DWTS Meryl Davis & Maksim Chmerkovskiy Interviewed By KTLA (Video)
Meryl Davis & Maksim Chmerkovskiy were interviewed by KTLS about their partnership on Dancing With The Stars. Meryl says Maks is a pleasure to work with, very understanding, and good natured (check out what the reporters do when she says this.). Maks praises Meryl too and says he’s not use to doing dolphin tricks since he’s a whale? lol You’ll understand better when you listen in. From KTLA…
Meryl just exudes poise and gracious self-confidence. She seems to have a very grounded and centered personality. If anyone can bring out the best in Maks, I think it will be her.
As for the “bad boy”, I think he wants to be “good” this season, and I hope he finds a way to control his emotions and expectations to make that happens. The biggest stumbling block will be The Fam (and their Minions, of course). As soon as one of them thinks they’re being persecuted, they all come unglued.
Vista, agreed! I hope Meryl rubs off on him in a good way and that he avoids the Fam Fans at all cost so that he stays this good!
I didn’t know that Maks came from Ukraine. I hope his family is OK.
I’m following Cidra around to agree with her. I think Maks wants this season to be different too – I can see him trying and I’m glad. But I do think his stumbling block will be Val and Tony. I don’t think they’ll let him grow.
LOL, PH, I’m glad it’s who’s you stalking me. I felt a “presence” behind me, and it was creepin’ me out
No, I’m not dyslexic, just too much Glenlivet on a Friday night. 😉 You know what I *meant* to say…I’m glad it’s YOU who’s stalking me.
I love how Maks is trying to be good this season. I just hope it lasts after the dreaded switch week(I hope its only for a week). I think Meryl had some effect on him and has “tamed” our bad boy in the ballroom or if Maks was in a way in a time out last season and learned a lesson. Either way I like the change.
@Cidra (#5) You made me think of the line about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac… she stayed awake all night, wondering if there *is* a Dog. 😉
Sally….bwahahahaha….that’s like three times you’ve cracked me up today. I literally was crying over the goat video, I was laughing so hard. People at work thought I was nuts. 🙂
Priceless…thanks for that Sally! 😀 And on that high note, I think I’ll go to bed.
I do not for a moment believe his story about how he learned she would be his partner,.
And now Maks has tweeted that he doesn’t want anyone but his brother with Meryl. I that one backfires!
So he doesn’t trust that she’ll return once she has a taste of dancing with Derek. I can’t say I blame him.
Can anyone please UL this to Youtube? i cant seems to play the video (maybe cause i dont live in the USA, some country seems unavailable to watch this)
I LOVE that he tweeted that he trusts Meryl with only Val – that just proves to me that he’s scared to DEATH of Derek getting her. She might not want to come back. LOL. What a coward.
And again, here is the difference between Derek and Maks. Derek comes back to the show because he wants to work with Amy, a double amputee. Maks comes back to the show because they’ve given him a near guarantee to win. Derek says “Amy says she would like Mark because we’re close.” Maks says, “*I* only trust Meryl with Val.” Me me me me me, it’s all about ME.
Depending on how they count it, Val could well end up with Meryl – wouldn’t it be funny if everyone got together and voted for her to STAY with Val?? Cuz, if she was with Derek, we’d all be voting for Amy back.
That’s sad. Maks just insulted all the male pros by mentioning Val like that….including his so called “best friend” Tony. And lol, how can he not trust Derek especially when he helped Meryl and Charlie get a gold medal? What a back handed slam. If I was Meryl, I’d give him a piece of my mind.
Maks is scurred of Derek getting Meryl – I don’t think it has anything to do with any other pro. 🙂
And this is one the reasons why there are fan wars – Maks fans the flames every chance he gets. When he wasn’t on the show, I had no idea where he was or what he was doing. I doubt Maks fans can say the same about Derek.
He is an insecure individual hence all the bravado. Notice, he did not say it was Meryl’s preference. In typical narcissistic fashion, it is about what he wants, which is fitting since it has been the theme of his return so far. Unemployment must have been brutal.
So true….that’s the root of it Heidi for sure!
I apologize for repeating what was already said above.
Sigh! Maks, why does it have to be about you? Rhetorical question, I know. Just when I’m enjoying his partnership with Meryl, he goes out of his way to turn me off somehow. And Voguerista, you are right. What a way to insult all other pros, including his BFF. SMH.
Nobleze, same here. I was enjoying Maks this season (and trying to give him a clean slate) until he tweeted that.
People don’t change. I hate how this switch up has pitted fans and pros. Where is the concern for the celebs? It seems to be mainly of the Chmerkovskiy making with the fans fueling it. Dwts is not about the celebs journeys anynore it is about the pros. Tbh, the pros have gotten a bit too big for themselves. At least some of them anyway! Too bad that it has to be like this for a dumb tv show.
Let’s look at this.. Mark has already won a MBT with an ice skater, Derek has more wins than anyone on the show, and according to Tony, he’s won the biggest MBT of anyone, since he beat 5 former winners. Yet Maks only trusts Val with Meryl.
