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Val Chmerkovskiy, Emma Slater and More ‘Surprised’ by Len Goodman’s Decision to Leave ‘Dancing With the Stars’

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Things are changing in the ballroom — and the pros are shook. Val Chmerkovskiy, Emma Slater and more are speaking out after Len Goodman announced he is leaving Dancing With the Stars after the season 31 finale.“[I’m] very surprised.

No one knew,” Chmerkovskiy told Us Weekly after the Monday, November 14, episode. “I’m gonna miss the familiarity, I guess. I’ve seen him before the show.

He was an adjudicator at the British Open for many years before joining the show. And then even being part of Dancing With the Stars, he’s such an important voice and an important authority and the British accent I think makes every difference.

So I’m gonna miss all of that. I think, hopefully, they’ll have his spirit somehow still present. Maybe he could Skype in and do a little Len’s corner or Len’s recap because, yeah, because he’s gonna be missed.”Slater, for her part, told Page Six that it “caught [her] off guard” when Goodman revealed during Monday’s show that he was exiting to spend more time with his family in Britain.“It got me in my feels, if I’m honest,” she said. “I didn’t expect to feel as emotional as I was.”The season 24 champ added that she thinks the show should fill Goodman’s chair with a new judge.“I also am a big believer in respecting what people have done, but then embracing new personalities and making way for people that would shine just as much,” Slater explained. “So I think [let’s] pave the way for somebody to make Len proud and have the show just embrace somebody new as well.”When asked whether he would take the gig, Chmerkovskiy, a two-time champ who joined the show as a pro on season 13, told reporters that he’s unsure if it’s the right time for him to take over.“Yeah, I would love to, I would.

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