Val Chmerkovskiy is speaking out after he appeared to jokingly threaten to slap Carrie Ann Inaba following the judge’s tense exchange with Jenna Johnson on Dancing With the Stars. “I want to apologize from the bottom of my heart for my recent post,” he wrote via his Instagram Story on Thursday, October 15. “I have reached out to Carrie Ann to apologize directly and personally and I also want to apologize publicly as I understand my words affect so many outside our internal DWTS family. I should never have made the reference that I did and I deeply regret it. I recognize that I am in a fortunat...
DWTS' Val Chmerkovskiy Apologizes to Judge Carrie Ann After Slap Remark
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Oct 16, 2026 • 1 hour ago
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