Dancing With the Stars season 34 contestant Alix Earle‘s stepmom, Ashley Dupré, threw shade at former pro Cheryl Burke following her appearance on the Tuesday, October 28, episode.
During the latest episode of the competition reality show, Burke, 41, made her grand return to serve as a guest judge. After Earle, 24, and her partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, performed a tango, the pair earned a score of 39/40. While the score placed Earle at the top of the leaderboard, Burke was the vote that kept the pair just one point away from receiving a perfect score.
After Earle’s score was revealed, Dupré took to TikTok to share a video of herself reacting to the judges as they held up their scoring paddles to reveal their scores. After Burke held up a nine, Dupré made it clear she disagreed with the score by exasperatedly saying, “Oh, go take more Ozempic!”
Dupré’s children, who were at home watching the episode with her, were seemingly confused by the comment, and the kids were heard trying to clarify what their mother meant to say.
“What? She looks weird. Doesn’t even look like her,” she said, doubling down on allegations that Burke took Ozempic in order to lose weight.
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Burke has recently turned heads for her slimmer look, though she has not confirmed or denied if she’s used weight loss drugs to achieve her figure. Instead, she told previously People she lost 35 pounds by embracing a healthier lifestyle in her 40s.
“I’ve noticed not only my skin changing into mature skin, but also just my metabolism has changed quite a lot,” she told the outlet in May.
Burke also admitted that being a dancer negatively impacted her body image. “As a dancer, we were stuck in front of mirrors constantly, it was important to stay at a certain weight, and my dance coaches were really strict,” she said.
Burke returned to the show to guest judge alongside Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli. However, she’s no stranger to the show and previously competed on as a pro for 26 seasons. After she joined the show in season 2, Burke remained a staple on DWTS until she announced her retirement at the end of season 31.
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