Val Chmerkovskiy‘s biggest fan isn’t sidestepping this elimination.
After the season 35 Dancing With the Stars pro and partner Jenna Dewan were knocked out during the Nov. 10 episode, his and wife Jenna Johnson‘s son Rome, 3, shared a much-needed reminder.
“It’s OK to lose, right?” Chmerkovskiy asked the toddler in his Nov. 11 Instagram video. Rome replied, “Yeah, you try your best. If you don’t win sometimes, you try to do it so many times.”
The dancer—who was eliminated on Grammy Night ahead of the semi-finals despite receiving the second-highest scores from the judges—noted that there will always be ups and downs on the dance floor.
“You gotta learn how to do both,” Chmerkovskiy explained. “You gotta learn how to win. You gotta learn how to lose, and it’s OK to be sad when you lose for a little bit.”
And it helps to have Rome cheering him on. As the 40-year-old put it, “Even though I lost and I’m sad, I feel already better because I have you in my life.”
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