Originally Posted by aggs:
“I just think that Gleb has been terribly lazy. He's been lucky enough to be paired with someone who has the ability and the attitude and he's seemingly frittered that away. He said on ITT it's hard to teach someone whose never danced before (which was a shock - I wish they'd have made it clearer she was a complete novice at the start. So lax) which - yeah, isn't that supposed to be your job?
Unfortunately for him, his partner also has brains, and I'm getting the feeling she is more than aware and it's beginning to rankle just a tad. I said before that I think they have a working relationship that takes its cue from how the dance they are doing is going. Last week was awkward and this week is positively tetchy.”
I think he specifically means it's hard to teach someone who hasn't danced before but has a degree of natural talent. Apparently he was really good with a useless celeb on DWTS, he could charm her, do very little work and be seen as gracious with his duffer. Apparently, he was a bit like Tristan is on ours 😱😱😱
But as you said, he just doesn't want to put the work in with someone new to dance but with innate talent.