Maks Chmerkovskiy Promotes Cost Plus World Markets, Interviewed About DWTS, Kirstie Alley, And More
Pro Maks Chmerkovskiy has been in the twin cities in Minnesota to attend and help promote the grand re-opening of Cost Plus World Markets. While doing so, he was interviewed by Twin City Live about his dancing studios, Dancing With The Stars, and All Star partner Kirste Alley. His comments on Kirstie are too funny. They ask him on his love life too. Great interview and I love how he wants to keep his relationship with Peta to himself as much as possible!
Maks was also on KS95 radio;
Thanks to @DWTSMaksimFans for the heads up on the interviews above!!
The problem I see with this Maks and Peta relationship is that she has always seemed MUCH more into him than he is into her. She positively glows when she discusses him and he has always been very nonchalant. Peta seems to be following him everywhere she can whenever she can. She even trailed him all the way over to the Ukraine. She buys her tickets to NJ and basically is a self-delivery service. She moved in with him right away or at least claims to live there. I’m sure she is living at the house in Los Angeles too. Perhaps she just likes saving on rent! It all seems too much too fast and primarily one-sided. Meanwhile, Maks never oomments too much on her and everyone assumes that’s to be private. When has Maks ever been private about anything he loves? I mean maybe they will get married because Peta is in the right place at the right time but he doesn’t seem to be in love with her. She seems like the right gene pool for the kids he wants. She seems to hang on to him by being extremely available and flexible. She seems to go with the flow and has essentially adopted his friends as hers. She has co-opted his life as hers. She seemed to have no life of her own before Maks. The other thing is the cheating. Plain and simple. They (she and Maks) cheated on Damian and that is no way to start up a relationship. I’m sorry but Maks and Peta were together for a long time before they made the big announcement. Even Katherine Jenkins made note of their relationship being in full swing as early as April 12th. I’m not a Peta fan anymore. She is a fine dancer when she isn’t tossing her hair around but her behavior with Maks just seems desperate and clinging to me.
Latasha, do you know Maks and Peta personally or something? If you don’t, then I don’t see how you can judge how Maks and Peta feel and how much they care. Only THEY know that anyway and it’s only their business.
Also, I disagee. I think Maks loves her just as much or he would’t be protective of what he says and he wouldn’t have let her in his circle and be with her as long as he has either.
I have to disagree. They (the Chmerkovskiy’s) let ALOT of women into their circle when they are actively dating. Look at @Cloball who was Val’s girlfriend for a time. She was also actively promoted as part of the #Fam for a good while but since she and Val broke up she isn’t mentioned much anymore. Peta and Maks have apparently had their ups and downs. They broke up for a bit in July. When they aren’t actively together his friends stop tweeting to and about her. When they pick up again, the tweeting resumes.
Wow, Latasha, you’ve spent a lot of time studying Maks and Peta’s relationship and drawn a lot of conclusions. To each their own, but for me, I’m going to accept Maks’s statement at face value. His failed relationship and breakup with Karina was rather public. Maybe he’s decided not to go down that road again. I applaud him for that.
THIS^^^
LOL!! You are basing your opinions on twitter? This is crackng me up. Well, I never talk on my husband at twitter. I guess this means we’re getting divorced? lolllll
I’m not sure why people are jumping on me for following their relationship on twitter and in the media. I think that’s something most people do who follow DWTS. They also follow the dancers on twitter and in the media. Gossip is part of this puredwts site too so I’m not sure where the flack is coming from on that end. Perhaps it’s easier to attack the messenger than the message? Even so, if you do follow them, the fact is: Peta has always been pushing him toward public acknowledgement of his feelings for her. Whenever pushed by an interviewer he barely manages to say anything about her. There was one time on twitter after her birthday when she was calling him “my love” and thanking him for her birthday trip. He didn’t respond to her long love pronouncement. Most of the pics of the two of them are posted by her, not him. He posted one or two in the beginning but since that time it’s been mostly her. Most of the time he doesn’t tag her as being with them at an event and she comes in right after him on twitter with a post making sure people know she is also there. I was surprised at how little his face and eyes lit up when they showed her. Almost nothing at all. That “amazing person” line is something he uses for just about everyone he knows, even as friends.
