Overview
- On DWTS’ Oct. 28 Halloween episode, guest judge Cheryl Burke gave Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy a 9 while the other judges issued 10s, leaving them with 39/40 and a leaderboard-topping 43/45 including bonus points.
- Ashley Dupré, Earle’s stepmother, reacted on TikTok with “Oh, go take more Ozempic,” a remark widely criticized as body-shaming after her children questioned what it meant.
- Burke posted an Oct. 30 Instagram video defending her score as informed by decades of experience, rejecting body-shaming and saying, “please, I beg of you, leave my name out of it.”
- Dupré apologized on TikTok on Oct. 31, calling her words “insensitive” and attributing them to “step-motherly instincts” in the heat of the competition.
- Coverage notes broad social-media reaction and no official show response, and Burke has previously denied using GLP-1 medications, crediting lifestyle changes for weight loss.