What you need to know
- Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy reacted to their elimination from Dancing with the stars after the show.
- The rookie The actress addressed the social media buzz around their partnership this season and suggested that might be the reason she was sent home.
- Six couples remain in the running before next week’s semi-finals.
Jenna Dewan’s experience on Dancing with the stars sparked a lot of negative reactions on social media. It started at the very beginning when fans were upset that she was cast on the show with a background as a professional dancer, and it intensified when her professional partner, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, was suspended from the show for a week due to a comment he made on social media.
All this chatter apparently caught up with Dewan and Chmerkovskiy, as they were eliminated from the competition on November 10, despite scoring at the top of the leaderboard. Unfortunately, not enough fans voted for them to advance to the semi-finals.
“I honestly don’t know (why we got eliminated),” Dewan said. Additional after the show. “It’s hard to know how any of that plays into all of this. I know it’s been a particularly tough week because of a lot of noise online and everything that comes with the show. I don’t know. I’ll never know how or if any of that plays into any of this, but I know we went out there and had the time of our lives.”
Some of the “online noise” this week came from the duos for the dance portion of the competition on November 10. Dewan and Chmerkovskiy were paired against Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik, and many fans expressed outrage over the seemingly unfair match. Additionally, Chmerkovskiy’s brother, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, has been roughing up fans with some of his comments on the show this season. He also collaborates with Kalshi, a sports betting company, and fans were upset by his predictions that Ali would be sent home.
However, Val had her head held high and accepted the elimination in stride. “Every week is a shock,” he stressed. “It’s very competitive. There are a lot of great couples. We wish everyone the best. I’ll be rooting from home. It’s definitely a sad outcome, but no regrets.”
There are now six couples remaining in the competition. They will compete in next week’s semi-finals and five of them will move on.
Dancing with the stars, Season 35, Tuesdays, 8/7c, ABC and Disney+
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