Dancing With the Stars Backstage Scoop: See Which Star Wants to Lash Out at Judges in Next Show

"I don't want to be a verbal punching bag!"

This is what an irked D.L. Hughley just told us after tonight's live "prom night" edition ofDancing with the Stars, and we gotta admit, even though his dancing was fully terrible, the guy's got a point!

See how Sean Lowe also questioned the judges' opinion

In case you missed it, after D.L. and partner Cheryl Burke danced a salsa to James Brown's "Sex Machine," the judges held nothing back, cracking zingers such as, "It was about as tidy as a teenager's bedroom" (Len) and "What you looked like was almost a hip replacement" (Bruno). The pair scored a dismal 16 out of 30, the lowest score of the night.

D.L.'s gripe wasn't so much with the criticism, but with what he sees as a fatal production flaw: The microphones of the contestants are turned off during the judges' critiques.

"I would like the opportunity to retort back!" Hughley exclusively told E! News' Will Marfuggibackstage. "I think that if they're going to play rough, I should be able to play rough too. If you're going to say some stuff, I should be able to say some stuff back. Talking about each other and verbally assaulting, that's my thing so that would have been fun. So, next show, I am going to tell them, I would like to have a microphone too. That is on. Again, I don't want to be a verbal punching bag."