DWTS Alum Gleb Savchenko Declares Himself “Team Val” After Val Chmerkovskiy’s Suspension

Gleb Savchenko has waltzed into the drama. 

After Val Chmerkovskiy was temporarily suspended from Dancing With the Stars over a comment aimed at judge Carrie Ann Inaba, his fellow dance pro didn’t hold back in sharing how he really feels about the controversy.  

“She was just doing her job, creating a good TV moment. But, yeah, I’d say Team Val on this one,” Savchenko said in an Oct. 18 TikTok video. “I think there’s some bulls–t going on.”

ICYMI, Chmerkovskiy’s wife Jenna Johnson and her season 35 partner Harry Shum Jr. were called out during their Oct. 13 samba performance over what Inaba saw as an illegal lift in the routine. Seeing the confusion on Johnson and Shum’s faces, Inaba then pulled out a card with the definition of the dance move. 

As for Savchenko’s thoughts on the longtime judge’s flag?

“It wasn’t a lift. It was a trick that has been done by true dancers helping Harry. We’ve seen it many, many times. Jenna didn’t lift him, he didn’t lift Jenna,” he explained. “It wasn’t done in the couple, so I think it’s bulls–t.”