Overview
- Ashley Dupré posted a TikTok apology, calling her earlier comment “insensitive” and saying her stepmotherly instincts got the better of her.
- Dupré had told Burke to “go take more Ozempic” after Burke gave Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy a 9 while the other judges awarded 10s.
- In her Instagram response, Burke defended the one-point deduction as professional feedback and urged critics to stop body-shaming, saying, “leave my name out of it.”
- Reports noted Dupré made the remark in front of her children, a detail cited by Burke in warning about the influence such comments have on young viewers.
- Earle and Chmerkovskiy still finished Halloween Night atop the leaderboard with 43/45, and coverage reiterated Burke’s prior denials of using weight-loss medication.