A DANCING with the Stars fan-favorite pro has warned she’s willing to walk away from the show due to being ‘very unhappy’ with the treatment of her co-star, The U.S. Sun can reveal.
This comes as the latest potential cast shakeup following a season of behind-the-scenes drama, on-camera tension, and feuds between the pros.
Following the series of drama during season 34 of DWTS, a production insider has now teased that even more changes are on the way.
In recent weeks, DWTS pro Pasha Pashkov received some harsh feedback from the judges, including Carrie Ann Inaba, who told the dancer that he needed to step it up with his “repetitive” choreography.
It seems Carrie Ann, 57, wasn’t the only one on the show who feels Pasha, 39, needs to improve as producers are considering if he should make the cut next season.
“Producers are questioning if Pasha has what it takes to continue being a pro after a few setbacks this season.
“It’s causing some tension with Daniella on the set and behind the scenes because she will fight tooth and nail for Pasha,” a source said of Pasha’s wife and co-star, Daniella Karagach.
Daniella, 32, has been regarded as one of the “best pros” the show has ever hired and is widely considered a fan-favorite since she joined full-time in 2020.
“[Daniella] will stick up for him and fight for him harder than anything, so she’s not happy with some of the comments production and the judges have made on camera and off camera.
“She’s warned them that if he gets fired, she will walk too. And they cannot afford to lose her.
“The show loves her, the fans love her, and she is one of the most talented dancers the show has ever cast, so the producers have to tread lightly to do what’s best for the show,” the source claimed.
They added that there is “still a lot of time” to figure out next season’s cast as the decisions are typically made in the weeks leading up to the premiere.
“Daniella isn’t the only pro to stick up for Pasha. All of the fellow dancers, and the contestants, love him too.
“So he’s got a network of support standing behind him,” the insider claimed.
Russian dancer Pasha first joined the show as a pro in 2019 and won over fans’ hearts when he was paired with The Office actress Kate Flannery.
Daniella, who was already married to Pasha at the time, also joined the show this same year but as a member of the dance troupe.
She became a pro the following year in 2020 and was partnered with rapper Nelly.
The pair were an instant hit with the audience and reached the finale, coming in third place overall.
In just her second season as a pro on DWTS, Daniella took home the Mirrorball Trophy for an incredible run with former NBA star, Iman Shumpert.
The pair’s massive height difference made it challenged to choreograph routines however, Daniella was praised for adapting and figuring out a way to make it work.
Meanwhile, Pasha has never won the competition before and has only made it to the finale once in his DWTS career – when he placed third in season 32 with partner Ariana Madix.
It’s the last person anyone would expect.
General Hospital keeps throwing suspects at us in the Who Shot Drew mystery. Was it Willow? Michael? Portia? Nina? Jacinda? They all have good reasons to do it. (Most of the audience feels the same.) But there is one person who has the best reason to want Drew gone. And, so far, no one has considered them….
Key Takeaways
You’d think, what with gaslighting Willow (Katelyn MacMullen), taunting Michael (Rory Gibson), harassing Portia (Brook Kerr), and trying to steal Monica’s (Leslie Charleson) house — not to mention swiping Tracy’s (Jane Elliot) luggage (SO mature) — Drew (Cameron Mathison) would have no time to be making his daughter Scout’s (Cosette Abinante) life miserable. And if you ask Drew, it’s not Scout he’s trying to make miserable, it’s her brothers, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and Rocco (Finn Carr). And her grandmother, Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn).
Drew is throwing out restraining orders, right and left, to keep them all away from his little girl. For her own good, of course.
Well, Scout isn’t appreciating his efforts. She hasn’t said much about it to Drew. Probably because the poor girl has already lost her mother, Sam (Kelly Monaco).
Drew has isolated her from most of her family. Scout doesn’t want to risk losing her father’s life, too. While he’s alive, that is. If Scout is forced to live with only Drew, it would be nice if he didn’t hate her. On the other hand…
On the other hand… if Scout didn’t have to live with Drew… if he were, say, dead… why, that would be a whole other story! If Drew were out of the way, Scout could see her brothers. And her grandma. And her aunts. And basically anyone she wanted, without fear that Drew might remember that they snubbed him in an elevator once by letting the door shut in his face, and now he has a score to settle.
Could Scout have been the one to shoot Drew? Maybe because she heard about this girl in Salem, who shot her uncle… and got away with it, scot-free.