DWTS Season 9 News from Around the Internets
If you think I mis-spelled Internet – you are incorrect. 🙂 A wide variety of news today, starting with the one that seems to be bouncing all over the net. The breakup of Maks and Karina, reported by EVERYONE. I’ve quoted a bit of the TV Guide version below. In a very tacky move, if true, someone from Maks’ camp leak that he dumped her because she is high maintenance.
Dancing with the Stars pros Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff have called off their engagement, a source close to the couple confirms to TVGuide.com.
The split, first reported by E!, comes a day after Chmerkovskiy cryptically tweeted: “What was meant to be a ‘life long book’, turned into a ‘chapter’…….and now that ‘chapter’ is finished…… Se la vie…”
But, Maks is full of sweetness and light this week, going after Joanna Krupa (supposedly) for saying she’s glad she got Derek and not Maks – really, what else is she supposed to say? Why this caused Maks to be so defensive, I don’t know. Could be that he’s tired of hearing how impatient he is. Again, according to TV Guide, Joanna reportedly said:
“He gets a little impatient and really pushes you, so maybe we would’ve had a little argument here and there!” she told TV Guide.
Gee, we’ve actually SEEN that happen on TV, and nothing in that statement seems like that big a deal to me. She was explaining why she was happy with Derek and was responding to a question of if she thought she would be paired with Maks. I know that Joanna has had her moments, but this doesn’t seem to be one of them. So, why is Maks so defensive?
TVGuide.com: Joanna Krupa said she was glad she wasn’t paired with you because she thought you would butt heads and said you were a little impatient. What do you have to say to that?
Chmerkovskiy: She doesn’t even know me. I’m very happy we’re not partners. If she wants to jump on the bandwagon of thinking I’m impatient, that’s fine by me. My focus is Debi. It’s silly of [Joanna] to say that since she’s never said a word to me. … People always think, “Wow, Maks is so mean.” I’m not mean. Yes, I’ll be frustrated, but I know what to get out of this person so we’ll be there Thursday. If I was always nice, pleasant and not educating my partner, then they won’t get out of this show what they themselves want. What happens is people sign up not knowing what exactly they’re signing up for. When they’re freaking out, I go, “Listen, if you do exactly what I say, you’ll be fine.” Sometimes we need to push our partners because that’s what they want us to do.
Um, Maks? You just proved Joanna’s point, dude. Sorry, I’m a little upset with Maks for the leaking info that he dumped Karina because she’s “high maintenance“. That’s just crappy. Why not follow the lead of the much classier Derek and Shannon?? In any event, Joanna says this is a non-issue, per her Twitter.
amusing how a few try to create an artificial gap between Maksim and me. I have highest respect for him.Period
Okay, ranting and raving over with. 🙂 Much happier article – my favorite host with the most, Tom Bergeron! He gave an exclusive Interview to BuddyTV back in 2007 that just popped up for me today; some interesting excerpts below:
You’ve had a lot of different hosting jobs in your career across multiple genres from game shows to talk shows to reality TV. What’s the most difficult part about hosting a TV show that you know, maybe a normal person wouldn’t expect?
The most difficult—the hardest thing for me to host is a taped show. For example, America’s Funniest Videos is harder to do than Dancing with the Stars. Dancing with the Stars is live, it has a clear beginning, middle and end. It focuses my energy because there’s no second take and I love it. And Videos is fun because it’s a great slapstick comedy show. I call it the annuity cause it just keeps going. But we shoot it—even though we’ll shoot the show, an hour show in about an hour and a half, the way they edit it when it’s finally aired, I can’t—for example if something strikes me as funny and I think of a line about a tape that you’ve just seen, it’s a lot of back referencing. They’ll say “please don’t do that because we don’t know if we’re gonna put this up against that.” So there’s more of a stop and start feel to that which makes it more—I’m always sort of biting my tongue a little bit. But having said that it’s been you know, it’s been incredibly durable and continuous to do really well with families and kids.
Dancing with the stars—it’s become one of the most popular reality competitions on television today and we’re already on the brink of the semi-finals of a very successful season four. What do you attribute the show’s success to?
I’m almost hesitant to try to over analyze it, actually, because it’s like if you take apart a joke and then it’s not funny anymore. So, I don’t know, I mean I have my own feeling about why it works in the sense that it’s just…there’s something about watching people outside of their comfort zone, doing something for nothing really more than bragging rights to a little trophy. And watching that unfold week in, week out…I mean, moments like Leila Ali dancing the waltz for her dad on the show Monday night, it’s just great, great television. And, people get wrapped up in these stars and these teams. The professional dancers are in many ways celebrities themselves now, the ones who have been with us three or four seasons.
