Artem Chigvintsev Previously Accused of Kicking & Shoving ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Partner
Accusations made against Artem Chigvintsev from his time on Strictly Come Dancing have reemerged.
Shortly after the dancing pro—who married Nikki Garcia in 2022—was arrested for domestic violence, past allegations made by his Strictly Come Dancing partner Fern Britton have resurfaced.
The British TV show host, who was paired with the ballroom dancer during the BBC show in 2012, later accused him of “manhandling her.”
“He would look at my feet and just kick me or shove me,” she said during a 2015 interview with Huffington Post UK, claiming that he told her, “’You just stand there and don’t move, I dance round you.’”
Britton also alleged that he once told her, “Shut your face. Go home before I kill you.'”
To which she added, “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.”
