Fern Britton makes more bombshell claims about Artem Chigvintsev in Strictly rehearsal room

TV icon Fern Britton, 67, said she would bash thing to delight her frustrated creation spouse Artem Chigvintsev connected Strictly Come Dancing successful 2012, but thing seemed to work

Television icon Fern Britton has explained the bittersweet mode she was allegedly treated by her Strictly Come Dancing spouse Artem Chigvintsev successful the rehearsal room.

The 67-year-old was a contestant connected the BBC creation amusement successful 2012 and was paired with the Russian dancer. They were eliminated from the contention successful week five. However, Fern has since opened up astir what she says she went done and said she would outcry earlier rehearsals.

She antecedently spoke astir her acquisition successful interviews, but has present revealed caller details successful her publication "The Older I Get". The rubric is coming retired connected November 7 and its Amazon statement says Fern "candidly shares her experiences of grief and loss, rebuilding assurance and exploring caller passions, arsenic good arsenic the value of uncovering friends you tin enactment the world to rights with implicit a mates of Cosmos."

The publication is present being serialised by the Daily Mail, with the work saying Fern recovered her rehearsals with Artem "challenging" arsenic she wrote: "I recovered it progressively hard to stitchery up my self-confidence and determination were days I was crying earlier I adjacent got into the rehearsal room." Fern besides claimed she would effort and bash thing to delight her creation partner, but that she felt thing seemed to work.

In the book, the TV presenter besides made a assertion astir Artem's absorption erstwhile they were paired for the show. She penned: "I asked him if helium was OK with having maine arsenic a spouse and helium said, 'Well, I americium utilized to idiosyncratic with immoderate creation ability, and younger.'

"My assurance took a deed astatine that, but I laughed and told him I didn't consciousness 55, and that, erstwhile I had a portion successful me, I was a sensational dancer. He did not laugh." She past went connected to marque different assertion astir an incidental aft a rehearsal, writing: "Late 1 evening, erstwhile I simply couldn't get the steps successful my caput and we were some tired, helium looked astatine maine and said: 'Go location earlier I termination you.' It was a joke. I laughed. 'Kill me, please'.''

Fern co-presented Breakfast Time successful the 1980s, hosted cookery crippled amusement Ready Steady Cook betwixt 1994 and 2000, and presented ITV's This Morning from 1999 to 2009. Artem appeared connected Strictly arsenic a nonrecreational dancer from 2010 to 2013 and past joined the US mentation of the endowment show, Dancing with the Stars. Earlier this year, Fern spoke to The Times astir her clip connected Strictly.

She said: "[He would say] 'You conscionable basal determination and don't move, I creation circular you.' He was like, 'Shut your face. Go location earlier I termination you.' I would say, 'Oh delight conscionable termination me, it would beryllium easier.' Or what was his different one? If you spell for a cupful of beverage now, I volition stroke disconnected similar an atomic bomb.' I thought, good I won't close him connected that one."

In effect to the claims, Artem told the Daily Express: "I judge I treated Fern with respect and genuine attraction and these claims astir maine are the other of everything I judge successful and the idiosyncratic I am. I cannot ideate what has prompted specified statements which travel arsenic a daze to me."

The Mirror has contacted the BBC and Artem Chigvintsev's representatives for comment.

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