One of Dancing With the Star‘s top contenders this season might be out of the competition for good. On Friday, high-scoring Danica McKellar told fans on Twitter that she broke one of her ribs while practicing her routine on Thursday for tonight’s live show.
So…I broke a rib in yesterday's #DWTS rehearsal. Trying my best to pull thru and could use your prayers!! #wanttokeepdancing
— Danica McKellar (@danicamckellar) April 25, 2014
She followed the message later in the day reassuring fans that she was trying to work through the injury. The Wonder Years star remained positive and wrote “fingers crossed I can pull it off!”
Had rehearsal today.. it's tough dancing with a broken rib. @iamvalc choreographed an amazing routine- fingers crossed I can pull it off! :/
— Danica McKellar (@danicamckellar) April 26, 2014
During last week’s show, McKellar and her partner Val Chmerkovskiy found themselves in jeopardy of going home despite having earned a near perfect 39 from the judges the week prior. The couple followed their Beauty and the Beast-themed quickstep with a smoldering cha cha that the judges called “the best performance of the night so far.”
For Latin Night this week, the 39-year-old star and her partner are set to perform not one, but two dances: a salsa and a freestyle team dance. On Saturday, Chmerkovskiy tweeted that his partner missed three days of rehearsal due to her injury, but was still persevering to compete during tonight’s live show: “1 broken rib. 2 dances to prep. 3 missed days of rehearsals… Seeing @danicamckellar persevere… PRICELESS!!! #staytuned #dwts”
Before McKellar’s injury, the pair talked to OnTheRedCarpet.com about their upcoming performances. McKellar described their salsa is “not like, your typical Salsa. It’s like street, urban, Jamaican salsa.”
While both McKellar and Chmerkovskiy have posted comments about trying to work through the star’s injury, neither has said definitely whether they will be performing tonight on the show.
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