Why Tatyana Ali’s Subtle ‘DWTS’ Team Dance Comment Has Fans Fully Speculating

Tatyana Ali thanked fans for their support on Threads after DWTS and encouraged votes for her and her partner, Jan Ravnik.When asked why she didn’t choose dancers with more experience for Team Slaytopia, her subtle response sparked fan theories about her motives.Fans speculated her team choice may have been a subtle response to avoid two pros after behind-the-scenes drama, though no confirmation was provided.The people’s princess of Dancing With the Stars, Tatyana Ali, isn’t holding back after last night’s team dance. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum thanked fans for their support on Threads after the show and encouraged them to vote for her and her pro partner, Jan Ravnik. She also took some time to answer her followers’ questions, and let’s just say one particular response had fans raising eyebrows.When someone asked how she went about choosing who she’d dance with on Team Slaytopia, the actor opened up about the real intention behind her decision. “Tatyana… as the lowest scored person why wouldn’t you choose atleast ONE of the stars with a dance background for tour team ?” one person wrote on Threads Monday night.Another fan responded, “Maybe I’m reading too much into it but she strikes me as someone who is very intentional about who she shares space with. And I think who she picked was a reflection of that.”Tatyana seemingly confirmed the second fan was on point with their theory when she responded, “Very much so.”Tatyana Ali / ThreadsTatyana didn’t say much, but that didn’t stop people from reading into her three-word response. Fans theorized she may have taken a subtle swipe at Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson after all that LiftGate drama that went down a few weeks ago.“I saw this on threads this morning and it looks like folks were right that she wanted to avoid working with Val/Jenna J after the controversy a couple weeks prior,” one fan on Reddit speculated, while another added, “Not even necessarily about avoiding them but I think she did want to be with Maura [Higgins], Amber [Glenn] and Julia [Stiles] more too. She seems like a girls girl so it makes sense even if we’re ignoring the drama with that family.”Christopher Willard//ABCWhile there’s no confirmation that her team dance decision tied back to the controversy, it did surround Tatyana’s show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, when Val referenced Will Smith’s infamous Oscars slap in 2022 while defending his wife against Carrie Ann Inaba’s critiques.Either way…so happy to see Tatyana and Jan are still in the running to win the coveted Mirrorball Trophy!