This article contains spoilers for the October 8 episode of “Dancing With the Stars.”

Kiss frontman Gene Simmons handed out the first 10 of the season to model Brooks Nader when he was a guest judge on “Hair Metal Night” on Tuesday’s episode of “Dancing With the Stars,” but that score was mysteriously downgraded to a 9. in the final score.

Although he held up a paddle of 10, co-host Julianne Hough told Simmons that he “actually punched in a 9,” which was added to Nader’s total score.

Viewers cringed at the 75-year-old rocker’s comments about the dancers’ bodies, which caused more online chatter than the two celebrities who were sent home, the oldest (and stiffest) dancers: Eric Roberts and Reginald VelJohnson.

Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher, who performed a Jive to Quiet Riot’s “Cum On Feel the Noize,” also landed in the bottom three but was saved by viewers’ votes.

Before handing that 10 to Nader, Simmons told the 28-year-old, “Look, I’m not the technician here…. If you did something more technically skilled, you’d wipe the floor with everyone, but your vibe, your personality, is out of this world… Keep working, honey, because you’re a good dancer and you’re hot as hell, too.”

Earlier in the evening, he told 24-year-old Chandler Kinney, “You moved me, not just with your curves and so forth, but (with) your beautiful face and how you were in the emotion of it.”

Later, Simmons told the audience to “settle down” as “this is a family show.”

“Oh, now Do you care,” cohost Alfonso Ribeiro responded.

Social media reactions to Simmons’ comment: WTF?

One person shared a gif from “Veep” of Julia Louis-Dreyfus nervously laughing “WTF?” with the caption: “The #DWTS producers watching Gene Simmons release the first ’10’ of the season.”

Ribeiro apologizes for use of song “Rock You Like a Hurricane”

The evening featured performances of hair metal classics from Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Twisted Sister and Whitesnake, with big hair, guitars and cars. NBA star Dwight Howard, who performed a cape-twirling Paso Doble in Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way,” said his rock ‘n’ roll attitude was based on watching real bullfighters.

However, Ribeiro apologized for the ill-timed choice of the night’s final song, Scorpions’ “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” amid reports that Hurricane Milton will make landfall on Wednesday, just days after the devastation of Hurricane Helene.

“We want you to know that these numbers were chosen weeks before the devastating weather events. Of course, our thoughts are with those who have suffered and whose lives continue to be affected by the ongoing storms in the Southeast. If you would like to help, you can donate at RedCross.org/abc to support the response and recovery efforts,” he said.

Tuesday’s double elimination reduced the field of eleven pairs to nine. After taking last week off for the vice presidential debate, the dancers had back-to-back performances starting Monday, namely “Soul Train Night.”

Live viewer votes from the week’s two competition nights were combined with the judges’ scores from both nights to determine who was in danger.

Next week, “Dancing With the Stars” returns to its once-a-week Tuesday night schedule. Episodes will air live simultaneously on both ABC and Disney+ in local time zones and stream on Hulu the next day.

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