Artem Chigvintsev's former 'DWTS' partner Lea Thompson describes him as 'intense' after domestic abuse arrest
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During an appearance on Cheryl Burke's podcast, Lea Thompson described her former "DWTS" partner, Artem Chigvintsev, as "intense" after his domestic abuse arrest.
Christina Dugan Ramirez is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital.
"It was hard working with him because it was his first year, and it was a big deal to him," Thompson told Burke. "He was so intense. It was so much more important to him than to me, honestly. And so that made me really nervous, it made me crazy after a while."
"Some of the things he would say to me… just being Russian and being a ballet dancer and having Russian dance teachers who were always very difficult, it just got to be really hard," added Thompson, who starred in season 19 of the dance competition show.