Ahead of Dancing with the Stars ' 33rd season hitting the upcoming TV schedule for ABC's fall lineup , the dust is being shaken off of some behind-the-scenes drama that went down years ago. Namely, former contestant Bristol Palin made some harsh claims about dance pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy, which were enough to spark a response from the choreographer. What Bristol Palin Said While appearing on the Cheryl Burke's Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans podcast, the host talked to the daughter of the former Alaskan governor about her experiences during Season 11 of the dance competition.
The tea was spilled when Burke asked who rolled their eyes whenever Palin and partner Mark Ballas were saved from being eliminated. According to the Teen Mom OG vet: Oh, Maks. Oh, he hated me so much.
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Probably just because we kept going though. I mean, he was real nice at the beginning, but it was one of those things where, like, as we kept going through, I definitely felt the tension from him. I forgot about that.
Yeah, because the further we went along, the more it was like, ‘Oh gosh, OK.' As opposed to pinning the perceived hatred on anything personal regarding herself or her dance pro partner, Palin thinks it stemmed from the fact that she continued advancing that season despite widespread criticism for her dance skills, or lack thereof, as it were. At the time, fans theorized that Palin and Ballas kept making it through based on her mom Sarah Palin ’s stoking her followers for support.
Whatever .