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- Jen Affleck responded to “slander” in opposition to her Dancing with the Stars accomplice Jan Ravnik in a brand new TikTok video
- The put up comes after former DWTS professional Maks Chmerkovskiy criticized Ravnik’s approach, saying he had “no enterprise” to have been solid on the present
- Ravnik is finest identified for his earlier work as a backup dancer for Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour
Jen Affleck has seemingly responded to a former Dancing with the Stars professional’s feedback about her present dance accomplice, Jan Ravnik.
In a TikTok video posted on Monday, Oct. 27, Affleck, 25, sorts on her telephone, mimicking leaving feedback, between rehearsals with Ravnik, 30.
“Take it down. Take it down. Take it down. We want it gone. Take it down. That does not symbolize me or what we must be doing,” Ravnik then lip syncs whereas carrying a K95 masks. The textual content on the video learn, “Me when anybody talks trash about Jan.”
“We do not tolerate Jan slander on this home !! @Jan Ravnik @Dancing with the Stars #DWTS,” The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star wrote within the caption.
The video comes after former DWTS professional Maks Chmerkovskiy dissected the present’s earlier episode, Depraved night time, in the course of the Friday, Oct. 24 episode of his spouse Peta Murgatroyd’s podcast, The Penthouse with Peta.
Chmerkovskiy, 45, overtly criticized new professional Ravnik, who’s finest identified for being one among Taylor Swift’s backup dancers from the Eras Tour.
“He is studying. He is studying slowly. It is his first season,” Murgatroyd, 39, stated of Ravnik. “We’ve to offer him grace for not understanding foxtrot approach. It is very arduous to look at.”
“No, we shouldn’t have to offer him grace. Are you kidding me?” Chmerkovskiy stated.
He applauded his spouse for giving Ravnik grace in her assessment of his efficiency, which he stated is “a ability I don’t possess in any respect,” earlier than sharing his candid opinion.
“I am sorry, Jan has completely no enterprise being a professional on Dancing with the Stars. There’s zero basis, approach, high quality, understanding of the partnership,” Chmerkovskiy stated. “Bro, I am getting emotional. It’s absurd.”
The previous professional, who competed for 17 seasons on the hit ABC present, continued, “That is unreal, how blind we’ve got to be, and, God forbid, say what’s clearly there — he had no concept what [a] foxtrot is meant to appear like.”
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Chmerkovskiy then stated he has nothing “in opposition to [Ravnik] by any means” regardless of his critiques, however referred to as his casting “a missed alternative.”
Dancing with the Stars airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+.
