{"id":255077,"date":"2025-09-26T02:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T02:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/255077\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T02:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T02:32:12","slug":"corey-feldman-blasts-maksim-chmerkovskiys-claim-that-jenna-johnson-had-a-difficult-time-with-him-on-dwts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/255077\/","title":{"rendered":"Corey Feldman blasts Maksim Chmerkovskiy&#8217;s claim that Jenna Johnson had a &#8216;difficult time&#8217; with him on &#8216;DWTS&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Corey Feldman insisted that he practiced hard for \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d despite claims that he didn\u2019t have a good work ethic. Jenna Johnson\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Corey Feldman blasted <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/23\/entertainment\/dwts-champ-jenna-johnson-is-struggling-with-really-difficult-partner-corey-feldman-maksim-chmerkovskiy-says\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">claims that he and his \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d partner, Jenna Johnson, didn\u2019t get along<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Feldman addressed the \u201cnegativity\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DO_g9X7j1CZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a comment on Johnson\u2019s Instagram post<\/a> Wednesday, after they were eliminated from the competition. <\/p>\n<p>After the 31-year-old dancing pro thanked him for his \u201chard work\u201d and for sharing \u201clife lessons and memories\u201d with her, the \u201cStand by Me\u201d star replied and thanked Johnson, noting she was an \u201cabsolute joy to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor wrote in an Instagram comment to his \u201cDWTS\u201d partner, Jenna Johnson, \u201cIm so sorry for any negativity the media is using to give the false narrative that our time together was anything less than enjoyable.\u201d Jenna Johnson\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIm so sorry for any negativity the media is using to give the false narrative that our time together was anything less than enjoyable,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd U know as well as i do that i was there 7 days a week for the past 3 weeks, doing everything in my power to give U my best, even if the judges couldnt see it,\u201d he continued. \u201cGod Bless your family. Keep dancing the dream. \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4c.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After learning his fate on the show Wednesday, Feldman <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/24\/entertainment\/difficult-corey-feldman-admits-dancing-with-the-stars-partner-jenna-johnson-deserved-better\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">admitted on air that Johnson \u201cdeserved better.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJenna\u2019s amazing. I really enjoyed her,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel really terrible because she deserved better, personally speaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feldman also noted to his partner, \u201cAnd U know as well as i do that i was there 7 days a week for the past 3 weeks, doing everything in my power to give U my best, even if the judges couldnt see it.\u201d Jenna Johnson\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Johnson and Feldman were eliminated from the competition Wednesday after receiving low scores from the judges. Disney via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the elimination, Johnson\u2019s brother-in-law, \u201cDWTS\u201d alum Maksim Chmerkovskiy, said that Johnson was having a \u201cdifficult\u201d time working with Feldman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, Jenna has a bit of an uphill climb with Corey, which is easy for everybody to say from [outside], but I know that she\u2019s having a much more difficult time with this entire thing and to the point that it is really difficult for her,\u201d he told the\u00a0Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether he thought Feldman\u2019s age was a factor, Chmerkovskiy replied, \u201cI think that it\u2019s a combination [of technique and work ethic]. Maybe [learning choreography is] not such a comfort zone for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But sources close to the \u201980s star <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/25\/entertainment\/corey-feldman-wasnt-lazy-on-dwts-was-distracted-by-charlie-sheen-headlines\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told Page Six that the accusations that he was lazy in rehearsals were unfair<\/a> and that Feldman was feeling \u201cpretty defeated\u201d after being booted following just the second episode.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s brother-in-law, \u201cDWTS\u201d alum Maksim Chmerkovskiy, told the Daily Mail ahead of Wednesday\u2019s elimination that she was having a \u201cdifficult time\u201d with Feldman. Phamous \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, Jenna has a bit of an uphill climb with Corey, which is easy for everybody to say from [outside], but I know that she\u2019s having a much more difficult time with this entire thing and to the point that it is really difficult for her,\u201d Chmerkovskiy said. Christopher Peterson \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most upsetting thing is the narrative that he didn\u2019t show up and that he and his partner Jenna [Johnson] didn\u2019t get along,\u201d a source close to the actor told us. \u201cCorey showed up every day and worked his ass off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sources also said Feldman was distracted by recent news surrounding Charlie Sheen and <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/10\/entertainment\/why-charlie-sheen-put-an-ice-cube-up-his-butt-while-filming-movie-at-height-of-drug-addiction\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his new Netflix docseries, \u201caka Charlie Sheen.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feldman had previously alleged that Sheen raped his best friend, the late actor Corey Haim, which Sheen <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/charlie-sheen-denies-bulls-t-corey-haim-allegation-in-netflix-doc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">vehemently denied in the doc.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should have taken legal action against Feldman but I didn\u2019t feel like giving that clown that much more content,\u201d Sheen said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Corey Feldman insisted that he practiced hard for \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d despite claims that he didn\u2019t have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":255078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[172,8723,108847,50089,171,563,134528,173,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-255077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-celebrity-news","9":"tag-celebrity-social-media","10":"tag-corey-feldman","11":"tag-dancing-with-the-stars","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-instagram","14":"tag-maksim-chmerkovskiy","15":"tag-tv","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115268258647947399","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}