Val Chmerkovskiy returns to Dancing with the Stars after one-week suspension

Val Chmerkovskiy returned to Dancing with the Stars on Oct. 27, 2026, after a one-week suspension. The suspension followed his allusion to Will Smith's Oscars slap while critiquing Carrie Ann Inaba's judging of his wife, Jenna Johnson, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He partnered Jenna Dewan on Horror Movie Night, season 35's seventh episode.