Derek Hough: The Book, the DVD, the New TV Show
I know that Vogue and I did posts about the new TV Show with Mark, and Derek’s movie has been mentioned in the past, but I thought I’d give a little update. The DVD for “Make Your Move” is out and got a pretty great review which you can read part of on PureDerekHough.
Derek’s book (Taking the Lead: Lessons from a Life in Motion) comes out on Tuesday and he’s doing a bunch of book signingsΒ next week, in addition to The View and Watch What Happens Live.
Vogue and I are continually updating purederekhough.com, so head over there if you need or want more info. π
WOO HOO! Too fun!!! <3 <3
Thank You PHeidi for posting this info on Derek. I checked the reviews on his movie and many good comments. I’m so happy for this guy and the “trail-blazing” he is doing with his energy and amazing talents. I’m going to check around my area to see if his movie is out. Can’t wait to watch it!
In the USA Today writeup of the book Derek was exceptionally unprofessional when he called Maks insecure. It’s fine if he thinks that, but it really is uncalled for to say that in an article. It reflects poorly on the both of them. You keep that to yourself. Derek is clearly having a successful year. Good for him. Maks’ win does not diminish his success.
An overwhelmingly successful tour, some great and really fair movie reviews and from excerpts so far, a smart and inspiring book. I’m so happy for this guy who is so generous of heart and who confirmed what I thought BEFORE seeing him on tour this summer. He just loves people, loves what he does and appreciates life in general. Thrilled for him for all of it. And also, it seemed so at the time but this too was confirmed this summer by re-actions and comments everywhere he went, Derek, Amy and everyone who watched them KNEW that he and Amy won everytime she stepped on the floor and danced, thanks to Derek Hough and his unending positiveness, his care of her and her guts. Maks and Meryl’s acquisition of the MB was an after thought except for the delusional shippers.
I find it equally sad and laughable that after years of Maks, his family and crowd bad-mouthing Derek, making insinuations of all kinds,claiming he cheated, his wins weren’t deserved, dissing his work and professionalism but at the same time copying him and using him and his good nature anytime they thought it might be an advantage to them, they are exploding over Derek making (2)? very true statements about Maks. This is so typical of bullies, those who perceive themselves to be just a little better than others and their followers. They think it’s fine to agitate, ridicule and push you around and you should just laugh it off, take it on the chin but don’t DARE say anything about them.
I was upset when I read it for a whole different reason. I think Derek was being too nice and giving Maks slack for his crappy behavior by finally saying what most of us already knew–the show set up the storyline and it had to feel as weird and creepy and awkward to Maks and Meryl as it did to a lot of us and secondly Maks acts out because he has some insecurities like most people do. He wasn’t dissing Maks at all and yet peoples heads are exploding. I guess success does breed hatred but they need to get over it because Derek just gets better every day.
Only a Maks fan would have the unmitigated gall to call Derek unprofessional, after all the nasty things Maks has said about Derek over the years. It’s laughable.
So ludicrous I prob shouldn’t have commented but when things get this stupid, you just gotta call it !! Whenever that Andy appearance is, I hope Derek follows up the same way Jules did. Both just stated facts, tough if people can’t deal with the truth from time to time.
Maks has said himself that he is not too confident in his choreography. I think that is what Derek meant. I am a bit surprised he mentioned the producers finding Meryl and Maks a story line though. He is generally so diplomatic about the show’s executives! All true no doubt and coming from Derek it finally shuts down the showmance rumour and it being set up.
The producers set storylines for everyone. Or do you think that they innocently paired James with PETA? π this is neither a surprise nor a secret…and something we’ve been saying for years.
I do feel, after reading it again this morning, that something got chopped out of that response. It reads a bit awkward.
I highly doubt Derek just happened to casually bring up Maks & Meryl on his own. That’s just not his style and as you said Heidi, it does read awkward. I’m willing to bet the interviewer asked Derek about the constant question of are they or aren’t they?
