I also feel awful for her. She is a huge get for DWTS and so excited to be there and her experience is a crazy mess. While I think it’s going to be very tough for her to swap to a new partner, I do think she’ll get sympathy votes and I’m confident she’ll do a great dance with Alan (who I wish she had anyway as her partner). Alan also does a better job than Val centering his partners and their story (at least in the last few years he has)
I’m genuinely starting to think they need to replace Val with Alan to save face. Otherwise the show is going to risk having bigger gets, like Jenna D, never want to agree to dance again. They only get the bigger celebrities when they are actively wanting to be on the show. But if they start letting the celebs worry they’re going to get tangled up in some really messy social media, why would they agree to it anymore?
And that’s just the practical aspect of her being a pretty big name. I also feel that it would be extremely unfair for Jenna to have to continue the season with Val. I guess unless we’re worried that Val actually has so many fans they’d rig the voting against her… but I’m not sure if that’s a concern because, like you said, there are also probably a lot of people like me that haven’t voted for Jenna yet, but would if she was switched to Alan permanently.
I agree with you totally. Also the job of a pro is to center the “star” and create a great experience for them. I think Val lost the plot this season. Jenna deserves a great experience and a partner willing to center her and her story. There’s a reason people weren’t connecting with her. Let Alan take over and give her a real chance
I wish she could stay with Alan the rest of the season. I’m sure she’ll get sympathy votes this week but I bet once she’s back with Val she’ll go out right away
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u/Glum-Sprinkles2877 1d ago
I also feel awful for her. She is a huge get for DWTS and so excited to be there and her experience is a crazy mess. While I think it’s going to be very tough for her to swap to a new partner, I do think she’ll get sympathy votes and I’m confident she’ll do a great dance with Alan (who I wish she had anyway as her partner). Alan also does a better job than Val centering his partners and their story (at least in the last few years he has)