Bristol Palin, daughter of former VP candidate Sarah Palin, stirred up some drama on Season 11 of “Dancing With the Stars,” the place she competed alongside professional Mark Ballas.
Regardless of her low scores, Bristol stored surviving week after week, and followers weren’t shy about sharing their frustration. However it wasn’t simply viewers throwing shade—Bristol says she felt the warmth from one other professional, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, too.
After Bristol Palin mentioned he “hated” her, Maksism Chmerkovskiy broke his silence.
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Bristol Palin Claims Maksim Chmerkovskiy ‘Hated’ Her
Bristol spilled some juicy particulars on the newest episode of Cheryl Burke‘s podcast, “Intercourse, Lies, and Spray Tans.” When requested by Burke, “who rolled their eyes” at her and her accomplice Mark Ballas “if you would get saved throughout elimination?” Bristol did not hesitate.
“Oh, Maks? He hated me a lot,” she claimed, not holding again on how she felt about Chmerkovskiy’s perspective towards her on the ABC competitors present the place she competed again in 2010.
Burke pressed additional, asking, “why” Chmerkovskiy would “hate” her. The previous VP candidate’s daughter responded, “In all probability simply because we stored going via,” declaring how she and her accomplice Mark Ballas made all of it the way in which to 3rd place, even with constantly low scores week after week.
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Bristol Palin’s ‘DWTS’ Season Confronted Backlash
Bristol’s run on the present sparked a variety of controversy, with some critics claiming her presence was “ruining” the collection. Her constantly low scores did not appear to match how far she superior every week, inflicting a stir amongst viewers and followers.
“I imply, [Chmerkovskiy] was actual good at first, nevertheless it was a kind of issues the place, like, as we stored going via, I undoubtedly felt the stress from him,” she mentioned. “I forgot about that. Yeah, as a result of the additional we went alongside, the extra it was like, oh gosh, OK.”
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Maks Chmerkovskiy Responds To Bristol Palin’s Claims
After Bristol’s claims went viral, a consultant for Chmerkovskiy advised Entertainment Weekly, “Maks does not hate anyone. For [Palin] to say that will be a mischaracterization of his emotions. I believe he and everybody else in America, 14 years in the past, thought that he and Brandy have been on their method to successful that 12 months, if not coming into the finals.”
Chmerkovskiy and his celeb accomplice Brandy have been unexpectedly eradicated, though they’d been frontrunners all through the season. In the meantime, Bristol and her accomplice Mark Ballas moved on to the subsequent spherical and finally completed in third place.
“So there was a little bit of disappointment when she leapfrogged him into the finals,” the rep added of their assertion. “It is a competitors. He is very aggressive and took it significantly.”
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‘DWTS’ Supported Bristol Palin All through Her Season
Regardless of dealing with backlash throughout her time on the present, Bristol was supported by the collection’ hosts and judges.
Govt producer Conrad Inexperienced advised EW on the time that whereas “there is likely to be a component of her vote that is from Republicans, Bristol was working at a dermatologist’s workplace in Alaska, whereas [eventual winner] Jennifer Gray was in a film beloved by tens of millions of ladies round this nation who are actually our target market.”
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Bristol Palin Remembers Being ‘Bullied’ Over Her Weight
Together with sharing her ideas about Chmerkovskiy, Bristol additionally opened up about being “bullied” over her weight whereas she was on her season of “Dancing With The Stars.”
“It was onerous. It was actually onerous. And I imply, my weight fluctuates,” she advised Burke. “It was like everybody was speaking about my weight, after which I used to be wired about my weight. I felt like I used to be simply consuming much more and gaining much more weight. It was similar to a vicious cycle and it affected my confidence a lot for years to come back as a result of it was such a subject.”
That is one thing Burke, who struggles with body dysmorphia, has additionally been open about, lately telling Amy Robach, “ I imply, you recognize, I did acquire just a few kilos through the hiatus. Sure, I imply, naturally proper like we do, however like, I’m curvy compared to a variety of the opposite skilled ladies.”
Bristol Palin was simply 19 years previous when she first hit the dance flooring.
