DWTS Pro Mark Ballas Drops Hints About Expanding Family
For Season 34, pro Mark Ballas is already shining in the ballroom. Mark and his Dancing with the Stars partner, reality star Whitney Leavitt, have topped, or tied, for the top spot on the leaderboard every week. Pretty impressive!
The duo’s Disney Night foxtrot flipped the script by infusing their routine with Broadway and jazz vibes. Since they danced to The Room Where It Happens from Hamilton, it seems fitting. “Look, there’s traditional foxtrot and then there’s Mark’s foxtrot,” judge Carrie Ann Inaba stated. However, now Mark has another goal in mind besides winning the Mirrorball.
Are Mark Ballas and his wife ready for baby number two?
That’s right – Mark has babies on the brain. In November 2023, Mark and his wife, BC Jean, welcomed their first child, son Banksi Wylde Ballas. During Episode 4 of DWTS, Mark and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star met up with her family at Disneyland.
“I love being here with Whitney and her family,” Mark said to the DWTS cameras. “I’m having so much fun with the kids and Conner [Leavitt]. It makes me miss my son. Might need to have No. two, know what I’m saying?” Oh, we know.
However, when Mark was asked later about his wife’s reaction, it sounded like a hilarious interaction. “I looked at my wife and she was like, ‘[Uhhh].’ We’re talking about it,” Mark told US Weekly. “We’ll get there.”
The fact that Mark is competing in Season 34 was a surprise. He returned to DWTS for Season 31 after a five-year hiatus, winning the Mirrorball with Charli D’Amelio. However, during the last stop on the DWTS tour, he announced his retirement.
Now he’s back to show Banksi his love of dance. “I just am excited for my son to see me do this. So, yeah, I was like, ‘I got another one or two in the tank. Let’s give it a go,’” Mark previously said.
#Breaking: Denise Richards Clings to Two Men Leaving Court After Ex Aaron Phypers Claims She “Bruises Easily”
Denise Richards held on to two men as she exited court in Los Angeles
Denise took hold of the people around her, locking arms with a friend and a bodyguard following the day's legal proceedings.
The 54-year-old actress — who is facing a contentious
Her blonde-highlighted tresses were styled in a side part and neatly pulled back while she obscured her big blue eyes with large black sunglasses.
And the mom-of-three stepped out in a pair of open-toe high-heeled sandals with Perspex straps.
It comes after she claimed in court this week that her estranged husband Aaron, 53, gave her concussions and that her previous marriage to
Aaron also said that Richards 'bruises easily' after she shared a photo with a black eye.
Denise Richards held on to two men as she exited court in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Denise took hold of the people around her, locking arms with a friend and a bodyguard following the day's legal proceedings
The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star shared details about the alleged abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex on Tuesday.
During a hearing regarding a temporary restraining order she was granted against Aaron in July — which she wants to make permanent — she claimed that Aaron 'caused me at least three concussions,' People reported.
During an incident the actress said happened at a Chicago hotel in April 2025, her spouse 'was squeezing my head so hard' that it 'felt like he was crushing my skull.'
She also claimed her tumultuous marriage to Charlie, 60, was better because proverbially, 'he never hit below the belt.'
The entertainer was granted a temporary restraining order on July 16, days after Aaron filed for divorce.
A source close to him later claimed that the Wild Things actress and her legal team are 'spewing fiction' and that he is 'planning on emerging victorious on this domestic violence protection order.'
During the hearing a video Denise recorded in August was shown by Aaron's attorneys, according to People.
In the clip she compared their six-year marriage to her previous union with Charlie, to whom she was married from 2002 to 2005 and with whom she shares daughters Sami, 21, and Lola, 20.
'Things were bad with Charlie and I, but he never hit below the belt,' she said.
L-R Aaron, Denise's adopted daughter Eloise, 14, and Denise pictures in November 2023
In addition to her daughters with Charlie, Denise is also mother to adopted daughter Eloise, 14.
Aaron alleged that he discovered Denise having a months-long affair with a former special forces soldier named Rudy Reyes at the end of their relationship
He claimed in a detailed letter to 'family and close friends' that Rudy had showered her with X-rated photos and videos, including a graphic clip that showed him naked and pleasuring himself.
In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, he claimed he caught wind of his wife's alleged affair in April.
He said she'd promised to break it off, only for him to catch her lying about another hook-up with Rudy that took place at a Hilton Garden Inn in Burbank, California the following month.
He claimed his discovery of the May tryst led to an explosive argument over the July 4th holiday weekend, during which she smashed his phone.
After Aaron filed divorce paperwork on July 7, Denise hit back a week later with a request for a temporary restraining order that
