According to TMZ, Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba told the ballroom on Tuesday's Grammy Night episode, after Paralympian Ezra Frech and his pro partner Daniella Karagach finished a steamy Argentine tango, that "Turning your sister into your lover for one night is all good," because the pair describe their relationship as big sis and lil bro.
The line does the work of an entire PR department in one sentence. It names the fantasy, says it out loud on live television, and closes with "all good," a phrase that exists primarily so a woman in a judges' chair can endorse a sibling scenario. The dance was a tango. The pitch was not.
The only part funnier than the quote is the aftermath. Fellow judge Derek Hough, also in the chair, delivered the internet's entire response with four words. "That was weird." One sentence, zero heat, full marks. Then the couple in question got 9s from all three judges and advanced to the semifinals, so the pitch didn't just land, it scored. That is the economy of the show. The line is the content, the clip is the product, and the tango is just the reason there was a clip.
Nothing has been apologized for yet, and nothing will be, because on a show like this a gaffe is a free promo week. The apology would be the only thing that actually kills the number.
YOUR TURN: Rate Derek Hough's "That was weird" as crisis management. One word, full marks.
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