Peta Murgatroyd is opening up about her husband, Maksim Chmerkovskiy's harrowing escape from Ukraine amid its ongoing war with Russia.
ET spoke to the couple at magazine's seventh annual Beauty Awards at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Thursday night, where Peta was presented with a New You Beauty Award for her product, Peta Jane Tanning Mousse, in magazine’s «Good Day Sunshine» category.«To get the phone call and to see him frantically packing his bags trying to get out of the hotel was just like, I had a heart attack nearly.
I had to sit myself down and calm down for him,» Peta said of the moment Maks began making his way out of Ukraine. «And then the next eight days [that Maks was there] were life changing.
Absolutely life changing.»«I mean, I literally wrote him a text, almost a goodbye text like if something happens,» she added, before getting emotional.Since first arriving back in the United States last month, Maks has returned to Poland to aide with efforts on the ground.
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