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Artem Chigvintsev’s former “Dancing with the Stars” companion, Lea Thompson, is reflecting on her expertise working with the professional dancer simply weeks after the 42-year-old was arrested for home violence.
During an look on Cheryl Burke’s podcast, “Sex, Lies and Spray Tans,” the 63-year-old actress described Chigvintsev as “intense” throughout their rehearsals and revealed that he’d usually “get mad” at her.
“It was onerous working with him as a result of it was his first yr, and it was a giant deal to him,” Thompson instructed Burke. “He was so intense. It was a lot extra necessary to him than to me, truthfully. And in order that made me actually nervous, it made me loopy after some time.”
“Some of the issues he would say to me… simply being Russian and being a ballet dancer and having Russian dance lecturers who have been all the time very troublesome, it simply obtained to be actually onerous,” added Thompson, who starred in season 19 of the dance competitors present.
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“I used to be by no means allowed to say, ‘Can I do that?’ He would get so mad at me, like I can’t try this, I can’t take into consideration that,” she claimed.
Burke, a former “DWTS” professional who beforehand spoke about how “surprising” Chigvintsev’s arrest was, stated she felt the portrayal of the duo’s dynamic on display was “one-sided.”
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“I felt prefer it was one-sided, after I noticed you say to Artem, ‘Don’t speak to me like this,’ but they didn’t present what Artem was saying to you. It didn’t make sense to me,” she stated.
Thompson claims Chigvintsev would usually “get mad” at her throughout rehearsals. (Getty Images)
Thompson additionally shared a “bizarre” remark Chigvintsev had made that left her questioning the dancer’s beliefs. According to the actress, Chigvintsev claimed, “males are significantly better than ladies… as a result of they’re stronger.”
Representatives for Thompson and Chigvintsev didn’t instantly reply to Fox News Digital’s request for remark.
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On Aug. 29, Chigvintsev – who married Nikki Bella in 2022 – was arrested at roughly 9:40 am in violation of California Penal Code Section 273.5(a) PC, also referred to as home violence or corporal damage to a partner, former partner, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or the mom or father of his or her baby, in response to information considered by Fox News Digital.
Artem Chigvintsev was arrested on Aug. 29 for home violence. (Getty Images/Napa County Corrections)
The professional dancer was booked at 10:40 a.m. He was launched at roughly 2:18 p.m. that very same day on $25,000 bail.
A courtroom date has been set for Nov. 4.
“When somebody is charged with felony home violence, often this implies there’s a seen damage or credible eyewitness,” Napa County Sheriff’s public info officer Henry Wofford stated in a press release to E! News. “Our deputies felt comfy arresting him on felony home violence costs.”
According Wofford, sure particulars of the case, together with the sufferer’s identify, aren’t being shared resulting from legal guidelines defending the privateness of victims of home violence.
The arrest comes two days after the couple celebrated their two-year wedding ceremony anniversary.
The couple married in 2022. (Getty Images)
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“This tune is our love story,” the previous WWE star, whose authorized identify is Nikki Garica, wrote on Instagram, alongside a video montage of their wedding ceremony day with the tune, “Can’t Help Falling In Love,” enjoying within the background. “I’ll always remember the place I used to be after I requested Jesus about Artem. Having a dialog with He & God. How my emotions felt too quickly. It all felt too quick. And then this tune got here on. And that’s after I knew that I used to be falling in love with him and that it was all meant to be.”
Chigvintsev posted his personal Instagram tribute, writing: “Happy anniversary my love, can’t see my life with out you. You are my every part.”
Bella and Chigvintsev have been partnered collectively on season 25 of “DWTS.” (Getty Images)
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The couple share a 4-year-old son, Matteo.
Days after the arrest, Bella co-hosted Netflix’s “Joey Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef” scorching stay canine consuming contest in Las Vegas and was noticeably not carrying her wedding ceremony ring.
Nikki Bella ditched her wedding ceremony ring whereas internet hosting an occasion days after Chigvintsev’s arrest. (Getty Images)
Chigvintsev and Bella met in 2017 whereas they have been partnered collectively on season 25 of “DWTS.” At the time, Bella was engaged to John Cena, however the pair known as off their engagement in 2018.
