{"id":100203,"date":"2022-10-18T02:56:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T02:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dancing-with-the-stars-selma-blair-leaving-season-31-early\/"},"modified":"2022-10-18T02:56:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T02:56:11","slug":"dancing-with-the-stars-selma-blair-leaving-season-31-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dancing-with-the-stars-selma-blair-leaving-season-31-early\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Dancing With the Stars’: Selma Blair Leaving Season 31 Early"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Selma Blair’s time in the Dancing With the Stars<\/i> ballroom came to a premature end on Monday night when the actress voluntarily bowed out of the Season 31 competition.<\/p>\n

Blair was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018 and has been transparent about her battle with the chronic illness while participating in Season 31 with professional dancer Sasha Farber. But during rehearsals for this week’s two broadcasts, MRI results revealed that the rigors of the competition were taking a significant, and potentially dangerous, toll on Blair’s muscles and bones. Thus, she decided to exit the competition during Monday’s broadcast, which celebrated the most memorable year of each contestant’s life; she and Farber still performed a sendoff waltz to Andra Day’s \u201cWhat the World Needs Now is Love,\u201d earning a perfect 40 from the judges.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don’t think people understand what this show means to [the competitors],\u201d Blair told co-host Alfonso Ribeiro after her performance. \u201cEveryone had such incredible reasons for being here \u2014 so wholesome and so good. To see the audience react to each one of us and our efforts, it’s so heartening. I’m so proud of everyone, and I’m so proud of this audience for seeing us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because Blair voluntarily left the competition, no other dancers were eliminated on Monday’s episode. A second, Prom Night-themed installment of dancing<\/i> will stream on Disney+ on Tuesday night (8\/7c), and Monday’s scores from the judges will instead factor into Tuesday’s final results. (Blair’s perfect 40 won’t affect the competition; TikTok star Charli D’Amelio and pro Mark Ballas earned the evening’s second-highest score of 39 \u2014 including the first 10s of the season! \u2014 with their contemporary number.)<\/p>\n

Video of Blair’s final performance will be added when it becomes available. In the meantime, drop a comment with your thoughts on her early departure.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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