I’m sure that has nothing to do with all the chatter out there already that Maks choreography might not be able to fully showcase Meryl’s abilities.
once an insecure ***, always an insecure ***. Meryl must be rolling her eyes.
Looking at it further, Derek has both an Emmy and he choreographed Meryl and Charlies short program that got them the gold medal. So it makes perfect sense in his mind that he would only trust Val. Because Derek is a threat, Mark is a threat and tony is…well, not REALLY his brother.
I’m waiting for Bad Karma to hit them in the face
I really do feel bad for NeNe in this. It must suck to know you are being used as the butt of this joke.
KarenT, I agree this is disrespectful to NeNe. However, she isn’t known as one of the nicer persons on the planet. So perhaps this is some of Ananya’s Bad Karma coming home to her. In any case, maybe she’ll be eliminated on Monday and get out of the whole mess. Sounds like a win-win for everybody.
@PH (#8) GLAD TO HEAR IT! Thank you for the complement. 😀 I found that silly goat video, and just thought of TPTB, especially Conrad. 😀 😀
Nene shouldn’t be a casualty in this pettiness. IMO she and Billy Dee are the spirit of what this show used to be. Non dancing people going on a journey to learn how to dance. She is doing the work, enjoying her partner and being focused. I think she should stay.
Funniest would be if Danica got eliminated and Val couldn’t be part of the switch up. It’s a remote possibility, but who knows. Her personality hasn’t actually been endearing.
LOL, Ananya. That would be the perfect karmic slap in the face to the C-Bros.
If Val gets Meryl he better not look too good with her or people may vote to keep her with him, ruining Maks chances for that MBT. Val and Meryl are a lot closer in height and might make a lovely looking pair.
And that’s the risk, ain’t it KarenT. 🙂 At least if she was with Derek you could be reasonably sure that Derek fans would vote him back to Amy.
Nah, Maks doesn’t have to worry about that. The Fam’s and Zendaya’s Minions will do whatever they’re told to do. So they’ll vote until their fingers bleed to get Meryl back to Maks. Their fanaticism should be enough to drown out any average viewers who might vote to leave her with Val.
I’m going to play devil’s advocate on this whole “Maks is insecure” idea for 2 reasons: 1 it never crossed my mind until someone else said it, and 2- what I’ve learned from personal experience.
What if Maks is only saying this, not to keep Meryl with someone he trusts, because we don’t know if the switch is for good or for 1 week or if the fans will vote to decide that too(tptb are very tight lipped on this), but if instead Maks is trying to use reverse psychology? What if he doesn’t care who she goes to, thinking its for one week only? Or Maybe Val is closest to having the same training as him so he trusts that training over something different(remember Val is his brother they trained at the same place if we use logic, but what about the others? Derek and Mark trained in the UK with Mark’s parents, who knows about Tony, Cheryl, Sharna, Emma, etc. Maybe Maks doesn’t trust their prior training or their methods.). Back to the “reverse psychology idea though, if Maks is saying that trick the fans or to just get them to do the opposite of what someone else(*cough* tptb *cough*) wants just to get him a better shot to win. It might work(think Maks is playing nice this season, he has been trying to hold his tongue with the judges, and he hasn’t said one word that indicates anything too resentful about this switch week). I could be wrong, but I don’t think its necessarily a “Maks is insecure thing” I’d trust my partner with a sibling over a random co-worker(even one I consider family) any day. I know family better, I trust them more to do the right thing.
Also- I didn’t hear anything that indicated they wanted to know what Meryl wanted only in the interview or elsewhere. I’m more curious as to what Derek wants since he keeps saying “Amy wants Mark. Amy wants Mark.” Great what do you want? Should Maks never say anything and just let everyone else talk (seen and not heard?)
I’m having a hard time understanding what Maks thought he meant when he said he only trusts Val with Meryl. Does he think another pro will drop her? Does he think another pro will ruin her technique in a week? Does he think another pro will be mean to her? Does he think another pro will turn her against him? I don’t understand what he meant to say. In what way is Val trustworthy that other pros aren’t? I don’t get it.
I think if you asked Derek what he wants for himself he would say it’s not about him. I don’t think he cares at all who he’s partnered with. My reason for wanting Meryl with him is so she can have the experience of creating and performing a dance with him. I think she had wanted to be paired with him, I think she’s perfectly fine with having Maks, and I think it would be a real treat for her to have the chance to dance with Derek. His entire concern is for Amy, with good reason. While the two of them make it look unbelievably effortless, the reality is she can’t feel the floor. Think about that. She’s dancing, and she can’t feel the floor. While Derek has said that he will support her no matter who she’s partnered with, I have a hard time imagining the C bros or Tony allowing Derek to have anything to do with her if she were with any of them. The experience that Amy is having goes way way beyond the parameters of this television program, just as Derek’s talent goes way way beyond the parameters of this television program. I think he’s the only one who can do her justice.
