Jessie James Decker Had a ‘Breakdown’ During ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Week 2: ‘I Really Was Just Struggling’

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Missing her babies. Jessie James Decker opened up about the challenges of balancing mom life with competing on Dancing With the Stars.“This week was really hard and I kind of had a breakdown a little bit,” the 34-year-old songwriter told Us Weekly on Monday, September 26. “It’s hard balancing both because being a mom is first priority to me.

And so, I think around day four, I really was just struggling cause I’m never … away from them that long. But Alan [Bersten] helped me power through.”The country singer’s 4-year-old son Forrest made an appearance on Monday’s episode of DTWS, showing his mom how to strike a pose like the King of Rock n’ Roll for Elvis Night.

He watched Decker and Bersten, 28, perform their Foxtrot to “Trouble” from the audience. The “Should Have Known Better” singer told Us that it “meant everything” to have her son cheering her on. “He’s just proud of mommy and he’s such a big Elvis fan, so tonight meant so much to him,” she said.The “Almost Over You” musician shares three children with NFL wide receiver Eric Decker, who she married in 2013: Vivianne, 8, Eric, 7, and Forrest.

She revealed to Us that her youngest son’s obsession with the “Hound Dog” singer began when she took him to see the recent Baz Luhrmann biopic.“That was it.