I want to go on record as saying they may actually get married because it’s time for him to do so. He’s ready. He wants kids. He wants good breeding stock for his dancing brood. She has that and he has even publicly referred to her good gene pool. That being said, I see no evidence of Maks being in love. When he is in love he positively glows and drips it. There was no doubt he was in love with Karina. They also read these boards so what’s being said here may influence how he acts. I hope it doesn’t. I hope he continues to be his natural self and has some time away from her to really evaluate things. Thankfully, she can’t follow him to NY right now so he’ll have some time to think. Finally. She’s been with him nonstop except when she has an a dancing gig. I think he’s really happy to have some protected Maks time right now. He looks happy as a clam to be in NY just with his family and friends.
But how do you know Maks is not in love? You don’t. You are assuming way too much from twitter, pics, etc imo.
@Vogue Actually I would appreciate it very much if you just deleted my comments from this board. I would do it myself but I don’t know how. I’m sorry I opened up this line of discussion. Let’s just assume everything is as it seems.
Someone on this thread needs professional help, and it ain’t me. π
Look, Latasha, people don’t move into other people’s houses without the owners permission. If they do, they get arrested. If she’s there, maks wants her there. Same for a trip to the Ukraine. Everything you wrote is not only silly as hell, but illogical in the extreme – so bad that I should just ignore you and go on with my evening. However, since you are spamming our website with this irrational Peta hate, I will say – maks is the LAST person to stand by while someone does things that involve him that he doesn’t like or approve. He just wouldn’t. As for not talking about her? Maybe he’s actually learned something!! People do that. Hell, he’s around Derek enough, maybe the tude rubbed off.
Ya know, I see nut jobs on twitter all the time claiming they know the ins and outs of Derek’s career, relationships, relationship with Mark and so on based on nothing more than what he tweets or doesn’t tweet. It’s actually a bit of a relief to know that maks has them too. You look at a picture or lots of pictures and think you know what a complete stranger is thinking? Mental.
Sorry latasha…I think they are instructive.
Actually, I delete posts that are more about me than they are about the topic. Keep that in mind, Latasha.
Direct, counter responses to me – now THAT is hilarious. I think your previous posts stand very well on their own with no comment from me. π
Again, Latasha – post about the subject, not about your supposed treatment on this site. Until you can learn that, I will continue to delete you. If you don’t get a clue, I will make sure nothing of yours goes through without a mod approving it.
Anyone who has been around the block knows that there is always one person who is more into the relationship than the other. In this case, that person is Peta to an extreme level. Just because she buys her own ticket to the Ukraine and does nightly booty calls doesnβt mean that Maks is on the other end desperately urging her to come to him. Heβs hardly going to stop the woman from spending her money to come see him in the Ukraine if heβs sleeping with her. He is going with the flow.
If you really followed Maks you would know that heβs always been the guilt-ridden, Mamaβs-boy type. That bad boy stuff is just an act. As for Derek, that’s a tangent. I never mentioned him. He isnβt part of this discussion at all.
Yeah, that Maks, a real pussy. Derek is a part of this discussion because I see the same false logic in you that I do in a few people following Derek on twitter. Unless you are a close personal friend of Maks and Peta, you have no business discussing their relationship in such depth. If people on this site respond to you like you’re a nut, you brought that on yourself.
P.S. You’re in moderation, but I will tell everyone that you claim that I’m selectively deleting you because you’re smarter than me (bwahahahaha) and that you’re not a Derek fan. Gee, never heard THAT one before. π
I’m giving opinion based on what’s out there in the media. That’s pretty much what every other individual (including the mods do) when discussing DWTS gossip on your site. I would venture to say that no one who provides commentary on this board is a close personal friend of the DWTS folks.
