Peta Murgatroyd isn’t dancing around her feelings about this topic.
As fans of Dancing With the Stars’ 34th season continue to voice their thoughts about the scoring system—with some accusing the series of being rigged—the former pro and her husband Maks Chmerkovskiy shared their thoughts.
“People are very vocal this season, I think it’s just because it’s a very much younger audience and demographic that are watching the show now and they just want what they want out of the judges,” Peta explained to E! News at the Gala of the Stars Benefitting Dancers Against Cancer event. “They want the scores they want to see. And when one person gives a lower score than all the other judges, they tend to flip out over that type of stuff.”
And while Peta isn't encouraging fans to be so upset with the ballroom judges, she had to admit, “It kind of adds to the press of the show and it adds to people talking.”
Meanwhile, Maks was a lot glibber about sharing his two cents. As he joked, “This is the quietest I’ve been while trying to speak at the same time.”
Of course, the 45-year-old—who shares Shai, 8, Rio, 2, and Milan, 15 months with his wife—was a lot more willing to emphasize the importance of the gala, which raises money for those fighting cancer.
“It’s going to be a fantastic evening tonight,” Maks gushed. “We’re going to honor a lot of people and we’re going to raise a lot of money for a very important cause.”
And on top of being brought together for their philanthropic efforts, Maks also emphasized the spotlight being put on dance.
“It’s important that the dance community does this,” he continued. “We’ve seen some—in my lifetime—success and we stuck around. Dance is really prevalent. Seeing the resurgence and the highest numbers and the participation, audience and such. We’re not going away.”
For more on this season of Dancing With the Stars, keep reading…
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