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Michael Nogueira opens up about the moment that ultimately helped end her marriage to husband Cody Hawken.
The beauty influencer became emotional as he recounted Hawken’s near-fatal overdose on his sobriety journey. The couple were married for two years before their relationship ended at the end of 2025.
Now, Mikayla Nogueira reflects on the terrifying experience that changed their relationship after revealing a new romantic interest.
Mikayla Nogueira admits that her husband has too many husbands that led to their divorce
Speaking on the “On Purpose With Jay Shetty” podcast, Nogueira recalled the harrowing incident, saying she woke up one night and realized Hawken wasn’t in bed. She eventually found him unresponsive in another room and called 911.
The internet personality described her ex’s condition as “completely shot, unconscious.”
Paramedics attended to Hawken, who recovered, but Nogueira said the incident had a lasting effect on her. “It just wears you down,” she said, adding that she sees it as part of the decline of her mental health.
By the last year of their marriage, Nogueira admitted that she no longer recognized the person she had married.
She also admitted that her career, the stress that came with it, and her time away from home also affected their relationship. According to Nogueira, she was too early in her career to understand marriage, while Hawken was too early in his sobriety journey.
Mikayla Nogueira And Cody Hawken’s relationship started on Tinder
Nogueira and Hawken’s romance dates back to December 2020, when they met on Tinder, then exchanged numbers and texted for three weeks.
They finally met in person in January 2021 at the hitmaker’s apartment, where they talked for hours, ordered dinner, and Hawken helped her pack her furniture, according to Every week.
The couple’s relationship quickly escalated as in November 2021, Hawken proposed to her after only a year of dating. He took Nogueira to Boston and popped the question on the same bench where they sat on their first date, and she accepted.
The couple married in Newport, Rhode Island, in July, 2023.
Mikayla Nogueira was emotional when her divorce was finalized
When Nogueira and Hawken decided to end their marriage, she didn’t hold back about how difficult the divorce process was.
She announced their split in February 2026, saying they loved each other and had been trying to work through it with family, friends and therapy for months.
During the divorce proceedings, Nogueira admitted that she was afraid of the trial, worried about meeting her husband after not seeing him for a long time.
The divorce was finalized on July 28, and Nogueira celebrated by posting a video of herself leaving the courthouse in a “Just Divorced” T-shirt, according to AND! News.
In the accompanying caption, she joked about how happy she was to mark the end of a process she had previously described as an “emotional f-cking rollercoaster”.
Mikayla Nogueira debuted a new boyfriend two months after divorce
Two months after announcing her divorce from Cody Hawken, the social media influencer went public with her new boyfriend, Zack Panaggio. according to Us magazineNogueira shared a photo of herself cuddling with Panaggio in bed, captioned, “I [expletive] love life.”
Nogueira first revealed in March that she was dating again, less than a month after announcing her divorce. She later explained that Panaggio was her high school sweetheart and that they had reconnected. She said they were taking their relationship slowly and asked fans to be kind to him.
The beauty influencer also shared how she felt in this new chapter of her life, saying that she was “obsessed with this moment” and that she felt free after her marriage. She then teased her relationship on TikTok and revealed Panaggio’s identity with a photo of them together
Mikayla Nogueira addresses claims that she uses beauty filters
Away from her love life, Nogueira recently responded to allegations that she uses beauty filters to change her appearance online.
Critics questioned what message her content might be sending to young girls, influencing the media personality.
As reported by Jared justNogueira countered the claims by sharing more photos, which she said were unedited and included one from Getty, saying she looked the same in those photos as she did in her videos.
Although she admitted that she used lights during filming, she said that she did not use filters or beauty mode.
The influencer also took issue with the backlash against her post, pointing out that they were comparing the flatter photos with the less flattering images before accusing her of cheating.
