I have become addicted to this seasons “Dancing With the Stars”. The dynamic cast (as well as my obsession with all things Kardashian) drew me in. I was so happy when I witnessed and heard Maks Chmerkovskiys’ controversial statements Monday night regarding bias judging, as well as his proclamation that DWTS is “my show”. I knew it would just draw up some good drama! I was right. The drama carried over into last night’s results show and this morning.
Since Monday the media has been salivating with the story and “Good Morning America” interviewed him this morning to talk about the controversy. I was utterly taken aback when Maks proclaimed on GMA that he wasn’t going to apologize (and the last time he apologized was to his grandmother on her deathbed). He claimed he was purely speaking the truth and he really didn’t care what others (even members of the DWTS cast) thought of what he had to say.
At first I was negatively shocked by the comments he had made, and immediately judged him for being egotistical and simply a jerk about the situation. But then I took a minute and thought about it. He is only speaking his truth. He is being honest to the one person that matters, himself.
What if we all spoke our truth without fear of what others would think? How freeing would it feel? How many times do you walk through your day telling little white lies like, “sure, I would love to assist on that project”, or “no, I don’t mind at all picking you up on my way to work”? When in reality you are seething because you would rather poke your eye out than work on the project, and picking up your co-worker will make you have to leave the house 15 minutes earlier. We put our truth aside so that we don’t disappoint or hurt someone’s feelings.
In the most basic form, sentences are just words put together. They don’t really mean anything unless we attach meaning to them. If we could digest this, we may be able to handle the truth (even if it isn’t what we expected) without producing negative emotions.
After really thinking about this truth thing, I changed my opinion of Maks. I’m sure what he said had been on the mind of other contestant’s on the show. He was just brave enough to say it. Maks explained that he immigrated to the US from Ukraine as a child. In his home country, he would not be allowed to speak the truth. He is taking advantage of the freedom that citizens of the United States are blessed with. So why don’t we take advantage of it more often? I think DWTS would be way more entertaining if all the stars and professional dancers gave their honest opinions regarding the feedback from Len, Carrie Ann, and Bruno.
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