{"id":66440,"date":"2026-11-11T15:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T15:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=66440"},"modified":"2026-11-11T15:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T15:36:37","slug":"a-rundown-of-all-of-vals-controversies-this-season-following-his-elimination-from-dwts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/11\/11\/a-rundown-of-all-of-vals-controversies-this-season-following-his-elimination-from-dwts\/","title":{"rendered":"A rundown of all of Val\u2019s controversies this season following his elimination from DWTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/11\/11\/we-dont-need-your-vote-jenna-dewan-and-val-react-to-dancing-with-the-stars-elimination\/\">Val Chmerkovskiy<\/a> was just eliminated with his celeb partner, Jenna Dewan, on <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/tag\/dancing-with-the-stars\/\">Dancing With the Stars<\/a> despite being one of the front-runners of the season. And his run this season was pretty impressive, given all of the controversy that surrounded him over the past few months. So, here&#8217;s the complete rundown of all of Val&#8217;s DWTS controversies of season 35.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DeK-iEtGfEA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DeK-iEtGfEA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jenna Dewan (@jennadewan)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Val became the first person ever to be <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/10\/19\/my-instinct-was-to-defend-my-wife-val-chmerkovskiy-speaks-out-after-being-suspended-from-dwts\/\">suspended from Dancing With the Stars<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A month ago, Val was in the background when Harry Shum Jr. and his wife Jenna were receiving their scores. He could be seen shaking his head after Carrie Ann scored them an eight.<\/p>\n<p>The video was reshared on TikTok, with Val taking to the comment section to publicly air his grievances with the DWTS judge. He commented: \u201cPut some respect on her name. She\u2019s 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<\/p>\n<p>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.&nbsp;&nbsp;The TikTok Story has since been deleted.<\/p>\n<p>In a first for the series, Val was then suspended from the show for a week, with Alan Bersten stepping in for his celeb partner Jenna Dewan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/na9mdy6lYB0?si=Jb6EEMczoEi00gpQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in October, Val also made a <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/10\/20\/val-chmerkovskiy-said-he-knows-where-carrie-ann-parks-her-car-weeks-before-dwts-suspension\/\">super off-hand comment<\/a> in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=na9mdy6lYB0\">Entertainment Tonight<\/a>. They were asked how they felt about Carrie Ann Inaba saying that Jenna was \u201cpushing too hard.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Val and Jenna scored a 21 out of 30 for their samba to Africa by Toto, which received harsh criticism from judge Carrie Ann. She pointed out a stumble that the duo had and ultimately gave them a seven out of 10.<\/p>\n<p>Val shrugged off the comment and said, \u201cI was going pretty hard too,\u201d in response to Denny.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jenna then raises the question: \u201cWhat are we going to do if we don\u2019t go hard?\u201d Which is so valid. It\u2019s a competition anyways, they need to be doing the most to survive elimination.<\/p>\n<p>As Jenna is giving a very neutral response of, \u201cI love their perspective. I want to take it and try to work with it,\u201d Val then cuts in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know where [Carrie Ann] parks her car,\u201d he jokingly says. They all laugh it off while Denny chimes in with, \u201cVal\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019ll show you going too hard,&#8217;\u201d to which he nods along to.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"me and Mariah go back like babies and pacifiers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/player\/v1\/7692307006924868895?embed_from=webapp_share&amp;music_info=1&amp;description=1&amp;autoplay=1&amp;muted=1\" width=\"325\" height=\"578\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Val was also accused of cultural appropriation this season by some viewers when he <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/10\/07\/dwts-val-chmerkovskiy-removed-cornrows-so-as-not-to-distract-from-partner-amid-backlash\/\">got cornrows for Mariah Carey Night<\/a>. &nbsp;Val shared a video of his hair getting braided in October, with the caption: \u201cPOV: It\u2019s Mariah Carey night on DWTS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And people were quick to offer their opinions in the comment section, sharing: \u201cAnd what about Mariah requires cornrows answer quickly,\u201d with another adding: \u201cVal you know damn well this didn\u2019t need to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, come the most recent Dancing With The Stars episode and Val Chmerkovskiy appeared on-screen without the cornrows, which he ended up getting removed before the episode.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">He spoke out about his decision to remove the braids in response to a comment left under his video which read: \u201cAs a black girl I found no issue with the hair. I was obsessed with the cornrows Val!! Wish you kept them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Val responded: \u201cThere isn\u2019t. I loved the way they looked and as soon as the season is over you @sistahsbeauty is hooking your boy up. But today is about my partner and I didn\u2019t want to distract from her moment and her dance. Whether in a positive light or negative the light should be on her tn. Regardless I appreciate the love. Always moving with love.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DflvgYBuCKl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DflvgYBuCKl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Val (@valentin)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Val was called out by viewers when his brother, former DWTS pro Maks, was <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/11\/11\/viewers-are-calling-out-former-dwts-pros-maks-and-gleb-for-problematic-betting-against-tatyana\/\">placing bets on Tatyana Ali going home<\/a>. A viewer DM\u2019s Val a link to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DWTS_POCFans\/comments\/1xohnto\/why_is_maksim_promoting_gambling_on_tatyana_alis\/\">Reddit thread<\/a>&nbsp;titled, \u201cWhy is Maskim promoting gambling on Tatyana Ali\u2019s elimination week after week?\u201d To which he poorly responded with: \u201cUnfortunate. Sorry, I don\u2019t know what this is or how I\u2019m in any way connected to this.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like&nbsp;<\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He had a one week 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