Val Chmerkovskiy and Carrie Ann Inaba just came face-to-face for the first time since Val’s suspension on Dancing With the Stars , and for the most part, everyone ignored the elephant in the room. However! The pair managed to have a moment together during a commercial break last night, which was caught on camera by audience member and beauty/entertainment reporter Kirbie Johnson.

While you can’t hear their conversation in the video, any amateur lip-reader can see that Val clearly says “I’m so sorry” to Carrie Ann, before she graciously accepts his apology and they say a few kind words to one another.

Val spoke to People about their chat post-show, explaining, “It felt cathartic relief, you know? I think it was just really important for me to make sure that she feels safe and knows that, firsthand from me, I want nothing but love for her. I want nothing but joy for her and as much as the world might say otherwise, I want her to know how I feel, not how others want me to feel, but how I genuinely feel.…