Pictured above is Dancing With The Stars Season 14 champ Peta Murgatroyd celebrating her Mirror Ball with Maks Chmerkovskiy at the Encore Beach Club in Las Vegas. Also celebrating her victory were Maks’ brother Val, Kiki Nyemchek, and more. Check out all the big smiles and the fun they had in a great gallery at Too Fab.
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Very happy for her 🙂 she did very well, and donald was amazing :)!!
All this together time and pictures with Maks aren’t looking to good in dispelling the rumors that they are dating hahahah! However, I have a question. Does anyone know what happened to Damien Whitewood and Peta? Weren’t they married at some point or at least engaged?
I like Peta…I have since she was on briefly with Meta World Peace last season. I’m impressed that it doesn’t look like she hasn’t seen fit to augment her chest…and she looks great just the way she is. She doesn’t seem to have a lot of makeup on and she’s still lovely. Good for her. She and Maks are young, single, attractive, and if they enjoy each other’s company, that’s exactly what they should do.
Damian and Peta grew apart Damian is in Australia and peta is in la. PETA and maks are dating confirmed by PETA and extra I talked to peta and she is amazing I support her!
Grant, you mean that tweet, “I love U Peta? :()
Good caption for the photo is: “Peta, please let me hold it or keep it at my place for a while.” hehe
sherry what?! PETA knows I’m like her biggest fan that’s why she is sweet and I say love her all the time because she is amazing! I’m confused about what you’re talking about
Sheery, lol. That’s as close as Maks will ever get to a Mirror Ball Trophy.
Grant, where did you talk to Peta? Do you know her?
Katarina I’m Australian and my sister and I were taught by PETA and one of those conventions and I spoke with her and she remembers me! And I have talked to her over twitter
I see.
I am a big Maks fan but there is alot of drama concerning their romance. Damien Whitewood’s father tweeted a comment under a pic of Maks and Peta you are a sleezeball don’t ever come to Australia to which Damian tweeted got to love the old mans passion. You win some you lose some this is definitely a win. Sounds like Peta was cheating and Damien was the last to know. Alot of controversy and Peta taking alot of hits. We can’t say this is their private life as they have sent pic after pic from Las Vegas so I think the public can have there say. Have no idea where all this is going to wind up!!!!!!
Grant, your initial comment made it seem as if you spoke to Peta about her and Damian growing apart, and her dating Maks….that’s all.
#dianna that’s so rude of him I’m definitely unfollowing him after that! Sherry. Sorry fir the misunderstanding but yeah peta and I have had brief convos but nothing about relationships just about life and how I support her and she appreciates it and us being proud Aussies!
Correct, Diana….the family is also “hurt” by the “crush on Maks for a long time now” stuff. Some close to them thought she was the one …etc, etc.
I agree…they want it to be “our business” in a way by having their pics taken so freely and posting them.
It is funny to read comment on some places from Erin and Brandy fans though LOL. SMH
Can y’all send me the link I want to see the tweet
Hey!!! An interview Kym just did quotes her as saying something like “I wonder if I’ll ever find the right man.” She tweeted she missed Damian. He’s apparently a free bird now…..what’s another dwts romance? LOL.
Diana, I read it that way too. Damian wouldn’t say losing a woman who was his soulmate is a win unless she betrayed him. That growing apart cap is for thr birds. Sorry, Grant, no offense.
Grant, it’s posted under the whosay picture Maks tweeted of Peta kissing him on the cheek…that’s what I remember.
Katarina, they grew apart awfully fast…1 month. They were “together” as recent as early April. Tweet from the brother about them was also deleted a few days ago ….should have re-tweeted it 🙁
#katarina #dianna from previous experience of meeting PETA she is an amazing person and would never hurt someone but she was probably not being able to handle that long distance relationship ya know!? I love Peta. I hope y’all don’t think different of her
I don’t see it can y’all post it
Considering Damian has been all over the world participating in other DWTS shows while Peta remains in the US, it’s a wonder they ever could keep their romance alive. They likely grew apart, especially as Peta’s star rose in the US version with her run to the MBT with Donald. Maks and Peta have been friends for years, way back in Burn the Floor, I believe.
