Sharna Burgess Exits ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 31 Following Birth Of Her Baby

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Sharna Burgess is bowing out of “Dancing With the Stars”. The new mom took to her Instagram Stories Wednesday to share that she will not be competing in season 31 of the series. “Hi, I have some news that I have to tell you guys, because I keep getting so many DMs about it,” Burgess said. “I, after long conversations and lots of thinking and really trying to sit with what was right…I have made the really hard decision to not do the season this year of ‘Dancing With the Stars’.

There has been a list that was released saying that I would be a pro and I won’t be.” Burgess was on an early list sharing the DWTS pros and their celebrity partners set to be revealed early next month on “Good Morning America” ahead of the show’s Disney+ premiere on Sept.

19. While she won’t be competing as a pro, Burgess said that she will still be a part of the show in “some capacity,” telling fans, “We’re still talking about that.” While the 37-year-old dancer maintained that her body is “at 100 per cent capacity” and “fit, strong and so ready to dance,” she said she just wasn’t ready to devote the time it takes to be a part of the long-running dance competition series, just two months after giving birth.

Burgess, who welcomed Zane with boyfriend, Brian Austin Green, in June, said she just couldn’t leave the little one alone for the often 10-plus hour days on the “DWTS” set. “I was not ready to spend, at minimum, 10 hours a day away from Zane,” she explained. “I’m a full-time breastfeeding mama.