{
  "id": 15266929,
  "title": "‘Dancing With The Stars’ Val Chmerkovskiy Suspended For TikTok Referencing Will Smith Oscar Moment; Dancer Responds, “Instinct Was To Defend My Wife”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/dancing-with-the-stars-val-chmerkovskiy-suspended-for-tiktok",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-17T19:30:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/val-chmerkovskiy-dancing-with-the-stars-suspension-1237166428/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "UDPATE, with Chmerkovskiy response: Val Chmerkovskiy is being suspended from Dancing with the Stars for a week after he posted a controversial TikTok message that seemed to reference Will Smith’s 2022 Oscar slap. In a statement released today, producer BBC Studios said, “The well-being of everyone who works on Dancing with the Stars is non-negotiable. […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}