I am sure the producers won’t want both Peta and Maks on the same season in case they break up (#drama), so maybe Maks won’t come back, or Peta will sit out the All Star Season.
Sheery, yep and Maks is publishing their relationship? At least keep it discreet man. Is he trying to make the douchebag title his own?
Grant, maybe Maks shouldn’t go to Ukraine as he plans. You know it’s going to be a long distance relationship …again. Who knows what might happen.
Two coworkers and old friends being photographed together at events mean nothing. The entire DWTS family of pros is exactly that, a family, and they all love one another.
You ladies are TOO funny 🙂
@Sherry – “Good caption for the photo is: “Peta, please let me hold it or keep it at my place for a while.” hehe”
@Katarina – Yup, Maks Finally got his hands on that elusive MBT. I really don’t see Maks ever winning.
But that same MBT will be the obstacle in their relationship. It will never work. And Peta what on earth is she thinking. We all know how well Maks previous workplace romance panned out.
To me, Maks is an abusive bully who treats women with no respect, as though they are inferior. Run, Peta Run, you can do so much better than Maks.
I’ll take William Levy anyday over Maks!
Being Damian and Peta have been together for such a long time and known each other since they were kids, it’s bound to be a tough break up…and hard on family too.
Anyway, I’ve always thought it takes “two” to have something go wrong and/or not work in a relationship. I wish Maks and Peta only the best. I think they are a cool couple. They ooze so much magnetism. Maks seems so content too. She must mean a lot to him too or he wouldn’t go as far as he has showing his affection as he has in the last week. He hasn’t done that with anyone since Karina. I just hope obsessed fans and the media will leave them alone.
Grant, here is the link for the pic.
If you scroll down to the comments section, Ray Whitewoods comment was #13 when I posted this.
For any of you that missed the Extra episode, you can go to DWTSGossip Twitter page and they have the link posted for YouTube.
http://www.whosay.com/maksimchmerkovskiy/photos/177856
I think Maks has shown 20 million voiewers what he’s like with women when he’s tired and things don’t go his way, I’m dumbfounded that so many women still look the other way.
I couldn’t have said it better Vogue. It’s obviously difficult to see someone whom has been in your family’s life for years with someone else so the comment from an upset father is just that. It proves absolutely nothing.
I too haven’t seen Maks this happy in a very long time. Hope it works out for them. I like happy people. 🙂
I too wish them the best. Goodness knows it is hard enough to find it when you’re not in a “fishbowl”.
The thing that concerns me is that there seems to be a distinct pattern to the women he chooses. I wonder if anyone has noticed it?
It seems that he chooses them when they are very vulnerable. Almost like he has a super hero complex where he swoops in and “saves” them.
1) Karina – right after her split with Mario and again they make nice all of a sudden after her split with Brad
2) Erin – going through her stalker court case
3) Peta – split with Damian
Questionable:
4) Mel B – rumoirs of possible relationship issues w/ her now husband
5) Brandy – overall trust issues with men
6) Cheryl – Same as Brandy
7) Sasha from Ukrainian Bachelor – He chose her over Janna supposedly because he knew it wouldn’t work and Sasha could handle the break-up better even though his family thought Janna was the better match for him
8) Kirstie, Willa and Hope, Julianne: The rumours of flirting/flings – these women were “safe bets” for a relationship not to work. Kirstie because of her age, Willa and Hope had long time boyfriends, Julianne didn’t want a serious relationship
As far as the long distance aspect, he does have plans to open a studio in LA where Peta is based. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least if he chose to move out that way. Even though he says it often that he may not return for the next season, this could quite possibly the reason and then some for him not coming back for All-Stars in the fall.
I feel bad for Damian. I hope it works for PETA but given how Maks handled his break up with Karina ( immature IMO) I would avoid it.
I seem to recall a few catty comments from Karina as well. They were often indirect digs at Maks as she would talk about Brad’s great qualities. In any regard, not all break-ups are the same. Maks & Elena seemed to have a very clean break & remain quite friendly to this day. In fact, he attended her engagement party & she has referred to him as a very nice guy, softie, teddy bear.
