United Kingdom, Oct. 18 -- Val Chmerkovskiy has been temporarily suspended from Dancing with the Stars after sharing an offensive post on social media.

The 40-year-old ballroom dancer - who is partnered with Jenna Dewan - has confirmed that he'll be sitting out the upcoming Dedication Night episode, after he referenced Will Smith's infamous Oscars slap in a recent social media post.

Val - whose original post was a response to Carrie Ann Inaba's critique of his wife Jenna Johnson's latest performance on Dancing with the Stars - wrote on Instagram: "Hi everyone. As you may have seen in the news, I won't be in the ballroom this week.

"In a moment where my instinct was to defend my wife, I made a poor decision to reference a meme to 'keep ...