Derek Hough to Maksim Chmerkovskiy: Score-Board!
by Free Britney at .The recent Dancing With the Stars feud between Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Derek Hough appears to indicate an increasingly heated rivalry and then some.
"They hate each other," a DWTS insider says.
Chmerkovskiy slammed Len Goodman on last week's show, then criticized Hough after he sided with the judge. Maks also referred to DWTS as "my show."
"I had a laugh about that," Hough said, then referred to a list of past champions at the studio: "I was just looking at the plaque upstairs and ... well, never mind."
Derek (with Ricki Lake) and Maks (with Hope Solo) are in this fall's final five.
That reply by three-time winner Hough (Chmerkovskiy has yet to hoist the Mirror Ball in 12 seasons; Both are alive right now) is just the latest chapter.
"The professional dance community is really small. The dancers have known one another their entire lives," says a source close to the smash hit show.
"Now that the group is famous, it's added a new level of competitiveness."
There's also the Julianne Hough factor.
Derek's sister, a fellow dancer who starred on Dancing With the Stars for many seasons, briefly dated Chmerkovskiy. It didn't last long, however."Julianne told Maks she didn't want to have a serious relationship," says a source.
Soon after, the Footloose star started seeing Ryan Seacrest, and Maks was accused of "planting false rumors Julianne was cheating on Ryan with Maks."
Another DWTS insider counters that Chmerkovskiy is no rumor monger and, in fact, Derek Hough isn't the nice guy he seems to be on camera.
"Derek is dating Lauren Conrad for publicity," says the source of his romance with The Hills star. "He is focused on becoming a huge star like Julianne."
Not sure we believe that either, since LC and DH are very, very low profile and he's arguably a much bigger star than she is at this point.
Still, gotta love quality Dancing With the Stars gossip!
[Photos: WENN.com]
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Comments (11 Total)
I personally think that Hope AND JR were both on pain meds after their injuries. The were both a little "off"....
Maybe, if the voting was fair Maks would actually win a season. I had the same issue last night that many people were complaining about when he was dancing with Brandy which is not being allowed to use all 5 votes. I was only able to vote ONCE from a land line. When I pushed redial to vote again, the recording stated that 'the poll was closed for my time zone and to vote online'. How could the poll be closed for my time zone when I was able to vote just seconds before AND the show was still on the air with 30 minutes to go? If the Producers insist on deciding who is going to win that tacky MBT, then I wish they would stop patronizing the viewers by making us think that our votes actually matter, especially when we can't vote!
I think that hope should not have come on this show. From the start she fought against following any training that Max tried to give her. She was disrespectful. She knew going in that it takes a lot of work. She gave him many nasty faces and nasty remarks. I have never seen anyone like her on DWTS and hopfully won't again. She doesn't come up to the professionalism of the other contestants.
Max, for goodness sake, stop whining. Learn how to be a human being instead of a jackass.
I wonder, how safe are Maks' future partners on DWTS? I worry about their well-being. It's like knowing that an employer is abusive to his employees but management doesn't do something about it. DWTS, let go of Maks already.