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Alix Earle’s stepmom Ashley Dupré is clapping back after Cheryl Burke’s score for the influencer on Tuesday night’s episode of Dancing with the Stars.
The nine remaining couples at the start of Dancing with the Stars’ Halloween Night on Oct. 28 channeled their best spooky energy on the dance floor last night, with Earle dancing a tango to “bury a friend” by Billie Eilish.
Her dance, alongside pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy, earned her a score of 39/40 for the night and placed Earle smack at the top of the leaderboard.
Earle was just one point away from a perfect score, falling short as a result of guest judge and former Dancing with the Stars pro Cheryl Burke, who awarded her a nine for her dance.
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Dupré, who was watching alongside Earle’s younger siblings from home, made it clear that she was not pleased with Burke docking Earle one point and took to TikTok to share her targeted insult toward Burke.
Dupré filmed her reaction as the judges held up their scoring paddles and, when Burke held up a nine, Dupré could be heard saying exasperatedly in the video: “Oh, go take more Ozempic!”
Dupré’s children seemed confused by the messaging, and could be heard clarifying with their mom: “Go take more Ozempic?”
Dupré doubled down, saying, “What? She looks weird. Doesn’t even look like her.”
While Burke has been open about her body transformation, she has never confirmed that the weight loss came as a result of the GLP-1 medication.
Instead, she’s told PEOPLE that living a healthy lifestyle was a priority for her, but things changed once she entered her 40s.
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“I’ve noticed not only my skin changing into mature skin, but also just my metabolism has changed quite a lot,” she told PEOPLE in May.
She’s also addressed how being a dancer played a role in her body image struggles.
“As a dancer, we were stuck in front of mirrors constantly, it was important to stay at a certain weight, and my dance coaches were really strict,” she explained.
Burke also said online criticism, specifically social media comments claiming she has taken Ozempic for weight loss, has impacted her.
“These are all assumptions that people have thrown at me, as far as Ozempic, my face,” she told PEOPLE earlier this year. “I’ve always had criticism, but what’s shocking is that this is worse than when I gained weight. These are really mean and cruel messages.”
Despite her apparent anger at Burke, Dupré still shared her support for her stepdaughter in the caption of her video, writing “INSANE!!!! So proud of you!!!! @Alix Earle @Val.”
Dupré married Alix’s father, Thomas “TJ” Earle, in 2013. Together they have three children — Izabel, Penelope and Thomas James Earle II — in addition to Thomas’ two daughters — Alix and Ashtin Earle — from his previous marriage to Alisa Earle.
Despite Dupré’s reaction to her score, Earle clinched a high enough score to propel her forward into week eight of Dancing with the Stars’ 34th season.