If you don’t recognize the difference between what you’ve been saying and what the rest of us discuss, that’s your problem. Your BIG problem.
Honestly, here is what I think and this may be deleted. As a person who ran a board with an associated chatroom for many years, I’ll tell you that you have to be careful in drawing such an artificial line in the sand with regard to free speech. My opinion is too “deep” then what exactly is the right level that doesn’t require deletion? You need to draw up more specific parameters or rules because otherwise it’s just the mods deleting willy nilly when they get offended. I think if my opinion was more in line with yours it wouldn’t be too deep.
Heh…I approved that comment just so everyone could read it and enjoy it.
Do it again and I will block you. We are entitled to delete comments that are off topic and offensive.
Too deep?? Heheheh….yeah, that’s it.
ETA: I forgot to add – I don’t actually have an opinion on Maks and Peta. I don’t care about their personal life. I am VERY sure that Maks is more than capable of taking care of himself and his life. As are all the Pros.
Gotta comment to track…
This is ugly.Damian and Peta were over in March.I followed them on Twitter since they joined.Relationship been over a long time before.Damian came back for 1st show around March 19 to pick up rest of his things. Damian has no ambition to get a job,now only did DWTS Aust.Would Peta want to be breadwinner and buy her own ring? NOT.Maks would never have girl go to UA and not pay and not want her there.He keeps quiet about relationship after all the ugly flack in front of the whole world with Karina.Swore he’d never talk about personal life again and has stuck to it. Why did Russian Grandmother have dinner with Maks’parents and just Peta and Maks?That was before UA.I will stop now but……………please get a life.Thank You
Zowee. And we’re still a week away from the premiere… 8O.
Heidi, thanks! I couldn’t agree more. Wow, it’s unreal how some could base their whole opinions on someone and their relationships from just twitter or faces in a picture or video. lol I’m in big trouble because I take lousy pictures and I don’t talk about my hubby.
Some friends and I were just having a conversation about how one should not reveal too much on twitter because of the crazies out there. Maks has said in interviews that he keeps his private life private. I don’t blame him, especially since there are too many instances of TMI out there from celebs.
Btw, sounds like Maks has a great time in the Twin Cities. Lucky folks who got to meet (and chat) with him.
OP sounds like a disgruntled shipper from season….. take your choice.
*sigh* And this is why we Maks fans can’t have nice things.
It’s sad. It’s no wonder why Maks, etc keep things quiet. They (Maks, Derek, etc) can’t win. No matter if they talk about their relationships or not, and one wrong look at a bird or something, and some fan assumes something totally off the wall.
The Maks Peta relationship is public knowledge so I found it odd that he refused to confirm it, especially since Peta confirmed that they’re living together. Maybe they need to get their stories straight and people would leave them alone.
My favorite comment here tonight though was “would Peta really want to be the breadwinner and buy her own ring?”
Maks has confirmed that he and Peta are dating. My opinion – in this interview he is saying that he doesn’t want to talk about the relationship, it wants to keep it private. He was there to promote World Market and DWTS All Stars and I think that is what he wanted to talk about.
I personally don’t care what Maks and Peta choose to divulge about their relationship. I think the less said, the better.
I like to focus on the chemistry among the pairs that are dancing, if I chose to concentrate on the he said/she said of the romantic relationships that possibly may be on the show, then I would lose all the beauty and happiness that this show bring to me.
THIS^^^
Well, Katarina, Derek was hardly out of sight of Cheryl Cole for a year and a half and neither would EVER say a word about it. I’m sure they were just friends. π :::rolls eyes::: Anyway, both got a tremendous amount of shit for it (moreso Derek), but when you make a choice to be private about something you kinda need to stick to it. I think it’s kinda stupid to take it that far – like Derek not admitting to Shannon until they’d been living together for 6 months, when EVERYONE knew. Plenty of celebs find a good middle ground. Maybe Peta thinks it’s stupid too. Shannon seemed to and used to drop boulder sized hints all the time.
Maybe it’s about a feeling of having some control.
