Photo Credit: Getty Images
Carrie Ann Inaba is not keeping quiet. Following the Dancing With the Stars judge's feedback to finalist Jordan Chiles and partner Ezra Sosa during the season 34 finale on November 25, an audience member shouted a comment from across the ballroom, defending Jordan as a "queen."
Carrie Ann responded to the heckling by shouting, "What?" "What did you say?!"
Co-host Alfonso Ribeiro attempted to defuse the situation by moving on to Derek Hough's critique.
"Alright, alright, it's fine," he said. "Don't worry about that—Derek, you're up."
Carrie Ann informed Jordan and Ezra that the beginning of their paso doble to Rihanna's song "Breakin' Dishes" felt off.
"You're a pleasure to work with because you are so intense," she began. "I love that you attack every movement full out. I think with this number, when you first started, your attack was a little too strong, and it felt like it disconnected you just a tiny bit."
Still, Carrie Ann recently admitted that she judges women. As she stated, "I understand what it is to be this: I understand what it is to be a woman, so I can get into more detail about what I'm seeing."
"None of us are ever completely correct. But I'm willing to take the risk and speak with them so that they can grow," she told Variety. "And when I speak to women, I'm a little more open. Maybe because I believe women are tougher than men in certain ways."
Still, Carrie Ann recently admitted that she judges female competitors harsher than men. As she put it, "I understand what it is to be a woman, so I can get into more detail about what I’m seeing."
"None of us are ever completely correct. But I'm willing to take the risk and speak with them so that they can grow," she told Variety. "And when I speak to women, I'm a little more open. Maybe because I believe women are tougher than men in certain ways."
In addition to Jordan and Ezra, this season's remaining dancing partners are Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach, Elaine Hendrix and Alan Bersten, Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy, and Robert Irwin and Witney Carson, all of whom performed their judges' choice numbers at the top of the finale.