Maks told Meryl in a rehearsal package that he was insecure. So how is using his own words unprofessional??? Maks threw shade at Derek and Nicole in Season 10, after Val and Zendaya lost to Derek and Kellie last year. Heck, they STILL aren’t over that loss!
Derek isn’t the first one who mentioned Maks and Meryl’s showmance. He just shed light on what the producers did. I always felt Maks and Meryl were like a shrink/patient relationship LOL. π A student/teacher relationship makes sense too.
I wish TPTB on the show would drop the “scripted” story-lines and just let things progress organically. My favorite couples on the show have been real, genuine partnerships like Kellie&Derek, Cheryl&Jack and Bill&Emma. No BS, just two people who make us laugh, inspire and move us.
Agree with you all that Derek has the right to say whatever he wants about Maks after all the snide remarks he’s had to put up with over the years from Maks and company.
For me it’s nice to hear the truth stated by someone who would know about the manufactured showmance. I mean it was obvious to anyone with two eyes, a brain and an anti-crap radar that it was a fake relationship, but still, it’s nice to see it confirmed in print.
As for Derek’s comments about Maks insecurity, I see a lot of maturity in his observations. He could have just come out and said that Maks is a raging a-hole, instead he’s looking at Maks in an analytical manner, telling us why Maks is the way he is.
Love his comments about Shirley as well. What a wonderful Mom, teacher, dancer and woman.
I also think the Maks fans are mad because they see the truth in what Derek said. I’ve been reading twitter comments by them and I’ve seen so much immaturity there. WOW! I’ve seen one comment say that Derek copied Val and Kelly’s freestyle and THAT’s how he won with Kellie Pickler. LOL! Now, there’s a stretch and one I hadn’t heard before. One can see by how Maks acts on the show that he’s insecure. If he were confident, he wouldn’t need to make comments about himself, or Abby Lee Miller or talk back to Julianne during the critiques. During every single rehearsal package it was ALL ABOUT HIM!! NOT once was it ever about Meryl, it was always about how HE had never won a Mirrorball trophy?
Gee, I thought the show was called Dancing With The STARS? Not Dancing with Ukranian Professional Ballroom Dancers??
I am for one glad that Derek called that showmance out. It was so ridiculous and not only that I felt that the producers and the judges
disrespected all the other contestants by promoting that showmance to the end that almost everybody remember is M&M! I seriously felt so bad about Amy, Charlie, Danica especially and all the rest of the celebrity contestants. They all gave their best and they were overshadowed by all the OTT PDAs by M&M.
Maks has shown his insecurity on the show. How many times did they bring up the phoning it in to validate him and say he never phoned it in. I do think it may have struck a nerve because it is true. Julianne’s comment maybe not tactful ( same with Mark) but true. Fans have said for years and what happened? Both were better afterwards. Wasn’t that part of the here is the new and changed Maks? For his fans who defend his very pointed and quoted insults at the show and others, funny they are taking this all at black and white. When I read this though, Maks wasn’t even the focus. Him being bullied and lesson taught by Shirley stood out. USA Today must be happy getting those hits, easy way to generate traffic, I guess, Funny those who think Derek said this because he is bitter he lost. Five wins, an Emmy and wasn’t he even coming back until he found about Amy. Who even then he said he assumed he would leave early to have time to prepare for tour. He has gone non stop on dwts. Derek had a tour, finishing his book, Macy’s and working with a double amputee. While Maks only came back bc he was promised Meryl. How is Derek bitter for losing when he assumed he was going to leave the season early? Funny thing is it wouldn’t surprise me if the C bros saw the success of Move Live and try to do their own next year. Saw what they did and what worked, etc. Then his fans will claim somehow Derek is jealous and copying them.
