Artem Chigvintsev is absorbing time along with his and ex-wife Nikki Garcia’s 4-year-old son, Matteo.
In a video posted through Instagram on Sunday, Could 25, Chigvintsev, 42, shared clips of the twosome exploring a balloon exhibit. In a single clip, the father-son duo could possibly be seen lounging in a ball pit, whereas in one other Matteo gave a smile for the digicam as he performed with a number of balloons.
“Balloons are he’s [sic] favourite ❤️,” Chigvintsev captioned the publish.
The outing got here simply days after Garcia, 41, weighed in on the small print of her divorce settlement with the professional dancer.
“Everybody’s had opinions about Artem and I’s divorce settlement. It’s all over the place,” Garcia shared in the course of the Thursday, Could 22, episode of “The Nikki & Brie Present” podcast, clarifying that the pair’s divorce had “nothing to do” with the August 2024 “incident” between the exes.
Garcia continued, “Divorce has to cope with the paper, the contract you signed throughout marriage. The day of marriage, on the courtroom earlier than marriage, no matter. So, our settlement is what everybody noticed. Sure, I needed to give him $200,000. Spousal help, alimony.”

Nikki Garcia and Artem Chigvintsev Anna Webber/Getty Photos for Prime Video
In August 2024, Chigvintsev was booked on a felony home violence cost after an alleged bodily altercation between him and Garcia. The costs have since been dropped. Following the arrest, each Garcia and Chigvintsev filed for divorce and filed restraining orders in opposition to one another. Garcia’s rep confirmed to Us Weekly in November 2024 that the pair settled their divorce and each restraining orders have been dropped.
“Our decide — we did non-public mediation — mentioned on the finish of it, ‘That is the primary time in all of the years I’ve completed this, the place a girl needed to pay a person.’ The decide mentioned, ‘You have to be so rattling proud that you just constructed such an empire that somebody desires a chunk of it,’” Nikki recalled, explaining that she made a promise to the decide to make a future companion signal a prenup earlier than marriage.
She continued, “It was good to listen to that … despite the fact that it hurts as a result of I broke my neck for that cash. That cash, all that’s my hard-earned cash.”
Whereas reflecting on the settlement, Garcia famous that she and Chigvintsev “are in a terrific place” in the meanwhile.
“We’re coparenting so superb, and it makes Matteo’s life so superb, and I don’t need it some other means,” she mentioned. “When all of this got here up, it sucks as a result of issues in Matteo’s world proper now [are] so nice as a result of Artem and I are so on the identical web page, and I would like that.”
Garcia added that paying spousal help “doesn’t trouble” her as a result of Matteo is her No. 1 precedence.
“Youngster help is so the kid may have an equal life in each houses. That’s the place it comes from, and so it’s onerous,” Garcia mentioned. “I don’t even assume twice about it as a result of I’m like, that’s ensuring Matteo can be 50/50, half of his different time is an efficient life.”