PureDWTS Season 29: Witney Carson Announces She’s Expecting Her First Child!
Well, the pro baby boom continues – Witney just announced she’s expecting a little tyke, too! 🙂
Anyone else find it kind of adorable that Witney & Lindsay, who grew up together, did SYTYCD together, and then were pros on DWTS together, are now also pregnant together? 🙂
Now for possibly the more immediately interesting implication of this: what does this mean for the female pro lineup? With 2 of the usual suspects now out, will we see Daniella promoted to pro? Maybe the campaigning for Britt gains some traction and we see her added to the lineup? Or will Tyra (being Tyra) campaign for some completely new faces? Part of me thinks both Wit and Linds saw the writing on the wall after last season (that the show was circling the drain) and decided now was a good time to start a family. Either way, I wish both of them all the best 🙂
Witney and Lindsay really are living out the dreams of all BFF everywhere.
Congratulations to Witney! At the rate it’s going, they may have to replace the entire female side of the pro line up. I agree that it’s probably both seeing the writing on the wall, and likely just ready to move on (I think a lot of the long time pros are getting like that). They’ve both been very successful on the show. I do think that the show may try and make the pro line up more diverse, so whether that means a complete overhaul or a few brand new faces, who knows. My own opinion, I don’t think the girls side needed an overhaul as much as the guys side. I do hope Daniella gets promoted, but with Tyra in charge I’m expecting to be disappointed.
First and foremost: congrats!!!! I can already tell she is going to be a fun parent and more importantly that she is going to love every minute of it. I’m guessing Britt gets called up as a pro and maybe the return of edyta or Anna or one of the other female pros(if they wanna get some older viewers that stopped watching back).
Hit submit too early: Saying that I would get someone people probably have no idea who she is but she is amazing: Nancy Xu. She is on Scd but had no celeb partner but was the most eye catching out of the pros in a lot of the group numbers.
Happy for Witney and Carson. I do love the fact the she and Lindsay are pregnant together. Makes me wonder who’s next.
@Vin, I love Nancy. I’m actually jealous that Strictly got her. I don’t know what’s going on over there due to the COVID, but Oti Mabuse isn’t going to be a pro next season, so that might leave a spot for Nancy to move up. I wish we could get Oti over here. There aren’t too many pros on Strictly nowadays that I’d want to see on our version, but those two I would love.
Considering they pissed off many viewers for getting rid of Tom, they may figure what the heck and just get rid of all the pros, judges, and start fresh with whoever Tyra wants (and maybe they’ll bring on more dance styles that aren’t ballroom related for that “creative new direction”). Maybe they figure just get it all done at once and hope there’s still an audience there.
I would love to see Danielle come in and maybe give Jensen Arnold a shot as a pro at least we can see another Arnold sister that way.
@Kara Where did it say Oti wasn’t returning? I regularly keep up with Strictly news and haven’t seen anything about Oti not being a pro this year.
I know it’s never going to happen but I would love it if she came on DWTS and reunited with her old dance partner Keo.
@Mandy, I thought that’s what I read but I must have been wrong, as I see she was actually announced as one of the pros expected to be back (whenever Strictly happens). Regardless, she is a pro I’d love to see on our version. It’d be cool especially since she and Keo use to be dance partners together.
I am really curious what our pro line up is going to end up looking like (and of we’ll get anymore DWTS baby announcements before the year is done).
Another possibility since she lives here in the USA now: Aliona from SCD.
@vin I used to really want Aliona on DWTS but she’s since come out as a big Trumpie and blocks anyone on Twitter who disagrees with her or even likes a disagreeing comment. Really disappointing as she was my favorite Strictly pro before Oti.
I got thinking, I wonder if Lindsay’s sister Jensen might be made a pro. She’s expressed interest in doing the show, and would come in kind of well known (with the Arnold name and having been on SYTYCD).
