{"id":261238,"date":"2026-09-03T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/sasha-farber-gives-insight-into-dwts-exit-in-now-deleted-comment\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:00:05","slug":"sasha-farber-gives-insight-into-dwts-exit-in-now-deleted-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/sasha-farber-gives-insight-into-dwts-exit-in-now-deleted-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Sasha Farber Gives Insight Into &#8216;DWTS&#8217; Exit in Now-Deleted Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2275880\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former <strong><em>Dancing with the Stars<\/em><\/strong> pro dancer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/sasha-farber\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Sasha Farber<\/strong><\/a> was not included in the cast list again this year, and he\u2019s disclosing a bit more about what\u2019s happening behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 42-year-old ballroom expert kicked off his pro journey on the ABC hit during season 17 when he was paired with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/snooki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Snooki<\/strong><\/a>. He did not act as a pro again until season 22, and was consistently included up until last year. He returned during season 34 as a social media correspondent, but was not a pro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the cast for season 35 was just announced this week, and <strong>Sasha <\/strong>was once again not included.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Selma Blair&#039;s Final Performance | Dancing With The Stars | Disney+\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d-BYVibRR84?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@sashafarber\/video\/7680927729037872415?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a>, a fan wrote to him, \u201cGenuinely at this point you\u2019re all over social and they\u2019re leveraging you \u2026. is this your choice? Are you wanting to be behind the scenes and move into like a hosting entertainment tonight Derek hough thing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sasha <\/strong>then apparently responded in a now-deleted comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot my choice,\u201d he supposedly wrote in response, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/dwts-sasha-farber-breaks-silence-on-season-35-absence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Us Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-who-is-competing-on-dwts-season-35\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is competing on DWTS season 35?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/09\/02\/dancing-with-the-stars-season-35-cast-revealed-16-celebs-pro-partners-confirmed-including-a-same-sex-pairing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 16 total celebs competing this season,<\/a> including Olympians, reality TV stars, fan favorite actors, and more! There are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/09\/02\/dancing-with-the-stars-season-35-cast-revealed-16-celebs-pro-partners-confirmed-including-a-same-sex-pairing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 stars with extensive pro dance experience.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/abc\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/dancing-with-the-stars\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dancing With the Stars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/sasha-farber\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sasha Farber<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/television\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Television<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/09\/03\/sasha-farber-gives-insight-into-dwts-exit-in-now-deleted-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Images Former Dancing with the Stars pro dancer Sasha Farber was not included in the cast list again this year, and he\u2019s disclosing a bit more about what\u2019s happening behind the scenes. The 42-year-old ballroom expert kicked off his pro journey on the ABC hit during season 17 when he was paired with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":261240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-261238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}