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Total Divas star Brie Bella has been through a lot over the past six months.

While contemplating becoming a parent with her WWE Superstar husband Daniel Bryan, the 31-year-old is also helping him deal with a career-threatening injury.

Meanwhile Brie has been supporting her twin sister Nikki in and out of the ring, as she looks to secure a record-breaking WWE Divas Championship reign.

All of this drama is captured in Total Divas, which returns for its highly-anticipated fourth season on E! this Sunday at 6pm.

The show gives an insight into the lives of WWE’s top Divas including The Bella Twins, Natalya (Nattie), Eva Marie, Paige and Naomi (Trinity).

In the new series Nattie has to overcome some personal obstacles her father, WWE legend Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart is battling, while dealing with her sister moving in with her and her husband.

Eva becomes public enemy number one when word gets out that WWE has big plans in raising her profile.

Paige lands a role in WWE Studios’ film 'Santa’s Little Helper, co-starring WWE Superstar The Miz, and wearily ventures into a new romantic relationship.

Trinity navigates the unfamiliar terrain of being a stepmom to the children of her husband WWE Superstar, Jimmy Uso, while also transitioning her in-ring character from a hero to a villain.

Brie spoke to Neil Docking about balancing the drama of her personal life with the non-stop action of her professional career.

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Total Divas returns to the UK this Sunday with season four being shown just a few days after the US première. Previously we have been a season behind here in the UK, so where are we up to, timeline wise?

I actually have to say this is probably one of my favourite seasons and I'm not just saying that so y'all tune in. A lot has happened, a lot happens. We start the season where the girls are in an uproar because Eva Marie doesn't want to train in NXT and it doesn't sit well with the other Divas. And it shouldn't. And you just see a lot of people start pouring their hearts out, start speaking the truth, and it turns into a lot of drama. I think everyone will be surprised and that's what you have to tune in for.

My husband and I, you know we've really just been going back on forth on becoming parents, it's something we really, really want. I'm just dying to be a mom and you're going to see that struggle this season and Daniel Bryan and myself getting our fertility checks which is just crazy, but we did that, I really wanted to know, and you'll see a lot of things that get us ready for motherhood and fatherhood.

My sister, you'll kind of just see her going back and forth whether she's going to re-sign with WWE or not and being the Divas Champion. It's crazy, we're on the road just about 350 days a year and we sacrifice everything, so you just start looking at all your family's pictures and you're like 'oh my gosh, I'm not in that, that or that, wow, I've not been in the last 10 years of your life'. We're really looking at that. I think family is everything to the Bella Twins and that's what we've been looking at and thinking about the most.

When did season four begin filming?

We filmed earlier this year. It was great to have a whole episode dedicated to WrestleMania which is always interesting, to see the backstage goings on. There was a lot of drama that went into WrestleMania this year and there was more personal stuff and you really need to see that. We actually have an episode you know where we're in the UK having fun and I feel that's great footage because for some reason we always all get crazy over there. I get in Brie Mode!

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One of the main things we'll see you having to deal with is the career threatening injury Bryan has suffered. How is he doing?

You know he's doing really well, he is, but it has been very hard. This injury unlike any other has just been the hardest because in the past we at least knew 'okay it's surgery, this long to recover', he unfortunately had a relapse, but then we knew how long it would be to recover after the relapse. But with this one it's so unclear and that's the hard thing. As a wife, to put myself away from wrestling, as a wife it's so hard to see your husband go through this. I mean, you know when doctors are starting to think, and you see his dreams come crashing down, it breaks my heart. To the point where I wish I was in his position and he was in mine because I hate seeing him like that. But my husband has so much fight in him and he tells me every day 'I'm getting back in that ring, just you watch' and I'm like 'oh I bet you will'. I have his support 100% and I really think he will get back in there, I really do. He doesn't see it any other way.

I recently spoke to Bryan about his new book. I thought it was touching that he said during his amazing night at WrestleMania 30, before the main event when he won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, he was more nervous about how you would get on in your Divas match, after Brock Lesnar had just sucked the atmosphere out of the arena by ending The Undertaker's undefeated streak.

He was! He's so good to me, I'm the luckiest girl in the world. You know he's been my coach. Bryan and I have been together over five years in February and everyone says 'gosh, you've improved and improved' and I'm like yeah because someone actually cared about me. He would spend all his extra time with me in the ring, he would help me out, you know I love it because he critiques me, even though it's embarrassing to watch my matches together! My gosh, I get embarrassed because I see my mess-ups and my flaws, and he'll be like 'look at this and then that' and gosh, am I not lucky to have Daniel Bryan be my personal coach? And it's really cute I was just watching his top 10 favourite matches and he said Stephanie McMahon and I was one of them and he never told me that, so I was like 'oh my gosh', it was just very heartwarming. I better not gush too much!

You were the Divas Champion in 2011. Is it an ambition of yours to hold the title again?

Oh my gosh I would love to. It would be such an honour to hold it again. You know I'm proud of my sister right now and she couldn't be a better champion and I'll always have her back, but there are definitely times when I think, 'look at that, I think it would look better in my hands'! SummerSlam is coming up, which brings up a lot of bad memories, but I have her back, blood is thicker than water.

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What was it like to feud with Stephanie and your sister and be part of such a big storyline this time last year?

Oh, it was the highlight of my career. It was amazing to work with Stephanie McMahon, you know for a Diva it was amazing to have a great story. And to have it happen organically from the Daniel Bryan situation. You know Stephanie and I main evented Raw two weeks in a row. Just as women. We had no men in our storyline, it was just two women who had beef. And then when we were going into SummerSlam to have Vince McMahon tell us that we helped sell the pay-per-view and that was the main story going in, it was incredible. Those are moments I will be telling my grandchildren, that I will remember forever. And the best part too, someone like her was bullying my husband and I got be the bitch that stepped in and put her in her place.

Nikki has now passed Maryse as the second longest reigning Diva's Champion, with AJ Lee's record of 295 days in her sights. Do you think she will break it?

I hope so, I really do. But you know what? The one thing I really like about my sister is when I look at her holding this title, she says 'I don't care about the length of the reign, I care about the fight'. She has been the number one champion for putting that title on the line. That's what Nikki cares about and keeps asking, every week she wants to put the title on the line. She wants to fight for it constantly and that's her mentality. I really hope she does but she wants the NXT girls to come up and start fighting for it, she has a different outlook, she wants to change the division. I hope we start seeing that soon. The girls down in NXT are tremendous wrestlers and I hope we see them on the roster soon.

You're back on the same page as Nikki now and have been using 'Twin Magic' to defeat Paige and Naomi, with you going to great lengths to impersonate your sister - even stuffing your bra with tissue paper!

It was crazy. I was like maybe we can make this happen if I wear like three bras and stuff it and get some blonde extensions! That will never be shown to my kids. I was like how else can I make them think I'm not Brie, we're twins in the face, but I had to rely on some tissue!

Returning to Total Divas, what else do we have to look forward to in this new season?

My sister and I are working on a really fun project that we'll be introducing to everyone, it just ties in with who the Bella Twins are and being WWE Divas, and I think something else everyone will love is just seeing Daniel Bryan on there so much. Like the way he interacts with my sister, which is hilarious, he gives her the hardest time, and just getting to see a lot of him, going through his injury, and the fact we're going to be parents. You get more into our world this season, which is nice. You're going to enjoy it.

Season four of E!’s hit Total Divas returns on Sunday, July 12 at 6pm. You can watch E! on Sky 151, Virgin 156 and BT and TalkTalk