{"id":89912,"date":"2026-05-04T01:15:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/witney-carson-reveals-reason-she-missed-dwts-tour-utah-stop\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T01:15:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:15:49","slug":"witney-carson-reveals-reason-she-missed-dwts-tour-utah-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/witney-carson-reveals-reason-she-missed-dwts-tour-utah-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Witney Carson Reveals Reason She Missed DWTS Tour Utah Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Witney Carson<\/strong> has revealed the reason she was absent from the <em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em> tour stop in Utah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUtah peeps. I\u2019M SO SORRY I CAN\u2019T be there for the Utah shows. I had the <strong>Steve Irwin<\/strong> Gala performance with <strong>Robert [Irwin]<\/strong> booked last year,\u201d Carson, 32, wrote via her Instagram Story on Saturday, May 2. \u201cIf I could be in two places at once I would be! I love you all so much!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carson went on to share several clips from the Steve Irwin Gala, which she attended alongside husband <strong>Carson McAllister<\/strong> and their two children: sons Leo, 5, and Jet, 2. The event honors the legacy of the late wildlife expert and conservationist, who died in 2006 after suffering an injury by a stingray while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the Steve Irwin Gala tonight supporting our favorite family!\u201d she wrote via her Instagram Story on Saturday. \u201cSuch an honor to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:177.8%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large credit-added wp-image-4325728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Witney-Carson-Misses-DWTS-Tour.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Witney Carson Reveals Reason for Missing 'DWTS' Tour Stop in Utah, Issues Apology\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Witney-Carson-Misses-DWTS-Tour.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Witney-Carson-Misses-DWTS-Tour.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Witney-Carson-Misses-DWTS-Tour.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Witney-Carson-Misses-DWTS-Tour.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Witney-Carson-Misses-DWTS-Tour.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Witney-Carson-Misses-DWTS-Tour.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Witney-Carson-Misses-DWTS-Tour.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Witney-Carson-Misses-DWTS-Tour.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Witney-Carson-Misses-DWTS-Tour.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Witney-Carson-Misses-DWTS-Tour.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Witney Carson\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Carson joined the <em>DWTS<\/em> tour as a special guest from April 21 to 30 alongside former partner and season 34 Mirrorball champion Robert, 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur last dance, that freestyle, was our way to say thank you to everybody who\u2019s been on that journey,\u201d Robert said on <em>Good Morning America<\/em> in November 2025, referring to his freestyle routine. \u201cWe just knew we had to make it work because it was the way to just say, \u2018We\u2019re so grateful for this experience.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Carson, winning felt \u201cso different\u201d this time around. (The pro dancer took home her first Mirrorball Trophy with now-host <strong>Alfonso Ribeiro<\/strong> in 2014.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe first time I won, I was 19 years old \u2014 and now I\u2019m 32,\u201d Carson said at the time. \u201cI have kids now, and to celebrate with them and my husband was so special.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DWTS-Witney-Carson-178793_1734_v1.jpg?crop=0px%2C197px%2C1500px%2C848px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"DWTS-Witney-Carson-178793_1734_v1\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DWTS-Witney-Carson-178793_1734_v1.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Witney Carson Cries Over &#8216;DWTS&#8217; Season 34 Win: &#8216;Overcome With Emotion&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tDancing With the Stars pro Witney Carson is especially thankful this Thanksgiving season after clinching her second mirrorball trophy. \u201cI seriously have no words. I\u2019m just, like, coming off all the adrenaline and the messages have been incredible,\u201d Carson, 32, said in an Instagram video shared Thursday, November 27, while getting ready for her family\u2019s [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since the season came to an end, ABC announced that the competition will return for season 35 with celeb contestants <strong>Ciara Miller <\/strong>and<strong> Maura Higgins<\/strong>. Robert will also be hosting spinoff show <em>Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro<\/em>, with the goal of finding the next pro dancer for the main broadcast. Pro <strong>Mark Ballas<\/strong> and his mother, <strong>Shirley Ballas<\/strong>, will also join the series \u2014 set to premiere this summer \u2014 as judges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro<\/em> features 12 exceptional up-and-coming dancers who move into one house and compete in a grueling audition process,\u201d a logline reads. \u201c[They are] all vying for a coveted spot as a pro dancer on season 35 of <em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Witney Carson has revealed the reason she was absent from the Dancing With the Stars tour stop in Utah. \u201cUtah peeps. I\u2019M SO SORRY I CAN\u2019T be there for the Utah shows. I had the Steve Irwin Gala performance with Robert [Irwin] booked last year,\u201d Carson, 32, wrote via her Instagram Story on Saturday, May [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-trends-and-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2255336347-Witney-Carson-Misses-DWTS-Show.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}