Danielle Fishel is competing this season on Dancing with the Stars, and some of her Boy Meets World co-stars do not like the way she’s been scored by the judges.
This past week, the 44-year-old Topanga actress received some criticism from the judges, including Derek Hough telling her she’s “lacking the movement from the torso” and Carrie Ann Inaba saying, “I have mixed emotions about [your performance]. I love that you always take feedback with an open heart and grow from it. There are moments that I really see this progress — it’s elevated and beautiful, and sometimes, these moments get small.”
She received a total of 33 points this last week, and while she was safe, she only scored one point higher than fellow competitor Elaine Hendrix, who was judged on her rehearsal dance after getting injured.
Now, her co-stars Will Friedle and Rider Strong are voicing their concerns about scoring.
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Will said on the podcast Pod Meets Twirl’d, “Carrie Ann has her favorites, and she’ll have two or three that no matter what they do, they could walk on the stage, trip, hit their face, and she’d be like: ‘You tried so hard, 9!’. Danielle could do the best thing where she’s doing triple flips and she’s like: ‘You’ve got to hold your shoulders different too,’ and it’s like: What the f-ck?”
“I’m with you, man. I held back the anger. I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt. At this point, it’s starting to feel like a personal vendetta,” Rider added.
“It totally feels personal! Are you guys open to the potential that Danielle might be working her ass off?” Will added.