Professional ballroom dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy told reporters that the upcoming 15th season of Dancing With the Stars will be his last.

“What else do I have to do there after 15 seasons?” Chmerkovskiy, 32, said. “It makes total sense. The audience can’t expect for me to want to stick around, and the producers can’t expect for me to want to stick around.”

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The Ukrainian-born dancer has landed his first leading role in a feature film, which begins shooting in January. ”Essentially, 80% of our job is to give somebody another push in their career,” he explained. “I loved doing it. But to be honest with you, at 32, I am at what-about-me time.”

And despite his hot temper with the judges of the show, Chmerkovskiy said he wishes nothing but the best for the ABC competition. ”I wish [the show] the next 50 years of success. But I have to do something else. I need to move on for me.”

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