Maks Chmerkovskiy Slams Kirstie Alley For Comments About Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

Maks Chmerkovskiy is blasting his former Dancing with the Stars partner Kirstie Alley after posting about the war in Ukraine on Twitter.

In a since-deleted Tweet that Chmerkovskiy, 42, reposted to his Instagram story on Saturday, Alley, 71, wrote, “I don’t know what’s real or what is fake in this war. So I won’t be commenting. I’ll pray instead.”

Chmerkovskiy then posted a screenshot of the tweet, writing, “Dear Kirstie, We haven’t spoken in a while, but I clearly remember being right next to you while you were organizing trucks of aid during hurricane Sandy and I remember all that you were saying to me about situations where innocent are suffering.

That same energy is needed right now.”

He added, “no one needs your prayer if you don’t know what’s real or fake.”

The Dancing with the Stars alum has been in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, as Russia’s attacks on the country continue.

He assured fans that he is safe on Friday and has not been instructed not to move. He also said that citizens are “being mobilized” and “the whole country is being called to go to war.”

His wife, Peta Murgatroyd, pleaded for his safe return on social media. “Please pray for my husband Maks. I don’t usually ask these things from my social media network however, today is extremely hard, and the next few will be even harder,” she wrote on Friday.

Meanwhile, Alley took down the tweet and posted instead, “I’m sorry that I’m not an expert on APPARENTLY EVERYTHING.. like some of you jack wagons. It’s ok to admit you don’t know things.” She added, “Omg, people are obsessed with hatred.. they wait to pounce like rabid dogs no matter what is said. They will TWIST any words to fit their hateful agendas… I think these types of people are the saddest people on Earth.”

On Saturday, she posted links to her followers of places to donate to help Ukraine.