Bobby Bones On Hilaria Baldwin’s Claim She Was “Bullied Off” DWTS

Bobby Bones On Hilaria Baldwin’s Claim She Was “Bullied Off” DWTS

Originally appeared on E! Online

Bobby Bones thinks Hilaria Baldwin needs to look in the mirror(ball).

Following Hilaria’s claims that she was “bullied off” Dancing with the Stars following her Oct. 7 elimination, Bobby—who competed on season 27 of the series alongside pro Sharna Burgess—weighed in on her elimination.

“I was reading about Hilaria Baldwin saying she was bullied off of Dancing With the Stars,” Bobby said in an October 13 TikTok. “As somebody who was treated like crap by the hardcore fans of the show, yeah, bullying happens. But you don’t get bullied off the show. You get kicked off the show because nobody voted for you.”

Bobby noted that while he was “bullied like crazy,” he still got votes that took him to the end.

“So that’s bull crap,” he continued. “She was a great dancer. She was somebody who came in with a ton of dance experience, obviously. But no no no, you didn’t get bullied off the show. I don’t know her, but you got eliminated because people didn’t like you.”

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And despite the fact he won along Sharna in 2018, he recognizes that the show can have an intense following.

“That’s the meanest fan base of anything ever—Dancing With the Stars, the hard core fans,” he emphasized. “People that vote and love the show and have a good time, you guys are cool. But the hard cores? Bad people.”

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Hilaria—who shares kids Carmen, 11, Rafael, 10 Leonardo, 8, Romeo, 7, Eduardo, 4, María Lucía, 4, and Ilaria, 2, with husband Alec Baldwin—was eliminated alongside partner Gleb Savchenko after their Star Wars themed dance on Disney Night. And while she later pointed to bullying after the show, she and Gleb initially took the news in stride.

“We’re okay,” she told E! News in a joint interview with Gleb after their elimination. “I mean, we’re not great, but we’re okay at the same time. It’s mixed.”

At the time, Hilaria emphasized that winning isn’t the most important thing.

“The first night we got here to LA … I said to my daughter, because I’m so open with my kids, ‘What happens if I get voted off right away?’” she reflected. “She said, ‘Mommy, at least you tried.’ And I hope they always know that: At least I tried.”

During an Instagram Live a few days later, however, she was dancing to another tune.

“I did get bullied off the show,” Hilaria said Oct. 12, referring to online criticism her four weeks on DWTS received. “I did, that’s for sure. That is for sure.”

For more of this season’s Dancing With the Stars cast, read on.

Baron Davis

<p>Baron Davis</p>

Partnered with Britt Stewart

Jennifer Affleck

<p>Jennifer Affleck </p>

Partnered with Jan Ravnik

Alix Earle

<p>Alix Earle </p>

Partnered with Valentin Chmerkovski

Dylan Efron

<p>Dylan Efron</p>

Partnered with Daniella Karagach

Corey Feldman

<p>Corey Feldman</p>

Partnered with Jenna Johnson

Elaine Hendrix

<p>Elaine Hendrix </p>

Partnered with Alan Bersten

Robert Irwin

<p>Robert Irwin </p>

Partnered with Witney Carson

Jordan Chiles

<p>Jordan Chiles </p>

Partnered with Ezra Sosa

Scott Hoying

<p>Scott Hoying </p>

Partnered with Rylee Arnold

Whitney Leavitt

<p>Whitney Leavitt</p>

Partnered with Mark Ballas

Hilaria Baldwin

<p>Hilaria Baldwin</p>

Partnered with Gleb Savchenko

Andy Richter

<p>Andy Richter</p>

Partnered with Emma Slater

Danielle Fishel

<p>Danielle Fishel</p>

Partnered with Pasha Pashkov