Dancing with the Stars: Pasha Pashkov on Carrie Ann Inaba’s Criticism

Pasha Pashkov meets his critics head-on.

The “Dancing With the Stars” pro who works with Boy Meets World alums Danielle Fishel on the ABC competition’s 34th season — said he was “not happy” to hear the judge Carrie Ann Inaba‘s criticism of her routine during the October 14 episode of Dedication Night.

“Some of your dances feel like I’m watching the same dance over and over again,” Carrie Ann told the duo, whose jive number was a tribute to Danielle’s former co-star William Daniels. “Try to add a little more variety to the dynamic. That’s also up to you, Pasha.”

Well, Pasha finds this comment “unfair.”

“Especially because she said the dances looked similar,” he told Variety in an interview published Oct. 15. “The thing is, we had a quickstep and a jive this week. Those are two dances that.” [are] very, very similar.”

The 39-year-old continued: “If we had dances that were completely different and felt the same, I would understand that. But based on the dances we had, that didn’t feel like it would make sense to me. In my heart.”