DWTS Val Chmerkovskiy Writes Of The Most Challenging Week Of The Season
Val Chmerkovskiy tells Today that this past has been it’s been it’s most challenging from them all this season on Dancing With The Stars. The workload has increased because of the team dance. Also, Thursday they found out his partner Danica McKellar has a broken rib. Here is more…
I would say last week has been the most challenging week of the season for different reasons. The workload has increased with a group dance and the pressure is higher. It’s already been two and a half months of grueling work that has taken both a mental and a physical toll. I’m doing my best with Danica when it comes to playing both sides of the fence. I’m accommodating to her physical pain and troubles, but I understand there’s a job to be delivered every Monday.
The problem is we found out on Thursday that Danica has a fractured rib. It’s a big problem. I’m responsible for her and progress, but most importantly her well-being. It’s very hard for me not to blame myself a little bit — if not a lot of it.
This is a pain that Danica’s had since week two. We tried a couple of lifts this week while rehearsing and we heard a “pop” and then it was over. The pain was so bad she started crying. We went to the hospital for another X-ray. She has a fractured rib.
We didn’t even practice on Thursday. That night, we flew out to Washington, D.C., for a science and engineering conference that she’s on the panel for. She’s doing some lectures and a book signing. We have a huge salsa number and a huge team dance. It’s not looking good right now.
We have an amazing team for our team dance, which consists of Candace Cameron-Bure, who had to travel on Wednesday, and Meryl Davis, who had to travel on Thursday, also. Derek Hough and Amy Purdy are on the team, too. I’m not worried about the team dance. I know we’re going to pull that together as a collective unit. We’ll create something amazing. As far as Danica’s solo performance, that’s all on her and me. We’ll see. We’re going to go day by day.
You can read Val’s full blog at Today.
“I got my eye literally torn out of my socket an hour before the live finale of a season I was favored to win with Zendaya. But that was me. I’m good.”
Of course he just has to throw that in there. What does being “favored to win” have anything to with his injury? It’s like he’s just found a way to add that in there.
One of my eyes raised up on that part too.
Oh good grief! Hyperbole thy name is Valentin.
“favored to win”? WTH – all about Val. Those “C” boys are so into themselves.
I do hope Danica is alright – you don’t want to see anyone hurt.
Just when I started to like him a little, he writes that….
As for Val’s alleged eye amputation in season 16 – all I have to say is this: I think I would like him so much better if he hadn’t had the eye reattached and had just sported an eye patch and talked like a pirate afterward. 😎
I think it was a pretty deep cut requiring internal stitching etc but at the time he really downplayed it so it is kind of weird to bring it up in this context. He writes weird blogs that are sort of stream of consciousness.
Court LOL!!!!!!!
Ya know….really, he’d be better off not posting blogs. It seems he turns off fans from voting more than he turns them on to it.
And Val.. You didn’t lose because of your “injury”. You lost because of your boring and childish freestyle, that just coudn’t compete with what Kellie and Derek did.
A deep cut is VERY different from having your eye torn out of the socket.
I think you all are getting hung up on the favored to win – he actually was favored to win by most of us here. It’s really the eye exaggeration (massive) that I can’t believe.
It’s sad to hear the struggles Danica and Val have to face this week. I hope they’ll be okay!
As for Val’s statement, I honestly think he is trying to say when he is the one being injured, he can push through, own it, and don’t feel so bad. It’s on him. With Danica however, he feels guilty cause he believes he has pushed her too hard and now, for the show, he has a professional obligation to keep her going despite the pain… At least that came out to me. Enjoy tonight everyone!!
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To watch the new drama “Danica & Val” !! ( it will be replacing the orinally schedule program DWTS)
I definitely agree that he was favored to win as I think pretty much most of us thought Zendaya was going to win as she was being set up to all season. I think the part that throws me off is that he just threw it in there when it has NOTHING to do with the rest of the blog. Although his eye was not literally torn out of its socket, he could have just said “I got my eye literally torn out of my socket an hour before the live finale of season 16. But that was me. I’m good.”
Oh Val…
Hmmm, I’m starting to think that Zendaya should have hit him in the semis instead of in the finale. That would maybe open his eyes and make him choreograph better freestyle.
Oh dear lord.
I agree Kaitlyn. Many of us did feel they would win that season. I think even Courtney had them winning in her finale Power Rankings. That isn’t the issue, it’s that he bothered to throw that statement in this season 18 blog, when most people would just write “in the live finale of my season with Zendaya.”
It’s like he’s hung up on that loss still and just asking for all his super-fans to write “Oh Val, you were robbed!” comments under his blog to make him feel better.
Okay, correct me if I am wrong about this, but I seem to remember….. Last season??? Someone being hurt and working hard, and her injury being mentioned because there was doubt she would be able to continue, and Val’s partner being injured, and him saying when it was brought up, “we aren’t mentioning it at all because we don’t want any sympathy votes.”
What’s different this season?????
@Lori – I think that was Tony. I remember he wrote the sentence about not mentioning it and not asking for pity votes in his blog. It was a total BS even back than, because the entire blog was about Leah’s injury. So much about not mentioning it 🙂
Oh Yes! Lori….I remember either Val or Elizabeth saying that last season very well. My first thought was, “wow, that seems like a dig to Amber & Derek. This is why I enjoy Derek so much, as he doesn’t spill out garbage. He’s more of a peacemaker and keeping things on a friendly level.
@Kim …ROTFL…Good one!!!
@Veronika….I believe you a correct, now that you mentioned Tony. He hangs around with the C boys too much.
Ya’ll forgot that the rules by which Val and Maks judge others don’t actually apply to them.