Dancing With the Stars’ Jan Ravnik is clapping again on the scrutiny he’s acquired in his first season as a professional dancer.
“I imply, look, everybody has [an] opinion. Everybody has a proper to have [an] opinion. Haters [are] going to hate and whoever loves us, loves us,” Ravnik, 30, solely instructed Us Weekly on Tuesday, October 28, after he and celeb companion Jen Affleck had been eradicated throughout DWTS’ season 34 Halloween Night time.
“What am I going to do? You’ll be able to’t change their thoughts. Everybody can have [an] opinion — both I respect [it] or don’t respect [it],” he continued.
Ravnik emphatically concluded, “Yeah, allow them to speak. In the event that they wish to keep related in that approach, yeah, allow them to hate.”
Going into Tuesday’s Halloween Night time episode, Ravnik — who carried out with Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour — confronted criticism over his ballroom credentials, together with from former DWTS professional Maks Chmerkovskiy.
“Dancing With the Stars is a worldwide phenomenon. … I’m sorry, Jan has completely no enterprise being a professional on Dancing With the Stars,” Chmerkovskiy mentioned on the Friday, October 24, episode of his spouse Peta Murgatroyd’s “The Penthouse With Peta” podcast. “There’s zero basis approach, high quality, understanding of the partnership. Bro, I’m getting emotional. It’s absurd, and that is unreal how blind now we have to be and God forbid say what’s clearly there.”
Chmerkovskiy, 45, took goal at Ravnik and Affleck’s foxtrot in the course of the October 21 Depraved Night time episode, claiming the skilled dancer had “no concept” what the dance model entailed.
“How are you going to anticipate him to show it and ship that message in a format that’s utterly completely different from even ballroom dancing? We had this criticism weeks in the past, and I’m like, ‘Bro, is anyone going to clarify it to him?’” Chmerkovskiy mentioned.
Chmerkovskiy mentioned Ravnik’s casting was a “missed alternative” for Affleck, including, “[It’s a] main drawback. [Jen] has no companion. … It’s not his fault.”
Chmerkovskiy’s spouse, fellow DWTS alum Murgatroyd, 39, mentioned that “hiring a non-ballroom dancer to show ballroom dancing to a celeb as a job” was “outrageous.” Nonetheless, she mentioned Ravnik was a “pretty man” and “nice dancer.”
Ravnik and Affleck, 26, went residence on Tuesday night time after performing a recent dance to Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do.”
“Actually, I believe we had been each shocked, however I believe that’s everybody after they go residence,” the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star solely instructed Us. “I believe everybody expects to make it to the tip and 7 weeks is a very long time, and I’m grateful that I received up to now. I’m grateful that we received to Halloween and we had been capable of finish off on an incredible notice.”
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“We had been capable of finish off to [a song by] thee Taylor Swift and, yeah, there’s simply so many issues to be glad about,” Affleck added.
Throughout Tuesday’s broadcast, DWTS decide Derek Hough appeared to allude to the criticism Ravnik has confronted in his inaugural season.
“Jan, to start with,” Hough praised Ravnik as he delivered his suggestions after their modern routine. “I wish to let you know, my man, that you’re doing a implausible first season.”
Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
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