Dancing With the Stars pro Louis van Amstel understands what Maks Chmerkovskiy was trying to say about Jan Ravnik.

“There was a little riff going on about Maks criticizing Jan, but then that was big of Maks to go on social media and invite Jan publicly to go for coffee, to talk it up,” Louis, 53, exclusively shared with Us Weekly on Friday, October 31. “I have to agree, the content of what Maks was talking about, I totally agree. Jan has no ballroom dance experience. You can see it. He has no teaching experience, but he is a fantastic dancer and even better person.”

Maks, 45, first made headlines when he appeared on Peta Murgatroyd‘s “The Penthouse With Peta” podcast. While chatting with his wife, the Dancing With the Stars alum questioned how Jan, 30, got a spot as one of this season’s

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