early next week), which makes him a full 20 years younger than Bella.
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That age gap has certainly weirded out some fans:
"She's old enough to be his mom.. Only a little weird right?" one user remarked.
"Idk how dudes are attracted to 60 year old woman who are obsessed with being 21," wrote another.
"Genuinely so weird."
Nikki Bella would hardly be the first woman to be attracted to a much younger man and DeJean wouldn't be the first young man to be attracted to someone that much older than him.
That said, we still don't know if there's anything going on between them.