Val Chmerkovskiy Speaks Out After He’s Suspended from ‘Dancing with the Stars’ - Just Jared

See more of our coverage in your search results. Former “Dancing With the Stars” pro Gleb Savchenko slammed Carrie Ann Inaba’s “bulls—t” judging after Val Chmerkovskiy was suspended.

Wondering what the vibes are like behind the scenes on Dancing With the Stars amid Val Chmerkovskiy being benched for a week? Apparently, producers are “furious,” and Val had to apologize to Carrie Ann Inaba for his “Oscar Slap” comment in order to keep his job. “He won’t be [fired], no,” a source tells The Sun. “But producers on the show encouraged him to save face by making an apology to her. He doubled down on the joke at first, and once the backlash got as loud as it did, he had a talking-to and did it to save his job.”Meanwhile, Carrie Ann is still feeling “like she’s walking on eggshells” and the insider says, “What Val said made it so she doesn’t know how to move forward after this. She stands by what she said to Jenna; she was being constructive. Making that kind of joke was a shock to Carrie Ann.”Reminder: Val made an “Oscar Slap” reference in the aftermath of Carrie Ann criticizing Val’s wife Jenna Johnson for a rule-breaking lift.

Val Chmerkovskiy is facing a weeklong suspension from Dancing with the Stars over his “Oscar Slap” comment aimed at Carrie Ann Inaba. And due to him sitting this week out, Jenna Dewan has been temporarily partnered with Alan Bersten—who was eliminated earlier this season along with his celeb partner Giada de Laurentiis. While Jenna hasn’t said anything about Val specifically, she and Alan cheerfully popped up on the DWTS Instagram account, where Jenna said “Hi everybody. It’s Dedication Night and we are dancing a Viennese waltz to ‘Unchained Melody’ by the Righteous Brothers, the greatest, most romantic song ever.”Jenna added that she was “so excited” about the dance, while Alan smiled enthusiastically (and also didn’t mention anything about Val). A source recently told Variety that “Jenna Dewan is aware and has continued to be a true professional and respectful of the process.

See more of our coverage in your search results. Jenna Dewan’s fiancé, Steve Kazee, showed his support for the actress after her “Dancing With the Stars” partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, was suspended from the show for a week.

Val Chmerkovskiy is being suspended from Dancing with the Stars for a week after he posted a controversial TikTok message that seemed to reference Will Smith's 2022 Oscar slap.

Dancing With the Stars professional dancer Val Chmerkovskiy has been defending his wife, fellow pro Jenna Johnson, online after judge Carrie Ann Inaba‘s criticism of her choreography during Tuesday’s Super Bowl Night. However, one social media post particularly caught the attention of fans: a TikTok Story where Chmerkovskiy wrote, “You almost saw Fresh Prince enter the ballroom last night,” a comment some believe is a reference to Will Smith infamously slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars. Inaba responded to Chmerkovskiy’s remarks on Instagram Thursday. “So this is what we are doing now?” she wrote while resharing a screenshot of a Page Six post featuring the dancer’s “Fresh Prince” comment, alongside a split image of Smith and Chmerkovskiy.