Val Chmerkovskiy is being suspended from Dancing With The Stars for one week because of the comments he made towards judge Carrie Ann Inaba. <\/p>\n
During the most recent episode, Jenna and Harry Shum Jr. performed the samba, with judge Carrie Ann Inaba telling Jenna: \u201cI think you need to put more content in your dances. Especially because [Harry\u2019s] so good, I want to see you challenge yourself a little bit more in the vein of what we\u2019re looking for. And there was a lift.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the background when Jenna and Harry were receiving their feedback and scores, Val could be seen n the background shaking his head after Carrie Ann scored Jenna and Harry Shum Jr. with an eight. The video was reshared on TikTok, with Val taking to the comment section to publicly air his grievances with the DWTS judge. <\/p>\n
He commented: \u201cPut some respect on her name. Shes\u2019 trippin talking to her like that.\u201d In a now deleted TikTok story, he also wrote: \u201cYou almost saw Fresh Prince enter the ballroom last night.\u201d This has led some to believe he\u2019s referencing the Will Smith slap, and are concerned that Val was trying to insinuate that he was close to slapping Carrie Ann Inaba during DWTS. The TikTok Story has since been deleted, and Val released an apology statement shortly afterwards<\/a>. <\/p>\n BBC Studios said in a statement: “The well-being of everyone who works on \u2018Dancing with the Stars\u2019 is non-negotiable. Val\u2019s social media post was inappropriate and does not reflect the values or standards expected of anyone connected with the show. As a result, he will not participate in next week\u2019s show.\u201d<\/p>\n Val Chmerkovskiy also released his own statement following the news of his Dancing With The Stars suspension, saying: “In a moment where my instinct was to defend my wife, I made a poor decision to reference a meme to \u2018keep my wife\u2019s name; out of the conversation, without stopping to think through what else that reference could imply, which was genuinely never my intention,\u201d he said. \u201cCarrie Ann certainly didn\u2019t deserve to get caught in the middle of my bad judgment, and I hate that she was.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cThe last thing I want is to become a distraction from an important week or from the incredible work my dance partner Jenna Dewan is putting in. Please send Carrie Ann, Jenna, and the whole DWTS family lots of love during Dedication Night. I\u2019ll be watching and cheering everyone on!!\u201d<\/p>\n For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a> on <\/i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jenna Dewan will dance with Alan Bersten instead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":64922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[2165],"class_list":["post-64917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dancing-with-the-stars"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/10\/17\/val-chmerkovskiy-suspended-from-dancing-with-the-stars-over-carrie-ann-inaba-comments\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Val Chmerkovskiy suspended from Dancing With the Stars over Carrie Ann Inaba comments","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/10\/17\/val-chmerkovskiy-suspended-from-dancing-with-the-stars-over-carrie-ann-inaba-comments\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/10\/17\/val-chmerkovskiy-suspended-from-dancing-with-the-stars-over-carrie-ann-inaba-comments\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-15-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-15.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["dancing with the stars"],"dateCreated":"2026-10-17T20:11:27Z","datePublished":"2026-10-17T20:11:27Z","dateModified":"2026-10-17T20:17:11Z"},"rendered":"