Whitney Leavitt isn't feeling the love from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives costar Jen Affleck as her Dancing With the Stars journey continues.
“I imply, I'm simply not making an attempt to give attention to that,” Leavitt, 32, solely instructed Us Weekly after the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame Evening performances on Tuesday, November 4. “I'm simply going to give attention to the individuals which are supporting us as a result of it means a lot to Mark [Ballas] and I. It does encourage us and it means so much to us.”
Each MomTok influencers had been solid on season 34 of the ballroom dance competitors, however Affleck, 26, was despatched dwelling in the course of the October 28 episode with associate Jan Ravnik. She later hinted that Leavitt and Ballas, 39, may not have her full assist all through the rest of the competitors.
“We love Andy [Richter] and Robert [Irwin],” Affleck mentioned throughout a TikTok Stay after the Halloween Evening episode. “Truthfully, I've mentioned since day one, ‘I'm on the present and I'm voting for Robert.' He simply has a tremendous story.”
She continued, “I might be rooting for a former MomTok particular person, however we gained't get into it.”
In line with Affleck, followers “must watch for season 3” of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives to get the backstory on the obvious drama.
Whereas Affleck is now not within the operating for the mirrorball trophy, Leavitt continues to be on a scorching streak within the DWTS ballroom. She and Ballas wowed the judges — together with particular visitor Taste Flav — on Tuesday evening with a paso doble to Ozzy Osbourne‘s “No Extra Tears,” coming only one level shy of an ideal rating.
Flav's enthusiasm introduced a number of surprises to the leaderboard, however Ballas appreciated the brand new perspective.
“When we've got visitor judges, we've had a wide range of completely different varieties, proper?” he instructed Us after the present. “Final week, we had Cheryl Burke, who's a 26-season veteran who has been in these sneakers, who is aware of what she's taking a look at. We've had Kym Johnson, similar factor, a double champ, [with] experience on this space. [She] is aware of what she's doing.”
Ballas mentioned having the previous execs return was “unbelievable,” however not everybody has that degree of ballroom dance information. “Generally we've got visitor judges that aren't that, and we've had Michael Bublé, we've had Gene Simmons. That was a scorching matter final 12 months, I keep in mind that,” he continued. “However when you might have judges that aren't ex professional dancers or not previous celebrities, they're simply going to go off what they're feeling within the second. Once more, that's out of our management.”
Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas are nonetheless hoping to discover a technique to thank their followers after being pressured to pause their Dancing With the Stars giveaway plans. “It was a mishap,” Leavitt, 32, instructed Us Weekly solely after the ballroom competitors's Halloween Evening episode on Tuesday, October 28. “[It's] one thing we wished to do […]
Leavitt and Ballas had been in the end saved from elimination, with Danielle Fishel and Pasha Pashkov despatched dwelling on Tuesday. Each {couples} — together with Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach, Jordan Chiles and Ezra Sosa and cohost Alfonso Ribeiro — had been a part of the successful crew in the course of the freestyle problem.
“That basically sucked,” Leavitt instructed Us of Fishel's elimination. “Particularly as a result of I really feel like Danielle actually — particularly tonight — gave it her all. She took these corrections. She did that on the dance flooring. Even in our crew dance labored so onerous. Yeah, it actually sucked.”
Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET, with new episodes streaming the following day on Hulu.
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