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‘DWTS’ Pro Sharna Burgess Shares Which ‘Difficult’ Celebrity She Couldn’t ‘Be Alone in the Room With’


There’s one celebrity that “Dancing With the Stars” pro Sharna Burgess wouldn’t work with again.

In the first episode of her podcast “Old-Ish” with partner Brian Austin Green, Burgess broke down several seasons of the hit ABC show she was a part of.

Speaking about season 29, the Australian ballroom dancer revealed her partner was “difficult.”

Sharna Burgess revealed she had a “difficult” partner on the set of ‘Dancing With the Stars’. (Kelsey McNeal/ABC)

“I had a partner who was really difficult – and I won’t say too much because I don’t want to – I couldn’t be alone in the room with him after the first two weeks because of things that happened. are produced,” she said. told the outlet. “It was difficult and we were eliminated very quickly.”

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Although Burgess didn’t name it, she competed with Jesse Metcalfe in the show’s 29th season. The duo was eliminated in the fourth week.

Metcalfe’s publicist released a statement to TVLine.

“If she is referring to a time when our client Jesse Metcalfe worked with Ms. Burgess four years ago, the only memory was that they did not get along,” the statement said. “Vague insinuations are not only reckless, but also irrelevant.”

Representatives for Metcalfe did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Sharna Burgess, Jesse Metcalfe

Sharna Burgess and Jesse Metcalfe competed on season 29 of “DWTS.” (Eric McCandless/ABC)

Sharna also opened up about other seasons she’s been a part of, including the challenges she and Green faced in their personal relationship.

“The same executive producer that’s no longer there, I didn’t like what he did with the show,” Burgess said. “Hearing people around me say that they were really trying to shine a light on our relationship, not his neurological stuff, not his experience, not our work together, but almost saying that our relationship was the problem with dancing a one way or another…

Brian Austin Green and Sharna Burgess on "Dancing with the stars"

Sharna Burgess and Brian Austin Green competed together on “DWTS.” (Christophe Willard/ABC via Getty Images)

“I texted someone at that time and said, ‘Hey, that’s not what we signed up for. If that’s what you want for us, you need to just eliminate us because we can’t do that.’ And then we were quickly eliminated.”

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Burgess and Green began dating in 2019. After the duo was eliminated following week four of “DWTS,” the couple revealed they were expecting their first child. In June 2022, Burgess gave birth to her son Zane Walker Green.

Sharna Burgess and Brian Austin Green smiling

Sharna Burgess and Brian Austin Green welcomed their first child in 2022. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

Burgess pulled out of season 31 of “Dancing With the Stars” after the birth of her son. Since then, she has not been asked to return to the show.

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“Last season I was supposed to come back, but Zane was only eight weeks old. … I just felt like I needed to be a mother to Zane,” she said. “It was always, ‘I want to come back next year’ and ‘Of course we love you, we’ll always have you.'”

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She revealed during her podcast debut that there was “no shade” about “DWTS” after she wasn’t asked for a response.

“Not only is it an ego thing of ‘they didn’t want me,’ but it’s also this disappointment,” she said. “I thought I was going to have this moment to express myself and be me before baby, me before kids, me before Bri.”


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