Sharna Burgess Spills on ‘DWTS’ Drama: Wasn’t Called for Season 32, Asked to Be Eliminated Off Season 30 and the One Partner She ‘Couldn’t Be Alone With’
variety.comEmily Longeretta When the full cast of “Dancing With the Stars” Season 32 is announced on Wednesday, pro Sharna Burgess will not be on the list.
The Season 27 winner discussed her history with the show on the first episode of her new iHeartRadio podcast, “Old-Ish,” claiming that while she took off Season 31 when she had a baby, she was expecting to be invited back this year — and was not called. “Last season I was supposed to come back but Zane was only eight weeks old… It just felt like I needed to sit in motherhood with Zane,” she explained to co-host and husband Brian Austin Green. “It was always, ‘I want to come back next year,’ and ‘Of course, we love you, we’ll always have you.'” Burgess, who has competed on 14 seasons of the ABC reality show, said that she found out she wasn’t being invited back when all the pros began getting calls to return — and she didn’t. “Because it was such a shock, because I wasn’t expecting it, it was tough.
It’s not the first time. My last five years on the show have been rocky — not because of the show. I love the show deeply, but we had a new executive producer come in, I think five years ago now.
I had just won with Bobby Bones and he decided to not bring me back,” Burgess said. “There’s a lot of speculation as to why.” Burgess and Bones won Season 27 in 2018, beating out fan-favorite Milo Manheim.
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