“I have reached out to Carrie Ann to apologize directly and personally, and I also want to apologize publicly as I understand my words affect so many outside of our internal DWTS family.”

Val Chmerkovskiy · said 2026-10-15 · reported 2026-10-21

Chmerkovskiy apologized publicly and said he had reached out to Inaba directly after backlash over his social media post.