{"id":2082295,"date":"2025-10-10T18:02:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2082295"},"modified":"2025-10-10T18:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:02:16","slug":"why-robert-irwin-turned-down-chippendales-after-shirtless-dwts-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-robert-irwin-turned-down-chippendales-after-shirtless-dwts-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Robert Irwin Turned Down Chippendales After Shirtless DWTS Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During Episode 3 of this season\u2019s <strong><span>Dancing with the Stars<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span>Robert Irwin<\/span><\/strong> sent the crowd wild when he took his shirt off. Viewers weren\u2019t the only ones impressed with the Australian zookeeper\u2019s torso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It wasn\u2019t long before Las Vegas\u2019 famed Chippendales came calling. They offered Robert the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/robert-irwin-shirtless-dwts-performance-184609922.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:chance to perform;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">chance to perform<\/a> with the group at Planet Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sadly, Robert didn\u2019t feel the gig was right for his squeaky clean image, so he\u2019s already turned it down.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Robert Irwin\u2019s shirtless dance on Dancing with the Stars sent fans wild<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a post-show interview with ET, Robert and his dance partner <span>Witney Carson<\/span> discussed their Disney Night cha-cha to Shakira. \u201cThe hips don\u2019t lie!\u201d Robert quipped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDid you see his hips?\u201d Witney asked. \u201cI mean, come on!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYou\u2019ve created a monster,\u201d laughed reporter Denny Directo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019m having the best time,\u201d the wildlife photographer added. \u201cI\u2019m having too much fun, and I\u2019m just so grateful to do this with Witney.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Moving on, the reporter asked, \u201cIs it true that you were approached by the Chippendales to host a show? Is it something you\u2019re considering?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThat is true,\u201d Robert responded, confessing that the \u201cAussie boys\u201d of Thunder Down Under also reached out. \u201cMore power to \u2019em, just not for me. Not right now. I\u2019ll take the shirt off every now and again\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At this point, Witney interjected, \u201cNo, he won\u2019t be.\u201d Rumor has it she actually regrets having him <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/robert-irwin-dwts-dance-partner-162532632.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:remove his shirt;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">remove his shirt<\/a> last week. Moving forward, she wants the focus to be on his dancing, not his sex appeal. She wants the fans to \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/dwts-julianne-hough-shares-shirtless-070000164.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:take it down a little;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">take it down a little<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnything to push the conservation message,\u201d Robert added. Though he\u2019s \u201cflattered,\u201d it\u2019s just \u201cnot for me\u201d at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abc.com\/show\/f66d60e7-29f2-49cf-85dd-44a11bce42e4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dancing with the Stars;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dancing with the Stars<\/a>\u00a0Season 33 airs on Tuesdays, at 8\/7c on ABC and Disney+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>TELL US \u2013\u00a0WHAT DID YOU THINK OF ROBERT\u2019S SHIRT REMOVAL? DID YOU THINK IT WAS TOO MUCH?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2025\/10\/10\/why-robert-irwin-turned-down-chippendales-shirtless-dwts-dance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Why Robert Irwin Turned Down Chippendales After Shirtless DWTS Dance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Why Robert Irwin Turned Down Chippendales After Shirtless DWTS Dance<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reality Tea;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/p>\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.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Episode 3 of this season\u2019s Dancing with the Stars, Robert Irwin sent the crowd wild when he took his shirt off. Viewers weren\u2019t the only ones impressed with the Australian zookeeper\u2019s torso. It wasn\u2019t long before Las Vegas\u2019 famed Chippendales came calling. They offered Robert the chance to perform with the group at Planet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2082296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[41508,353608,361849],"class_list":["post-2082295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-dancing-with-the-stars","tag-robert-irwin","tag-witney-carson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Why-Robert-Irwin-Turned-Down-Chippendales-After-Shirtless-DWTS-Dance.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2082295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2082297,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082295\/revisions\/2082297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2082296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2082295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2082295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2082295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}