Former Dancing With the Stars professional Cheryl Burke opened up about former colleague and shut buddy Artem Chigvintsev’s arrest earlier this week, calling it “stunning.”
“I hesitate to smile proper now due to the present information … which I’m in full shock about,” she started in an Aug. 30 episode of her iHeart podcast Intercourse, Lies and Spray Tans. The dancer, who has competed alongside Chigvintsev for a major chunk of the present’s airing, described him as “somebody who I’ve grown up with,” as they used to stay collectively in her household’s dwelling within the Bay Space.
As beforehand reported by Deadline, Chigvintsev was arrested early on Aug. 29 in Napa County, Calif. on California penal code 273.5(a), which makes it unlawful to injure a partner, cohabitant or fellow mum or dad in an act of home violence. He was launched after posting bail set at $25,000.
“My coronary heart goes out to everybody concerned,” Burke stated. “It’s simply actually laborious for me ’trigger he’s my household. I don’t know what to say right here apart from I hope everyone’s OK.”
Talking in a somber tone, Burke stated she will get “sort of emotional” and is processing the information alongside followers of the present. “Home violence is so severe, and I assume we’ll quickly be up to date with no matter rolls out,” she stated. “I simply hope his child’s OK, his spouse. That is sort of stunning for me nonetheless.”
“Home violence and Artem don’t actually …” she stated, trailing off, “that’s why it’s so stunning.”
Per earlier reporting, the incident occurred in Yountville, Calif. previous to 10 a.m., when deputies responded to a home violence name. An arrest was made on the scene, and accidents had been reportedly concerned, although no sufferer was recognized. Chigvintsev has been married to former WWE wrestler Nikki Garcia (aka Nikki Bella) since 2022, however it’s unclear whether or not she was concerned within the incident.
Burke has been a fixture of DWTS since she joined in Season 2, successful two mirror ball trophies and collaborating in 26 seasons. In the meantime, Chigvintsev has competed on the present for a dozen seasons, successful in 2020. He’s not set to be a part of the upcoming sequence’ thirty third season, which is able to debut Sept. 17.
A day after the arrest, a consultant of Garcia’s instructed Individuals in a assertion, “It is a personal matter, and Nikki asks for privateness for her and her household right now.”