Reality tv has been around long enough to know these stories. Even sytycd, top chef, the voice, etc. How is this surprising anyone? The show struggled with Charlie bc he is too nice and gave them nothing. The worst thing for a reality tv,
Melissa, you are right about Charlie. He mentioned in passing in a chat with his friends that the producers of DWTS wanted him to get mad with the judges about the way they were treating him and scoring him but he won’t agree with them. I guess they wanted to use it in one of his packages but he thought it wasn’t worth it. They also wanted Meryl and Charlie to focus on their rivalry but both of them nixed the idea.
I guess Meryl went with the showmance. She might have won the MB but Charlie won me over.
That’s true, Kate. Several of the other pros (Mark is the one that I remember, and maybe Cheryl?) both said straight up that Meryl and Maks weren’t dating. I think Mark might have even used the word showmance. Hell, *Maks* used the word showmance to describe it in an interview not that long ago.
Susan, I thought that as well. Derek is being very diplomatic in his words and actually excusing a whole lot of shitty behavior in the not-so-distant past by calling it insecurity. He could have easily used another word and not gotten much argument. π
As for Maks fans – of course they’re upset. Combine what Derek (and some of the other pros) has said and the JLo rumors and Maks’ refusal to refute them and you got a whole lot of disappointed shippers.
Maks is still milking the showmance with Meryl for what its worth, since he knows he can easily capitalize on the sheepy shippers who are still under the impression that this is best romance known to mankind. The anger directed at Derek is mostly due to Derek ruining their sick fantasies LOL.
Sharna and Charlie had subtly voiced their opinion about the way the packages were done, when asked in interviews.
I thought the video with the interview was very cute. π
If anyone has a right to be bitter, it’s Charlie – not Derek. Derek had his most fulfilling season EVER on the show – not that Maks fans understand that, of course. π
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I think the earliest news about the showmance was from Tom, when he called Meryl and Maks brother sister like LOL. I think Lindsey mentioned it too recently.
Yeah, Lindsay called them out on Afterbuzz SYTYCD.
Charlie has a lot of respect for Derek. He liked the fact that Susan Madore is done with her Emmy voting. π
Maks insulted skating when asked if he would get on the ice with Meryl. Derek took upon the challenge when he had to create their Olympic program. He got on skates to do that. who has the better attitude?
I don’t care about the shomance stuff- that was obvious to me. But delusional shippers will ship, and I doubt Derek or the other several people on the show debunking that will stop them…lol
Im not the biggest maks fan and thinks he has been bitter several times about dereks wins and he was rightly maligned for his mistakes.Even though most people watching the show can probably figure out that maks’ outburst probably stem from somewhere, I think his insecurity is something that’s best left up to maks to talk about, and not appropriate for Derek to go on about in the press. Its weird because Derek is usually really good about not falling into those traps.
I just had a chance to read the articles and the comments, and honestly, I am going to stay out of it, and just sit back and enjoy the entertainment, because to do anything else means I end up getting too involved and upset about people I can’t control. So, I will control myself, instead.
Anyway, I saw one Maks Fan commenting on how mean of Derek to insinuate that Maks was insecure, because he’s not, and, when Maks had his best season ever with a partner who he could be secure with, and provide his best choreography ever!
And she probably doesn’t even realize that she herself is saying that Maks is insecure to prove that Derek is wrong to say that Maks is insecure…….
Um…what? π
Yeah, I’ve seen LOTS of hilarious comments on twitter. :::hand to forehead::: Oh! The outrage.
The funniest is the claim Derek is bitter about not winning Season 18. These fans – and Maks himself – will never understand that Derek DID win S18. That kind of attitude is beyond them, they don’t understand that it hasn’t been about a MBT for Derek for a very long time. There is a whole lot of projecting going on. In their comments, you can see what they think about Maks and how they feel about Derek and their own fandom.
I was more than a little disheartened to see that article. I am curious to see if that is what was said in its entirety, but in any case it would have been best to leave any reference to Maks personal issues out of the equation. I know Maks has said plenty in the past, but that’s one thing that has always set Derek apart. Aside from the shippers, the rest of us already knew there was a showmance storyline. It was plain as day so there shouldn’t be an issue there.
