Hannah Brown, Move Over: 10 ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Contestants Who Suffered Injuries (PHOTOS)
Turns out, Hannah Brown’s Dancing With the Stars victory took a toll on her. The former Bachelorette star, who won the ABC show’s 28th season, recently revealed on Instagram that she hasn’t been able to work out as usual for the past five months because of her injuries.
“I think a lot of my body hurting comes from some issues that started on Dancing with the Stars and I just kept going from zero to 100 — I’m either all or nothing — and pushed it too much to where I now have, like, some issues that I am having to deal with physical therapy,” Brown told followers in an Instagram Stories update.
But she isn’t alone: Dozens of celebs have suffered injuries on the dancing competition, and many had to withdraw from their respective seasons. Here are 10 of the DWTS contestants who’ve had the scariest maladies said to be connected to the strains of the show.
Season 7: Misty May-Treanor
The beach volleyball star and three-time Olympic gold medalist dropped out of DWTS after tearing her Achilles’ tendon during a rehearsal. “I was like, ‘OK, I’m an athlete. Tape it up and get back out there,’” she said in a USA Volleyball press release. “I never thought in a million years, especially in ballroom, that I would hurt myself.”
Season 8: Jewel
Before Season 8 got underway, ABC announced that this singer-songwriter had to bow out after fracturing both tibias.
Season 8: Nancy O’Dell
ABC also announced that the former Entertainment Tonight host was exiting the same season due to a torn meniscus.
Season 9: Tom DeLay
Twin stress fractures ended the DWTS run of the former congressman from Texas, who served in the House from 1985 until 2006.
Season 11: Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino
The Jersey Shore Family Vacation star told The Associated Press in 2013 that a Dancing With the Stars injury led to an addiction to painkillers. After going to rehab, Sorrentino launched an opioid addiction awareness program called Reset Reality.
Season 16: Dorothy Hamill
After suffering nerve damage in her right leg and back, the former figure skater and Olympic gold-medalist went home in the first elimination show of Season 16 on doctor’s orders. “I wish I could give it my all, but I can’t,” Hamill said on the show.
Season 28: Christie Brinkley
Hours before the Season 28 premiere, ABC announced that the model “required surgery to her wrist and arm” and was out of the running. Brinkley’s daughter Sailor Brinkley-Cook replaced her and ended up finishing in ninth place.
Season 28: Ray Lewis
The former Baltimore Ravens player withdrew from the competition in Week 3, revealing on the show that he was surgery to repair three torn tendons in his foot. “Injuries have never stopped me before and certainly not now,” he told fans on Instagram at the time. “I’ll be back doing the squirrel dance soon enough.”
Season 29: Kaitlyn Bristowe
The former Bachelorette star injured her ankle during Season 29, and an MRI revealed she was suffering from tendonitis and shin splints. But like her Bachelorette successor Hannah Brown, Bristowe battled through the pain and went on to win the Mirror Ball.
Season 29: Cheryl Burke
Sometimes the professionals get injured, too. Burke, a pro dancer on DWTS since 2006, took a hard fall during a rehearsal with partner AJ McLean and hit her head on the parquet. “It happened so fast; I just heard her head hit the floor,” McLean told viewers. Luckily, Burke—who proposed the idea of a “redemption” season for injured DWTS contestants in a TV Insider interview —made a full recovery.
