‘Dancing With the Stars’: Jenna Dewan Addresses ‘Online Noise’ After Elimination
What To Know
- Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy reacted to their elimination from Dancing With the Stars after the show.
- The Rookie actress addressed the social media buzz surrounding their partnership this season and suggested that it could be the reason she was sent home.
- Six couples remain in the competition ahead of next week’s Semifinals.
Jenna Dewan‘s experience on Dancing With the Stars has come with a lot of social media backlash. It started at the very beginning when fans were upset that she was cast on the show with a professional dance background, and intensified when her pro partner, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, was suspended from the show for a week due to a comment he made on social media.
All of that chatter seemingly caught up with Dewan and Chmerkovskiy, as they were eliminated from the competition on November 10, despite scoring towards the top of the leaderboard. Unfortunately, not enough fans voted for them to make the Semifinals.
“I don’t honestly know [why we were eliminated],” Dewan told Extra after the show. “It’s hard to know how this all plays into this. I know this was a particularly tough week for a lot of the online noise and all the stuff that comes with the show. I don’t know. I’ll never know how or if any of that plays into this, but I know we went out there and had the best time of our life.”
Some of this week’s “online noise” stemmed from the pairings for the dance-off portion of the competition on November 10. Dewan and Chmerkovskiy were paired against Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik, and many fans expressed outrage at the seemingly unfair match-up. Additionally, Chmerkovskiy’s brother, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, has rubbed fans the wrong way with some of his comments about the show this season. He’s also collaborating with Kalshi, a sports betting company, and fans were upset by him sharing his predictions that Ali will be sent home.
Still, Val had his head held high and took the elimination in stride. “Every week’s a shocker,” he pointed out. “It’s very competitive. A lot of great couples out there. Wishing everybody the best. Gonna be rooting from home. Definitely a sad result, but no regrets.”
There are now six couples left in the competition. They’ll compete in next week’s Semifinals, and five will move on.
Dancing With the Stars, Season 35, Tuesdays, 8/7c, ABC and Disney+
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