Did Julianne Hough Body Shame Amber Rose On 'Dancing With The Stars'? Season 23 Contestant Calls Out Judge

Amber Rose apparently had an issue with a remark Julianne Hough made during her “Dancing with the Stars” performance with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy. On Season 23, Week 3, Hough supposedly said she felt “uncomfortable” during Rose and Chmerkovskiy’s sultry Salsa to Jennifer Lopez’s “Booty.”

According to E! News, in a clip of Rose’s upcoming episode of her Play.it Loveline with Amber Rose podcast she addresses Hough’s comment. When Rose’s co-host Dr. Chris Donaghue noted that the judges were harsh while critiquing the model, Rose responded: “Last night was like, they did the commentary, and I, it was a point in the dance where I had to lift my leg up and Maks dipped me and [Julianne] said, ‘Oh, I’m uncomfortable,’ and instantly I felt, I did feel body shamed.”

The Slut Walk creator added: “You know, all the beautiful professional dancers that are on ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ I mean they dress very sexy and they do the splits and they grind up on these guys and they look absolutely stunning and get a standing ovation. And me, and my body, my hips, my a--, my breasts made her uncomfortable.”

Hough apparently already caught wind of Rose’s remarks and told E! that she doesn’t agree with body shaming. Hough also explained that her “uncomfortable” comment wasn’t made live during Rose’s dance and producers have the ability to put sound bites wherever they want them. “My ‘uncomfortable’ comment was about the fact that I felt like I wanted more out of the performance — when someone is doing a hot, sexy dance like that without the right amount of energy that is required, it can be uncomfortable to watch,” she clarified. “Trust me I’m all for a sexy booty dance!! We all know that! And any kind of body shaming goes against everything I believe in.”

Chmerkovskiy also thought the judges could have been a little nicer to his partner. In a post-“Dancing With the Stars” blog for Entertainment Weekly, the professional ballroom dancer said it would have been more helpful if the judges had a “bit more constructive criticism” for Rose. “I did feel like it was hard to attach Salsa to that J. Lo song, but as I said during the episode, I think we were given that song for a reason,” he said, adding: “It made me so upset to see how sad Amber was after the judges’ comments.”