Corey Feldman is shutting down rumors he had a “difficult” season on Dancing With The Stars with his professional partner Jenna Johnson.
At the end of the Tuesday, Sept. 23 episode, Feldman and Johnson were one of two couples sent home in the season’s first elimination. Also eliminated were Baron Davis and Britt Stewart.
Before the episode aired, Johnson’s brother in-law, former DWTS pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy, claimed Johnson was having a hard time with her partner.
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“All the cast shows up, you know, all smiles and say how great they are together and ‘we’re friends’ and blah, blah, blah, but that’s surface,” Chmerkovskiy told the Daily Mail in an interview published on Sept. 23. “Sometimes it’s not the case.”
“Obviously, Jenna has a bit of an uphill climb with Corey, which is easy for everybody to say from [outside], but I know that she’s having a much more difficult time with this entire thing and to the point that it is really difficult for her,” he added.
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However, Johnson painted a different picture in an Instagram post dedicated to Feldman after they were eliminated, which read, “Corey, Our time together was cut short but I am SO grateful for the incredible weeks we did get to share!! Thank you for the giggles everyday in rehearsal, thank you for the hard work, and thank you for sharing your life lessons and memories with me! I’ll cherish our friendship forever. Never stop dancing 🕺🏻.”
Feldman addressed the feud rumors in a comment underneath the post, writing, “Thank U Jenna! U were an absolute joy to work with. Im so sorry for any negativity the media is using to give the false narrative that our time together was anything less than enjoyable.”
“And U know as well as i do that i was there 7 days a week for the past 3 weeks, doing everything in my power to give U my best, even if the judges couldn’t see it,” he continued. “God Bless your family. Keep dancing the dream. ❤️🙌.”
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Johnson, who is married to Maks’ brother Val Chmerkovskiy, has yet to publicly respond to the rumors on her partnership.
Dancing With The Stars airs on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC and Disney+.
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