Antonyan also apparently shared that her client is “still on great terms” with the producers. While he didn’t appear in the opening number, which involved former pro Sharna Burgess, an executive producer reportedly “personally invited” Chigvintsev to sit in the studio audience for the milestone episode.

Chigvintsev appeared in good spirits, putting up peace signs and laughing with Peta Murgatroyd and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Artem Chigvintsev is hopeful that he will return to Dancing With the Stars amid his divorce drama from estranged wife Nikki Garcia, formerly known as Nikki Bella. The professional dancer’s attorney, Ilona Antonyan,

Dancing With the Stars alum Artem Chigvintsev appeared at the show’s milestone episode amid legal troubles and his divorce. Artem, 42, separated from Nikki Bella Garcia, 40, his former DWTS partner, earlier this year.