Amber Rose Apologizes to Julianne Hough for Claiming the 'Dancing with the Stars' Judge 'Body Shamed' Her

Dancing with the Stars airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC

Amber Rose publicly apologized to Julianne Hough on Monday evening’s episode of Dancing with the Stars for claiming that the judge “body shamed” her.

On week three’s Sept. 26 performance, Rose performed a salsa to the tunes of Jennifer Lopez’s “Booty.” During the number, Rose wrapped her leg around pro partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy and he dipped her towards the ground. As Hough watched during the live performance, she remarked to fellow judge Bruno Tonioli, “I actually feel a little uncomfortable.”

A day later, Rose discussed Hough’s comments on Loveline with Amber Rose, and accused Hough of making negative comments about her body. “Last night was like, they did the commentary, and I, it was a point in the dance where I had to lift my leg up and Maks dipped me & [Julianne] said, ‘Oh, I’m uncomfortable,’ and instantly I felt, I did feel body shamed.”

After performing her week four Argentine Tango on Monday night, Rose addressed the drama during the live show – and apologized to Hough.

“Like I said in the package, when you said that I felt very embarrassed and I felt like you weren’t talking about the dance. But if I misunderstood, then I apologize. I’m a very positive person, I don’t like to argue or bicker or make things weird,” Rose, 32, said to Hough.

Hough, 28, then stood up, clapped for the model and clarified her week three commentary.

“I would like to say one thing also. The thing that I love so much about dance is that dance is a universal platform for people to express themselves – any person. Whether that is age or height, body shape, ethnicity, sexual orientation. It is something that people can express themselves to do,” Hough began. “And for me, I am a huge supporter of that and that alone. As a judge on this show, I am here to solely judge you and everyone else in this competition for only the dancing. So I want you to know that.”

After Rose received her scores (24/30), she and Hough could be seen chatting and hugging after the show went to commercial break.

Backstage, Rose spoke to reporters about clearing the air.

Last week was really hard for me,” she said. “When she said that … I was just like, ‘How did my salsa make you that uncomfortable?’ But she said that it wasn’t like that and it was just pertaining to my dance and I believe her.”

“So, I love that it’s just all positivity now and just moving forward. People react to things differently. I wouldn’t have reacted that way, but everyone does,” she continued. “It’s cool. I’m glad that it’s over and done and we’re just moving forward.”

Dancing with the Stars airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.