Bobby Bones thinks Hilaria Baldwin needs to look in the mirror(ball).
Following Hilaria’s claims that she was “bullied off” Dancing with the Stars following her Oct. 7 elimination, Bobby—who competed on season 27 of the series alongside pro Sharna Burgess—weighed in on her elimination.
“I was reading about Hilaria Baldwin saying she was bullied off of Dancing With the Stars,” Bobby said in an October 13 TikTok. “As somebody who was treated like crap by the hardcore fans of the show, yeah, bullying happens. But you don’t get bullied off the show. You get kicked off the show because nobody voted for you.”
Bobby noted that while he was "bullied like crazy," he still got votes that took him to the end.
“So that’s bull crap,” he continued. "She was a great dancer. She was somebody who came in with a ton of dance experience, obviously. But no no no, you didn’t get bullied off the show. I don’t know her, but you got eliminated because people didn’t like you.”
And despite the fact he won along Sharna in 2018, he recognizes that the show can have an intense following.
“That’s the meanest fan base of anything ever—Dancing With the Stars, the hard core fans," he emphasized. "People that vote and love the show and have a good time, you guys are cool. But the hard cores? Bad people.”
Hilaria—who shares kids Carmen, 11, Rafael, 10 Leonardo, 8, Romeo, 7, Eduardo, 4, María Lucía, 4, and Ilaria, 2, with husband Alec Baldwin—was eliminated alongside partner Gleb Savchenko after their Star Wars themed dance on Disney Night. And while she later pointed to bullying after the show, she and Gleb initially took the news in stride.
"We're okay," she told E! News in a joint interview with Gleb after their elimination. "I mean, we're not great, but we're okay at the same time. It's mixed."
At the time, Hilaria emphasized that winning isn't the most important thing.
"The first night we got here to LA ... I said to my daughter, because I'm so open with my kids, 'What happens if I get voted off right away?'" she reflected. "She said, 'Mommy, at least you tried.' And I hope they always know that: At least I tried."
During an Instagram Live a few days later, however, she was dancing to another tune.
“I did get bullied off the show,” Hilaria said Oct. 12, referring to online criticism her four weeks on DWTS received. “I did, that’s for sure. That is for sure.”
For more of this season's Dancing With the Stars cast, read on.
Baron Davis
Partnered with Britt Stewart
Jennifer Affleck
Partnered with Jan Ravnik
Alix Earle
Partnered with Valentin Chmerkovski
Dylan Efron
Partnered with Daniella Karagach
Corey Feldman
Partnered with Jenna Johnson
Elaine Hendrix
Partnered with Alan Bersten
Robert Irwin
Partnered with Witney Carson
Jordan Chiles
Partnered with Ezra Sosa
Scott Hoying
Partnered with Rylee Arnold
Whitney Leavitt
Partnered with Mark Ballas
Hilaria Baldwin
Partnered with Gleb Savchenko
Andy Richter
Partnered with Emma Slater
Danielle Fishel
Partnered with Pasha Pashkov