Carrie Ann Inaba defends fellow judges!
While fellow judge Carrie Ann Inaba isn’t catching as much flak, she defended the others during a visit to Access Hollywood on Wednesday. On the subject of Bono — who told Good Morning America during a post-elimination interview that he took offense to Tonioli’s referred to him as “a basketball, a penguin, an Ewok,” and thinks the show treats overweight men differently — Inaba said, “The scoring has to do with what they’re doing dance-wise. We are able to separate the two.” Watch the full clip below:
Inaba, who noted there have been a lot of “sensitive issues” this season, said she found Bono was treated the same as his other DWTS contestants (adding Tonioli’s comments were not meant to be “negative or derogatory”) and believes the judges have been “pretty kind in general” this year.
As far as the ongoing battle between Goodman and Chmerkovskiy, Inaba saw it as a “very awkward moment … it just taken the wrong way” and reacted to Chmerkovskiy’s declaration that it’s his show. She said with a laugh, “That is what I came here to say.”
I love Carrie Ann and all but I think it’s mean how Bruno called Chaz a pequin and an ewok. Not nice!
Maks is on an ego trip. It is very disturbing to witness how he has absolutely no respect for his elders. Behavior that people of Asian descent are unfamiliar with; especially Carrie Ann.