Bristol Palin is reflecting on competing on Dancing With the Stars — and recalling how one pro dancer wasn’t exactly her biggest fan. The Teen Mom OG alum, 33, opened up about her experience during an appearance on the Sunday, August 25, episode of former DWTS pro Cheryl Burke ‘s “ Sex, Lies and Spray Tans ” podcast, claiming that Maks Chmerkovskiy didn’t care for her throughout her run on the show. Palin first appeared on season 11 of the long-running dance competition in 2010, and later returned for Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars season 15 in 2012.
During both runs, she was paired with Mark Ballas . After Burke, 40, asked Palin who would roll their eyes at her and Ballas, 38, every time they made it through elimination, Palin replied, “Oh, who? Maks? He hated me so much.” She continued, “I don’t know why [he didn’t like me].
Just because we kept going through? He was real nice in the beginning ...
I definitely felt the tension from him. I forgot about that.” Ballas and Palin placed third during season 11 of DWTS and were eliminated during week four on All-Stars .
The duo’s top-placing season 11 run caused an uproar amongst fans and other competitors, as Ballas and Palin continued to dodge elimination despite low scores from the judges. (A team’s total score is the combination of the judges’ scores plus fan voting.) Though the duo earned a top spot in the first season they competed together, Burke and Palin went on to discuss the tension betw.