Dancing with the Stars alum Maksim Chmerkovskiy recently apologized to Jan Ravnik for his previous critiques about his performance days. This comes after Chmerkovskiy faced significant backlash online after he and his wife discussed Ravnik’s ballroom dancing skills on DWTS on Peta Murgatroyd’s podcast, The Penthouse with Peta.
Maksim Chmerkovskiy apologizes to Jan Ravnik
Days after discussing the DWTS star’s ballroom dancing skills, the veteran choreographer has apologized to him.
“I’m sorry, Jan has absolutely no business being a pro on Dancing with the Stars. There’s zero foundation, technique, quality, understanding of the partnership,” Maksim Chmerkovskiy previously said of Jan Ravnik, who is best known for being a part of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.
However, after Chmerkovskiy met with significant backlash for his comments, he issued an apology to Ravnik on October 30, 2025. “I want to apologize to Jan for the way my words hurt your feelings,” he said about the latter in an Instagram video. “I would love to meet, I would love to talk about this, bury the hatchet.”
Chmerkovskiy continued, “Most importantly, I think, you know, walk away with knowing me feeling completely different…And, dare I say, we probably might even be friends.” He went on to explain that he was the kind of person who would tell you “how it is.”
“My commentary on dance does not come with feelings and emotions. It just comes with a completely different range of reasoning,” Maksim Chmerkovskiy added. “I would like to explain myself, like I said. I would like this to be personal, because this is, this is crazy to me.”
The Latin ballroom dance champion also addressed the criticisms aimed at him regarding his dancing skills. He said, “Well, you can’t really hurt my feelings by saying, ‘Look at you, loser. You only won once.’…Yes, I know that more than anybody else. I’m very well aware that every single member in my family has won Dancing with the Stars more than I have. They are much better at Dancing with the Stars than me.” Moreover, he stated that he could never battle the public perception during his time on the show and even acknowledged his mistakes.
Either way, it seems that Maksim Chmerkovskiy made an earnest effort to make things right with Jan Ravnik. Meanwhile, the latter has yet to comment on his fellow DWTS alum’s apology.
Originally reported by Sourav Chakraborty on ComingSoon.net.
