Jenna Dewan She’s Bummed After Dancing With the Stars Exit
Jenna Dewan said she is "bummed out" after she and partner Val Chmerkovskiy were eliminated from Dancing With the Stars on Grammy Night, November 10. She also named what she gained from the season. Chmerkovskiy's wife, Jenna Johnson, called the exit "heartbreaking."
Jenna Dewan said she is "definitely bummed out" after she and partner Val Chmerkovskiy were eliminated from Dancing With the Stars on Grammy Night, November 10, ahead of the semifinals.
The pair had performed a jazz routine to "All For You" by Janet Jackson. Dewan spoke about the exit on Good Morning America, with Chmerkovskiy beside her.
'Definitely not the way we wanted it'
"Definitely not the way we wanted it to go, obviously," Dewan said. "I was looking forward to dancing more and getting to create more pieces together. It's sad, we're sad about it."
She did not stay on the disappointment for long. Dewan listed what the season gave her.
"I got to dance with my bucket list partner over here," she said. She also learned a new style of dance, and her family watched her dance live every week.
"I haven't danced in a long time and it was nice to be back in that energy together and had a lot of joy," Dewan said. "So, I'm going to choose to look at the positives here and focus on that throughout this whole process."
Partner and family react
Chmerkovskiy said the experience on the show was "so special." "It forced me to step my game up," he said. He called working with Dewan "a great gift" and said they "became really good friends."
"She's just good people," he said, embracing her. "Showed me so much love, so much respect."
Both also mentioned "so much noise" online. The comments referred to Dewan's earlier experience as a professional dancer before she joined the show.
Chmerkovskiy's wife, Jenna Johnson, called the elimination "heartbreaking." She said she sees how much Chmerkovskiy puts into each week and each dance, and how much care he has for Dewan. "I get to see how much light Jenna has," Johnson said.
Johnson also recalled watching Dewan on screen in Step Up. "Oh, I want to be like her," she said she thought at the time. She called Dewan a "huge inspiration" and added, "I can't believe that we now get to call her family."
Her goodbye on air
After the results, Dewan told host Julianne Hough that dancing again and sharing her joy with her family, who were there every single night, meant a great deal to her. "I had a great time," she said.
"I loved getting to share that with the world, honestly, all love."
Season 35 of Dancing With the Stars airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC and Disney+.