One failed relationship, messy break-up, etc..doesn’t necessarily mean the next one will be the same. If that were the case, I guess it’s fair to say a guy should avoid asking for Karina’s hand in marriage since she’s had two failed engagements. I don’t think that is fair either & I only bring it up since there seems to be comparisons made to his break up with Karina.
Furthermore, I wouldn’t exactly call Damian’s tweet implying that losing Peta is a ‘win’ mature either. Like I said, break-ups can be messy & comments are often made from a place of hurt. I get that.
Michelle, just curious, were you one of Maks fans who called the breakup with Karina “one of those things,” as you are doing now about Damian, or were you trashing Karina along with most of his fans.
I’m not going to lie, the psychology of women as it relates to men like Maks intrigues me. And men like him are everywhere.
Any break up is tough. It seems like with Damian abroad, he did not see this coming. As for Karina, unless she posted a YouTube video with Cheryl, Kym and all singing a song where they call him a derogatory word, I am giving Karina a pass. Maks and his boys including Val, Mark and Tony laughing as they call her a b*tch, they all lost respect in my eyes.
@Katarina – No, I didn’t trash Karina but I felt badly for Maks as she moved on so quickly to Brad just as some feel badly for Damian as it appears Peta has moved on. I feel for Damian, as well.
And I have seen plenty of ‘Karina’ fans both here & on twitter trash Maks at every turn so please don’t act like it’s only one way.
Melissa I wanna see the video
Grant – I saw the video in question. I was like a rap song. I am with Melissa, Maks is bad news, and I think Katarina summed it up perfectly above:
“I think Maks has shown 20 million voiewers what he’s like with women when he’s tired and things don’t go his way, I’m dumbfounded that so many women still look the other way.”
A mental picture of Karina cowering and sobbing in a corner comes to my mind, with the big bully hovering over her… I think Karina has handled herself with class throughout the entire process, she has endured alot of grief from these crazy Maksfans and the public over this breakup. I am Team Karina on this one.
Thank you, Melissa. WORLD OF DIFFERENCE between behavior of Karina and her fans, and that of Maks and his enablers. She paid the price of having to sit out a season of DWTS while the big baby continued with his tirades.
This is not meant o be a him vs her thing. But as a dwts viewer, I hated Karina for seasons. But i did not like her with Mario but then win Billy Ray to the Situation to Woz, my opinion changed. The way she handled the judging for Mario the singer to Ralph, she matured. While I my opinion of Maks declined ( the video only solidified my opinion of all of those gys) when he got better partners than Karina and even made the finals more often with complaining. So happy she won with JR.
As for him and PETA, seeing those pictures, they are a good looking couple. But I am not expecting things to be ending with a wedding either. We have no idea what happened with her and Damian but I do feel a bit from him. It does not change my opinion of PETA which is neutral.
Not maks is not my fav (partial to some dmitry myself…yum)
But i find it hilarious how some of u guys can so decisively call this guy a horrible detestable person of minimal character, like u ACTUALLY know the guy
Both peta and maks are grown consenting adults….maybe getting in this relationship will be a great decision for the two or maybe it will be a horrible one…but it will be their decision
So if two people are happy, im happy for them, lord knows there is enough misery in the world
Just pointing this out but we do not know what happened between peta and damian, therefore it is possible for them to have been together but drifting apart for quite a while. WE DON”T KNOW what happened though.
That being said, Maks and Peta are grown adults and may do what they like, so if they are happy we should be happy for them. If things work out then great if not, the world isn’t going to end.
If Maks was an abusive person then why do his former partners speak so highly of him. As for Maks having affairs with his partners, willa ford is the only one. Would Erin Andrews remain friends with a person that was a bully or abused her, isnt she a spokesperson for abuse against women. Elana ans Maks dated for several years ans remain good friends, in fact Elana is suppose to run the DWM studio in CA. Do you think Elana would want to work foe a bully. Are Karina ans Peta friends? If Maks was is so bad and abusive dont you think Karina would warn Peta.
