Derek Hough is fighting back later Ryan Seacrest accused him of almost breaking an important wheel of fortune fixed piece.

He dancing with the stars The alum called the host’s claim that he jumped onto the titular wheel “1000% FALSE” after appearing on a September episode of the ABC game show with his partner. DWTS stars Bruno Tonioli and Jenna Johnson Chmerkovsky.

“At the commercial break, (Hough) would jump on the center of the wheel and have Bruno spin it, like it was the top of a cake topper,” Seacrest said. USA today. “We said, ‘Please don’t do that. That would break it, and there’s only one of those wheels. If it breaks, we have a real problem.’

Seacrest recalled that he “had to say, ‘Stay on the ledge,'” noting that the DWTS pros: “They’re very physical and that makes it fun.”

After the interview was published, Hough responded this week on social media. “By the way, this is 1000% FALSE,” he wrote on his Instagram story, according to People.

Hough added, “I would never disrespect an outfit like that, as awesome as ‘twirling it around like a cake topper’ would have been haha.”

While she insists she didn’t get behind the wheel, Hough did jump to the podium at the end of the episode to celebrate winning $63,350 for Feeding America.