DANCING With The Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba has responded to the ‘wild’ fans who call for her to be fired from the show.
Carrie Anne Inaba is known for her somewhat harsh critique, with two professional dancers even calling her out for her comments this month.
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Carrie Anne Inaba is a controversial judge on the hit dancing showCredit: Getty

She has responded to fans who want her sackedCredit: TikTok/carrieanninabaofficial
It all came to a head when Pasha Pashkov called out Carrie Ann for her critique of his performance.
Maksim Chmerkovskiy also slammed Carrie Ann for her critique.
The former pro brutally swung for Carrie Ann because of her critique of his brother Val, who is still on the show and partnered with Alix Earle.
But now Carrie Ann has responded to the calls for her to be fired from the show amid her “harsh” critique.
In a video shared on TikTok, Carrie Ann could be seen applying lip gloss as she mimed along to a Taylor Swift song.
While applying the lip gloss, she mimed Actually Romantic from the singer’s Te Life of A Showgirl album,
CARRIE ANN HITS BACK AT HATERS
The lyrics that Carrie Ann mimed were, “But it’s actually sweet / All the time you’ve spent on me / It’s honestly wild / All the effort you’ve put in.
“It’s actually romantic / I really gotta hand it to you, ooh / No man has ever loved me like you do.”
In the caption she simply penned, “It’s actually romantic” complete with the DWTS hashtag.
Some fans flocked to the comments section to defend Carrie Ann.
One person said, “People forget that your job is to judge, not give everyone a 10. The OGs love you Carrie Ann!”
A second penned, “Let’s stop attacking her for doing her job:) SHES A JUDGE!”
“Ngl she’s kinda iconic for this,” wrote a third.
A fourth said, “Wait carrie ann this is really funny.”

She mimed to a Taylor Swift song about haters being obsessed with the person they do not likeCredit: TikTok/carrieanninabaofficial

Fans were divided in their reactions to the videoCredit: TikTok/carrieanninabaofficial
But others slammed her again in subtle ways.
Some fans took to the comments and gave her critique in the way she would to contestants on the show.
“I wanted to love it, timing was just a little off. 10,” said one.
“Amazing Carrie Ann so so so good I love it !!!! 6,” penned a third.
A fourth added, “Solid 3 for this one. Dance for us Carrie Ann!”
While a fifth said, “You are such an inspiration! This is proof ANYONE can make a TikTok!!!!! 6!”
And a sixth pleaded, “Girl we just want consistent scoring.”
PRO DANCERS SLAM CARRIE ANN
This comes after Pasha Pashkov called out Carrie Ann for her critique of his performance.
Pasha is partnered with Boy Meets World alum Danielle Fishel on the ABC competition’s 34th season.
Slamming Carrie Ann’s critique, he said he was “not happy” to hear it.
Carrie Ann said to Pasha and Danielle, “Some of your dances are starting to feel like I’m watching the same dance over and over again.
“Try to give a little bit more variety as far as dynamics.
“This is also on you, Pasha.”
Speaking to Variety about the critique, Pasha said, “Especially being that she said that the dances looked similar.
“The thing is, we did have a quickstep and we had a jive this week. These are two dances that [are] very, very similar.”
He went on, “If we had dances that were drastically different and they felt the same, I’d understand.
“But, based on the dances that we had, that did not feel like it made sense to me. In my heart.”
He then said that he feels “overprotective” of Danielle because of how “hard” she’s been working on her dancing skills.
Pasha noted, “I don’t think she deserved that comment.”
SCATHING JIBE FROM FORMER PRO
Maksim Chmerkovskiy also slammed Carrie Ann for her critique of his brother Val, who is partnered with Alix Earle.
When giving her critique to Val and Alix, Carrie Ann made a comment about their arms.
She said that they should use straight arms while turning and urged them not to bend their arms while doing so.
Taking to social media, Maksim stuck up for his brother in a subtle yet scathing message aimed at Carrie Ann.
The message said, “Someone should check on Carrie Ann after last night. She really had a rough one.
“Also I’m teaching today and tomorrow in case anyone needs some professional dance expertise.
“Come say hi and ask me how I really feel about ‘straight arms while turning’,” he said.

Carrie Ann is known for her ‘to the point’ critiqueCredit: Getty
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