LOL comment 25! you’re so bad Vogue!
lollll π
It’s OK if BOTH parties agree not to talk about it. I get that it’s no ones business… Blah … Blah … Blah.
The difference is that Peta is talking up a storm about it. She confirmed that they’re living together, that she expect to get engaged and so on. Since they’re not in the same page about discussing their relationship, it gives the notion that one is more into the relationship than the other.
No, #37, it only gives the notion that one is more open publicly about their relationship. That’s all you can tell from their tweets/interviews. Can’t tell at all about who is more into the relationship. And they don’t have to be on the same page about that. Why aren’t they allowed to be 2 adults that respect the others right to be exuberant or not publicly. Be happy for them or not, but let them be to figure it out for themselves, my opinion.
Jennifer, where did she say they are actually living together or expected to get engaged? I’ve never heard her use those exact words. I wouldn’t exactly say she’s talking up a storm on it. She answers a little on Maks when asked (like he does of her), but, she doesn’t go overboard on it. If you’ve seen a video where she said she expected to be engaged soon, etc, I’d like to see it?
Also, I disagree. If one partner is talking less about it, it doesn’t mean they don’t care as much. IMO, it means the opposite and that they are more protective of their relationship being they’ve been hurt in the past by the media and fans alike who take things wrong and make it WORSE for them which is the case for Maks.
Jess, I couldn’t agree more.
Latasha, I’ll just say I agree 100% with you about everything you said. Maks is about as private as Lindsay Lohan. If he was truly private, his girlfriend and all his friends would respect that privacy and not give out so many details about his personal life, relationship, whereabouts, living arrangements etc. By the way, I’m sure many people are already aware of this, but his friends Alex, Teddy and Dasha also live in this house he, and now apparently Peta, shares with Val. That’s hardly my idea of a couple moving in together, but what do I know?
IMO his claims of privacy are a convenience he hides behind as an excuse. Nothing more, nothing less. His choice, but I think he sounds like an idiot claiming he’s private when his girlfriend is giving out as much information as Peta does. I have my own opinions on why he’s playing things this way, but I’ll keep them to myself. I’m private like that. π
She did an exclusive interview with wetpaint. I’m posting a link but here’s a quote.
[Wow. Do you think marriage might be a possibility?
I wouldnβt say no. [Laughs] Letβs leave it at that.
Where do you keep your DWTS trophy from last season?
Itβs in New Jersey, where Maks and I live, back in New Jersey.]
and I agree 100% with what Dona wrote.
Where did “not” go? I meant to say that I’m NOT posting the link.
Sounds like Peta-envy if you ask me.
Way to miss the point. IT’S THEIR BUSINESS. To claim to know for sure, like Latasha did, will just open you up to ridicule. Like I said before, Maks is not a wuss. If he doesn’t like the way something is going, he’ll take care of it. If he doesn’t, then that’s up to him. It’s indicative of nothing other than the fact that he’s fine with the way things are.
FWIW, I wonder how much Maks fans are reading between the lines and hearing what they want to hear. Or don’t want to hear and blowing it all out of proportion. It wouldn’t be the first time that fans have done that. I’ve seen some pretty nasty things that “fans” say on twitter when the object of their affection doesn’t like the kind of girl they would wish for him (ie – just like them).
Why, Jess!! So sensible. π
Oh, yes, Jennifer, she’s just talking up a storm. :::rolls eyes::: How dare she answer direct questions like that!!
And people say *I’m* a fangirl. π
Evaine, who would envy Peta – she’s just a grasping awful person, can’t you tell?? π
Yes, that was sarcasm.
Thanks for not posting the link, Jennifer. We have an issue with some links here.
But Jennifer, she still did not say they were engaged or actually living together. Depending on the context, she could have meant her reply in as number of ways.
LOL to all the assuming going on and SENSATIONALISM!
I agree too….”peta envy” at it’s finest. …and yes, she’s just ‘talking up a storm’. lol
I agree with Donna and the others. The Lindsey Lohan analogy was spot on IMO. There is a reason neither he nor Peta, for that matter, would answer when they became an item and like Donna I’ll leave it there.
