Bristol Palin claims ‘DWTS’ pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy ‘hated’ her — and he responds
nypost.com“Dancing With the Stars.”On the Sunday episode of Cheryl Burke’s “Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans” podcast, the former “DWTS” pro asked Palin “who rolled their eyes” at her and partner Mark Ballas when they got “saved” during elimination.And the daughter of 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin didn’t hold back. “Oh, Maks?” Bristol replied. “He hated me so much,” noting that the moment was “recorded” by cameras.The reality star pointed the finger at Maksim Chmerkovskiy, a former series regular, who competed during Bristol’s season with singer Brandy. “Why did he hate you?” Burke, 40, — who was partnered with Rick Fox at the time — asked.“[It was] probably just because we kept going through,” Bristol admitted. “I mean, he was real nice at the beginning, but it was one of those things where as we kept going through.”In 2010, Chmerkovskiy, 44, and Brandy, 45, were eliminated despite high scores all season.
Bristol and Ballas, 38, advanced one round further and placed third.The author added, “I definitely felt the tension from him.
I forgot about that. Because the further we went along in it, the more it was like, ‘Oh gosh, okay.'”Chmerkovskiy’s rep released a statement to the Post responding to Bristol’s claims.“Maks doesn’t hate anybody and he’s never hated Bristol.
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