Dancing with the Stars competitor Jen Affleck has responded to "slander" against her pro partner, Taylor Swift's backup dancer Jan Ravnik.
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In the video, Jen ferociously typed on her phone with a frustrated look on her face, pretending to clap back at haters while taking a break from a Dancing with the Stars rehearsal with Jan.
Jan, who was sitting beside Jen wearing a K95 mask, lip synced to the following audio as Jen typed away: "Take it down. Take it down. Take it down. We need it gone. Take it down. That doesn't represent me or what we need to be doing."
Jen then rolled her eyes and mimicked deleting everything she had just written on her phone.
Jen wrote in text over the video, "Me when anyone talks trash about Jan."
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star captioned her upload, "We don't tolerate Jan slander in this house !! @Jan Ravnik @Dancing with the Stars #DWTS."
Fellow DWTS pro Ezra Sosa showed support for Jan by commenting on the post, "I'll ride at dawn for this man."
Jan, for his part, posted a picture on Instagram Stories of himself and Jen practicing their Halloween dance, which will be set to -- quite fittingly for the situation -- Taylor's hit "Look What You Made Me Do."
Jan wrote the lyric, "I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams," from the fiery 2017 song over the picture.
While neither Jen or Jan identified Maksim as the target of their posts, they spoke out shortly after Maksim made inflammatory comments about the pair's "Wicked Night" foxtrot during the October 24 episode of his wife Peta Murgatroyd's podcast, "The Penthouse with Peta."
When Peta pointed out how people should give Jan "grace" because he's still learning proper ballroom technique, Maksim openly criticized Jan, who joined Dancing with the Stars' 34th season as a first-time pro after performing alongside Taylor on her Eras Tour.
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"No, we do not have to give him grace. Are you kidding me?" Maksim said, adding how he's clearly not as understanding and patient as his wife.
"I'm sorry, Jan has absolutely no business being a pro on Dancing with the Stars. There's zero foundation, technique, quality, understanding of the partnership. Bro, I'm getting emotional. It is absurd."
Maksim, who competed on 17 seasons of Dancing with the Stars and also served as an occasional guest judge, continued, "This is unreal, how blind we have to be, and, God forbid, say what's obviously there -- he had no idea what [a] foxtrot is supposed to look like."
Maksim clarified that while he has nothing "against Jan whatsoever" and it's "not his fault," Jen "has no partner" this season.
Maksim apparently believes Dancing with the Stars had "a missed opportunity" with its casting decision to welcome Jan among the pros.
Peta pointed out how Jan probably would've benefited from starting out in the Dancing with the Stars Troupe. She noted how there was an "obvious" reason -- presumably his background with Taylor -- that he was immediately promoted.
"Apart from that he's a lovely guy, he looks great, he obviously is a great dancer, hiring a non-ballroom dancer to teach ballroom dancing to a celebrity as a job is outrageous," Peta said.
"He should've learned, gone to ballroom classes."
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Jan and Jen have consistently landed in the middle of the Dancing with the Stars judges' leaderboard week after week. Jan's choreography has been criticized at times, but the couple continue to improve in the competition.
Dancing with the Stars' Halloween episode is set to air on Tuesday, October 28 at 8PM ET/PT on ABC.
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