Ford:
Great points. I have always viewed Maks as someone whose bark is worse than his bite. Yo called it – We don’t know them and we are not privy to what happened.
With that said though, there is no denying that some alarming behavior has occured. The first time it happened was explained away by the audience only seeing a snippet of the pkg. Then it happened again and by his own admission with an apology he realized he had stepped over the line.
As far as Karina, she made comments in an interview that she should be able to speak and hang out with who she wants implying a control issue. As far as Karina warning Peta, a similar situation occured with a friend of mine. My friend tried to make the new woman aware of what had happened, and she didn’t
want to know anything about it. Unfortunately, the new woman eventually apologized to my friend by not taking her advice etc more seriously.
Three years have passed since he and Karina broke up. A lot has occurred for all three of them. It is obvious that there is a genuine interest and effort to keep things civil. Hopefully that continues and whatever happens all three remain happy wishing nothing but the best for each other.
Max looks very happy with Peta, I hope it works out. I heard the reason Max/Brad and Karina split was she did not want kids.
Tina, this is Karina’s statement against yours. Which one do you think is more believable?
“I can’t wait to become a mom,” said Smirnoff. “I love kids. My manager has a beautiful boy who’s my godson. He’s in the terrible twos right now. The wonderful twos I must say. But I do want my own kids.”
Alicia, you don’t have to make a production out of it, I did say it is what I heard.
My opinion, karina likes the publicity she gets when she is dating and gets engaged. when a reporter ask her if she wants kids, the pc answer is of course to say yes. think karina likes to get engaged, but doesnr want to get married
Whether or not Karina said this or said that, the bottom line is that Maks seems to need some professional help for his issues, and until that happens, I don’t think any new relationship is going to be the “cure all” for the real problem. Seriously people he shoved Hope on national television…. No man is ever to lay their hands on a woman… Period. More enablers Maks doesn’t need.
“think karina likes to get engaged, but doesnr want to get married”
Ford, it would make her very unique woman and I don’t think she is. Most of us want to get married. She just has more options than an average woman and I hope that one day she meets very right for her man.
Sandy i am in no way an enabler of Maks and i agree that a man shouldn’t lay hands on a woman, but i also believe a woman should not lay hands on a man. i agree that the shove was a bit forceful but i dont consider it to be abusive. no ready to write Maks off as needing psych help based on a few seconds of a dwts clip.
Whenever i see a post in the comments section of a celebrity gossip story that is supposedly from a “family” member, I hesitate to believe it is legitimately a “family” member and not just a “fan” wanting to stir up crap. IMO, there are a LOT of “fans” who love to stir up crap.
I also wonder why Peta is taking all the hits if it takes two to Paso Doble and Maks is part of this as well. Guess it’s easier to go after the female and the male looks like a rock star with the female on his arm.
That comment was posted by Damian’s dad. His comment was made from his FB.
Here’s what Damian had to say about his dad’s comment.
https://twitter.com/DamianWhitewood/status/206316133282873344
Evidently these ladies, Mel Brown, Laila Ali, Kirstie Alley, and Misty May Treanor don’t find Maks that horrible and abusive. They all want to come back and dance in the allstar season according to DWTSMaksimFans on Twitter. Now, to be completely honest, they haven’t said they want to dance with Maks…but I kinda think they do. And that presents another problem…he can’t dance with all of them, but since most of them are tall ladies, I’m sure Tony,Tristan, and Val would be happy to fill in for Maks. All except Misty got pretty far along in the competition, so all three of those guys would probably appreciate having a capable partner. Actually we don’t know if Maks will be back, so all of this is speculation. But that’s what DWTS fans do between seasons. 🙂
Laila is not crazy about Maks. I doubt she would dance with him again. I think it’s because she is a strong woman and she wouldn’t put up with his behaviour/ “teaching sytle” during her season with him. I remember something about it the season they were on. Maks has also said that they did not stay in touch.
I would think that Laila’s boxing coaches and trainers are a lot more demanding than Maks i did like Laila on DWTS, wouldn’t mind if she was on all star season.
