Dancing With The Stars Pro Val Chmerkovskiy Talks With The Lowdown – Photos
Pictured below is Dancing With The Stars Val Chmerkovskiy! Yesterday he was a guest on Diana Madison’s The Lowdown. Be watching this link for a video. In the meantime, below are some photos from Getty Images. For more, click the photos.
This interview is damage control on the showmance. Wonder if it is too little, too late. He says one thing and Janel’s ig says something else.
So agree w/Judy. Val’s fans did not believe there was a romance w/Janel and really gave him crap for being so fake about it. Not to mention the Valdaya fans who are mad at him for his showmance w/Janel. They feel that Zendaya is getting a raw deal. LOL! So now he is trying to appease the Valdaya fans and the non-Valdaya fans and Janel is posting pics with her arms wrapped around him in a girlfriend kind of way. Talk about mixed messages. I just think that Val realizes that Janel doesn’t have the dance talent to rely on that alone to win them the MB, so he shifted to the fake showmance to give them an extra boost. Boy, was he wrong.
I’ve noticed that a few times in the last few weeks, Val tried to put some clarity to the situation, and then Janel would do or say something very suggestive that completely negated whatever it was Val said. He could have put a stop to it if he had really wanted to. I’d imagine he’s wishing he could start this season over. There would probably be several things he’d do differently…or not. :/
If you just stick to dancing, then you don’t have to go to these great lengths to do damage control. When will they ever learn?
I think he took a look at his brother’s season last year and wanted to higlight the “connection” he has with Janel as their storyline. I guess Mark and Sadie and Beth and Derek cornered the sibling side of things, so he went with the sexy connection. But you are so right, Darlene, he has pissed off his fan bases even those who are just fans of his without any of the shipping combos. I still say that the prime reason is the stupid Meryl Maks showmance that exploded when they finally admitted they were just friends, blah, blah. It made Val doing the same thing look much more pre meditated and his fans have been turned off by it. And, yes, I bet he wish he could start the season over again. However, Janel has not got that memo!
I kind of agree, Carrie, I bet he is wishing to start over. The first 2 weeks I didn’t notice anything, and then I did – majorly when they had the switch up and that other romancey package. Then this past week’s package was good. It’s just really sloppy how they’re portraying themselves. Some weeks I’m rolling my eyes, and others I’m enjoying. I’m crossing my fingers they’ll continue the less showmancey road (as I’m sure most are wishing) because then they are enjoyable.
The problem is *focusing* in on a connection of any kind. Just let it evolve into whatever it’s going to be. Tons of people have won the show without manufacturing a connection, or without a brother/sister or showmance vibe.
Yes, I agree with PH. There’s something possessive with C-Bros. Kym, Derek, Mark, Karina, Tony Cheryl didn’t need showmance to win.