‘Dancing With the Stars’ Pulls Val Chmerkovskiy After ‘Inappropriate’ Carrie Ann Inaba Slap Joke: ‘The Well-Being’ of Our Staff Is ‘Non-Negotiable’

Dancing With the Stars has benched Val Chmerkovskiy following an inappropriate social media joke regarding judge Carrie Ann Inaba. The announcement was made on Saturday by BBC Studios, which emphasized that the well-being of all staff members is non-negotiable. The organization stated that the post did not reflect the values or standards expected of anyone connected with the show, leading to the decision to pull the star from the production to maintain workplace standards.