While I honestly don’t give a rat’s ass who dates who and what Peta may or may not have done to Damian – THAT’S why Peta is the one getting the flack. SHE was the one in a relationship. Maks has no fault here that I can see. Putting some or all of the blame on him is like the silly women who blame the “other woman” when their husband cheats. She’s not the one who took the vow. Maks hasn’t done anything wrong here. IF…I repeat, IF, Damian and Peta were still involved when she and Maks hooked up, that’s on HER.
Do we know for a fact that Peta cheated? Because for all we know Peta could have dumped Damian to hook up with Maksim which albeit being somewhat bitchy is still more mature than cheating on someone. And if she did cheat on Damian with Maksim and Maksim knew she had a boyfriend, then he is as much to blame as she is. He could have, if she did cheat, said that he would not be involved with a woman who was already taken. But that’s just my opinion.
Teresa, note the heavy use of the word “IF” in my post. And no, I don’t agree. Maks took no vows and has no responsibility. Would it make him a shit? Maybe in the view of some – but no responsibility.
Love Peta, but definitely agree with Heidi on that. Peta is a grown woman who has to be responsible for her own actions IF that is what happened. But I doubt we ever know.
Well, IF Pam Anderson comes back and is paired with Damian for the all-star season….should be interesting if either Peta or Maks are also on! LOL
I think Pam and Damian could be a possibility, Didn’t they compete in the foreign version of DWTS? I would love to see them together again.
As far as Maks. Well he had to Man Up as far as Karina goes, I see it no different as far as Damian. Now Peta could be another story. I personally don’t get too wrapped up in the romances on or off the show.
My motto is, “Never Date Anyone That You Work With”.
To paraphrase Sandy, “Don’t get your honey where you get your money.” That’s my motto 🙂
I can’t believe this thread has gotten so long…guess I’m just not particularly fascinated by the off-screen sexcapades of the pros 😛 I will say this, though: I think they would be wise to take a page out of the Kym/Tristan book and keep things on the DL. Seems like couples that are very much out in the open and in the public eye don’t have the same longevity that low-key, spotlight-shunning couples have – the media seems to act like some deranged 3rd bedfellow in a lot of very publicized celebrity relationships.
Courtney- you mean the media(and a few of us fans) aren’t supposed to act, as you put it, like some deranged 3rd bedfellow in the celebrity relationships? 😉 Kidding. But you do have a point that if they want to have a better chance at the relationship lasting, they should keep it on the dl and that includes posting pics that contradict the “we aren’t dating” stories. College kids need something to do during summer break and this is quite the relaxer compared to homework/essays.
I just don’t understand how someone can say “Don’t come to Australia” or a place in general. What are you going to do when they do come? Sue them? Have something bad happen to them? It’s stupid.
Also Sandy (#25) That seems to be a harsh critique of a man you’ve never met. I don’t know why anyone would choose to believe what they see on a reality television (key words “REALITY” and “TELEVISION”) show is beyond me.
Love that saying, Courtney :)…gotta remember that one.
Is Kym dating Tristan? I thought I read someone he was with some (unknown to me) actress Tanya Tozzi from Australia. (I think it was Emma’s twitter—that had a pic of them).
People whining about Damian’s father’s comment crack me up. He’s a parent, and I’m sure it was hard for him to see his son (and those close to him) reading about Peta getting together with a “crush” who she’s had “forever”. Especially since she & Damian seemed to be back together, or at least on good terms, about a month or 2 ago. Props to Damian for taking the high road, he seems like a good guy. And Peta seems like the type to do anything for attention or celebrity. She’ll be in Playboy by the end of the year.
I feel bad for the hate on Peta. This isn’t Brad Pitt dumping Jennifer Anniston for Angelina. Maks tends to keep his romances under the radar but with this happening with Peta right at the height of her career success, it is just bad timing or most folks wouldn’t have cared. I agree with Tony. I wonder if Damien’s father realizes that is a threat he made in promising harm coming to Peta if she returns to Australia? Tsk. If that was my parent, I’d tell him or her to keep a lid on it. Things are best not said.
