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Priscilla Presley isn’t dancing astir her feelings.
The character admitted that she wasn’t a instrumentality of her clip connected “Dancing With nan Stars” successful 2008, owed to her pro partner, Louis van Amstel, allegedly being distracted by a caller narration astatine nan time.
“I could not hold to get kicked disconnected that show,” Presley, 80, confessed complete nan play during a speaking engagement in Las Vegas, per Us Weekly. “I was truthful tense because … my partner, who I liked very much, was successful a caller narration pinch different guy.”
The businesswoman claimed van Amstel, 53, was “in a caller relationship” while they were competing connected Season 6 of nan show, and would unreserved retired of rehearsals to get backmost location to his partner.
“He had a date, and he wanted to get this and that, and I was a small spot disappointment because he put that earlier us,” alleged Presley. “I felt we could person done a batch better.”
According to Presley, nan duo only rehearsed for 3 hours a day, while their competitors practiced for up to six hours. Despite her concerns, she was still successful it to triumph it.
“I for illustration challenges,” she gushed. “I didn’t cognize really to creation that well. I mean, I did for illustration dancing, but I thought, ‘You cognize what, I’m gonna spell successful for it and do it, and I deliberation it’ll beryllium fun.’ Yeah, still nerve-wracking.”
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Presley and van Amstel yet vanished successful eighth place.
Olympic fig skater Kristi Yamaguchi and pro dancer Mark Ballas took location nan Season 6 Mirrorball Trophy, while Miami Dolphins subordinate Jason Taylor and pro partner Edyta Śliwińska placed second.
Page Six has reached retired to van Amstel’s rep for comment.
As antecedently reported, Van Amstel went connected to tie nan knot with Joshua Lancaster in Sundance, Utah, successful 2017 after 8 years together. They divorced successful October 2023.
Despite Presley’s caller comments, van Amstel allegedly enjoyed their clip moving together.
“What an astonishing woman,” nan choreographer gushed to Us Weekly backmost successful November. “[Out of] each my celebrities, I spot her nan most.”
Van Amstel noted astatine nan clip that he and nan character — who was famously joined to Elvis Presley from 1967 to 1973 — “always person dinner” erstwhile he visits Los Angeles, calling her “a value woman.”