Found a bunch of little videos at TV Overmind. The first one is of, who else, Donny Osmond. 🙂
I think it’s possible that I could have a straight girl crush on Kelly Osbourne 🙂
Heh. Karina googled Aaron – I would have killed to hear the conversation that resulted from THAT!! 😉
Karina and Maks have split up. I was actually surprised they survived as long as they did. I kept waiting to see this story. Then, when I saw their talks of the plans for marriage I was thinking that maybe I was wrong. Glad I didn’t get them wrong.
Plus, Karina will be much more fun on the show if she’s not married to Maks.
Tom is a great host. He’s just comfortable doing what he does.
OMG ,i love Kelly O. ,all her interviews are amazing, i really hope that she will do good, i still wish she had Mark and Melissa had Louis.
I wonder if they will have any tension on the show? And that is really unclassy if Maks did “leak” that info. I think that she and Louis are a great match and they seem to be getting along well. I have to say that Aaron is really cute! My little sister had a huge crush on him about 10 years ago and I got roped into taking her to a concert and he was a good dancer…hopefully he still is 🙂
Aaron’s only 21, isn’t he? Was he doing stuff when he was 11? As for Louis – I thought I read that he is gay? I have no clue if that’s true or not, and don’t consider it relevant in any case – except perhaps during conversations about who he might be a good match with. 🙂
It’s entirely possible also that what I read was written by an idiot who assume all male ballroom dancers are gay.
Ha…I love that Maks mispelled “C’est la vie”. And I think his “I broke up with Karina because she is high maintenance” leak is funny because 1) He’s just as bad, and 2) Karina has yet to say anything about the breakup via Twitter or any other outlet, making me think that she is the one who ended it, since she seems at-peace enough with the whole thing to not feel the need to talk about it to the masses. Then again, maybe she is just putting up a good front – whatever it is, I think she’s coming out smelling like roses, and he’s smelling like…well, you know 😉
And to the divine Princess Heidi 😀 Yep, Aaron was already performing in large venues at age 11! As I mentioned in my power rankings, I actually saw him opening for the Backstreet Boys about, oh, 11 years ago (brother & BSB Nick Carter got him the gig…gotta love nepotism!) and he was actually quite impressive. The singing was, well, chipmunkish at best, but MAN! That kid can DANCE. He had swagger at 11! LOL
And as for Louis – while it’s not in my nature to make comments about anyone’s sexuality (love is love and it’s all good in my book), I can state with certainty that Louis is gay. And I know this because he has the hots for my boyfriend! LOL. My bf is actually a pro competing in the American Rhythm division, and has had the good fortune to take some lessons with Louis (as well as some other really great pros – Corky & Shirley Ballas, Bruno Collins, & Riccardo Cocchi, to name a few) Let’s just say Louis is pretty fond of my bf’s hindquarters, and makes no secret about it! Hahahaha…oh the stories I could tell about some of the pros on the show…
Courtney…Aaron did have swagger at 11 lol and he wasn’t that great of singer but luckily that’s not what he’s gonna be judged on. And um we’re listening if you want to talk 😉
Hahahaha…I might have to save some of those funny stories for another post. I’m trying to figure out a way to tell some of them without actually naming names, to protect the truly shameful…but I’m of the school of thought that gossiping is bad karma, so I’m a little torn about it 🙁
…oh well, here’s one to quell your thirst for juicy gossip: one of the male pros on the show that is in a committed relationship (he may or may not be married…don’t want to narrow it down too much!) is actually quite a womanizer. You would never know he had a significant other by the way he hits on women at competitions! I’ve seen him slip them hotel key cards at banquets, flirt shamelessly with women of all ages, and drunkenly grab rear ends (I, fortunately, have never been on the receiving end). It’s really very off-putting: he comes across as a very charming guy on the show and to the media, but when the cameras aren’t rolling – he’s a DOG. And it’s widely known throughout the dance community, so I wonder if his lady just turns her head and chooses to ignore it. Actually kinda sad. But when he gets reamed by the judges on the show, it definitely makes it easier to not feel sorry for him 😉
Courtney great story ,the first letter from this pro name is T or J ?
you should tell more of this stories.
meet the cast video,so cool
Courtney,
That’s great stuff. Why isn’t it a blog post? lol
Actually, I’m guessing that’s true for many of them. It goes all the way to Alex de Silva (of SYTYCD fame) who’s in jail for allegedly raping a bunch of his students. That’s the sad part of it. It is amazing what women will put up with.
