Actor Corey Feldman’s “Dancing with the Stars” journey got here to an abrupt finish Tuesday night time, and his exit wasn’t with out drama. Feldman and professional associate Jenna Johnson carried out a cha-cha to Sir Combine-A-Lot’s “Child Received Again,” scoring simply 15 out of 30 factors. It was the second week in a row that the pair landed on the backside of the leaderboard. On the finish of the night time, Corey Feldman and Jenna Johnson have been eradicated alongside former NBA participant Baron Davis and his associate Britt Stewart, who graciously thanked the present and referred to as the expertise “wonderful.”

Feldman, nevertheless, appeared much less enthusiastic. Whereas praising Johnson as “wonderful” and saying she “deserved higher,” he sparked chatter after somebody within the dwell viewers captured video of him strolling off the stage whereas the remainder of the solid remained behind saying their goodbyes.

The awkward second rapidly spilled onto social media, the place customers had robust, and sometimes scathing, opinions concerning the actor’s time on the present. “Why are y’all appearing like Corey Feldman is an efficient particular person?? He’s finished a number of unhealthy and shady issues,” one particular person wrote. One other viewer chimed in, “Even earlier than I heard about ‘Corey’s Angels’ I used to be getting a bizarre and creepy vibe from him.”

Others criticized his response to criticism and scores. “I knew he was an issue the primary week when he acted shocked about his low scores. Man thinks he can dance higher than he can,” one fan posted. One other bluntly added, “He made me so uncomfortable I’m okay with him going residence.” The walk-off second additionally raised eyebrows, with one person noting, “Strolling off by himself with the remainder of the solid nonetheless on the stage says loads!”

Regardless of the early elimination and on-line criticism, Jenna Johnson spoke warmly about her time with Feldman, particularly their first efficiency collectively. Reflecting on final week’s premiere, she admitted she was curious to see how her associate would deal with the stress of going dwell.

“It’s actually intimidating and so scary to go dwell,” she defined. “However I used to be simply so impressed with Corey. I imply, he’s a performer. He’s a showman, and he placed on a full efficiency that night time. I used to be simply so happy with him. I like that he confirmed up, he was giving facials and power, and that’s all the things that I requested for.”

Whereas Jenna Johnson has publicly praised Corey Feldman’s power and showmanship, insiders counsel the partnership wasn’t as seamless because it appeared on digicam. Maksim Chmerkovskiy, brother to Johnson’s husband, Val, hinted that working with Feldman was a far higher problem than audiences realized.

“Clearly, Jenna has a little bit of an uphill climb with Corey, which is straightforward for everyone to say from [outside], however I do know that she’s having a way more tough time with this whole factor and to the purpose that it’s actually tough for her,” Maksim admitted.

Hypothesis concerning the duo’s dynamic started weeks earlier, when Johnson advised followers she hadn’t seen Feldman for the reason that official solid announcement on September 3.

Responding to questions concerning the lack of rehearsal clips, she confessed, “To be utterly sincere, I really haven’t seen him since ‘Good Morning America.’” The admission fueled chatter that the 2 struggled to get on the identical web page each in rehearsals and behind the scenes.