'Dancing With the Stars' Cast: Maks Chmerkovskiy Reveals If He Will Ever Return After 'Walking Away' [VIDEO]
Former Dancing With the Stars pro Maks Chmerkovskiy recently revealed whether or not he would ever return to the show.
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Chmerkovskiy won season 18 of Dancing With the Stars with Meryl Davis back in 2014 and subsequently retired from the dance competition. The dancer recently talked to Glamour to tease if he would ever return. Simply put, the dancer said, "definitely not."
He explained: "You have to walk away when the time is right, and the time was right. Nothing was out of ordinary. I think the change of guard is necessary. Like a plant that in order to improve growth, you have to pull branches. It's the same thing."
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While Chmerkovskiy may not wish to return to Dancing With the Stars as a pro anytime soon, he still supports the show. He returned to film a dance with Davis for the 10th anniversary special this season.
Chmerkovskiy's brother Val Chmerkovskiy actually won this season of the show with Rumer Willis, making them even in terms of wins.
Maks has also allegedly been dating fellow pro Peta Murgatroyd, and while he mostly evaded questioning about it, he did offer a few words:
"We're cool. I think that to briefly answer your question, we're just older," he said. "I guess things happen differently when you're older and time's passed and things have happened. I am a very intelligent guy, contrary to what it might seem. I feel different now because we're different."
Dancing With the Stars will return in the fall on ABC to its regular Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT timeslot.
