‘DWTS’: Hilaria Baldwin Reveals Husband Alec Would’ve Danced With Her If She Wasn’t Eliminated
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There have been many Disney nights on Dancing With the Stars where no one gets voted off the show, but sadly, for Hilaria Baldwin and her pro partner, Gleb Savchenko, this wasn’t one of those instances. The yoga instructor/podcaster/entrepreneur and her teacher were eliminated despite the fact that they scored higher than five (!) other couples.
“It’s a weird combination of feelings,” Baldwin told TV Insider on the post-show press line. “You love everybody and you want to root for everybody. It’s the most torn feeling you could possibly imagine. I’m grateful for every single day that I had with Gleb and to Dancing With the Stars. I’m excited to cheer everybody else on as they continue their journey.”
Savchenko may not be taking home the Len Goodman Mirrorball this season, but he is leaving the competition with a renewed passion for dance, which he credits Baldwin with helping him achieve. During their four-week journey, they danced a cha-cha-cha, a Tango, a Samba, and a Quickstep.
“I feel like we’ve introduced ballroom [on] another level to the audience of Dancing with the Stars,” Savchenko says. “I don’t think people had seen me dance Samba [which I did last week] on that level since my competition days. Sure, it’s fun and entertaining, but I’m glad that people were commenting on social that that was a real Samba we did. There was very positive feedback on that. We’d done a great job.”
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Despite having both impressive scores and 1 million followers on Instagram, Baldwin failed to get enough votes to continue on in the competition. Had she performed in next week’s “Dedication Night,” viewers would have seen her husband, Alec Baldwin, take part in the show.
“We were going to dance to our very first wedding dance, Contigo [by Luis Miguel],” Hilaria revealed. She added that her husband had been calling her following the live broadcast, but she hadn’t had a chance to pick up the phone just yet.
While Savchenko will take part in opening show numbers, Hilaria says that she’s returning to the role she loves the most: being a mom. “My kids came out here [to Los Angeles],” she says. “They changed their school. Alec had been flying back and forth. My whole family moved heaven and earth to support me. Now, I’m going back to being a mom. I mean, I have been a mom through this whole thing. Now, I’ll be a mom even more.”
The couple will be missed by their fellow castmates. “Hilaria is so talented,” says dance pro Rylee Arnold, who is paired with singer Scott Hoying (Pentatonix). “She had authentic ballroom technique in all her dances. I’m going to miss that.”
As for Savchenko, Arnold says, “I love Gleb. He’s one of my favorites in the cast. He’s so sweet and kind. He’s really such a sweetheart and he’s kind to everyone.”
Savchenko is hoping Hollywood feels the same way about him that Arnold does. He dipped his toes in the acting pond in the 2023 GAF film Swing Into Romance. Savchenko’s plan is step in front of the camera more.
“I’ve been in acting school,” he says. “I’ve been auditioning. I’m putting my heart and soul into acting. That’s what I really want to do. I want to transition from dancing to acting [eventually]. I feel like this is my next step. A lot of people are supporting me and believing in me.
“I have a great team around me,” Savchenko continues. “I’m working on [losing] my Russian accent. Hopefully, I’ll hit the soap opera [world] and be the next Sofia Vergara but in a male, Russian body!”
He’s hardly hanging up his dancing shoes anytime soon. In fact, he and Hilaria haven’t done their final dance, either. Savchenko says that he expects to take to the ballroom floor again this season if the tradition of couples dancing in the finale continues. “Is that what happens,” Hilaria asked her teacher. “You’ll see us dance again,” a smiling Savchenko promises.
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Unfortunately DWTS is very much based on popularity. Bless him, but Andy Richter is a clunky dancer, but loved by millions. That’s what keeps him on the show. We’ve seen this throughout the years. Sorry Mrs Baldwin but being a legend in your own mind isn’t going to help you win, or win you votes. You are a great dancer though.
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He was trying to use his own celebrity to keep her on the show. They shouldn't have lied about her heritage, and their use of surrogates. That bounce-back body she claims to have only gave birth to the first child. Scandalous, yet both of them just keep on lying. And her responses to those young girls on TikTok laughing at her lack of rhythm didn't do her any favors. All it did was increase the numbers of those that wanted her off the show. Gen Z has spoken. No more celebrity fakers.
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C
Surely you jest. 99% of their "celebrities" or "stars" are fakers that no one has ever heard of before they get on the show.
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G
I like her why is everyone on her case, she is a great dancer unfortunately people get jealous or angry because she is married to Alec Baldwin, he wasn't dancing so let's take it out on her , listen everyone has their opinions l get it , but it's a show for dancing , CONTINUE DANCING HILARIA U WERE ROBBED.
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You don’t have to be jealous, or angry about a thing.
She’s just annoying.
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I think everyone out there judge people and they really don't know her, but they want to be mean and do think the wrong couple went home, l don't know why they keep hating this woman, l like her alot she keeps her husband calm and happy, but everyone thinks of what ALEC has done , get over it.
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Don’t think that’s why they voted her off. Hilaria (she changed it from Hillary), faked a Spanish heritage (born in Boston of American parents), faked a Spanish accent and had to publicly apologize for “misleading” everyone! She’s not well-liked or trusted.
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R
As someone who tried to watch the family reality show I’m not surprised people didn’t want her on the show.
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C
Maybe that's why she got voted off. NO ONE wants to see that loser!!
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G
I like some of the movies he’s made, but I just find her annoying.
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This is a popularity competition. Not a dancing competition. Dancer with bigger fan base usually stays in even though they don't know how to dance
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P
It hard to support someone who constantly lies. As for going home to be a mom, you may want to ask all her Nannie’s and housekeepers.
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O
Unfortunately, for her, I think it was Her husband’s unpopularity that actually cost her the votes. I mean, he’s not a very liked man.
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She’s more annoying than he will ever be unpopular.
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She only used a surrogate for the last two because she had a couple of miscarriages after #5.
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C
I am disappointed. She is a great dancer and think some people are just jealous or annoyed with her so she lost to popularity. The idea of being a bad dancer and staying just because you are likable has always been strange to me but it is fun.
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O
I totally agree with you. I thought it was a dance contest , not a popularity contest.
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