Peta Murgatroyd Almost Wrote Maksim Chmerkovskiy A Goodbye Note During His Escape From Ukraine

Peta Murgatroyd and Maksim Chmerksovkiy hit the red carpet together for the 2022 New You Beauty Awards held at Fontainebleau Miami Beach on Thursday night (April 7) in Miami Beach, Fla.

The couple were joined by Real Housewives stars Jill Zarin and Cynthia Bailey were also seen at the event, alongside Derek Warburton, Nicole Miller and Robyn Newmark.

During the event, Peta revealed that she almost wrote Maks a goodbye note while he was escaping Ukraine at the start of the Russian invasion of the country in February.

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“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 told Entertainment Tonight. 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.”

She added, “I literally wrote him a text, almost a goodbye text like if something happens.”

Maks did return to the country to aid other evacuees on the ground before coming back to Peta, and their son, Shai, once again.

“I was lucky that Peta was with me on this. I made that commitment. We are working with Barnova 27, my organization. We’re pushing out, we’re working on other ways of getting other things into the country and what’s needed,” he explained of the efforts he’s making. “We’re working on developing livable towns, makeshift towns that can maybe serve as something else; try to attract technology, 3D printing and so on.”

Although, Maks says he still has survivor’s remorse about it all.