{"id":2028361,"date":"2025-09-17T07:49:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2028361"},"modified":"2025-09-17T07:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:49:18","slug":"where-is-carrie-ann-inaba-dancing-with-the-stars-judge-misses-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/where-is-carrie-ann-inaba-dancing-with-the-stars-judge-misses-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is Carrie Ann Inaba? &#8216;Dancing With the Stars&#8217; Judge Misses Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"v_article\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\nBy <span class=\"author\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"tooltiptext\" id=\"tooltip_reporter_0\"><\/p>\n<p>Megan Cartwright is Newsweek&#8217;s Deputy Entertainment Editor, based in London, U.K. Her focus is on U.S. pop culture and entertainment news stories. Megan joined Newsweek in 2022 from New York where she was the Senior Editor for In Touch, Life &amp; Style and Closer magazines and had previously interned at MTV, Cosmopolitan and InStyle. She is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University. Languages: English.<\/p>\n<p>You can get in touch with Megan by emailing m.cartwright@newsweek.com.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/javascript:void(0);\" class=\"author-name\" rel=\"author\" data-id=\"reporter_0\"> Megan Cartwright <\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Entertainment Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"social-share\">\n<span class=\"trust-category\" id=\"trustModal\">news article<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"trust-modal-description\">\n<p> Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-container-new\">\n<span class=\"share-article\"><i class=\"share-icon\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharePlaceholder\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"social-title\">Share<\/span><span class=\"btn-close\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u2713 Link copied to clipboard!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" class=\"fairness-icon\" data-gtm-action=\"Fairness_widget\"><i class=\"meter-icon\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listen<\/p>\n<div class=\"translate-container\">\n<p><i class=\"translate-icon\"\/><br \/>\n<span class=\"translate-text\">Translate<\/span><span class=\"translate-arrow\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"translate-dropdown\">\n<ul>\n<li data-lang=\"en\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"active\">English (Original) <span class=\"checkmark\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-lang=\"es\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/li>\n<li data-lang=\"zh\">\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba<\/li>\n<li data-lang=\"fr\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/li>\n<li data-lang=\"de\">Deutsch<\/li>\n<li data-lang=\"pt\">Portuguese<\/li>\n<li data-lang=\"hi\">\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"translation-notice\" class=\"translation-notice\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<p id=\"read-original-disclaimer\">Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies\u2014please refer to the original content.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"read-original\">Read original<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio-player\" id=\"audio-player-container\">\n<div class=\"controls\">\n<p>Speed: 0.5xSpeed: 1xSpeed: 1.5xSpeed: 2x\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><audio id=\"tts-audio\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"note\">\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.<\/p>\n<p>\u2716<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body article-real-content v_text\">\n<p>Longtime Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) judge Carrie Ann Inaba was noticeably absent from the Season 34 premiere on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The show kicked off on September 16 with hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, as well as judges Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough. Inaba, however, missed the premiere due to illness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\" style=\"height:0;padding-bottom:66.6667%\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" id=\"i2724038\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2724038\/dancing-stars-judges-season-premiere.png?w=1200&amp;f=e85147e2a7ac413cae80f3901160703d\" alt=\"&quot;Dancing With the Stars&quot; Judges Season Premiere\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"cap\" id=\"short-cap-description\">&#8220;Dancing with the Stars&#8221; returns for its 20th anniversary. Co-hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, with judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough, the ballroom welcomes 14 new celebrities for their first&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"cap\" id=\"full-cap-description\" style=\"display: none;\">&#8220;Dancing with the Stars&#8221; returns for its 20th anniversary. Co-hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, with judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough, the ballroom welcomes 14 new celebrities for their first live performance on September 16, 2025.<\/span><br \/>\nMore<br \/>\n<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">Disney\/Eric McCandless<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to share that I will not be at the show tonight as I am feeling quite under the weather,&#8221; the 57-year-old said on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/instagram\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\">Instagram<\/a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m resting up and can&#8217;t wait to be back next week in good health.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the meantime, I wish all the contestants the very best of luck. I&#8217;ll be cheering you on from home. Have a great show everyone!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is a breaking story and will be updated. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.newsweek.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Megan Cartwright is Newsweek&#8217;s Deputy Entertainment Editor, based in London, U.K. Her focus is on U.S. pop culture and entertainment news stories. Megan joined Newsweek in 2022 from New York where she was the Senior Editor for In Touch, Life &amp; Style and Closer magazines and had previously interned at MTV, Cosmopolitan and InStyle. 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