Sharing his facet. Gleb Savchenko spoke out about his relationship with estranged spouse Elena Samodanova after she filed for divorce on Tuesday, December 22.
“We’ve had issues for years,” Savchenko, 37, instructed Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday, December 23. “I used to be in a mentally abusive, jealous relationship.”
Final month, the pair called it quits after 14 years of marriage. Samodanova, 36, later claimed that the Dancing With the Stars professional cheated on her amid rumors that he and his season 29 DWTS companion Chrishell Stause have been romantically concerned.
The Selling Sunset star, 39, and the Russian dancer each denied the allegations. Savchenko doubled down on his innocence on Tuesday, saying, “The factor is, I’ve by no means truly cheated on her. By no means, ever, ever.”
Gleb Savchenko and Elena Samodanova. Invision/AP/Shutterstock; Broadimage/Shutterstock
He claimed that the choreographer, with whom he shares two daughters, Olivia, 10, and Zlata, 3, was “attempting to set [him] up,” however he by no means strayed.
“All of these companions that I danced with, it may need appeared on TV like [it was something more], but it surely by no means was the case,” he defined.
Savchenko revealed that he and Samodanova haven’t lived collectively since July, after trying to make things work for months prior.
“I felt down, I misplaced confidence,” he mentioned. “I felt like, ‘That is it.’ Both I’m gonna be actually, actually depressed, and I simply should personal my internal bitch, or simply say, ‘F–okay it. Cease.’”
Since saying their separation, Savchenko claimed that his estranged spouse has threatened taking away their daughters and ruining his profession.
“Elena instructed me, ‘After this divorce, I’m gonna pores and skin you. I’m gonna take every thing you’ve, even your children, and make you stroll again to Russia the place you come from.’ These have been her precise phrases,” Savchenko alleged. “She needs me to lose my job. She needs me to lose every thing, as a result of she’s simply very jealous and she or he can not stand the truth that I lastly discovered the internal power to say, ‘Sufficient.’”
The dancer, who mentioned his objective is to get 50/50 custody of his daughters, added: “It’s been very troublesome for me. However I simply wish to do my finest and revel in life. [My daughters] are a very powerful factor for me.”
Us Weekly confirmed on Tuesday that Samodanova filed for divorce, one month after the pair introduced their separation.
The So You Think You Can Dance choreographer additionally filed a request for mediation concerning little one custody, visitation and little one help. A listening to is about for March 2021.
Each events have seemingly moved on after being spotted on vacation with new flames this month.
The Celebs on the Farm alum joined Stause and her new boyfriend, DWTS‘ Keo Motsepe, on a pair’s journey to Mexico on December 13. Savchenko was accompanied by new girlfriend Cassie Scerbo.
“They’re having enjoyable collectively, it’s a fun and flirty time for them both,” a supply instructed Us on the time. “They’re simply beginning to get to know one another.”
Samodanova, for her half, was spotted kissing DWTS’ Vlad Kvartin on the seashore in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on Monday, December 21.
Savchenko instructed ET on Tuesday that he had a “intestine feeling” that the pair have been concerned a very long time in the past after they spent two weeks in Russia engaged on Dancing With the Stars Russia earlier this 12 months.
“She helped him choreograph the present, he received eradicated, after which they each got here again [to Los Angeles],” he claimed. “That was the second the place I used to be like, ‘Hear, I believe us, like we don’t actually work, let’s determine one thing out.’”
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