‘Dancing With the Stars’: Selma Blair Leaving Season 31 Early - TVLine

Selma Blair‘s clip successful the Dancing With the Stars ballroom came to a premature extremity connected Monday nighttime erstwhile the histrion voluntarily bowed retired of the Season 31 competition.

Blair was diagnosed with aggregate sclerosis successful 2018 and has been transparent astir her conflict with the chronic unwellness portion participating successful Season 31 with nonrecreational dancer Sasha Farber. But during rehearsals for this week’s 2 broadcasts, MRI results revealed that the rigors of the contention were taking a significant, and perchance dangerous, toll connected Blair’s muscles and bones. Thus, she decided to exit the contention during Monday’s broadcast, which celebrated the astir memorable twelvemonth of each contestant’s life; she and Farber inactive performed a sendoff waltz to Andra Day’s “What the World Needs Now is Love,” earning a cleanable 40 from the judges.

“I don’t deliberation radical recognize what this amusement means to [the competitors],” Blair told co-host Alfonso Ribeiro aft her performance. “Everyone had specified unthinkable reasons for being present — truthful wholesome and truthful good. To spot the assemblage respond to each 1 of america and our efforts, it’s truthful heartening. I’m truthful arrogant of everyone, and I’m truthful arrogant of this assemblage for seeing us.”

Because Blair voluntarily near the competition, nary different dancers were eliminated connected Monday’s episode. A second, Prom Night-themed installment of Dancing volition watercourse connected Disney+ connected Tuesday nighttime (8/7c), and Monday’s scores from the judges volition alternatively origin into Tuesday’s last results. (Blair’s cleanable 40 won’t impact the competition; TikTok prima Charli D’Amelio and pro Mark Ballas earned the evening’s second-highest people of 39 — including the archetypal 10s of the season! — with their modern number.)

Video of Blair’s last show volition beryllium added erstwhile it becomes available. In the meantime, driblet a remark with your thoughts connected her aboriginal departure.