If Maks wanted Peta to keep it private, I’m sure he’d tell her to tone it down. Twitter is what a person wants to be put “out there”. Maks had egg on his face last time, and I’m sure he doesn’t want that again. Maybe he’s maturing and changing, good for him.
Listen, there are people tweeting that Mark should just propose already to Sabrina because he was a cheerleader for her to be voted on the show. OMG LOL!!! The tweets are hysterical. Totally ignoring the fact that Mark has a girlfriend who also has gone with him practically everywhere and he tweets to and about her, and she the same about him. They think if he gets the chance to dance with Sabrina on the show that he’ll realize he really loves her and they’ll get married. Also, the same people bashed Bristol/Mark shippers haha! All because of tweets and interviews—–that are ONLY what the pros want us to see and know about.
I think Maks is being cautious, Peta is acting the way any girl would who is dating Maks, fans tweet comments about their private lives way too much, and many fans of Maks (and Mark) are delusional. I saw where someone thought “TPTB know Kirstie made Mkas happy and they choose her over MelB or Brandy to give him happiness. Peta is just for show.” ROTFLMAO!!!!!
Can’t wait to watch some awesome dancing in a few days!!!! π
Voguerista, I think it works both ways — those who don’t like her and rip her apart just because she’s with Maks and those who like her and defend her just because she’s with Maks.
Heidi, it’s the way she answers the direct questions. Maks answers them by saying he’s private and doesn’t want to talk about it. If that’s truly the case she should respect his feelings, especially considering his history, and do the same. At least that’s how I feel.
LOL Sheery! Too funny!
Same thing with Derek/Maria Sheery – delusional fans thinking they are in love, despite her boyfriend of a million years. Then there are those Howard Stern fans who are bashing Maria because they’re sure she’s sleeping with Derek. Yeah, I can’t imagine why neither Derek nor Maks want to speak about their private lives any longer. I doubt VERY much that it has anything to do with how they feel about their significant others. That’s just so…immature. Sorry, but it all sounds very childish to me. Like when Derek tweets a photo of Maria there are 15 swoony responses of “Oh, he loves her sooo much.” Come on people. Not everyone jumps on a fucking sofa.
This reminds me of the “Derek never tweets Cheryl so he must not love her.” Or “Derek hasn’t wished so and so a happy birthday, he must not like her.” You know, these people can actually use their phones for something other than twitter. There’s this thing called texting….
Again, donna, if Maks has a problem with how she answers questions, then he’ll tell her and she’ll stop…or not. I think that it’s a HUGE (and ironic) assumption that people who are defending Peta only do so because she’s with Maks. LOL!! Remember where you’re at here – not exactly a Maks fan.
The Twin Cities Live vid was a cut above Billy and Kit – thought Maks handled the yearbook superlatives segment about his past partners with admirable diplomacy overall.
Heidi, in that case, I think it’s a HUGE (and ironic) assumption that people who are criticizing her only do so because she’s with Maks or, as other posters put it, have “Peta Envy”.
If it walks like a duck…going back to the original problem poster. I also don’t get the irony in your case. You’ll have to spell it out. Unless you’re just trying to be a smart ass and…failed.
I can see the email addresses of some of those commenting, so I think I know who some of them are fans of. π
Annette your post confuses me. First you say Damian and Peta were over in March, then you say they were over a long time when he flew back in mid March. Are you saying Damian flew all the way back from Australia just to pick up his things? And while he was in LA he decided to attend the premiere and go to the gifting suite and after party with Peta, who he had either just broken up with or had broken up with a long time ago?
I’m also not sure what family dinners you’re talking about? I don’t recall anyone tweeting about Maks, his parents and his grandmother having dinner with Peta – just a family dinner Maks tweeted about that he had with his parents and grandmother when Peta and Val were both still in LA.
Just looking for some clarification because, frankly, the Damian stuff doesn’t make any sense to me.
