Here’s How Sasha Farber Will Be Involved in ‘DWTS’ Season 34
Sasha Farber is returning to Dancing With the Stars after all — just not as a pro.
The ABC competition show announced via Instagram on Monday, September 15, that Farber, 41, will stream the action backstage during the season 34 premiere on Tuesday, September 16.
“Ready for more behind the scenes? 🤩,” the show’s official IG account teased alongside a photo of a smiling, sequined Farber. “We’re going LIVE on TikTok with @sashafarber1 TOMORROW to celebrate the #DWTS Premiere!”
Farber and his fans rejoiced in the comments section.
“Can’t wait to showwwwww you guys around the ballroom and take you backstage !!!!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍,” the dancer gushed.
“OH HELL YES! We want Sasha to be a part!!!” one fan remarked, while other wrote, “Happy to have him backstage, but would have been much happier seeing him on the Dance floor 🥹.”
ABC revealed in early September which pros would be returning to the ballroom for the upcoming season. Farber, who joined DWTS in 2013, was not among them.
“It is a beautiful day today. Guys, the
He gave the fans a shout-out at the time, saying, “Thank you all so much for all your incredible messages. I read them all, I see it all, I adore you. I definitely don’t deserve you because you guys are amazing. I love you.”
Following the news of Farber sitting out this season, Us Weekly caught up with DTWS fixture Val Chmerkovskiy at the VMAs and he exclusively told Us the decision wasn’t “personal” but “the nature of the business.”
Chmerkovskiy and his celebrity partner Alix Earle are part of a star-studded lineup that includes Hilaria Baldwin (with dancer Gleb Savchenko), Corey Feldman (with Jenna Johnson), Danielle Fishel
Often, the show’s rotating roster of dance pros don’t know if they’ll return for a new season until the very last minute — and the pro/celeb pairings depend upon a variety of factors such as height and personality.
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Scott Clifton loves his job at The Bold and the Beautiful.
Liam May Be Changing Along With the Times
Luckily, the Emmy winner believes that the time is coming up for Liam to simmer down. “I think that we’re on the precipice with soaps — it’s like adapt or die, right? — and culturally, 20, 30 years ago, it was sexy and attractive for a man to be torn between two women who were fawning over him and him having to go back and forth. It was the Ridge, Brooke and Taylor thing.
“That was like soap bread and butter for a really long time,” he adds. “But I don’t think we live in that world anymore. We’re at a place now where that’s not only not attractive but beginning to be
Perspective Is Everything, Including in Playing Liam
What that means isn’t necessarily that Liam will never again feel a tug on his heart in both Steffy and Hope’s directions. “It just means when I’m playing Liam, I’m recognizing that I’m not playing the hero, I’m playing that [bleep] that we all know and tolerate, but we wish that he treated women better.”