Phillipe,
What about an A?
John, i forget about A, but A has E (that should be more than enogh),if you have someone like E why be a dog but who knows.
I find it interesting that when I said he’s “in a committed relationship” and “may or may not be married”, you all automatically assumed he was married. There are other guys on the show that aren’t married but are certainly committed – Mark, Maks (well until this week), Derek (sort of) are also off the market. Intriguing that you all assumed it was either Alec, Jonathan, or Tony…hmmmm 😉 The only one it really rules out is Louis, for obvious reasons 😀
Hahaha…now that I have you all clamoring…I guess I am a bit obligated to do a post on the dark side of DWTS. Don’t expect it right away, though – I will likely take a long time writing it, as I don’t want it to be apparently obvious who each of these poor souls is – some of their behavior is downright reprehensible! I’ll also throw in some funny anecdotes about them from my experiences competing, so as to lighten the mood 😉
Phillipe, I don’t think a guy being a dog has a single thing to do with whether his wife is hot or not. Some guys are just dogs. I don’t think Alec gets ruled out. 🙂
Well, I’ll tell you why my mind left out Mark and Derek from your equation (and I actually instantly thought of T, J or Maks). YOU’RE the one doing the talking. Maybe I’m making some erroneous assumptions here, but I assume you’re here in the states. And that you competed in the states. And that you’re slightly older than Mark and Derek, both of whom are barely 23 and 24, respectively, and grew up in London (and only competed as “Youth”, AFAIK). So, based on my possibly erroneous assumptions, I put you geographically out of reach of a lot of exposure to those two. Please tell me if I’m wrong – I’m very curious. 🙂 And I’ll be wanting DETAILS. Heh.
All that said, Derek does keep getting photographed with Playboy bunnies…although he doesn’t strike me as the “dog” type. Not with four sisters. I know how sisters can be – I am one. 😉 ETA: According to Derek, he’s “dating” now, so I take that to mean (despite his conflicting actions to the contrary) he’s on the market.
Oh Heidi, you flatter me – thinking I’m more mature than I really am! Hahaha. I’m actually 24, only about 3 months older than Derek. I started doing ballroom when I was 18 & in college (my college actually had a competition team). And yes, I competed in the States – but the Ballas-Hough gang actually did some of the bigger comps here too, back when they were still competing. Corky could certainly afford to fly them overseas to compete – the guy is LOADED. I first saw Mark & Julianne at the USABDA Nationals in Minnesota in ’03, and then I saw them again a month or so later with Derek & Aneta at the US Open in Miami. I saw Derek & Aneta again at a comp in Cali the following year (San Diego, maybe?), and then just Mark and his new partner, Yulia, at the ’04 Open (I think this was when Julianne moved back to the States) – I remember thinking “Huh, he’s not as good without Julianne!” I think I have a few pictures around here somewhere of those two…
…I’ll save the detailed descriptions for my scandalous post 😉
Courtney , you have to tell more storys ,you know a lot, so cool but i’m with heidi ,i still don’t think that the ”dog” is Derek or Mark(but we all know the sabrina/joanna story)
You actually made me more sure that you weren’t talking about Derek, at least. 🙂 Which makes me sad, in a way. I’m weird like that. Yeah, I’m well aware that Corky is loaded (all through family inheritance due to a weed wacker, though, I believe), but they were still based over seas, so you wouldn’t have seen them as much as you would have some of the others.
In any case, I’m under the impression that Derek got hosed by Aneta and when he switched to Rose Filipinio he didn’t compete much longer. I show him stopping competitive dance shortly after he turned 20 – and I don’t know if he was involved with anyone at that time. That doesn’t leave him a lot of time to be a “dog”. In any case (sorry John), 19 year old male and dog kinda go hand in hand – I’d be more surprised to find that he was NOT a dog. 🙂 So, since I think you referenced a competition setting for this dog like behavior from someone who was in a committed relationship and Derek (and Mark) haven’t been in that setting for a few years (unlike others) and I would hardly consider most relationships at 18 and 19 truly “committed”, I eliminated them from consideration. 🙂
Yeah, the Joanna/Sabrina story does make me wonder about Mark – and that’s not the first story I’ve heard like that either. But I don’t think it fits, still. 🙂
Mark was never as successful when he was not with Julianne. He won everything while with Julianne. Derek did well with Rosa and even beat Aneta. But he stopped because he could not compete while dong theatre. He wanted to do both and he likes giving his all.
Courtney, did you see Derek when he was younger and still training at Center Stage? I know he won NYCDA while there. Though I guess that is not ballroom.