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Carrie Ann Inaba takes to Twitter to defend "DWTS" judges

"Dancing with the Stars" judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli. ABC

(CBS) "Dancing With the Stars" judge Carrie Ann Inaba is the only judge with a Twitter account and this week she decided to use it to answer critics  of Season 13's controversial Broadway Week.

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For those who missed the drama, Inaba and fellow judge Len Goodman were critical of star Hope Solo. When Maksim Chemerkovskiy, Solo's partner, tried to get the audience to boo, Goodman fought back saying, "Half the fault is yours."

This comment led Chemerkovskiy on a rant, explaining he had been dancing professionally for years and that he was tired of the inconsistent judging. "With all due respect, this is my show. I help make it what it is," he said, inciting controversy over the judging.

The next night, he said he misspoke when he called it "my show," but did not apologize for any of this other comments.

Inaba tweeted statements right after the Monday's show, trying to clear the air.

"FYI: Everyone has different abilities on DWTS," she tweeted. "Every journey is unique to each contestant and everyone's ten looks slightly different. Another FYI: I forgive you because you don't know better- scores are locked in before we speak. So we have scored before any words spoken."

While Len Goodman isn't on Twitter, he told Access Hollywood Tuesday how he felt about the debacle.

"I was a little bit aggrieved at the time, but now I've slept on it, and I'm sure Maks has slept on it," he told Access Hollywood. "What he's saying is so untrue. I am the defender of all the pros, I think all those professionals do a fantastic job."

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