‘Dancing With the Stars’ contestant runs off stage after feeling sick
It was Queen night on Monday’s “Dancing With the Stars,” and Olympic gold medal gymnast Suni Lee performed a fantastic paso doble with her partner Sasha Farber. However immediately after her performance she ran offstage. The show was live but host Tyra Banks explained the situation.
“Suni is not feeling so good,” Banks said. “Not covid! Not covid at all! But she's not feeling well so she danced sick and she had to leave. But she's okay.”
Earlier in the day, Suni told fans on Twitter that she wasn’t feeling well, but she gritted out a performance, and the judges applauded her for it.
“Oh, you did so well, honey,” judge Bruno Tonioli said. “In spite of not feeling well, you rocked that paso Doble. I don't know where you are. Sharp -- it was fantastic.”
Despite being sick, the gymnast leapt back into action during the relay competition, performing a Viennese waltz to “We Are the Champions.” Afterwards she was proud of herself for coming back on stage.
“It's very scary because it's like, I've never done that before so I was kind of embarrassed and I knew that if I didn't come out here I'd be very disappointed in myself,” Lee said.
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- It was Queen night on Mondays Dancing With the Stars. And Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee performed a fantastic Paso Doble with her partner Sasha Farber, but ran offstage immediately afterwards.
- Suni has not feeling so good. Not COVID. Not COVID at all, but she's not feeling well, so she danced sick, and she had to leave, but she's OK. She's not feeling well. I know her tummy is not well. Like she's running to she to take care of her tummy right now.
- Earlier in the day, Suni told fans she wasn't feeling well, but she gritted out of her performance and the judges applauded her for it.
- Oh, bless. She did so-- you did so well, honey. In spite of not feeling well, you rocked the Paso Doble. I don't know where you are. Sharp. The synchronization was fantastic.
- Despite being sick, the gymnast leapt back into action during the relay competition, performing a Viennese Waltz to we are the Champions and recapping her illness with Tyra Banks.
- All right. Suni, I got to ask you. I know that you've been struggling all day and your dude was like, Yeah, you're throwing up. Let's just keep it real. This is like to be honest with you.
- Yeah.
- All right and you ran off, but you're back.
- Yeah.
- And even though viewers thought Tyra's line of questions were cringeworthy, Suni was proud of herself for overcoming her embarrassment and continuing the night.
- It's just very different and it's also very scary because it's like I've never done that before. So I was kind of embarrassed. And I knew that if I didn't come out here I'd be very disappointed in myself, and I didn't want to--
- All of us so proud. I'm so proud of you.
