14 DAY TRIAL // The media calls it the worst fall at the worst possible moment perhaps in the entire history of Dancing With the Stars. Kirstie Alley and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy had a brief difficult moment during their Rumba routine – but they managed to overcome it.
As the video below will confirm, Kristie and Maks kicked off their rumba with the left foot, when Maks’ thigh just “gave out” and the two fell to the ground.
For the latest edition of ABC’s popular dance competition, celebrities got to pick their own songs in a bid to be more motivated to impress the judges.
Kirstie chose “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” a song that reminds her of the time when she just learned she’d been cast in “Star Trek” – and when she found out her mother had been killed by a drunk driver.
The moment meant Kirstie went from happiness to agony in just 72 hours, as she explains in the video below.
Because of this, she wanted her rumba to reflect her feeling of vulnerability at that time, with Maks promising to do his best to make it happen.
Five seconds into their dance, as Kirstie leaned on Maks, his thigh gave out and the both of them fell to the ground.
It wasn’t until a few seconds later that they managed to get back into the routine, proving that, if anything, you can’t keep talent down, as the judges also remarked at the end of their number.
Speaking with the media after the show, Kirstie revealed Maks was the one who told her to keep on dancing, for she would have rather she stopped.
"It was sweet. He just looked at me and said, ‘Let's keep dancing.’ And I thought, ‘I like that.' I have the best partner!” Kirstie said for E! Online.
After the dance and before the judges shared their impressions of the dance, Maks was the perfect gentleman, repeatedly saying that Kirstie had nothing to do with the fall and that it was all his fault – because of the strained muscles in his thigh.
In the end, Kirstie and Maks got a good score from the judges (21 points) and lots of praises for the rumba. Check it out below.