Is it all really so important to you? I surely don’t understand all this fixation on who screwed who, when and with what. How these dancers choose to lead their private lives really isn’t that important. Some of you are as intrusive as those French photographers snapping pics of Kate and Harry’s intimate moments. WHO CARES?
I agree, Evaine. I don’t understand how they can assume and judge just by some tweeting, etc. It’s not like they know any of the dancers personally or their circumstances in the very least.
I’m not sure I understand. You post a story and comment on Maks’s relationship with Peta. Then when others add their own comments, they’re accused of being fixated or making assumptions or judging or being intrusive.
I’m backing out. I guess I just don’t understand what’s acceptable for people to say and what’s not. Sorry for the bother.
Perhaps there’s a difference between making a light comment in passing among other and more main topics like Vogue did when she posted the story and putting forth a long thesis to support a personal theory about a relationship between 2 people one doesn’t know.
Vogue took at face value something she heard and saw Maks say and commented that she liked what he said period.
Perhaps if first comment had just said, imo she seems more in to him than he is to her…and stopped right there no one would have cared. It’s the cataloging of supposed truths that got to me.
Thanks so much, Jess!! xxx
You’ve pretty much nailed it, Jess. The original person wrote FOUR very long, in depth, posts on the subject versus the occasional off hand comment. That anyone is confused by the difference – well, I don’t buy it. Disingenuous.
I’d like to go on record, I do not have Peta envy. Seriously, you couldn’t pay me.. haha.
I have been reading this site for a long time but this is my first comment! I met Maks at the World Market Bloomington location on Saturday. I thought he really treated fans and staff well- even kissing a few older women on the cheek and hug. I got a handshake, signed photo and pics with him. I asked him if Kirstie had come to the Twin Cities as well and he teased, “ya, she’s in the trunk over there!” Lastly, he really has a great butt! π
Vogue and Heidi, I really hesitated to post that message as I thought it might be overstepping. In the end I couldn’t keep my mouth shut because I love this site and can’t stand illogical criticism of it.
re #67, indeed he has a great butt, I think he looks best in classic faded jeans like he wore for the interview, vs. some of the more urban looks he’s been wearing recently. He sort of lost me at the shove but it’s nice to hear again how kind he is in person to his fans.
Word, Miss Heidi!!
AMNgirl, that is so cool and welcome!!! Thanks for telling us on your Maks experience! LOL about Kirstie!
Thanks again Jess! xx
YW! π
That was a great interview Maks did with those 2 hosts. He gives really good TV-so relaxed, natural and funny. He really does a good job of connecting to and relating with and to an audience. I haven’t seen the game show he hosts in the Ukraine or the Bachelor show he did there (I don’t speak Russian/Ukranian), but I can just see him being really good at it. I’m surprised he hadn’t tried for movies/tv shows before (I’m guessing he was focused on dancing, DWTS, his studios, etc.), but I’m glad he is now, because I can see him having a lot of success as an actor and maybe also as a Tom Bergeron type (except that he still has a bit of an accent, so US game shows might not hire him for that). He is so articulate, considering he never spoke a word of english until his family moved to the US when he was 14 – he has more dexterity with the language than a lot of english native speakers! But that also seems to be a very Russian immigrant characteristic – they really just seem to throw themselves into things as they strive for success (I’m generalizing, I know, but it’s pretty accurate from what I’ve seen in NY and LA). Anyway, kudos to Maks for representing well.
Oh yes – and fangirls be crazy sometimes! I’m guessing that’s the ‘dark side’ of fame for these celebrities.
My god, Latasha, this is getting ridiculous – creating “Michael” to try and reignite this crazed mission of yours to try & prove that Maks isn’t into Peta?! I’m beginning to feel sorry for you, because this is a rather unhealthy fixation you have…but luckily, I’m more annoyed with you than I pity you, so I’m just gonna block you, since you can’t comprehend being told that a discussion is over and it’s time to move on. LET IT GO.