You’ll never catch Maks Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd using the “divorce” word in a fight. The Dancing With the Stars pros, who have been married since 2017, revealed in an interview on the “Amy & T.J.” podcast in February that neither of them have ever threatened to divorce each other in an argument.
“Have you all ever come close to, or at least said, threatened to break up, to get divorced? Do you go nuclear in moments?” co-host and GMA3 alum Amy Robach asked the couple.
“God, no. I think if that happened, like those words, like, ‘I feel like we’re gonna get divorced,’ or something like that… Oh my God, no. That would almost put a seed into our heads that that was gonna happen in the future,” Murgatroyd responded. Chmerkovskiy added, “Obviously it’s not gonna happen. No, I think it’s too late for us at this point.”
However, “divorce” isn’t the only word not in Murgatroyd and Chmerkovskiy’s vocabulary. The couple also revealed on “Amy & T.J.” that they don’t swear at each other. “You swear at somebody else. I’m not the guy to say, you know, not to curse, but. At her? Like, you know, you are this and that and the other, like even in dramatic, you know, because I’m passionate,” Chmerkovskiy said.
“I think it’s so hurtful,” Murgatroyd added before explaining that if Chmerkovskiy ever swore at her, the moment would “tarnish” their relationship. The podcast’s co-host, T.J. Holmes, called the rule a “small but such a significant thing.”
A day before Valentine’s Day 2024, the couple also joked that another secret to their long-lasting marriage was to “never let your lady do dishes on Valentine’s Day. “Happy Valentines Day from us 💞 …and a friendly reminder not to f— it up❣️” Murgatroyd captioned a video of Chmerkovskiy stopping her from washing the dishes.
Murgatroyd and Chmerkovskiy met and became friends in July 2009 while performing in the Broadway show, Burn the Floor. They didn’t start until three years later when Murgatroyd became a pro on Dancing With the Stars in Season 12 in 2011. Chmerkovskiy, for his part, joined as a pro in Season 2. “There was always an attraction,” Chmerkovskiy told People in 2017.
The couple got married on July 8, 2017. They welcomed their first child, a son named Shai Aleksander, in January 2017. Their second child, another son named Rio John, was born in June 2023 followed by their third son, Milan Maksim, in July 2024. The couple celebrated seven years of marriage with an Instagram post in July 2024.
“I guess the 7th year itch didn’t happen?? 🤷🏼♀️ haha! I ❤️you @maksimc …7 years married & 10 years together 🤯 Thank you for flirting with me way back in 2012 and putting the moves on me to get us 3 children, a dog and a beautiful life,” Murgatroyd captioned an Instagram photo of her and Chmerkovskiy on their wedding day at the time.
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You’ll never catch Maks Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd using the “divorce” word in a fight. The Dancing With the Stars pros, who have been married since 2017, revealed in an interview on the “Amy & T.J.” podcast in February that neither of them ...
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