Maksim Chmerkovskiy Responds To Claims He ‘Hated’ Bristol Palin

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 saved 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 stated he “hated” her, Maksism Chmerkovskiy broke his silence.

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 associate 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, “Most likely simply because we saved going by,” declaring how she and her associate Mark Ballas made all of it the way in which to 3rd place, even with constantly low scores week after week.

Bristol’s run on the present sparked numerous 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 initially, nevertheless it was a kind of issues the place, like, as we saved going by, I undoubtedly felt the stress from him,” she stated. “I forgot about that. Yeah, as a result of the additional we went alongside, the extra it was like, oh gosh, OK.”

After Bristol’s claims went viral, a consultant for Chmerkovskiy informed Entertainment Weekly, “Maks would not hate anyone. For [Palin] to say that may be a mischaracterization of his emotions. I believe he and everybody else in America, 14 years in the past, thought that he and Brandy had been on their solution to successful that 12 months, if not coming into the finals.”

Chmerkovskiy and his celeb associate Brandy had been unexpectedly eradicated, regardless that that they had been frontrunners all through the season. In the meantime, Bristol and her associate Mark Ballas moved on to the following spherical and in the end 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 severely.”

Regardless of dealing with backlash throughout her time on the present, Bristol was supported by the collection’ hosts and judges.

Government producer Conrad Inexperienced informed EW on the time that whereas “there may 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 hundreds of thousands of girls round this nation who are actually our target market.”

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 laborious. It was actually laborious. And I imply, my weight fluctuates,” she informed Burke. “It was like everybody was speaking about my weight, after which I used to be stressed 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 return as a result of it was such a subject.”

That is one thing Burke, who struggles with body dysmorphia, has additionally been open about, not too long ago telling Amy Robach, “ I imply, , I did acquire just a few kilos in the course of the hiatus. Sure, I imply, naturally proper like we do, however like, I’m curvy compared to numerous the opposite skilled girls.”

Bristol Palin was simply 19 years previous when she first hit the dance flooring.