‘Dancing With the Stars’: Pros Sharna Burgess, Lindsay Arnold Leaving

Dancing With the Stars is cha-cha’ing its means over to Disney+… however a pair of longtime professional dancers gained’t be coming alongside.

Professional dancers Sharna Burgess and Lindsay Arnold each introduced on Wednesday they won’t be returning for the dance competitors’s upcoming Season 31, its first on Disney+ after a prolonged run on ABC. As our sister web site Deadline reported, Burgess revealed she gained’t be again in a collection of Instagram Tales, saying: “After lengthy conversations and plenty of pondering and actually attempting to take a seat with what was proper, and plenty of conversations with Deena Katz, who’s our casting director but in addition a second mother to me, I made the actually onerous determination to not do that season of Dancing with the Stars.”

Burgess says she is “at 100% capability with my physique. I really feel match, I really feel sturdy, I’m so prepared to bounce.” However earlier this 12 months, she gave start to her first youngster, a son named Zane, and “I used to be not able to spend a minimal of 10 hours a day away from Zane… I’m a full-time breastfeeding momma, and never solely that, I’m so in love with simply being a mother.” (She did trace, although, that she may probably seem on DWTS this season “in some capability.”)

Arnold confirmed her departure in an Instagram submit: “This has been one of many hardest selections to make however finally, I’ve chosen what I really feel is finest for myself and my household.” (She has a 22-month-old daughter, Sage.) “Logistically there may be SO a lot concerned with making this occur and there’s a lot of sacrifice that needs to be made that sadly simply didn’t really feel proper for us this time round.”

Burgess made her debut as a DWTS professional in Season 13 and danced for a complete of 14 seasons, taking residence the Season 27 Mirrorball trophy with celeb associate Bobby Bones. Arnold debuted in Season 16 and danced for 10 seasons, successful Season 25 alongside Jordan Fisher.

The brand new season of Dancing With the Stars — minus Burgess and Arnold — premieres Monday, Sept. 19 on Disney+; the complete roster of celebs and professional companions has not but been introduced.

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