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Lea Thompson Reflects On “Intense” ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Partner Artem Chigvintsev: “He Would Get So Mad At Me”


'Back to the Future' star Lea Thompson reflected on her time participating in 'Dancing With the Stars' with pro dance partner Artem Chigvintsev.

“It was hard working with him because it was his first year and it was a big deal to him,” Thompson told Cheryl Burke on the Sept. 8 episode of her iHeart podcast Sex, Lies and Spray Tans. As previously reported by Deadline, Chigvintsev was arrested early on Aug. 29 in Napa County, Calif. on California penal code 273.5(a), which makes it illegal to injure a spouse, cohabitant or fellow parent in an act of domestic violence. He seems sweet … I don’t know what happened.” She echoed Burke’s sentiments made last month, who also deemed it “shocking” as she had felt that Chigvintsev was like her family.

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