Maksim Chmerkovskiy Dating? Meryl Davis Rumors Persist; Chmerkovskiy Might Not Return

Maksim Chmerkovskiy Dating? Meryl Davis Rumors Persist; Chmerkovskiy Might Not Return
Olympic athlete Meryl Davis, right, and dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy, winners of "Dancing with the Stars" , appear on ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in New York. (Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
Jack Phillips
5/24/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

Maksim Chmerkovskiy, the “Dancing with the Stars” mainstay, might not return to the show next season, according to a report.

Chmerkovskiy told CBS that he’s probably not coming back.

“I don’t think so,” he said. “This is exhausting. It has nothing to do with money. The first thing that I did after hugging her [Meryl] ... was come up to Derek [Hough] and I was like, ‘Dude, I don’t how you do it.’ He did it five times. I have no idea.”

Chmerkovskiy won the trophy for the first time on Wednesday night.

His comments amid rumors that he’s dating Meryl Davis, the former Olympic skater.

However, Davis said they’re not. “We’re not dating,” she said, and added: “We like to keep the personal lives personal.”

A source also told E! News: “In truth, there is no romance there. They’re good friends, but nothing more. The hype about it has been fun, but it’s not real.”

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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