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"Mad Maks!\r\nOn Monday&amp;apos;s Dancing with the Stars, Hope Solo&amp;apos;s pro partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy really, really went off on judge Len Goodman after he called their rumba their &amp;quot;worst dance of the season.&amp;quot;\r\nChmerkovskiy angrily objected to Goodman, charging that the remarks were &amp;quot;disrespectful,&amp;quot; and that the judges&amp;apos; criteria for contestants wasn&amp;apos;t fair.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve been in this business for 50 years,&amp;quot; Goodman argued.\r\n&amp;quot;Then maybe it&amp;apos;s time to go!&amp;quot; Chmerkovskiy barked back amid their verbal battle.\r\nThe outspoken dancer wasn&amp;apos;t exactly contrite backstage talking with co-host Brooke Burke Charvet, either.  &amp;quot;With all due respect, this is my show,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I helped make it what it is,&amp;quot; he said.\r\n\r\nChmerkovskiy later explained himself -- somewhat apologetically -- to The Hollywood Reporter. &amp;quot;Len is the only one who comes from a ballroom background, and I really respect his opinion,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve danced for 27 years, and I&amp;apos;ve won more titles than Len ever even participated in.&amp;quot;\r\nAs for his argument that DWTS is &amp;quot;my show,&amp;quot; he explained: &amp;quot;I feel like it&amp;apos;s my show, and together, with other pros, I dedicated six years of my life to this show...I&amp;apos;ve helped make it what it is, but I&amp;apos;ve never taken it away from anybody else who participated.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I didn&amp;apos;t mean it in a selfish way. I love it. It&amp;apos;s what I love doing. Our fans are phenomenal.&amp;quot;\r\nTell Us: Were Maks&amp;apos; comments out of line?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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