Jen Affleck could also be twirling her manner by means of season 34 of Dancing With the Stars, but it surely hasn't been a straightforward journey for the newly minted mom-of-three.
“POV: the postpartum blues begin to creep in,” The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 26, shared over the TikTok video on Saturday, October 25, which confirmed Affleck sitting on a sofa, unmotivated to work, as professional associate Jan Ravnik satisfied her to bounce.
Affleck smiled as Ravnik, 30, boogied to Donna Summer time's “Final Dance” earlier than she joined in on the enjoyable.
“Melancholy can't hit a transferring goal 💃😏💪🏼 @Dancing with the Stars #DWTS @Jan Ravnik,” she captioned the TikTok.
One fan commented, “All the web thinks you're a queen for occurring dwts postpartum and we additionally assume you're being WAY underscored. You might be an unbelievable dancer, mother, and spouse! I'm rooting for you.”
Jen's husband, Zac Affleck, additionally left a motivating message. “Workforce JJ goes to shock the world this week 😱🫶,” he shared of Halloween Week, to which she replied, “That's proper 🥰❤.”
Jen has been challenged on this season of DWTS as she competes alongside the likes of her Mormon Wives costar Whitney Leavitt, in addition to Jordan Chiles, Robert Irwin, Alix Earle and Dylan Efron. Danielle Fishel, Elaine Hendrix and Andy Richter spherical out the highest 9.
The fact star welcomed her third child, daughter Penelope, in July. She additionally shares Nora, 3, and Luca, 2, with Zac. She was solely eight weeks postpartum when her DWTS journey started.
“It meant all the pieces to me,” Affleck informed Us Weekly of receiving good critiques from the judges in week 3. “As a result of, I feel, simply being freshly postpartum, I nonetheless battle with physique picture and I feel all of us girls do, particularly after having a child. So any compliments that we get, we're identical to, ‘Man, [that] means rather a lot.'”
Jen Affleck and Jan Ravnik throughout Depraved Week on DWTS. Disney/Eric McCandless
Jen hasn't shied away from sharing the difficulties of competing on the present whereas recovering from childbirth and caring for a new child.
“It's rather a lot,” Affleck stated on the present of getting three children underneath 3 to take care of whereas dancing. “My physique hurts. I'm nonetheless recovering from giving start, however I'm having a lot enjoyable and I'm doing it for my children so, sooner or later, they'll do that too.”
She additionally joked that she didn't know if her “pelvic ground is prepared, however I'm prepared.”
“It's the realest factor,” she informed Us of mother guilt after her Disney Week dance. “And guess what? Whether or not I used to be doing Dancing With the Stars or not, mother guilt would nonetheless be there, and it'll all the time be there. That's positively an indication you're a superb mother since you're attempting your greatest, and also you need to be higher each single day — for them, for your self, for everybody.”
Ravnik has been so impressed with Jen's work ethic, as have viewers watching at house.
“[My daughter] stated that one of many women on it … had a child, like, 9 weeks earlier than? One thing bananas, the place I used to be like, ‘Wait, I couldn't stroll. What are you speaking about?'” Maya Rudolph informed Kylie Kelce on her “Not Gonna Lie” podcast earlier this month.
Kylie, 33, who gave start to her fourth daughter with husband Jason Kelce earlier this yr, agreed with the Saturday Evening Stay alum. “Is she sporting a diaper?” Kylie questioned of her postpartum underwear, earlier than joking, “I don't assume these dance costumes permit for that a lot area.”
Nonetheless processing Jen's capability to compete post-baby, Kylie added, “Has anybody executed a welfare test on her?”
Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
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