After Dancing With the Stars host Julianne Hough precocious criticized Bobby Bones’ 2018 win, Sharna Burgess—who was the vigor DJ’s pro partner—admitted the comments “hurt.”
By Rachel McRady Oct 09, 2024 4:21 PMTags
Bobby Bones Responds to Julianne Hough Saying She Disagreed With His DWTS Win
Sharna Burgess doesn’t consciousness contented with her Dancing With the Stars’ legacy, particularly successful the aftermath of caller commentary surrounding her lone Mirrorball Trophy win.
The 39-year-old reacted to fellow dancer and current DWTS cohost Julianne Hough saying she didn’t deliberation vigor DJ Bobby Bones, Sharna’s play 27 partner, deserved the victory.
“It besides sucks that of each the unthinkable seasons I had, I’m remembered arsenic the triumph that nary 1 wanted,” Sharna shared connected the Between Us Moms podcast Oct. 9. “I deliberation adjacent Julianne was precocious successful an interrogation saying, ‘The triumph that should ne'er person happened retired of each 33 seasons was Bobby Bones.’ It conscionable sucks. It does wounded a small spot due to the fact that I privation I could person near a bully legacy, like, a beauteous bequest on Dancing With the Stars after my time. But it’s ok.”
In fact, Hough agreed with fellow WWHL guest Mickey Guyton during the Aug. 18 episode, who named Bobby arsenic the DWTS victor she “strongly disagreed” with.
“I really hold with you,” Julianne told Mickey astatine the time. “And I deliberation it's due to the fact that of the instrumentality base. It's each astir instrumentality basal connected that show. He was not the champion dancer.”
E! News has reached retired to a rep for Julianne for remark and has not heard back.
Sharna—who shares 2-year-old son Zane with fiancé Brian Austin Green—was not asked backmost arsenic a creation pro for play 33 of the deed dancing contention show, a determination that she has precise publically been upset by.
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She believes the determination came down to her nationalist criticism of the amusement casting NFL subordinate Adrian Peterson connected play 32, contempt his past NFL suspension for kid abuse.
“I shared my idiosyncratic opinions arsenic a parent connected however I felt astir a peculiar contestant connected the amusement that had been charged with kid maltreatment of his 3-year-old astatine the time,” Sharna explained. “And erstwhile I shared it arsenic a mother, I was a twelvemonth into motherhood.”
The Australian choreographer added that she feels there’s a treble modular connected the show.
“This season, Maks [Chmerkovskiy] has shared precise openly however helium felt astir Anna [Delvey] and criticized the amusement and that she was there,” Sharna said of eliminated contestant Anna, a nonrecreational conartist who had to deterioration her ankle show connected the show. “And he’s inactive connected acceptable and having a large narration with everyone connected Dancing With the Stars.”
However, contempt the tension, Sharna is unfastened to returning to the deed amusement 1 day.
“If they did inquire me, I deliberation I would emotion to person 1 much play determination with everyone arsenic a mode to fastener it up,” she shared. “After 14 years connected the show, it doesn’t consciousness similar it was a beauteous mode for it to extremity aft truthful overmuch emotion and truthful overmuch memory.”
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