Nikki Bella ‘Devastated’ After Discovering Out She Was Reduce From ‘Blissful Gilmore 2’

Nikki Garcia, previously referred to as Nikki Bella, is sharing her sincere response after discovering out all of her talking scenes had been reduce from “Blissful Gilmore 2,” regardless of attending the premiere and doing press to advertise her position.

The long-awaited sequel to the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy dropped on Netflix Friday, July 25, with loads of buzz and big-name cameos. Alongside sports activities legends and comedy greats, wrestling followers had been excited to see Garcia hit the display screen with fellow WWE stars MJF and Becky Lynch.

However when Nikki Garcia sat down to observe “Blissful Gilmore 2,” she was met with a serious shock that her dialogue, and that of her total scene group, had been scrapped within the last reduce.

“So that is what I’m gonna say. ‘Blissful Gilmore 2’ was superior. I laughed the entire time,” she stated on the “Nikki & Brie Present” podcast. “However I keep in mind listening to just a few months in the past that 20 minutes was gonna need to be reduce out, and I’d been praying that it wouldn’t be my stuff. Properly, guess what? All my speaking stuff bought reduce.”

Garcia defined that she, MJF, and Lynch had filmed “humorous scenes” collectively, however in the end, all of their dialogue ended up on the chopping room ground.

“I get it once I’m watching the entire thing,” she stated, acknowledging the realities of the modifying course of. “To maintain the center of ‘Blissful Gilmore,’ it needed to occur. However I’m not gonna lie. Inside I used to be actually bummed, and like, devastated.”

Regardless of the frustration, Garcia had nothing however reward for “Blissful Gilmore 2,” even calling it “the perfect film I’ve seen in years.”

Nonetheless, the expertise left her feeling awkward, particularly after doing press the place she mentioned her character, solely to understand viewers wouldn’t even study her identify.

“I virtually want I knew [before the premiere], particularly as a result of I did media proper earlier than that,” she shared. “I’m like, oh my gosh, I’m this character, and… you don’t even find yourself understanding my identify!”

Whereas Nikki Bella’s scenes didn’t make the ultimate reduce, NFL star Travis Kelce delivered a shock efficiency that had audiences doing a double take. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish seems in one of many movie’s most memorable and sudden moments, taking part in a villainous waiter with a sinister twist.

Within the scene, set at a rustic membership restaurant on the eve of a serious match, Kelce performs “The Waiter,” alongside Dangerous Bunny, whose character, Oscar, additionally works on the institution. Blissful Gilmore (Adam Sandler) dines with real-life golf icons Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, and Keegan Bradley in a transparent homage to the well-known Champions Dinner custom held earlier than The Masters.

At first, Kelce’s character performs it good whereas serving the group, however issues shortly shift when he harshly fires Oscar over a minor slip-up. His position escalates in a later fantasy sequence, when Oscar, who’s now Blissful’s caddy, is instructed to think about his “blissful place.” In it, “The Waiter” is tied shirtless to a pole, coated in honey, and mauled by a bear whereas Oscar watches in satisfaction.

Regardless of the darkish humor, Kelce has nothing however good issues to say concerning the expertise, calling it “a dream” throughout an look on “The Pat McAfee Present.” “[Sandler] is each bit as cool off the display screen as he’s on the display screen. That was a dream come true. That was superior,” he stated.

Professional golfer Tony Finau is used to creating headlines on the course, however this week, he swapped his golf cleats for a crimson carpet look on the premiere of “Blissful Gilmore 2.” The 35-year-old PGA Tour star revealed he has a small cameo within the long-awaited sequel and couldn’t be extra thrilled about it.

“Yeah, that was so enjoyable. I had by no means been part of something like that,” Finau stated whereas talking on the 3M Open this week. “My brief cameo in ‘Blissful Gilmore 2’ was enjoyable to be part of, enjoyable to shoot with Adam Sandler. To be requested to even do it was actually an honor being an enormous ‘Blissful Gilmore’ fan rising up.”