Well damn, Maks IS insecure. He was insecure enough to let Julianne’s “phoning it in” comment get to him. He wouldn’t let go of it even weeks later and needed Len to defend his honor in order for him to take a chill pill. And Derek said what he did in the context of Meryl & Maks Week 6 package, during which Maks said, & I quote, “I must be the weakest freakin person on this cast.” What is that? Admitting to his insecurity. He showed a lot of vulnerability and Derek recognizing it is basically him saying “good for you Maks for showing some personal growth.” What Derek said was neither new nor inflammatory. But man, some Maks fans are hypersensitive! Naturally Derek apologized because it’s never in his intention to offend people. That’s super classy of him, as he didn’t have to. So I guess that’s the end of the nonexistent controversy.
Were Maks fans this agitated when Tom Bergeron or Mark called Maks out on his showmance? And apparently Lindsay did too? Lol!
LOL! The shippers are all up in arms about Derek. They are saying that he is questioning M&M’s integrity by saying it was scripted. They are now past the delusional stage since they have been planning the wedding since DWTS ended.
Apparently Maks is in Vegas choreographing a show and Meryl is in Michigan as usual but they all agree that there will be a wedding this week.
The level of delusion, hypocrisy and just plain nasty in that fandom is shocking. The stuff they say…it’s hard to believe they really believe it, it’s so stupid.
And they really believe that Derek is the one bashing Maks “all the time” – that’s some alternate universe they’ve got going there. I mentioned to one of them that Maks has been bashing Derek for YEARS and I was told to “get over it”. LOL. Ummm…..in the dictionary, next to the word hypocrisy, there’s a picture of you, honey. π Really, you have to just point at laugh at this point.
LOL! Yes. And I just had to laugh when they pointed out that Derek made those remarks because he is so jealous of Maks apparently because M&M has far surpassed Derek in popularity and he just can not take it.
I am beginning to wonder about the sanity of at least 3 of the shippers in that forum.
Derek was a class act in offering that simple apology. I believe him when he said it was taken out of context. That’s the 2nd time the press has done that to him.
Haha poor Maks. Sounds like it’s going to take some time for the shipper mania to die down.
Derek jealous of Maks?? Bwahahahahahaha….for WHAT?
Yeah, that sold out tour Derek was on all summer really must have made Derek jealous of Maks. Oh. Wait.
When I read that Maks and Meryl portion in the article, I felt that it wasn’t complete. I felt that the context for Derek’s comment just wasn’t there. True enough, Derek issued his apology and clarified that what he said was taken out of context. I didn’t feel that he was dissing Maks at all, especially when I imagine Derek saying it. Like Susan2 #11, I felt that Derek was explaining why Maks is the way he is whenever he’s competing on the show. Of course, only the open-minded would understand where Derek is coming from. I’ve tried to be open-minded to see how Derek could be jealous of Maks and Meryl’s partnership when he has maintained close ties with many of his celeb-partners, like Nicole, Maria, Shawn, etc. I tried to understand how a 5-time MBT champ and Emmy winner can be jealous of someone who won 1 MBT due to showmance. So maybe I’m the stoopid one, as Princess Heidi puts it? π
Well, you tried, nobleze. π Yeah, I don’t get it either. They’re all cranky this morning because they assumed that this was a huge controversy and the blow back would be massive. Except no one with a working brain actually cares. And most people, when offered a generous apology where one wasn’t really required, would accept it and move on. Only NOW, they’re saying it wasn’t a “real” apology and he didn’t really mean it. They have the intellect of 5-year olds.
