Today’s Lesson: Always Make Sure Your Mic Is Off Before You Congratulate Someone On Their Pregnancy

Hot douche hall of famer Maksim Chmerkovskiy and fellow Dancing with the Stars professional dancer Peta Murgatroyd are getting married. They announced that back in December during a show in Miami. They’re also apparently expecting a baby. That was announced on Monday on the set of DWTS, but not by Maksim and Peta. That announcement was provided by DWTS co-host Erin Andrews, and it was broadcast to everyone on set live via her still-on microphone.

According to TMZ, not a whole lot of people knew that Peta was knocked up; some close friends and family members didn’t know. But apparently Erin had some insider information, so she decided to go backstage during rehearsal and congratulate Maksim on successfully stuffing Peta’s pocket. The only problem was that she was hooked up to a mic, and everyone heard. As for how awkward it made things between Erin and Maksim and Peta, the answer is: very. Sources say that Maksim and Peta are pissed, because they wanted to announce it themselves. Then Erin allegedly attempted to fix it by trying to play it off like it was a joke.

As for if Peta is even pregnant or not, multiple sources are whispering to People that she is. Those sources could just be a bunch of people whose baby monitors and car radios accidentally intercepted a signal from the DWTS mic feed. Then again, they could have insider information. Maybe they were members of the DWTS audience who caught Season 22 winner Nyle DiMarco helping his partner Peta clean morning sickness barf off the mirrorball trophy on their way out of the studio last night.

I guess if Erin needs a silver lining, it’s that the only thing more embarrassing than accidentally blowing a pregnant lady’s cover would be if the cast and crew of DWTS heard her congratulating a lady who wasn’t even pregnant. Although that would have definitely made for some way more entertaining listening.

Here’s maybe-future-daddy Maksim making one of my nightmares come true by staging a flash mob at The Grove today.

Pics: ABC, Wenn.com

Erin Andrews Won $55 Million In The Hotel Peephole Lawsuit

Former ESPN reporter and current Dancing with the Has-Beens co-host Erin Andrews was awarded a settlement of around $55 million in damages for the peephole video that a creepy gross stalker took of her at a Marriott in Nashville in 2008. NBC News says it took a jury almost 8 hours to decide that the damages should be split up, almost equally, between the creepy gross stalker and the franchise owner of the Nashville Marriott. Erin Andrews was asking for $75 million. The jury declared that Erin’s creepy gross stalker Michael David Barrett should have to pay about $28 million and the franchise owner should cough up about $26 million.

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