Former Dancing With the Stars pro Cheryl Burke is supporting judge Carrie Ann Inaba as she continues to face backlash over her Season 34 scoring.

“I agree that they go hard on her vs. the two men sitting there. And I think that’s always been the case, and she has openly talked about it, how it’s harder for her,” Burke shared in an interview with Variety published on Thursday, October 23. “I’ve experienced it, but in a different way; I’m outspoken about something vs. somebody who is a man, I do see the difference.”

Burke noted that the judges don’t give criticism to elicit an “outside reaction,” adding, “At the end of the day, this is her job, and she’s doing her job, and she’s doing it well.”

Inaba and her fellow DWTS judges, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli , have faced

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