00:00It's really unfortunate that to sit here and defend myself and my family against blatantly
00:04untrue statements made anonymously, but I have nothing to hide. So in the interest of transparency,
00:11I will read to you the one message that I wrote to a dancer on the show. Hey, it's Matthew.
00:16If you
00:17don't mind, we'd love to get your number and talk you through some things. The end. I sent this
00:23because this dancer and I both share a mutual respect for a choreographer that I've known for
00:27over 20 years. And I was trying to help her get a job as a choreographer on the show.
00:33It's, it's devastating that we live in this world where gossip rules and people's lives
00:37are being thrown around as clickbait. Um, I think this is much bigger than me and this story gossip
00:44is toxic and it is destroying our society and we need to do better. And in no way do I
00:50want this
00:50to take away from the show because dance has always been a unifying and healing modality.
00:55And I genuinely wish all the contestants and my fellow judges all the best.
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