Dancing With the Stars subtly introduced on-line drama between Maks Chmerkovskiy and Jan Ravnik into the ballroom throughout Halloween Night time on Tuesday, October 28.
Derek Hough appeared to reference the continuing beef when providing Jan and his associate, Jen Affleck, suggestions following their modern routine to “Look What You Made Me Do” by Taylor Swift.
“Jan, to begin with,” Hough stared. “I need to inform you, my man, that you’re doing a implausible first season.”
Earlier than Tuesday’s terrifying episode, Chmerkovskiy, 45, shared his sturdy opinion about Ravnik, 30, who made his debut as a DWTS professional when season 34 started in September.
“Dancing With the Stars is a worldwide phenomenon. … I’m sorry, Jan has completely no enterprise being a professional on Dancing With the Stars,” Chmerkovskiy claimed on his spouse Peta Murgatroyd‘s “The Penthouse With Peta” podcast. “There’s zero basis approach, high quality, understanding of the partnership. Bro, I’m getting emotional. It’s absurd, and that is unreal how blind we have now to be and God forbid say what’s clearly there.”
Chmerkovskiy particularly identified Ravnik’s foxtrot with the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star on Depraved Night time for example, claiming Ravnik had “no thought” concerning the fashion’s approach. Chmerkovskiy argued that casting Ravnik — who was considered one of Swift’s dancers on The Eras Tour — was “a missed alternative” for Affleck.
“[It’s a] main drawback,” he claimed. “[Jen] has no associate. … It’s not his fault.”
Murgatroyd, 39, agreed that “hiring a non-ballroom dancer to show ballroom dancing to a star as a job” was an “outrageous” determination, however she praised Ravnik as a “pretty man” and “nice dancer.”
Because the couple’s sizzling takes made headlines, Affleck stepped up in her associate’s protection whereas rehearsing for his or her Halloween modern routine. “We don’t tolerate Jan slander on this home !! @Jan Ravnik @Dancing with the Stars #DWTS,” she captioned a TikTok video on Monday, October 27.
Within the clip, Affleck was seen typing away on her cellphone whereas Ravnik mouthed alongside to a well-liked TikTok audio, saying, “Take it down. Take it down. Take it down. We’d like it gone. That doesn’t symbolize me or what we must be doing.”
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Affleck added one other caption over the footage which learn, “Me When Anybody Talks Trash About Jan.”
Ravnik isn’t the one professional Chmerkovskiy thinks has room for enchancment. He additionally argued Pentatonix singer Scott Hoying was “fully undertaught” by associate Rylee Arnold earlier than their elimination on Depraved Night time.
“His arms had been down, he wasn’t clear together with his motion. It wasn’t polished, it wasn’t completed. It wasn’t Scott that we anticipated as a result of he’s higher than this,” Chmerkovskiy mentioned on the podcast. “This was not his greatest dance and it was the final dance he did.”
Chmerkovskiy insisted he wasn’t “digging” at Arnold, 20, who he mentioned gave a “spectacular” efficiency. “She regarded implausible. This gown was unbelievable,” he continued. “She regarded wonderful from the primary second. Bang, look I’m getting goosebumps. It was superior. However Rylee, sweetheart, it’s not your job to be that. Your job is to ensure he’s that. And I didn’t see it in her.”
Jan Ravnik and Jen Affleck couldn’t have picked a extra becoming track for Dancing With the Stars’ Halloween Night time. Ravnik, 30, gave his Instagram followers a sneak peek from his rehearsals for the Tuesday, October 28, episode, as he and Affleck put together to carry out a recent dance to Taylor Swift’s clapback anthem “Look What You […]
Forward of the podcast drama, Chmerkovskiy and Murgatroyd solely opened as much as Us Weekly about who they assume has one of the best probability at profitable the season 34 mirrorball trophy.
“I’ve fingers down Robert Irwin and Witney [Carson],” Murgatroyd informed Us on the Dancers In opposition to Most cancers’s 2025 Gala of the Stars earlier this month. “One thousand p.c. I’m not saying he’s essentially the most technical dancer. Whitney Leavitt for me is one of the best dancer of the season by far. She is totally phenomenal. However I imagine Robert Irwin goes to win.”
Chmerkovskiy agreed partially, additionally throwing in his youthful brother as a attainable contender. “I feel it’s going to be a battle between Robert and Witney and I feel Val [Chmerkovskiy] and Alix [Earle] are going to take it,” Maks informed Us. “As a result of there’s additionally an enormous TikTok element. You bought some followers over right here and you’ve got some followers over right here. You’ve gotten some core followers of Dancing With the Stars, however there’s additionally been a really huge influence of TikTok followers.”
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