Are Dancing With The Stars judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Derek Hough feuding? Her recent social media activity suggest so!
If you watched this week’s episode of competition series, you know things got a bit tense between the two co-stars. It all started when Carrie Ann gave some critiques to Whitney Leavitt following her and Mark Ballas‘ cha cha to 1999 on Prince Night. She thought The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star was “focusing on the technique” too much and wanted to see more of a performance from her instead. However, Derek didn’t agree with the longtime judge. He chimed in to fire back:
“Carrie Ann, you are out of your mind.”
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Yikes! The pair continued to butt heads after Whitney’s second dance, a Viennese waltz to Slow Love. Carrie Ann pointed out that she had to dock a point for “a bit of hop,” which led Derek to call her “wild.” They also bickered a bit afterward. By the end of the show, you could tell she was so fed up with him as she grimaced during a hug with him and Bruno Tonioli. See (below):
LOLz! She looks like she would rather be anywhere else than in Derek’s arms!
Look, people don’t always agree with each other. That’s fine. However, Carrie Ann seemingly thinks the former pro took things way too far. The 57-year-old television personality posted a video with Bruno before the semi-finals on Tuesday. series (below):
@carrieanninabaofficial Who else feels this? #dwts @Bruno @Dancing with the Stars #DWTS
In the comments section, there are TONS of messages from viewers slamming Derek. They claimed he was being disrespectful and bullying her about her critiques of Whitney, who was eliminated. People even said Derek owes her an apology immediately. And guess what? Carrie Ann LIKED a lot of those shady comments about him! Read all the ones she reacted to (below):
“I saw that hop… dont let derek bully you queen”
“You were spot on tonight. Derek needs to stop directing comments at you.”
“You spoke facts tonight queen, someone needs to check Derek”
“Not me here agreeing with everything you said!!! Derek was wrong tn!”
“Derek was completely out of line tonight. you didnt deserve his rudeness”
“Why was Derek so mean to you in tonight’s semifinal???”
“The Disrespect from Derek towards you was absolutely uncalled for and to me that 9 was valid”
“Don’t let Derek’s hate get to you. You’re so valid. He was rude to call you wild. Totally changed my perspective of him.”
“Derek owes you an apology. He should not have acted that way. I think your scoring was on point. … I hope Derek learns from his mistake.”
“You were spot on tonight. Derek needs to stop directing comments at you.”
“Derek owes you an apology. He should not have acted that way. I think your scoring was on point tonight. And even if you have a hiccup your thoughts and opinions are valid. I hope Derek learns from his mistake.”
“usually i love derek’s judging, but it was really unfair of him to undermine your critiques so harshly tonight several times. you didn’t do that to him. usually i don’t even agree with you but i think you were spot on. thank you for keeping it real”
“You were great tonight!! I think the way Derek disagreed with you was distasteful”
“I’m so glad you fixed your errors early on with talking about women’s ages. You definitely did a 360 on that so thank you! Also YOU are the best judge. Tired of derek telling you you’re wild when you are just trying to help them improve. I get it he’s trying to be nice to everyone but YOU are doing right by them with scoring correctly so thank you!!”
“nah because before you even said anything about whitney’s little hop, I literally out loud during her dance went ‘uh oh she hopped a little bit’ Idk whyyyy derek was so upset with you for that. It was clear as day honestly, and I usually don’t agree with your voting method, but recently I gotta say, you have gotten better and ur growing on me so fr.”
“derek was horrible tonight I love you queen! you and bruno are the real ones”
Damn!
Carrie Ann made her feelings about Derek known. At this time, they have not addressed the rumors of a feud. Everyone will have to keep an eye out to see if the tension between the two carries over to the finale next week. Reactions, Perezcious readers? Drop ’em in the comments!
[Image via DWTS/BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions]
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