Barry Williams left all of it on the dance flooring on Tuesday’s Dancing With the Stars. Nonetheless, regardless of his finest efforts — and people of his professional companion, Peta Murgatroyd — it wasn’t sufficient to maintain his journey going.
Williams and Murgatroyd spoke with ET’s Denny Directo following Tuesday’s Whitney Houston Evening, and the actor had nothing however positivity for his spectacular run on the season, and the love he felt from the viewers within the ballroom.
“It felt electric. I felt supportive. It felt loud, and it felt good,” Williams stated of the viewers chanting his identify. “I have never had more fun on the dance floor period.”
Tuesday’s present noticed Williams and Murgatroyd carry out a rumba set to “Didn’t We Almost Have It All,” after which face off in opposition to Jason Mraz and Daniella Karagach in a dance-off that Williams gained by advantage of ripping open his shirt and displaying off his chest.
“I convinced him,” Murgatroyd stated of the dramatic shirt rip. “I was like, ‘We got to go for it! If we’re doing it, we gotta go!'”
Whereas Williams has been a fan favourite, Murgatroyd admitted that she did not anticipate to make it this far into the competitors when the season started.
“[But] he kept surprising me every single week,” she added. “The amount of dedication this man has shown me, truly has far surpassed some of my other partners’ dedication, hard work and the hours that he puts in. He really gave me his time and that means everything to me.”
For Williams, his DWTS legacy can be all in regards to the pleasure and enjoyable he delivered to those that had been cheering him on.
“There was a great connection on the dance floor and in the room tonight, and when you bring people together like that, that’s what we’re all about,” Williams stated. “That’s what we’re doing. We’re being entertainers. We’re being dancers. We’re trying to build energy. We’re trying to connect, and I feel like we did that tonight.”
Dancing With the Stars airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC and Disney+.
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