Jenna Dewan thanks fans for love and support after 'Dancing with the Stars' elimination
Jenna Dewan is reflecting on her "Dancing with the Stars" journey after being eliminated from the competition Tuesday night.
The actress and her pro-dance partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, were sent home during the show's Grammy Night, which included individual couple dances and a dance-off.
"Guys, I love you all. Thank you so much for all your love. I am receiving it, I literally might be in bed for two weeks straight because I'm so tired and so sore," she began in a video shared on her Instagram story. "Thank you for your support. So many beautiful, positive things from this experience. I loved getting to share my joy and my love with all of you in the world."
She continued, "I'm super bummed out and have been very sad not to be able to dance for you guys anymore on this show and to create fun pieces with Val -- we had so much good stuff in store and I will process that all myself and all these emotions but I ultimately feel so grateful for all the love. And I just can't thank you enough."
In thanking Chmerkovskiy, she also expressed her gratitude for the "love and joy and passion" that he put into their routines each week.
She also thanked her family for being there in the ballroom each week cheering her on and lauded everyone on the show from the dancers to troupe members and more.
"I'm always blown away by this and I just give all my love and support to everybody," she added.
During Grammy Night, Dewan and Chmerkovskiy performed a jazz routine to "All For You" by Janet Jackson. Dewan also got a special shout-out from Jackson via video. Their routine earned a 28 out of 30.
For the dance-off, they battled it out on the dance floor against Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik. Each couple performed a Cha Cha to "The Middle" by Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey. In the end, Dewan and Chmerkovskiy won the dance-off but were ultimately sent home.
Following the show on Tuesday night, Chmerkovskiy and Dewan shared a video on Instagram to thank their followers for a great season.
Dewan turned to Chmerkovskiy and told him, "Thank you for the great moments we were able to share together on that dance floor. I'm sad we won't be able to do any more but that's okay because we have incredible moments in our hearts."
Chmerkovskiy also assured Dewan that they will remain friends and will still continue to dance if they want. Dewan said that she still wanted to learn the foxtrot.
"I just want to say thank you to all the people that loved what we created, that loved what we put out and all the love and support that you guys reciprocated," Chmerkovskiy added.
Chmerkovskiy's time on "DWTS" this season included him being suspended during week 6 of the competition after an "inappropriate" social media post about judge Carrie Ann Inaba. Following the show's Super Bowl Night, Chmerkovskiy took to TikTok and fired back at comments Inaba had made, in which the judge critiqued his wife, pro dancer Jenna Johnson, for having a lift in her routine, even reading the definition of a lift.
The dancer's post, which has since been deleted, reportedly appeared to reference Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, according to multiple entertainment news outlets.
Chmerkovskiy later shared a post on social media saying that he "made a poor decision to reference a meme" and added that "Carrie Ann certainly didn't deserve to get caught in the middle of my bad judgment, and I hate that she was."
Following his suspension, Inaba and Chmerkovskiy appeared to reconcile and were seen talking and sharing a hug in the ballroom, according to multiple news outlets.
Next week on "DWTS" is the semi-finals. See the couples that remain here.
"Dancing with the Stars" airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and streaming on Disney+. Episodes stream the next day on Hulu.
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