As for Maks being nice, I think it’s more that he finally has a partner who he knows is indisputably at the top of her game, someone who (as opposed to all the others) is actually deserving of his admiration/respect/etc. What others might see as him being nice, I see as him being somewhat intimidated by her skill, and her strong sense of self. In my opinion, he’s in over his head, and hasn’t the slightest idea how to get the best from her.
@Teresa- for me, it’s not WHAT Maks said, it’s how he said it. I don’t mind the fact that he actually wants Meryl to go to Val. Perhaps it’s very similar to the way Derek said that Amy wants Mark because he and Derek are close. But him saying that he only trusts Val is saying that he doesn’t trust all other pros. Thats insanely rude Mark, Derek, and especially his best friend Tony. If he said it in a way that wasn’t about him I wouldn’t be angry. But thats how the C bros do it…state something to try to look like the hero while also throwing others under the bus. And who knows what Meryl wants. What happens now if she gets anybody other than Val? Is Maks going to be pissed? How will Meryl feel? And you said you were curious who Derek wanted, but no other pro has specified who they would want in the switch up, including Maks.
Maybe, maybe not, Cidra. There’s a little math problem here and it makes their fanaticism not necessarily a sure thing. But I don’t think Derek fans will waste any time with them as long as they don’t start the same crap that got this rolling in the first place. The only reason Derek fans are voting for Nene with Maks is because Maks fans were voting for Derek with Nene. The only way to counteract that is to vote for someone else Nene. Because Maks fans theoretically get four votes to Derek’s two gives Derek fans the same edge that Val gets with Meryl.
Now, a large part of me wants to see Nene with Derek because I’d be very interested to see what he could do with her, but realistically Nene is not going to want to dance with Derek, she’s going to want to dance with Maks. And that’s because of the size differences. So, really, who’s using her as a pawn? She straight up said she wanted to dance with Maks. So, I’m voting the way she wants. For that matter, I’m voting the way Meryl wanted before the season started.
Teresa, that’s the difference between the two men. Derek is more concerned with what Amy wants, while Maks is more concerned with what Maks wants. Derek has enough confidence to believe that he can teach anyone to dance. Or at least create a good dance for them. Maks, on the other hand, has shown time and time again that he’s terribly insecure. One doesn’t have to pay attention for long to recognize that’s true.
As for all those machinations? I think you give Maks too much credit for cleverness. 🙂
Maks apparently just doesn’t trust guys with MBTs.
Amen Susan. Couldn’t have said it better myself. I actually get horrified at the thought of Tony getting Amy, and then not letting Derek in the room. And honestly, I think Derek will force himself into the situation. Because Amy is different than any other Contestant that’s ever been on the show. And I don’t see Derek sitting back and letting the FAM make it all about them. And make no mistake Tony stands a good shot. Derek already said he would be there for whatever she needed 100% regardless of who she gets in the switch. This is the family’s chance to show that they are not insecure and that they are good people, and take the help from Derek when they’re going to need it. I won’t hold my breath.
@Teresa, I’m a Derek fan and I check different sites & social media for updates about him at different times of the day. I have never come across anything where Derek repeatedly said that Amy wanted Mark, not even in the post-performance media. He only mentioned it once, and that was in his recent blog. Among the other male pros, I think it was only Tony who said in an interview that he’d be glad to dance with Amy.
I echo everyone here who said that they vote according to what the celebs said: Nene said she wanted Maks. Amy said Mark. So be it, I say.
PH (#39), I absolutely agree the C-Bros and their fanatics started things (as usual 🙄 ) and they are using NeNe purely as a pawn. Derek fans didn’t retaliate, and wouldn’t retaliate, until & unless provoked. I think it’s a natural reaction to want to stick up for people you care about. I think NeNe is sort of being used by a lot of Derek fans because I doubt she’d be getting much of their voting attention if the C-Bros weren’t trying to stick it to Derek. Heck, I admit I would just have voted once for NeNe/Maks if it weren’t for the crap the C-bros are pulling. So I’m guilty as charged, but I’m rationalizing it (and I think others are too) by thinking NeNe would prefer to dance with Maks. I hope NeNe is eliminated this Monday, but if not, at least she has a chance of getting a switch partner she won’t look ridiculous with. So it turns into a win-win. Whereas the C-bros and their minions have no interest in “win-win” unless there are C-bros on both sides of the hyphen.
Nene has actually said she wants to dance with Maks. Meryl has covered herself either way, actually. She retweeted Maks (what else is she going to do) and expressed a wish to dance with Derek before the season started.
I actually told the Derek fans to just concentrate on themselves and what they wanted to see happen before the voting started. Stupid me, I thought we could keep to ourselves.
I hope someone asks Maks live on air what he meant by not trusting other pros with Meryl. The general viewer should see him for what he is.
This is silly cause there aren’t any clunkers left among the female celebs. Even Nene’s got stuff to work with. As for Maks, he’s not changed and this pot-stirring business of only entrusting Meryl to another Chmerkovskiy is more a reflections of his insecurity than lack of faith in any of the msle pros.