# Carrie Ann Inaba & Val Chmerkovskiy Hug It Out After ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Suspension Drama

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/carrie-ann-inaba-val-chmerkovskiy-hug-it-out-after-dancing-with-the-stars-suspension-drama/
- Published: 2026-10-28T06:32:34+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/carrie-ann-inaba-val-chmerkovskiy-hug-dancing-with-the-stars-suspension-drama-1237206864/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Trending, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- Inaba and Chmerkovskiy hugged after his return from suspension.
- His suspension followed a social media comment about Inaba.
- Inaba said she and Jenna Johnson had also made up.

## Summary

Carrie Ann Inaba and Val Chmerkovskiy hugged on the set of *Dancing with the Stars* as he returned after a one-week suspension, and footage of the moment went viral. Their public reconciliation follows a social media comment by Chmerkovskiy that the show’s production company called inappropriate.

The dispute began after Inaba and dancer Jenna Johnson disagreed over lifts in Johnson’s performance on 13 October. Johnson’s husband, Chmerkovskiy, posted a remark invoking Will Smith’s Oscars slap, then deleted it and apologised, saying he had not considered what the reference could imply. Inaba said she and Johnson had also hugged and that she had offered to discuss how she applies the lift rule.

## Coverage

- [Deadline: Carrie Ann Inaba & Val Chmerkovskiy Hug It Out After ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Suspension Drama](https://deadline.com/2026/10/carrie-ann-inaba-val-chmerkovskiy-hug-dancing-with-the-stars-suspension-drama-1237206864/)
- [Variety: Val Chmerkovskiy Says He Wants ‘Nothing But Love’ for Carrie Ann Inaba Following ‘DWTS’ Suspension, Apologizes to Jenna Dewan: ‘I Am So Sorry for All the Chaos’](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/val-chmerkovskiy-carrie-ann-inaba-dwts-suspension-1236932655/)

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