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Dancing With the Stars contestant Jackson Olson apologized after a comment about Guillermo Rodriguez’s dancing drew backlash. Olson said he spoke with Rodriguez in person and that they were fine; a later TikTok joked about being “canceled” alongside other setbacks.
Dancing With the Stars contestant Jackson Olson joked about being “canceled” in an Oct. 11 TikTok, days after apologizing for a comment criticizing fellow contestant Guillermo Rodriguez’s dancing. Olson said he had spoken with Rodriguez privately and that they were on good terms, making the new post a follow-up to a controversy that had prompted public criticism.
In the TikTok, Olson filmed his professional dance partner, Emma Slater, leaving the rehearsal studio with her boyfriend and fellow professional dancer, Alan Bersten. The video used “Gotta Go My Own Way” from High School Musical 2, while Olson captioned the scene, “When your dance partner has to leave you for her boyfriend.”
Olson’s caption also referred to the Savannah Bananas’ loss to the Texas Tailgaters in the inaugural Banana Bowl championship on Oct. 11. “First I get canceled, then we lose the Banana Bowl and now this?!” he wrote. The remark was framed as a joke about several disappointments, not as a new statement about Rodriguez or the details of the backlash.
The controversy began after Olson left a comment, later deleted, under a video of another athlete recreating a dance by Rodriguez and his professional partner, Witney Carson. Cosmopolitan reported the comment as: “Seriously how did you do this better than him with 2 hours of rehearsal.” Olson then apologized on TikTok on Oct. 6, saying he took responsibility for the comment and did not intend to cause negativity.
A Public Joke After the Apology
The exchange matters because it put a moment of criticism between castmates into the public conversation around the show. Olson’s original remark compared another performer favorably with Rodriguez, and it was followed by an apology and a reported private conversation. That sequence gives viewers a clearer account of Olson’s response than the deleted comment alone, while leaving room to distinguish his description of the relationship from the public reaction to his words.
Olson’s Oct. 11 caption suggests he was willing to joke about the backlash, but it does not establish that the controversy had ended for everyone who saw the comment. His account that he and Rodriguez were fine is relevant, particularly because they are competing on the same program, but it remains Olson’s characterization of their conversation. Neither the TikTok joke nor the apology changes the underlying fact that the original comment drew criticism.
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From Deleted Comment to Apology
Olson is a Savannah Bananas baseball player competing on Dancing With the Stars with Slater. Rodriguez, known for his work on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, is also a contestant and dances with Carson. The remark at the center of the dispute appeared in a comment on a video featuring a recreation of Rodriguez and Carson’s dance.
On Oct. 6, Olson posted an apology on TikTok. He wrote, “To G and to all of you, I am truly sorry that my comment I made the other day caused this much unnecessary negativity.” He added that he “never meant for it to do that,” took “full ownership,” and said he loved Rodriguez. Olson’s wording addressed both Rodriguez and the wider audience responding to the comment.
Olson also told E! News on Oct. 6 that he had gone to Rodriguez’s trailer and spoken with him for about 30 minutes. That conversation, as Olson recounted it, took place before his Oct. 11 TikTok about being canceled, the Banana Bowl loss and Slater leaving rehearsal with Bersten.
“To G and to all of you, I am truly sorry that my comment I made the other day caused this much unnecessary negativity.”
— Jackson Olson, in a TikTok apology posted Oct. 6
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Rodriguez’s Account Is Not Included
The available reporting does not include a direct statement from Guillermo Rodriguez about the original comment, Olson’s apology or their conversation. The account that they are “fine” comes from Olson, who said Rodriguez reassured him in person. It is also unclear how broadly viewers interpreted the Oct. 11 joke or whether further discussion of the exchange occurred after the post.
The comment was described as deleted, and the reporting does not establish precisely when it was removed or provide additional detail about the scale of the reaction. Olson’s caption uses “canceled” colloquially; it does not document a formal action by the show or a change in his participation. No such change is reported.
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The Contest Continues on Air
The reported next development is Olson’s continued participation on Dancing With the Stars alongside Slater, while Rodriguez competes with Carson. The material provided does not identify a specific upcoming broadcast date or say whether either contestant will address the exchange again on the show or online.
For now, the public record consists of Olson’s deleted comment as quoted in reporting, his Oct. 6 apology and account of a private conversation, and his Oct. 11 TikTok joke. Any further statement from Rodriguez or a new development involving the contestants would clarify whether the matter remains a topic for them beyond Olson’s account.
Source: Yahoo Entertainment
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Key Questions
What did Jackson Olson say about Guillermo Rodriguez?
Olson commented on a video recreating one of Rodriguez and Witney Carson’s dances: “Seriously how did you do this better than him with 2 hours of rehearsal.” The comment was later deleted, according to reporting by Cosmopolitan cited in the coverage.
Did Olson apologize?
Yes. On TikTok on Oct. 6, Olson apologized to Rodriguez and others, said he had not intended to cause negativity, and said he took responsibility for the comment.
Did Rodriguez and Olson resolve the dispute?
Olson said he went to Rodriguez’s trailer, spoke with him for about 30 minutes and that they were fine. The available reporting does not include a direct statement from Rodriguez.
Why did Olson joke about being canceled?
In an Oct. 11 TikTok caption, Olson listed the backlash, the Savannah Bananas’ Banana Bowl loss and Slater leaving rehearsal with Bersten as setbacks. The post presented the remark as a joke.
Source: Yahoo Entertainment
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