I figured Jensen would be a shoo in if she wants the pro spot tbh. And then when/if on future seasons we can have two Arnolds as pros 🙂
Hit submit too early: did anyone else see what peta said about Tom and Erin not returning. Only pro I think that I have seen talk about it so far. Idk why that made me worry about her returning
Howdy, Vin! I also read that little article in Us Weekly. Until I saw that I’d forgot that a DWTS Pro had a connection to the Tyra empire, since Peta was partnered with Nyle.
The rest of the article seemed a little waffle-y and weird to me. Peta was like, “I’m sad Tom’s gone and the show absolutely can’t go on without him” then it’s contrasted real fast & hard with “But Tyra’s so nice & amazing and we need a fresh start!” (Not her exact quotes, just my rehashing) Also that part where Peta is like “I’m not disregarding Erin,” then she kinda maybe disregards Erin a little, gave me the giggles.
But I’m still wondering what was the point of that article. Not that I expect Us Mag articles to have a really deep or clear point but:
Was this some kind of public corporate brown-nosing for career security?
She seems to have inside knowledge of how the show will be produced, and says she’s still doing Zoom calls with the other Pros, but it’s not clear to me if Peta’s actually coming back or not.
I just went and read the Peta article…*gag*. She’s always struck me as an opportunist – someone who seems to play every PR opportunity as middle-of-the-road as possible, so as not to take sides and preclude her from future opportunities. Some might say that’s a good thing – don’t burn any bridges, be as copacetic as possible; however, the fact that Peta’s not particularly good at it (or genuine as she’s doing it) is what leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I go back to an interview where she said something to the extent of “I would love to see someone with no dance experience whatsoever on the show…but dancing with someone else” and I have kind of rolled my eyes at every interview ever since. In the article, she seemed to make sure she was expressing sadness over the show changing, but welcoming any changes with open arms and being a bit too effusive (IMO) in her praise of Tyra. Nukegrrrl, I think you’re on the right track with the brown-nosing – I think Peta’s trying to make sure she’s got a spot on the next season, regardless of how things shake out. I swear US Weekly has her on speed dial for her hot takes on all things DWTS – she seems to show up in more articles from them than any other pro, which is funny considering she sat out entirely or was an early out in the past three seasons. But knowing Tyra and her susceptibility to flattery, I’d almost guarantee we see Peta as a pro this season. She was usually an awful lot of “we’s” when referring to the COVID precautions the pros were going to be expected to take…
I was confused when I read that article, but yeah, I agree that Peta is trying to tow the line and playing the other side at the same time. I read an interview with Carrie Ann a day or two after the announcement (might have been an US Weekly one, too) and I thought Peta’s interview read a lot likes CA. The whole ‘we’re so sad and shocked to see Tom and Erin go, but this is an exciting time and the changes will be great, but we miss how it use to be.’ CA even said something about the fans having to get use to it, to which I thought that the fans could not get use to it, and desert the show. Then she won’t have to worry about whether she still has a job there or not.
I’m kind of surprised Peta wants to continue on with DWTS. I guess it’s her back up while she pursues her acting career. I don’t know, she just doesn’t seem interested when she’s been there the past few seasons. One thing I did see her mention that interview was a no-travel policy during the week, which I guess means all the celebs will be CA or even LA based? But yeah, I admit I am curious who will be back. Beyond that I still don’t know if I have much interest in watching this season.
@ Nukegrrrl: u think that mag is bad look at an new edition of entertainment weekly. They went. From the tops to barely explaining reasoning in a reviews and being mostly advertising.
I will watch if Britt is a pro and gets a decent partner. I adore her! She’s been a face of mine for a long time! I will miss Tom and Erin. They seem so nice and enjoyed the work
I’m binging the world of dance duels and since Luca & Alessandra were eliminated I’m wondering if we could somehow get Alessandra on dwts. He is great but she is beyond awesome.
@Vin If DWTS got Alessandra, I would die! She is amazing and she has won the Italian DWTS.