Total clash and awkwardness on “Dancing with the Stars”: “It stinks.” Barbara D’Urso vents

Tensions ran extremely high during the latest episode of “Dancing with the Stars,” which aired on Rai 1 on Saturday, November 14. The cold war between Barbara D’Urso and Guillermo Mariotto—who had already clashed in previous episodes—fully erupted into an all-out confrontation between the two judges.

At the start of the episode, the fashion designer sprayed perfume on the judges’ table, explaining his action by saying, “There’s this awful smell…”. Barbara D’Urso flew into a rage: “This gentleman just sprayed something on me, saying, ‘What a stench!’ Do you want to keep booing me or him?” And then, turning to Milly Carlucci: “It’s either me or him—make a choice, Milly.” Mariotto later apologized, but Barbara D’Urso held a grudge and, after the show, posted a video on YouTube in which she vented her frustration.

“It’s 4:30 in the morning. What happened is awful, sad, unforgivable. I was attacked, and my family didn’t stand up for me. This time I won’t forgive it,” declared the former Mediaset host, now a judge on “Ballando.”

“I’ve read hundreds of messages from you all defending and protecting me, and that warms my heart so much. I’m very disappointed and very hurt, because I was the victim of a full-blown assault. This was clearly premeditated. He showed up with this thing that sprayed me.” I always try not to stir up controversy, to avoid it, to rise above it… But then he snapped and did this horrible thing: an assault, an act intended to humiliate someone.”