The fact TV star was eradicated within the semi-finals of the dance competitors alongside her skilled dance companion, Mark Ballas. Though they’d excessive scores from the judges for his or her performances, their fan votes had been too low to take care of their spot on the present.

Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas addressed the top of their “DWTS” journey in a newly launched interview, particularly the criticisms they acquired from Leavitt’s previous dance data and the unjustified hatred for Ballas.

Leavitt and Ballas sat down for a joint interview on Alex Cooper’s “Name Her Daddy “podcast, utilizing the platform to handle their controversial time on “DWTS” and to showcase the freestyle routine they by no means received to carry out.

On the November 26 episode, Leavitt famous that the criticisms she primarily acquired stemmed from her earlier dance expertise as a graduate of Trendy Dance. Nonetheless, she defined that her experiences at Brigham Younger College couldn’t examine to dancing on the present.

“After all, that background helped in studying totally different strategies, however this was nonetheless very new to me,” Leavitt defined. She careworn that she hardly ever practiced dancing after welcoming three kids together with her husband, Conner Leavitt, making the previous dance expertise argument inapplicable in her case.

Leavitt confessed that she anticipated to be criticized on the dance present, given her “villain” standing on “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.” Though she claimed she was “used to the hate,” it was tough watching Ballas get hateful feedback.

“At occasions, I felt prefer it was my fault as a result of I used to be like, ‘Oh, perhaps it is due to me. Possibly it is as a result of he is partnered with me,” Leavitt mentioned. She added that it was “triggering” watching Ballas take care of unjustified hatred, reminiscent of feedback telling him to “burn in hell.”

The dance companions famous that the criticisms all of a sudden skyrocketed throughout Dedication Night time, with Leavitt suspecting that her actuality TV collection performed a job of their elimination. On the present’s season 3, the entertainer declared that she solely rejoined the present to audition for “DWTS.”

The emotional interview had followers of their emotions as they applauded Leavitt and Ballas for sharing their facet of the story. A YouTuber careworn that the pair didn’t deserve the hatred they acquired and hoped they might overcome the negativity.

“Truly, in tears. Mark is saying how he was placing his son to mattress, and persons are saying probably the most horrible issues to him. Bullying is flawed NO MATTER WHO IT IS,” a fan lamented. One other agreed, declaring, “Whitney hate is pressured, and I’ll die on that hill!! Thanks for doing this!!!”

The love and help for Leavitt and Ballas continued with extra YouTube customers slamming critics for his or her hurtful feedback. “The best way individuals handled Whitney was absurd and actually very disheartening,” somebody famous, with one other fan arguing that Leavitt was by no means a villain.

The joint interview got here days after Leavitt’s tearful response to her “DWTS” elimination. She captured her emotional response to her exit on Instagram, dropping a video on Thursday, November 20, about feeling like she was going by way of a breakup.

In line with Leavitt, the time she spent on the present was greater than the few scenes followers received to witness on TV. She defined that she spent hours with the individuals on the present, getting to satisfy them day by day and constructing friendships.

“Then it simply stops. It genuinely seems like a breakup. It seems like I am, like, going by way of withdrawals proper now,” Leavitt mentioned. She added that she was saddened by her exit and shedding the platform that gave her new buddies; nonetheless, she remained grateful for the recollections.