Overview
- Maks Chmerkovskiy said on his wife Peta Murgatroyd’s podcast that Jan Ravnik has “absolutely no business” being a DWTS pro, citing weak ballroom foundation and a foxtrot he said missed the mark.
- Ravnik and partner Jen Affleck’s Wicked Night foxtrot earned 32/40 from the judges, a performance Chmerkovskiy used to question Ravnik’s ability to teach ballroom technique.
- Affleck defended Ravnik on TikTok, captioning that she would not tolerate “Jan slander,” as fan reaction pushed the debate across social media.
- Ravnik posted an Instagram Story quoting Taylor Swift’s lyric “I’ll be the actress starring in your bad dreams,” aligning with the pair’s Halloween Night routine to “Look What You Made Me Do.”
- Coverage frames the dispute as a wider casting question, with Murgatroyd suggesting Ravnik’s Eras Tour credit helped secure the pro role and arguing he should have been eased in via the troupe; ABC had not issued a substantive response in the reporting.