\u201cI had no idea it would be so bad. I got told off by my dancer.\u201d<\/h2>\n
When celebrities hit the ballroom floor on Dancing with the Stars<\/em>, they make their complicated routines look effortless — but behind the scenes, things don\u2019t always go as smoothly. In fact, there are a handful of stars who really didn\u2019t enjoy their time on the show and look back on the experience not so fondly. Even celebs who made it far in the competition admit they hated being on the show. Whether they didn\u2019t get along with their partners or just expected things to go differently, these stars have regrets about joining DWTS<\/em>.<\/p>\n Find out what happened to these celebs on DWTS<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n Kim Kardashian <\/strong><\/a>admits that she should have known that DWTS<\/em> wasn\u2019t for her from the beginning. Looking back during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, Kim admitted that she had no dance experience and any moves she did have were often made fun of by her sisters. After being eliminated from the show, Kim shared that she was \u201ctraumatized\u201d by the experience and never wanted to dance again.<\/p>\n Actor Milo Manheim<\/strong><\/a>, who appeared on DWTS<\/em> years later, also shared that Kim told him it was an overall bad experience.<\/p>\n \u201cShe doesn\u2019t like dancing as much as I do, and I was like, \u2018I\u2019m about to do Dancing With the Stars<\/em>, tell me, how was your experience?\u2019 And she was like, \u2018Milo, it\u2019s the worst! Like, you get injured, you feel like an idiot,\u2019\u201d he shared with Entertainment Tonight<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Mischa Barton<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s experience on DWTS<\/em> didn\u2019t end up being what she expected. The actress explained that she was told she was going to get more creative control but that didn\u2019t happen — and on top of that, she didn\u2019t really get along with her partner, Artem Chigvintsev<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cUgh, I had no idea it would be so bad. I got told off by my dancer. I was supposed to control the costumes, I was told that I could do the design aspect of it, that\u2019s kind of the reason why I agreed to do it,\u201d she told The Ringer<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cThat didn\u2019t happen. It wasn\u2019t collaborative like a choreographer on a film set\u2026I was so confused by it. It was like The Hunger Games<\/em>. It was all a popularity contest. It was awful. I was so glad to get kicked off.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a> Why Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Whitney Leavitt’s Haters Have Become Fans After DWTS (Exclusive) – Click image for related story<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Anna Delvey<\/strong><\/a> may have gotten along with her partner Ezra Sosa <\/strong><\/a>but she admits she didn\u2019t love her experience on the show. In fact, when she was eliminated, she infamously said she was going to take \u201cnothing\u201d away from her time dancing. When she later reflected on her experience on DWTS<\/em>, Anna said she believes she was exploited by the show.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel that the show so obviously used me to drive up the ratings, that they never had any plans to give me any chance to grow and only cared about exploiting me for attention. It was predatory of them to try [to] make me feel inadequate and stupid all while I did get progressively better yet they chose to disregard that,\u201d she told NBC News<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Zendaya<\/strong><\/a> made it all the way to second place on DWTS<\/em> but she didn\u2019t love her time on the show. On multiple occasions, Zendaya has spoken out about how it was a stressful experience that she didn\u2019t enjoy. Even a decade later, she admits she\u2019s \u201cstill harboring a little animosity\u201d about losing and wishes she hadn\u2019t taken it so seriously.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt that loss. I was only 16 years old, and it was highly stressful,\u201d she told W Magazine<\/strong><\/em><\/a> in 2025. \u201cBeing on live television every week? It\u2019s so scary. I wish I\u2019d enjoyed it a little bit more and just was like, ‘Eh, whatever.’ You know what I mean? But I was stressing myself out. I really went through it on that.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a> Gleb Savchenko Believes He & Hilaria Baldwin Deserved ‘Better’ DWTS Scores (Exclusive) – Click image for related story<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Jana Kramer<\/strong><\/a> is no stranger to reality television but admits that DWTS<\/em> wasn\u2019t her favorite show. Looking back, Jana says she was really insecure because she didn\u2019t know how to dance and she much preferred her time on The Masked Singer<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cI hated Dancing with the Stars<\/em> because that was a big insecurity because I don\u2019t know how to dance,\u201d she shared on her Unmask and Unwhine<\/strong><\/em><\/a> podcast. \u201cWith [The Masked Singer<\/em>], it\u2019s, like, you have a mask on, go have fun\u2026I shouldn\u2019t say I hated Dancing with the Stars<\/em>. It was my least favorite of the shows.\u201d<\/p>\n Hope Solo<\/strong><\/a> had a bad experience on DWTS<\/em> because of her pro partner. After the show wrapped, the soccer star alleged in her autobiography, Solo: A Memoir of Hope<\/em>, that her partner Maksim<\/strong><\/a> had been very aggressive with her during rehearsals.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was often nasty, swearing at me and being harshly critical. He manhandled me in rehearsals from the start, pushing me, whacking my stomach, bending my arms roughly. One day, Maks was trying to put me in a certain position and hit my stomach so hard with his open palm that I had a red handprint there for the rest of the day,\u201d Hope wrote in her book.<\/p>\n In response, Maksim issued his statement on the Allegedly with Theo Von & Matthew Cole Weiss<\/strong><\/em> podcast<\/strong><\/a>, calling Hope a \u201cs—-y person\u201d and adding, \u201cPeople can be bad or good or whatever. You can have a s—-y life growing up. You can have a tough upbringing. You can have history. You can have whatever. But, if you are just a bad person, you know what I mean? There\u2019s no excuse for that.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a> Every Angle of Robert Irwin’s Shirtless ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Performance – Click image to open gallery<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cI had no idea it would be so bad. I got told off by my dancer.\u201d When celebrities hit the ballroom floor on Dancing with the Stars, they make their complicated routines look effortless — but behind the scenes, things don\u2019t always go as smoothly. 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