Dancing With the StarsSeason 30 contestantAmanda Klootsis spilling the tea on her experience of participating in the show!The Talkco-host also confessed that herprofessional dance partner, Alan Bersten, was mean to herduring her stint on thereality TV competition show.
The news comes after Kloots appeared and went candid on the July 05, 2025, episode of theBoyfriend Material with Harry Jowseypodcast. She remarked that his Russian upbringing and growing up in a dance atmosphere could’ve been the reason for his mesn behavior toward her. Kloots revealed thatshe used to get yelled at a lotwhile admitting thatBersten saw potential in herat the time and even believed they had a shot at winning.
Kloots went on to add that it was quite stressful for her and she had to keep her emotions bottled up, especially sinceshe didn’t want to derail their rehearsal time. However, it should be noted that she’s definitely not trying to bring him down in any way. The reality TV star was quick to add that she was definitely a positive influence on Alan Bersten, sharing how she made him a nicer person — whilst noting how he’d agree with her statement.The duo placed fourth onDTWSSeason 30,whereIman ShumpertandDaniella Karagachtook home the mirror ball trophy. Kloots shared anecdotes on how she dealt with Bersten’s harsh regime at the time in the following words:
“I would just keep it bottled up, and we would just be dancing, and I would just be raging inside.”
Zendaya Hasn’t Watched ‘DWTS’ Since Her Stint on the Show
Amanda Kloots isn’t the onlyDWTSalum who had a stressful time competing on the famed reality TV dance competition show. On the August 14, 2025, episode ofThe Awardistpodcast, renowned actressZendaya,who took part inDWTSSeason 16 back in 2013, confessed to not having watched the show ever since.
TheChallengersactress, who took part inDWTSSeason 16at the age of 16 opposite professional dance partnerVal Chmerkovskiy, revealed that the dance competition was a really stressful experience. She also shared thatshe had never watched the show prior to her participationand hadn’t been inclined to tune in afterward.
She noted that she’s probably not the target demographic and shared thather grandmum lovesDWTS. Zendaya, whowas second runner-up with dance partner Chmerkovskiythat season, has expressed her sentiments about the whole thing as follows:
“I think it was a very stressful experience. I was like, I don’t think I’m gonna be watching this anymore.”
TheDancing With the StarsSeason 33finale will air on ABC on Tuesday, August 24, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. You can stream the episode and the show’s previous seasons on Disney+.
Dancing with the Stars
U.S. reality show based on the British series “Strictly Come Dancing,” where celebrities partner up with professional dancers and compete against each other in weekly elimination rounds to determine a winner.
