If you’re keeping up withDancing with the Starsthis season, you might notice that the backstage drama is rivaling the intense competition playing out on screen. This past Monday, starTamar Braxtonwas a no show at the start of the live competition. During rehersals, she had to be taken to the emergency ward, though the show never made it clear what happened. Her dancing partner Val Chmerkovskiy said she was suffering from pneumonia. Though the performer did make it back in time to participate in the final dance of the evening alongside competitorNick Carter, she has now completely dropped out of the race.
It seemsTamar Braxton’s aliment was more serious than exhaustion, as the show’s opening video segment suggested. While it was believed that she was suffering from symptoms of pneumonia, the R&B singer is actually having to be treated for multiple blood clots in her lungs.Braxtonshared the news on herofficial Instagram. Here’s what she had to say about dropping out.
“With a Heavy heart I regret to inform you that my season of #dwts has to come to an end along with the rest of my tour dates with @musicbykem. After yesterday’s final #dwts performance I went back to the hospital (after the doctors didn’t want me to leave in the first place) only to find out that I don’t have pneumonia but something way more serious and that is having several P.E.’s (blood clots in both sides of my lungs) As you all know I will be the first to always encourage anyone to push through any obstacle that comes along one’s way. But in this case, my health is my current obstacle. .. And in TRUE #tamartian form I must go about this the exact same way as I would anything else. I woke up to a mirror and saw myself this morning and that makes me the winner because that almost wasn’t the case. Take care of yourselves… I love you and thank you ALL for your support. p.s. Big hugs and kisses to my boo @iamvalc for being beyond a friend, brother and the BEST partner EVER.”
The 38 year-oldTamar Braxton’s exit now leaves only four partnerships in the latest Dancing with the Stars competition. This week it’s assumed that they can all breath easy as they’ll all be safe. Though their routines will still be judged, and their points tallied into their final scores.Bindi Irwinand her proDerek Houghare the hands on favorites to win theMirrorball Trophy. ThoughBackstreet BoysmemberNick Carterisn’t trailing too far behind, with his pro Sharna Burgess. Also still in the competition are hero Alek Skarlatos and pro Lindsay Arnold and Carlos PenaVega and pro Witney Carson.
Tamar Braxtonisn’t the only competitor who has had to drop out ofDancing with the Stars Season 21. Very early on this year, Kim Zolciak ofDon’t Be Tardy for the Weddingand Real Housewives fame had to leave the show for her own health problems. She is said to have also suffered a health scare when a blood clot caused a mini-stroke. And in related news,Bindi Irwinstill hasn’t gotten paid for being on the show, as theLos Angeles judgein charge of officiating her contract is still awaiting her father’s signature. And as anyone but this judge knows, Steve Irwin passed away more than a decade ago. As you can see, the excitement of Dancing with the Stars doesn’t stop when the cameras go off.
