Maks Chmerkovskiy Apologizes to Dancing with the Stars Pro Jan Ravnik, Admits to ‘Loss of Temper’ with Previous Partners tram

Maks Chmerkovskiy is apologizing to Jan Ravnik for his previous critiques of his Dancing with the Stars performance.

Chmerkovskiy, 45, and his wife, Peta Murgatroyd, discussed Ravnik's ballroom dancing skills on the Oct. 24 episode of Murgatroyd’s podcast, The Penthouse with Peta. 

"I'm sorry, Jan has absolutely no business being a pro on Dancing with the Stars. There's zero foundation, technique, quality, understanding of the partnership," Chmerkovskiy said of Ravnik, best known as one of Taylor Swift's backup dancers from the Eras Tour.

After Chmerkovskiy’s comments, he faced criticism from the reality dancing competition's viewers and on Thursday, Oct. 30, he issued an apology to Ravnik, 30, via Instagram. “I want to apologize to Jan for the way my words hurt your feelings,” he began. 

The former DWTS pro then asked to chat with Ravnik over coffee, saying, “I would love to meet, I would love to talk about this, bury the hatchet.”

“Most importantly, I think, you know, walk away with knowing me feeling completely different," he added. "And, dare I say, we probably might even be friends.” 

He then explained that he has the type of personality that if he loves you, he “will tell you how it is.”

“My commentary on dance does not come with feelings and emotions. It just comes with completely different range of reasoning,” he said. “I would like to explain myself, like I said. I would like this to be personal, because this is, this is crazy to me.”

Chmerkovskiy then also remarked on the public's criticisms about his DWTS tenure. "Well, you can't really hurt my feelings by saying, 'Look at you, loser. You only won once.'"

"Yes, I know that more than anybody else. I'm very well aware that every single member in my family has won Dancing with the Stars more than I have. They are much better at Dancing with the Stars than me," he said in reference to his brother, Val Chmerkovskiy, his sister-in-law Jenna Johnson, and his wife. His brother has won three times and their wives have both won twice.

He confessed that, throughout his time on the show, he "was never able to really wrestle with and dominate the public perception, the public opinion, and what people think about me."

Chmerkovskiy competed in 17 seasons of the series, beginning with Season 2 in 2006.

"Fundamentally, I don't care, and I lead with that. And because I lead with that, I'm not fighting for anybody's votes," Chmerkovskiy continued. "And so in a platform where that's important, I'm not the guy."

He confessed that throughout his time, he made "incredible mistakes" with his partners. "With how I presented myself a few times. With the loss of temper was horrible situations, a few times," he said. "So it's not like you're saying stuff that I don't already know."

Taking a moment to reflect, Chmerkovskiy said he hopes "to only lead by example." Explaining, "Because of that, I can point at myself and say, 'Don't do that.'"

"[When] I realize something about myself, I realize it. It's not going to be because somebody says that to me, it's because I finally understood that for myself," he said.

He ended his message by remarking, "Let's not defend someone by attacking somebody else. That's all I'm gonna say."

His apology follows Ravnik's response on Tuesday, Oct. 28: "I have no comment on that. Look, I got all the love on this show," Ravnik told Entertainment Tonight. "All the praise from the judges also, like everyone gave me so much love."

He added, "Whoever is saying, outside, the people who [are] trying to stay relevant and spreading the hate, this is not a way to do it. And I never will spread or take the hate."

Dr. Heavenly Kimes Throws a Drink at Kari Wells + Kari Throws One Right Back liennhi

Dr. Heavenly Kimes and Kari Wells’ heated moment was edited out.

“Married to Medicine” star Dr. Heavenly Kimes is no stranger to controversial moments and nasty feuds. In fact, during the current season, she’s been clashing with Dr. Contessa Metcalfe. Heavenly started a YouTube channel a few years ago. And she’s decided to use the platform to review the episodes. Plus, she’ll oftentimes give business and relationship advice to her subscribers as well. However, some of her costars haven’t appreciated the comments she’s made about them and their marriages. In fact, Contessa was furious when Heavenly told fans that she felt that Dr. Scott Metcalfe is verbally and emotionally abusive. Contessa just believes a friend shouldn’t say this about another friend’s husband.

One of the most intense moments of the season was the intervention Contessa planned for Heavenly. At the event, Contessa made sure a montage of Heavenly’s shady YouTube comments was played. Heavenly laughed. And she said she doesn’t regret the comments she’s made on her channel. Heavenly eventually apologized to Contessa but Contessa’s tense moment with Dr. Damon Kimes only stalled the progress they were making on reviving the friendship.

Well, it seems as if another heated moment for Heavenly was edited out. A scene of Heavenly throwing a drink at Kari Wells had fans talking on social media. 

Kari Wells and Dr. Heavenly Kimes haven’t always gotten along.

Dr. Heavenly Kimes has an interesting relationship with Kari Wells. In fact, the “Married to Medicine” stars have clashed a lot over the years. However, they appeared to get in a cordial space somewhat last season. However, Heavenly didn’t like it when Kari called Dr. Damon Kimes “Daddy.” Of course, Heavenly has been calling Damon that for years. And she doesn’t want another woman to do the same. Regardless, fans are wondering what could have led to the blowup they had while filming the current season.

On the recent episode, Dr. Jackie Walters and Dr. Simone Whitmore got with their husbands to plan a cast trip to Blue Ridge Mountains. Both women figured that a trip needed to happen because there has been a lot of tension and drama in the group. And it’s gotten really bad considering Toya Bush-Harris and Audra Frimpong even had an altercation at Quad Webb’s holiday party.

During the scene, producers decided to do a flashback of previous messy moments between the cast that occurred during the season. But one scene they showed featured Heavenly tossing a drink at Kari. The scene itself was never shown until the flashback sequence. And context is missing.

Drinks were thrown.

In the clip, Heavenly tells Kari, “Get out of my face with that!” She then threw the drink in Kari’s face. Kari responded, “What the **** is wrong with you?!” Kari then drew her drink at Heavenly.

Interestingly enough, Heavenly had no regrets. And she told Kari, “That’s what it is!”

Fans have a lot of questions about the scene on social media. Some are wondering what led to the blowup. This is true especially since Kari and Heavenly are on good terms now. And Kari even appeared on Heavenly’s YouTube channel to discuss a 

heated moment she had with Contessa. Kari alleged that Contessa went off on her while they filmed Season 9. But the scene was cut out.

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