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Kelly Rissman
US Information Reporter
Lea Thompson has revealed what it was prefer to work with Artem Chigvintsev on Dancing with the Stars.
The Again to the Future actor, 63, was partnered with the skilled dancer, who was arrested and launched on bail for home violence in August, for the nineteenth season of the long-running dancing competitors in 2014.
Thompson, who positioned sixth within the competitors, described working with Chigvintsev throughout his first 12 months on the present as “intense” and admitted she struggled with the dancer’s inflexible coaching strategies.
Talking on the Intercourse, Lies and Spray Tans podcast, Thompson mentioned: “It was arduous working with him as a result of it was his first 12 months and it was a giant deal to him.
“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.”
Talking to the previous Dancing with the Stars skilled Cheryl Burke, Thompson continued: “It was additionally actually actually arduous for me as a result of I used to be a ballet dancer and a contemporary dancer. First day, he was like, ‘I’ve by no means taken any of that stuff, I’ve solely taken ballroom,’”
“All these things that I knew, he knew none of that. I used to be by no means allowed to say, ‘Can I do that?’ He would get so mad at me.”
The Some Sort of Fantastic star dubbed Chigvintsev “implacable” including she discovered their dynamic “arduous since you’re alleged to additionally form of love them”.
Thompson mentioned Dancing with the Stars’ “confrontational” ambiance had been tough for her to deal with. “The place you’re attempting to be every part for everyone then it’s actually tough,” she mentioned.
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“Being healthful and attractive and humorous and powerful and get up for your self, however not be too imply. All of that, when you’re exhausted. You don’t have a break day, and your physique hurts. And also you’re actually afraid you’re gonna kill your self.”
Thompson added Chigvintsev had made a “bizarre” remark, claiming “males are significantly better than girls.” When she questioned why he thought that, he replied, “as a result of they’re stronger.”
The Unbiased has contacted Chigvintsev’s representatives for remark.
Regardless of their variations, Thompson added she thought their tense relationship principally stemmed from Chigvintsev’s nerves at being on the present.
“I simply principally felt he was tremendous nervous and couldn’t present it and that form of bought transmitted to me,” she mentioned.
Thompson added she had been shocked to listen to Chigvintsev had been arrested on accusations of corporal damage to a partner. “It’s stunning to me,” she mentioned. “He appears candy… I don’t know what occurred.”
Chigvintsev has been married to former wrestler Nikki Garcia, who was once often known as Nikki Bella, since 2022. They celebrated their second wedding ceremony anniversary on August 27.
The skilled dancer has beforehand appeared on Strictly Come Dancing within the UK. In 2015, he denied “kicking and shoving” Fern Britton throughout their time coaching collectively.
TV presenter Britton was paired with Chigvintsev for the 2012 collection of the BBC1 collection however later informed The Instances that he had “kicked” and “shoved” her throughout their rehearsals.
Britton reportedly mentioned that Chigvintsev would “take a look at her toes and simply kick or shove” earlier than jokingly telling her “shut your face” and “go house earlier than I kill you”.
Chigvintsev insisted that Britton’s statements “don’t replicate any state of affairs [he] recognises”.
