14 DAY TRIAL // Week 2 of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars saw skating champ Dorothy Hamill drop out of the competition because of an injury that had only been getting worse with the grueling rehearsals.
If you missed her and partner Tristan MacManus’ contemporary dance on week 1, now’s your chance: check out the video above to see it.
Speaking with The Today, Hamill explains that the risk of making her injury worse by staying on the show was too big even to contemplate, as much as it hurt her to drop out.
“I wasn’t getting better. In fact, I was getting maybe a tiny bit worse,” Hamill explains.
“I’ve got some nerve problems right now. If I don’t take care of it, it could be permanent. That’s not a smart risk to take,” she adds.
However, she will be in the audience for the rest of the season, she says, adding that, if she could go back, she’d do it “in a heartbeat.” Then there’s always another season to consider, right?