And the Chmerkovskiy fans still defend their title as the most batsh*t insane fandom I’ve ever encountered – and this is coming from someone that, on a fairly regular basis, encounters Tom Hiddleston fans that swear he’s a real-life Disney prince with nary an impure thought in his mind, Benedict Cumberbatch fans that swear he should have been picked to play Christian Grey in 50 Shades, Boondock Saints fans that swear the brothers McManus are secretly gay, and the myriad of other quirky fandoms that one encounters when attending comicon. The fringe Maks fans still prevail as the most deluded, stubborn, in-denial fandom – Maks is just an innocent little boy that has never said an unkind word in his life, and needs constant protection from evil Derek and his clearly insidious comments. Do they not realize that Maks is a full-grown MAN, and is actually responsible for some of the truly dumb sh*t that comes out of his mouth?
I also got the excuse the other day that English is Maks’ second language, so he clearly didn’t MEAN to say any of the extremely stupid, bitter shit about Derek that he’s said over the years. Since Derek was born in this country, he has no excuse for all of the many horrible things he’s said about Maks (yeah, I don’t remember any either).
Ummm…didn’t Maks move here when he was in his teens?? He’s lived most of his life in the US. So…I guess he’s stupid, is what they’re trying to say?
Maks is 34 years old and has been here in the US for more than half of his lifetime. The excuse that English is his second language does not
excuse all his incoherent ramblings and remarks.
These people are pathetic – they won’t accept that Maks is human and has all the capabilities of making mistakes. It’s always somebody else’s fault(which is basically his mantra anyway).
Right on! PHeidi
Isn’t that the truth!
And the funniest thing of all is that Derek didn’t say anything that Maks hasn’t already said or showed about himself. If people agree with Maks, they’re in the wrong and bad-mouthing him. If people disagree concerning Maks, they’re haters. Yep, 5-year-old level of intelligence.
LOL…I just saw someone say that Maks and Val has said stuff over the years but it’s been about Derek being shown favoritism….so I guess that makes it okay. No, Mr. Always with a Ringer Val, it is not okay. No one has been more privileged than you, sweetheart.
Just more and more examples of the extreme hypocrisy of the average Maks fan.
So after Derek’s amazing fabulous HuffPost interview, if certain people watched it(because they are obsessed with Derek of course. Haters are the biggest fans after all ;)), they should be feeling really stupid. The interviewer asked him about his twitter apology and he clarified what he meant by his comment being taken out of context. Turns out he was happy to see another side of Maks come through and it was one of his favorite parts of the season. And as he continued in that paragraph, he was actually reflecting about his own experience of how he’d act when frustrated in earlier seasons. And I immediately thought of how tense & temperamental he was in Seasons 7 & 9. Looking back, Derek said he’d lash out like that out of fear. He’s grown so much since then, so those moments are easy to forget. Long interview, but worth checking out at the 16:00 mark. So yea, the USA today article was definitely lacking context.
I can’t for the life of me understand how people could think Derek is jealous of Maks. Let’s flashback to the finale, when Maks, Mark, & Derek talked on camera about what it’d be like to win again. Mark pretty much said, “It’d be really cool to win again.” Maks’ comment was something like “Those other guys have won before. I’ve never won” which is so shallow compared to Derek’s “What Amy & I have achieved…no one can take that away.” Aside from his nearly sold out tour and Emmy nomination this year, Derek was a part of something that transcended a dance show. He just made history and helped touch so many lives dancing with a double amputee and people think he’s butthurt about not winning another crappy $12 trophy? Wow…the value Maks & his fans assign to that thing is unhealthy.
@Kay
Thank you for filling me in on Derek being asked about his twitter comment. I agree with you about not understanding why in the heck he would be jealous of Maks. And I liked Derek’s comment when asked what it would be like to win again. He is so real and down to earth, and Derek would never say anything concerning any pro dancer to be vindictive or mean. It’s just not in his character to say snide remarks. Derek set out to win with Amy, but not the MBT. He made her dream come true as she stood their 2nd runner up, an amputee who learned to do some mighty fine ballroom dancing with a mighty fine teacher.
Love your last sentence: π
Wowβ¦the value Maks & his fans assign to that thing is unhealthy.