Maksim Chmerkovskiy Dating Meryl Davis, J.Lo?; Maks Leaving DTWS Because Davis Asked Him To: In the wake of Maks Chmerkovskiy's decision to leave 'Dancing with the Stars' have been attributed to a number of rumors. The most obvious reason was that Maksim, the DTWS Season 14 champ was dating singer and former DTWS dancing partner, Jennifer Lopez. Although Jennifer has been laying low and hesitant to make her interest in Maks official, they have been reportedly spending a lot of time together. Trailing that is the rumor that Kirstie Allie, another former dance partner, had a fallout with Maks, and he is leaving the show because Kirstie is not talking to Chmerkovskiy. This also feeds into Maks dating J.Lo since Allie may not be 'cool' with that.

According to a report by Breathcast, it appears Maks is really leaving DWTS because his former championship partner for the Season 14 win, Meryl Davis requested him to leave the show. That rumor also implies there is a romantic interest between Maksim, the Ukraine-born dancing pro and Olympic skating champion Meryl.

Chmerkovskiy's romantic interests have included Jennifer Lopez, Kate Upton, and now, Meryl Davis, but he is not candid about his love life. And the media have been haunting Meryl Davis and Maks for more information of what's happening in the background after they were spotted at a New York City restaurant.

Initially, Maks made a public statement at a press conference that he is done with 'Dancing With The Stars.' 'I'm done,' he said. However, there were still rumors that Maksim is leaving to be with Jennifer Lopez, and because Kirstie Allie was not talking to him. But now reports say that Maksim has a love interest in Meryl Davis and he is leaving DTWS on her request.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy did say that he would consider coming back as a DTWS judge.