'Dancing With the Stars' Lift Rule Enforced by Carrie Ann Inaba, and Fans Are Irked

Dancing With the Stars fans let out a collective grumble when judge Carrie Ann Inaba enforced the rule against lifts on the show Monday night. She took a full point off of actor Brian Austin Green and dancer Sharna Burgess' score after their Waltz to "Someday My Prince Will Come" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The other judges gave the real-life couple low scores for other reasons, but Inaba's decision to keep track of the lift rule, when the other judges didn't, annoyed viewers at home.

"There was a little lift, just a little," Inaba said. "I got to do it. I have to be fair to everybody." She then defended herself for following the rule, pointing out it's in the show's rule book that you are not supposed to do a lift in the waltz. This drew a boo from the small crowd, but host Tyra Banks kept the show moving along by noting how the other judges said Green and Burgess were "loving each other too much" while performing. "It's Snow White... I don't know how you don't love each other," Green shrugged.

Despite taking a point off for the lift, Inaba still gave the couple a 6/10. Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli also gave the couple a 6/10, while Derek Hough gave them a 7/10. Their final score was 25/30, which was actually the lowest score of the night. On Tuesday, Green and Burgess will dance to the "He's a Pirate" theme from Pirates of the Caribbean. In the meantime, here's a look at how fans responded to Inaba's lift critique.