00:00Okay, can we just talk about the absolute chaos unfolding with the DWTS former pro Maxime and the new guy Jan right now?
00:07I seriously thought their feed was hacked or something.
00:10Wait, seriously, Maxime is going that hard?
00:12Yeah.
00:13Dancing got himself.
00:14I mean, I saw stuff just a few weeks ago.
00:16They seemed okay.
00:16What even happened?
00:17Okay, okay, settle down.
00:19We're absolutely going to break it all down.
00:20But hey, first, for everyone listening right now, if you are already hooked on this ballroom drama, do us a huge favor.
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00:42Yes.
00:42And speaking of comments, we need your opinion on this one.
00:45Like from the jump, are you team Maxime, the veteran?
00:48Or are you team John, the newcomer?
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00:52We got to know.
00:53Okay.
00:53And for everyone just tuning in, you're listening to the latest celebrity gossip.
00:57And today, we are diving headfirst into the ballroom feud that, honestly, nobody saw coming.
01:04A huge former professional dancer is spilling all the tea on a first time pro, claiming he has, and I quote, zero foundation.
01:12Yeah.
01:13The official statements are saying one thing, but what the reports are saying behind the scenes, oh, it is so much juice here.
01:19Okay, so let's set the scene here.
01:21We've got former DWTS champ, Maxime Trompovsky, right?
01:25And his wife, Pita Murgatroyd, also a former pro, obviously.
01:28They made these pretty explosive comments on Pita's podcast, The Penthouse.
01:32Exactly.
01:33And Maxime, well, he's never been one to mince words, has he?
01:37He totally doubled down on his unfiltered thoughts.
01:40The core message, basically, was that this new pro, Jan Ravnick, he has absolutely no business being a pro on the show.
01:47That's intense.
01:48Super intense.
01:50Maxime's initial claims were all about Jan lacking, like foundation, technique, quality, even understanding of the partnership.
01:56He even sort of justified it by describing his own history, saying he was maybe a bull in the china shop back then, but he earned his right to speak out now.
02:03Right? He got pretty emotional about it, too, didn't he?
02:06Calling the whole situation absurd and unreal.
02:08He basically said people have to be, like, blind to ignore what he thinks is obviously there.
02:13Strong words.
02:14And he wasn't just being vague.
02:16He hit on specifics.
02:18The latest celebrity news is really highlighting the Foxtrot incident.
02:22Maxime apparently claimed Jan had no idea what Foxtrot is supposed to look like.
02:27Ouch!
02:28Yeah, and he completely refused to give him any slack.
02:31Like, you know, despite the defense that, hey, it was Jan's first season, Maxime literally said, you do not have to give him grace.
02:37Are you kidding me?
02:38His reasoning.
02:39Because he thinks Jan doesn't know how to teach the technique properly.
02:42Okay, that sounds like total ballroom gatekeeping.
02:45But wait, this story that's breaking now is telling a completely different tale about Jan's actual resume, isn't it?
02:49Oh, completely.
02:50This is where all that weird social media, what did you call it before?
02:54Subter OJ.
02:55Laughing slightly.
02:57Oh, my God, did I say that?
02:58Subterfuge.
02:59That's it.
03:00You know what I mean?
03:00That's sneaky background stuff.
03:02My brain is just fried from all this drama.
03:04That chuckles.
03:05Yeah.
03:05Yeah, the subterfuge.
03:07Because some reports are now confirming Jan's actual dance credentials, and, well, it changes things a lot.
03:14Yes.
03:14It turns out Jan has a serious background.
03:17He was apparently a competitive ballroom dancer himself.
03:20And get this, reportedly took home multiple national European and even world champion titles.
03:26Seriously?
03:27Yeah.
03:27He was named the best dancer of Slovenia twice.
03:29Uh-huh.
03:30And even got a best trainer choreographer award from the Slovenian Olympic Committee.
03:35Okay.
03:35Maxim has 40 years of experience, sure.
03:37But Jan isn't exactly some amateur they pulled off the street.
03:40Right.
03:41So what's the real reason for this food, then?
03:43Because Maxim and Peta keep saying, oh, it's nothing personal.
03:46But then they doubled down on this critique that Jan has a major disadvantage, and this is the kicker.
03:51They believe the producers only hired him because he's a Taylor Swift dancer.
03:55Yeah, there it is.
03:56This is where it gets, well, honestly, kind of outrageous from Maxim.
04:00He stated flat out they'd never hired a non-ballroom dancer before.
04:04And that hiring someone who isn't strictly a ballroom dancer to teach ballroom to a celebrity, he called that outrageous.
04:10And Peta jumped in, too, adding that Jan's partner, the celebrity Jenna, is actually suffering because of it.
04:15She said Jenna's not getting taught the basics that she needs to.
04:19Oof.
04:19Bring the partner into it.
04:21The whole strategy, right?
04:22Yeah.
04:22Frame it as concern for the celebrity.
04:24But, okay, while Jan himself hasn't said anything publicly, his partner, the celebrity Jen Affleck.
04:30Yeah?
04:30Oh, she wasted no time.
04:32She posted a direct clap back to Maxim's comment.
04:35She did?
04:35What did she say?
04:36Was it subtle?
04:37Not subtle at all.
04:38Her alleged quote was super direct, something like, take it down, take it down, take it down.
04:42You need it gone.
04:43Take it down.
04:43That doesn't represent me or what we need to be doing.
04:46Just bam.
04:47A full-blown defense of her partner against a legend.
04:50Whoa.
04:51Okay.
04:51So let's recap this madness.
04:53We have a DWTS veteran, a legend, basically trying to get a new pro booted off the show,
04:58claiming he has bad technique and zero training.
05:01Despite the fact that the new pro actually holds world titles in ballroom.
05:04Right.
05:04And the veteran thinks the real reason he was hired is just because he danced back up for Taylor Swift.
05:10So the official story about technique feels more like a smokescreen, doesn't it?
05:15Masking this, like, battle over the fundamental identity of the show itself.
05:19Exactly.
05:19Is it about pure ballroom technique?
05:22Or is it about entertainment value?
05:24And maybe, yeah, star connections.
05:26This is definitely going to get even messier.
05:27I can feel it, too.
05:28Oh, for sure.
05:29Well, that's all the juicy tea we have time to spill today.
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05:38Definitely do.
05:39And, hey, think about this before the next time you watch.
05:42If a show like DWTS, built on classic ballroom, starts hiring pros partly for their pop tour resumes,
05:48even if they do have the competitive chops.
05:51Does pure competitive dance still have a main stage on TV?
05:54Or does star power just win out in the end?
05:57Something to chew on.
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