Who’s hating on Peta, besides Damian’s dad??
So true Heidi. I haven’t seen anyone hating on her except for his Dad (and do we really know for sure that is her Dad? It could have been someone posing as her Dad)
Winter, what are you talking about? He NEVER threatened Peta with any harm!!! I tell my MIL “Don’t come over” all the time LOL….doesn’t mean I’m gonna harm her.
Apparently, Maks’s fans saying he un-followed Kym this morning because she’s tweeting Damian…….oy vey.
Didn’t Maks un-followed Derek -AGAIN. Also it happened to poor Lacey LOL.
I might be ignorant but I thought Damian’s father comment was about Maks not Peta. I think if it was meant for Peta he would have said don’t come back home or don’t come back to Australia. He said don’t ever come to Australia—does anyone take it like I did. Maks fans are hoping Peta learns to use the block button on twitter in a hurry. Her timeline is very interesting!
I don’t think that Maks ever re-followed Derek after the first time he unfollowed him – and really? I doubt Derek is crying over it.
Yeap, Maks re-followed Derek awhile ago but un-followed him day before yesterday. He un- followed bunch of people including Derek and Kym.
Maybe Maks only follows the majority of the DWTS pros during the season only???
Heh…wonder what they did this time. LOL.
Did he un-follow Derek after that paparazzi video of Derek, Karina, her friend, and Gavin hanging out one night started getting circulated by fans? Just sayin’ because he did that to Mark after the finale last season when Karina won and Mark tweeted, “Love my Karina”.
Everything seems so…..high school 🙁
@sheery…agreed. It’s all very ridiculous. And it all seems to center around Maks. I wish he wouldn’t do stuff like that, because I love watching him dance and think he’s great a lot of the time. But immaturity is a big turn off.
In the pool party pics, Maks is NOT holding Peta’s mirror ball trophy. He is holding a mirror ball cake he had baked for her which was very sweet.
I have a question for this board. How do we know who Maks unfollows? I mean his list is pretty long. Also, even if someone is tracking that information, how do you know the reasons for the unfollowing? I know twitter unfollows people left and right without my actually clicking any buttons. What’s the evidence for what’s being said? Just curious.
I have no idea, Latasha. I don’t use twitter, just go by what I read here and on other message boards (TWOP and fans of reality TV)
Maks unfollowed Derek IMMEDIATELY after that whole stink with Hope last season – around the same time that he was throwing Derek’s name out on GMA (and under a bus at the same time). I generally don’t believe in coincidences of THAT magnitude.
Ok, here’s some really interesting follow up for this thread I hope people are still reading. Actually Lacey and Kym unfollowed Peta on twitter and do not respond if she tweets them. I think Maks unfollowed Kym and Lacey probably in support of Peta.
Kym (especially Kym) is close with Damian and I’m betting both Lacey and Kym did that in support of Damian. If anything confirms that Peta cheated on Damian I think the other two girls’ reaction to this does.
I swear…what a bunch of children.
I agree Heidi. If true, it’s not like Damian and Peta were married. Breakups do happen and it’s better to find out someone isn’t right for you before they get married versus when they are married.
Lacey still follows Peta, and based on where Peta is on the list, she has for a while. Sometimes rumors are just rumors. Who the pros follow on twitter is pretty meaningless anyway. They have other ways to communicate and it’s easy to refollow.
I agree with Vogue. No need to always assume the worst when we don’t know why people split. I wish the best for all of them moving forward.
Ai ai ai…I thought this thread had finally run its course and people were beginning to move on from the saga of Peta & Maks…sometimes I think I give people too much credit 😛
LaTasha, I’d tread carefully – from the tone of your last few comments, I’m beginning to think you’re a bit of a sh*t-stirrer. Not the type of reputation you want to have around here.
LaTasha – First off, I’m like Court & PH. Don’t really care about who is (or isn’t) dating whom. I just simply want to point out your post about Lacey & Kym unfollowing Peta is just flat wrong. Both of them still follow Peta. Also, since Twitter lists people you follow in reverse chronological order (starting with most recent), that’s not something that’s changed lately.