
The Dancing With the Stars judges have already been called out for “inconsistent” scoring throughout the season, and now, Danielle Fishel’s Boy Meets World co-stars are calling them out for what they feel is a “personal vendetta” against her in the ABC show.
The 44-year-old actress and director and her partner, Pasha Pashkov, have struggled throughout the season to impress the judges, and have struggled to receive higher scores.
This included the recent Halloween episode, where she scored only one point above Elaine Hendrix, 54, who missed the show after an injury and was judged on a taped dress rehearsal instead.
Fishel earned 33 points – three eights from Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and guest judge Cheryl Burke, and a nine from Bruno Tonioli for her Viennese Waltz, and saw feedback that indicated her movements and emotions were too small, and she was lacking fluidity.
Now, in the newest episode of their podcast, Pod Meets Twirl’d, her co-stars, Rider Strong and Will Friedle, slammed the judges, saying that they felt there was a “personal vendetta” against her.

Danielle Fishel’s costars have slammed the judges for a “personal vendetta’ against her (Image: ABC)
On the latest episode, Friedle expressed confusion over the judges’ comments, before Strong directed his anger at Inaba specifically.
“Carrie Ann has her favorites, and she’ll have two or three that no matter what they do, they could walk on the stage, trip, hit their face, and she’d be like: ‘You tried so hard, 9!’” he said.
“Anielle could do the best thing where she’s doing triple flips and she’s like: ‘You’ve got to hold your shoulders different too,’ and it’s like: ‘What the f—?’” Friedle added.
Strong then replied, “I’m with you, man. I held back the anger. I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt. At this point, It’s starting to feel like a personal vendetta.”

Friedle and Strong called out Carrie Ann Inaba specifically as they slammed the judges (Image: ABC)
The two also later said that the judges weren’t “on her side” and “not rooting for her in the same way,” before Friedle once again slammed Inaba specifically for “not liking” Fishel.
“Carrie Ann, last night, it felt personal. I can’t explain it. I’m sure it’s not, I don’t know, but it felt personal, like she does not like Danielle. And I don’t know what the hell Danielle did,” he said.
Strong agreed, saying later “I don’t know, I mean, she’s got a chip on her shoulder; I think Carrie Ann’s got a chip on her shoulder.”
The two are not the only ones to publicly slam Inaba specifically, as fans have often called her out for her scoring on the show, indicating she had favorites and would often be harsher to others.

Fishel has often been scored among the lowest with the judges all season (Image: Dancing With The Stars)
Inaba herself addressed it on social media earlier in the season, replying to a fan comment that it was okay for them to “disagree” on routines.
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