A tough run. Although the judges had been tough on Sharna Burgess and Brian Austin Green since the beginning of Dancing With the Stars season 30, the cast was still shocked to see them eliminated during the Tuesday, October 12, episode.
During the Monday, October 11, episode, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli both commented on the amount of affection the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum, 48, and the Australia native, 36, show on the ballroom floor, saying that the routine had “so much kissing and cuddling and messing about.”
The duo, who had just danced the waltz to “Someday My Prince Will Come” from Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs, were caught off guard by the comments. Green, in fact, responded, “It’s Snow White, I don’t know how you don’t love each other,” before they received a low score of a 25.
On October 4, the couple responded to fans’ comments that they smooch too much while in the ballroom.
“For those that say we kiss too much, here’s a full 
grab instead,” she wrote via Instagram, captioning a photo that showed her embracing her boyfriend. “But for real though, we kissed once in the first show that’s it. This isn’t a showmance, this is real life love and it’s a part of our journey. Every step. Every struggle. Every success. And anyone that thinks it’s an advantage I can assure you, it’s not. ITS SUPER HARD! We both wanted to push harder this week because we really want those scores to keep us in the competition, but in the process, we had a few moments of feeling hypersensitive toward each other and struggled to find a happy positive workflow. Coaching your boyfriend is hard, and having your girlfriend be the one to tell you all the shit you’re doing wrong is also hard. I am still trying to find a balance between how much I love him and how much I love to create and coach for perfection on this show. What I do know is I’m grateful for every second I get on that dance floor with him. What a dream to share this.”
Three days later, Burgess told Us Weekly exclusively that she felt it was “almost a disadvantage” to be dancing with her romantic partner.
“We have this sensitivity when minding each other’s feelings. We want to make sure our relationship is good outside of it. That’s always going to be a priority for us,” she told Us. “People are expecting this intense chemistry all the time on the dance floor. “And if it’s not there, then people are like, ‘They don’t have chemistry.’ Dance is so different. … We are doing our very best with it.”
Scroll down for more of the cast’s reactions. Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.
"I think Sharna is an absolute legend and not just by the library of work that she's done on the show, but just what she still has. Sharna still kills the show," he told Us Weekly and other reporters on Tuesday night. "I mean, she's still a superstar, so she should feel really good about herself. It sucks that they're gone early. For me, they were front-runners, they were finalists. It was fun to see him move and dance. I know Brian outside of the show because I'm friends with Sharna outside of the show and they had a great time and it ended when it ended, but Sharna is still the best."
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"It's not their life. It's not their business," the YouTube star said on Tuesday night about fans who criticize the couple's PDA. "They've gotta do what they've gotta do." ABC/Eric McCandless
"I think the judges look for something special in each partnership. So maybe for Brian and Sharna, they wanted more dancing as opposed to the connection or the chemistry, whereas in other partnerships they probably want more chemistry," Bersten said. "The judges do a very good job of trying to make everyone grow in their own journey. ... It's hard to disagree with somebody who's trying to help you. So I can't really disagree with the judges. I can't say that they had too much PDA, but I feel like everyone on the show — it's such good energy the season. Everyone's really rooting for each other, rooting each other on and the judges are rooting for us as well."
He added of the PDA, "I think that they were just being themselves and that's who they are. They were enjoying the moments. Whether America didn't like it or not, I mean that's up to them to decide, but I think they were very authentic to who they are. So as long as they enjoyed the process and had fun with it, there should be no regrets there."
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"It's television. Everybody's going to have an opinion. People think I'm the best choreographer and the worst choreographer in the same sentence. This is what I would love to say about it: With all due respect, if you've never put on a pair of dancing shoes, you have no clue. First of all, they are a couple in real life. What are they supposed to do? Avoid that and run away from each other, right?" Armstrong, 27, joked. "He's not a dancer. He's not trained, and so he's trying his best, just like Kenya [Moore] is trying her best. I would love to see some of these people come and try it themselves. ... I just would love people to be positive."
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