{"id":279115,"date":"2019-09-03T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1069966"},"modified":"2019-09-03T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T19:00:00","slug":"the-real-reason-dancing-with-the-stars-pros-leave-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/the-real-reason-dancing-with-the-stars-pros-leave-the-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Reason Dancing With the Stars Pros Leave the Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019721\/rs_600x600-190821083807-600-artem-dwts-ch-082119.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Serving as a pro for seasons 3-9, Karina took her first mini-break from the ballroom in its 10th season. She then competed in nine consecutive seasons before her next brief hiatus in season 20. At the time, she explained, &#8220;I&#8217;ve decided to focus my energies on some other exciting endeavors including adding author to my resume.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She ended up returning for&nbsp;two more outings, but Karina officially left <em>DWTS<\/em> for good after season 22.<\/p>\n<p>Since hanging up her dancing shoes, Smirnoff appeared on E!&#8217;s <em>Famously Single<\/em> and returned to professional dancing. In 2017, she opened up about her decision to leave the ABC series, admitting she does &#8220;miss the show&#8221; and wouldn&#8217;t rule out a return.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love dancing with celebrities on the show, but it&#8217;s a different type of experience. You&#8217;re not just their dance partner. You&#8217;re their coach, their shrink, their cheerleader,&#8221; she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/dancing-with-the-stars-alum-karina-smirnoff-on-whether-shell-ever-return-i-miss-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Fox<\/em><\/a>. &#8220;But when you perform with your professional partner, they&#8217;re as strong as you and it becomes a different type of performance. And I missed that when I wasn&#8217;t doing it while I was on the show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1069966\/the-real-reason-dancing-with-the-stars-pros-leave-the-show?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serving as a pro for seasons 3-9, Karina took her first mini-break from the ballroom in its 10th season. She then competed in nine consecutive seasons before her next brief hiatus in season 20. At the time, she explained, &#8220;I&#8217;ve decided to focus my energies on some other exciting endeavors including adding author to my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-24 16:58:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}