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Judge Len Goodman delivered a shocker on Dancing with the Stars Monday, apologizing for underscoring NFL star and Week One favorite Donald Driver.

Goodman explained that after watching the episode, he realized he was wrong to give Driver and Peta Murgatroyd a 7 for their crowd-pleasing Cha Cha. 

His score of 21 left him near the bottom of the scoreboard, and “I apologize,” Goodman said. “I under-marked you. I watched it back. You did a great job.”

Donald Driver said the mea culpa felt good: “I think we both thought it was a low score, but we made history, so if we continue to make history, we’ll be good.”

“He’s a great judge,” Driver added. “Len, he’s man enough to step up and say he made a mistake and you don’t really get that from too many people today.”

“His integrity showed today. We are smiling ear-to-ear right now.”

They’re smiling even more after earning a 24 for their quickstep:

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