Derek Hough Explains Why He Thought He Lost Jennifer Lopez as a Friend

Derek Hough thought his friendship with Jennifer Lopez was over after he accidentally did something to her that could have ended really badly.

The two stars worked together on the NBC reality competition series World of Dance. They were on the judging panel for all four seasons of the series, which ended in 2020.

Derek explained during an appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show this week that he thought he lost Jennifer as a friend forever following a mishap while they were dancing together.

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“There’s been times when it hasn’t gone right,” Derek said. “There was one time I went salsa dancing with Jennifer Lopez. We’re dancing, and we’re having a good night, we’re sweating, the live band’s playing, it’s steamy, it’s going great. I dip her and I step on her hair, and I pull her back up, but her hair didn’t come back up.”

“But she didn’t miss a beat… she picked it up and I had no idea! I had no idea what happened. Then, later in the night, she goes, ‘Do you know what you did?’ I was like, ‘Show you the time of your life, what’s up?’ And she’s like, ‘No, you pulled out my hair!’ She had a chunk of it. I was like, ‘I’m so sorry, oh no!’” Derek said. “And then the next day she’s like, ‘Hey, do you want to do a project with me?’ I was like, ‘Fantastic, ’cause I thought our friendship was over!’”

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