Alfonso Ribeiro Claps Again After Alexa PenaVega Suggests ‘Dancing with the Stars’ is Rigged
Alfonso Ribeiro is defending Dancing with the Stars following Alexa PenaVegas‘ latest feedback.
If you forgot, the 38-year-old Spy Kids actress and her husband Carlos PenaVega each competed on season 21 of the ABC dance competitors collection, which aired in 2015.
During the October 22 episode of their Lexlos podcast, Alexa recalled a dialog she had with fellow season 21 DWTS contestant Hayes Grier.
“For occasion, Hayes is simply 15 years outdated and he’s the sweetest child. He’s again there with us and I simply keep in mind all of us being within the backside and he’s like, ‘Man, I feel this present’s rigged. I’ve extra votes than anyone,’” Alexa recounted Hayes, now 26, saying on the time in a clip shared on TikTok.
Alexa, nevertheless, disagreed with Hayes‘ assumption that votes from viewers didn’t matter.
“I’m like, ‘I do know you will have extra votes than anyone right here due to the tens of millions and tens of millions of followers. one hundred pc, it’s so straightforward for them to ship in just a little textual content,’” she continued.
“This is what I all the time inform folks. I feel the votes matter. I do,” Alexa added. “But the present’s additionally produced.”
Alfonso, 55, then took to the feedback to clap again on the suggestion that the viewers votes aren’t calculated into who goes residence each week.
“No likelihood,” he wrote. “We need everybody who’s in style to remain on. It’s primary logic.”
In response, Alexa mentioned that the TikTookay clip didn’t embody the complete context of what she was saying on the podcast.
“The clip picks up mid-story,” she responded to Alfonso. “Watch the entire clip and episode. I’m telling a narrative about candy Hayes.”
During the complete podcast dialog, Alexa mentioned that whereas Hayes might have apprehensive that his viewers votes weren’t being utilized, she instructed that there are elements past the votes that go into the present.
“This is what I all the time inform folks, I feel the votes matter, I do, however the present’s additionally produced,” Alexa mentioned. “It even tells you a disclaimer, just like the producers get to decide on on the finish of the day who wins. All of it goes into consideration.”
“The folks like texting in and voting, that issues. The judges, what they are saying, that issues,” she added, earlier than noting of producers, “But additionally, they know their demographic. They know the story they wish to inform.”
Alexa and Carlos, 37, additionally just lately claimed that in their DWTS season, two pros were not getting along and allegedly refused to be in the identical room collectively.
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