“He was like, ‘Shut your face. Go home before I kill you,’” she continued. “I would say, ‘Oh please just kill me, it would be easier.’ Or what was his other one? ‘If you go for a cup of tea now, I will blow off like an atomic bomb.’ I thought, well I won’t correct him on that one.”
However, Artem Chigvintsev claimed Britton’s allegations were entirely false.
“Recent statements apparently made by Fern Britton, whilst not reflecting any situation I recognize, are difficult to ignore,” he said in a statement to The Express UK. “I believe I treated Fern with respect and genuine care, and these claims about me are the opposite of everything I believe in and the person I am. I cannot imagine what has prompted such statements which come as a shock to me.”
Ballroom Seems To Have An Ongoing Issue With Aggression
Artem Chigvintsev’s arrest comes as Strictly Come Dancing deals with the allegations surrounding former pro dancer Graziano Di Prima. The series parted ways with him after he allegedly kicked his celebrity dance partner, Zara McDermott, last series. Di Prima initially apologized for the incident. But weeks later, he walked back his version of events and proclaimed his innocence.
Artem Chigvintsev will not be part of DWTS Season 33, which premieres in just a few weeks. It doesn’t seem that he received an invitation to join the season before his arrest. However, this new turn of events makes it very unlikely there will be a place for him on the show in the future.
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