DWTS contestant's stepmom takes harsh jab at guest judge Cheryl Burke's looks after controversial...

Burke gave the only 9 on a panel full of 10s, prompting the crude call out. DWTS contestant's stepmom takes harsh jab at guest judge Cheryl Burke's looks after controversial score Burke gave the only 9 on a panel full of 10s, prompting the crude call out. By Ryan Coleman :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/RyanColemanauthorphoto0081ce8f0254478080f35972c433877b.jpg) Ryan Coleman Ryan Coleman is a news writer for with previous work in MUBI Notebook, Slant, and the LA Review of Books. EW's editorial guidelines October 29, 2025 11:24 p.m.

Burke gave the only 9 on a panel full of 10s, prompting the crude call out.

DWTS contestant's stepmom takes harsh jab at guest judge Cheryl Burke's looks after controversial score

Burke gave the only 9 on a panel full of 10s, prompting the crude call out.

By Ryan Coleman

Ryan Coleman

Ryan Coleman is a news writer for with previous work in MUBI Notebook, Slant, and the LA Review of Books.

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October 29, 2025 11:24 p.m. ET

Cheryl Burke on 'Dancing With the Stars' Halloween night. Credit:

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Cheryl Burke has unexpectedly found herself in the firing line for not giving one *Dancing With the Stars* contestant a sufficiently high score.

On Tuesday's Halloween-themed episode of the long-running reality series, social media personality Alix Earle brought the dead back to life with her zombified tango to Billie Eilish's "bury a friend." Season 34's core panel of judges all agreed that Earle performed exceptionally. Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough, and Bruno Tonioli turned up 10s when it came time to lay down the scores. But there was one outlier: former pro Cheryl Burke, who as the night's guest judge, became the lone holdout with a 9.

Earle appeared thrilled with her episode-high score of 39, jumping for joy with pro partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy. Meanwhile, at home, Earle's stepmom, Ashley Dupré Earle, wasn't so happy.

In a video posted to her TikTok showing her watching the episode with Earle's younger siblings, Dupré flared with anger when Burke held up her paddle.

"Oh, go take more Ozempic," she shouted at the screen, prompting a question about the weight-loss drug comment from one of the off-screen kids. "Go take more Ozempic?" they asked, prompting Dupré to explain, "What? She looks weird. Doesn't even look like her."

Alix Earle and Valentin Chmerkovskiy receive their scores on 'Dancing With the Stars'.

** has reached out to representatives for Burke and Earle.

Burke generally gave lower scores than her fellow judges on "Halloween Night," but always with a side of constructive criticism.

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After Hough raved that Earle's dance was "chilling, intense, and sharply controlled," Burke concurred, calling her tango "full of passion and fire...and you did all of it, girl. You really are amazing." Burke then added, "I hate that you broke hold," noting that professional standards knock competitors for momentarily severing the physical connection, or frame, between themselves and their partners, often to execute maneuvers that would be too difficult to perform while interlinked.****

Alix Earle and Valentin Chmerkovskiy on 'Dancing With the Stars'.

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When speaking to cohost Julianne Hough before receiving her scores, Earle praised her partner for providing the same kind of tough, yet helpful feedback that Burke was about to offer.

"It's what I said from day 1 of this process: I want to learn as much as possible, even if the means a few tears and bruises."

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Burke, meanwhile, is no stranger to hurtful comments about her physical appearance. In May, the 26-season *DWTS *vet took to TikTok to address some viewers' tendencies toward scrutiny and name-calling.

"I'm not on Ozempic. I'm not sick. I didn't get 'a new face,'" she wrote in the caption of a video in which she speaks on body image while taking off her makeup. "Stop dissecting women's bodies like they belong to you. This is YOUR reminder: I don't owe you an explanation for my healing or for anything quite frankly. Let this be the last time I have to say it."**

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