Nikki Garcia, previously referred to as Nikki Bella, is sharing her sincere response after discovering out all of her talking scenes had been lower from “Joyful 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 with fellow WWE stars MJF and Becky Lynch.

However when Nikki Garcia sat down to look at “Joyful Gilmore 2,” she was met with a significant shock that her dialogue, and that of her whole scene group, had been scrapped within the closing lower.

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

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

“I get it once I’m watching the entire thing,” she mentioned, acknowledging the realities of the modifying course of. “To maintain the center of ‘Joyful 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 “Joyful Gilmore 2,” even calling it “one of the best 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 appreciate viewers wouldn’t even be taught her title.

“I nearly 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 figuring out my title!”

Whereas Nikki Bella’s scenes didn’t make the ultimate lower, 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 significant event, Kelce performs “The Waiter,” alongside Unhealthy Bunny, whose character, Oscar, additionally works on the institution. Joyful 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 Joyful’s caddy, is instructed to think about his “glad 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 as he’s on the display. That was a dream come true. That was superior,” he mentioned.

Professional golfer Tony Finau is used to creating headlines on the course, however this week, he swapped his golf cleats for a purple carpet look on the premiere of “Joyful 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 mentioned whereas talking on the 3M Open this week. “My brief cameo in ‘Joyful 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 ‘Joyful Gilmore’ fan rising up.”