Gleb Savchenko is walking back a spicy take. The DWTS pro, who wasn’t asked back this season, took to TikTok to question why Alan Bersten was chosen to step in for suspended Val Chmerkovskiy, saying Bersten is“a good dancer for his niche”but“can’t be compared to Val.”He even suggested a troupe dancer should’ve partnered Jenna Dewan instead. Fans immediately read it as shade, and honestly, the wording did not help.
Savchenko later told Page Six the comments came from a professional dancer’s perspective and were never personal. He added that he’s known Bersten for years and has“a lot of love for him.”Bersten and Dewan didn’t post a rebuttal. They just went out on Dedication Night and earned a 37 out of 40 for their Viennese waltz, complete with a 10 from the judges. If you’re keeping score, that’s a pretty loud answer.
Meanwhile the whole saga keeps growing. Chmerkovskiy had been suspended one week over a social media post referencing Will Smith’s Oscars slap amid criticism of judge Carrie Ann Inaba, and his suspension was lifted Wednesday. He’s already back rehearsing with Dewan. So Jenna has had two partners in a single week and both of them are trending. Do you think off-show pros should be critiquing the current cast publicly, or should that stay behind the scenes?
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