Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas discuss exiting DWTS on ‘Call Her Daddy’

Whitney Levitt and Mark Barras leaked all the juicy details about their time together dancing with the stars after their shocking elimination.

this The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives The 32-year-old star and the 39-year-old professional dancer appeared on the show on Wednesday, November 26 Alex Cooper’s “call her daddy” podcast. The two also performed freestyle They’ve never performed before on the ABC dance competition, using the Broadway play to tackle online hate and bullying.

“Honestly, I think we had a gut feeling that day,” Barras said of being eliminated in the semifinals on Nov. 18, recalling how he told Levitt, “Let’s go out. Let’s have fun. Let’s have fun. Have fun. Like, let your hair down. Enjoy this.”

Levitt and Barras frontrunners throughout Season 34 dancing with the starswhich surprised many fans sent home. (Five couples advance to the finals on Tuesday, November 25: Robert Owen and Witney Carson, Alex Earl and Val Chmerkovsky, Jordan Chiles and Ezra Sosa, Elaine Hendrix and Alan Berstenand Dylan Efron and Daniela Karagach. Irving, 21, and Carson, 32, ended up winning the mirror ball trophy. )

Keep scrolling to read Levitt and Barras’ biggest revelations from the podcast:

Mark Ballas recalls giving Whitney Leavitt a pep talk before she was eliminated

“My strategy has always been, ‘Do the best you can,'” Barras said. “Come out and rock. Do what you can. Because the reality is, I’m telling you right now: This isn’t the first time an amazing, incredible, dynamic performer has been eliminated early. It happened to me, in season five Sabrina Bryan. But this is the first time I feel like this new TikTok, Instagram hype is happening. “

During their last performance together on the show, “I felt like our dancing was solid,” Levitt said. “Like, the Viennese Waltz we did is one of my favorite dances we’ve ever done. It didn’t feel good. It didn’t feel like the other Tuesdays we’d had before.”

Barras explained: “I am an over rehearsed person. I like to rehearse it to the point where it becomes ingrained in your body. i hate leaving Things are hit and miss. Might be a little old school, but that’s how I grew up dancing. Just, you rehearse, rehearse, rehearse so that you don’t to think. In between our first and second dances, we performed backstage. “

He noticed at the time that Levitt was becoming “emotional.” therefore, “I had to go into football coaching mode and I was like, ‘You can do this! ‘”

Barras “is Became worried that she would go out and pass out. “

Levitt had an ominous premonition, “It’s like This is our last dance, which in turn makes it A little more emotion. “

Barras and Levitt share the hate speech that most affected them

Cooper, 31, reminded the pair that their performance, which both received 58 out of 60, received “one of the highest scores of the night.” She asked why they didn’t get the audience vote to stay on the show.

“I don’t know,” Levitt said. “I mean, if I were guessing, I would say, ‘Yeah, maybe ‘The Secret Life.’ Because it’s a huge gap. Like, you either really love me for this or you really hate me for this. So, maybe it affected some people. “

“Sometimes that happens,” Barras said. “The cast is so strong and so talented. So talented and so versatile.”

He then admitted that during their employment, malicious discussions against them had occurred online. Dance partnership.

“I think with the intensity and scale of the show — which I love so much — everyone’s getting a lot of backlash online,” he said. “It’s not just us. Yes, our discussions were intense, but when things get to this level, I’m sure, as you know, there will always be naysayers. There will always be people who hate you. I think there’s a window of a couple weeks where it’s like, damn. “

When Cooper urged them to share examples of particularly stinging fan criticism, Barras responded: “It’s wild. OK This is really too heavy. …You can edit it if you don’t want to, but, like, this is a random one that I got. … This was after one of our dances: “Are you just so cheap to rot and do this?” Damn, you’re special. You are totally worthless. I hope one day you burn in hell. “It’s just one of those things.”

Barras added that Internet trolls are “So ruthless in the dance performance. “

Levitt said she “Definitely becoming more desensitized to it. Because I’ve been going through it for years. But I think what’s a little triggering is seeing someone go through something for the first time, and for what? Like, that makes no sense to me. And then, I also felt like it was my fault sometimes, because I thought, “Oh, maybe… it’s because of me, maybe it’s because (Barras) worked with me.” So at the time, it felt like it was my fault. Like those times, it was a rollercoaster of emotions. “

Levitt says she knew she’d lose ‘Dancing with the Stars’

Cooper asked Levitt to respond to critics who say she “Too opportunistic,” “arrogant” and ambitious.

“Yes. I mean, I’ll be honest with you. I never thought I would win dancing with the stars. I really don’t,” Levitt said bluntly.

Barras agreed, saying: “We do know this. “

“We knew that from the beginning,” Levitt said with a laugh. “But I wanted that experience. I hope that anyone who has a dream or something that they want or experience in life… will go after it. “

She pointed out: “That’s I’ve always been like this. Like, oh…this is something I want in my life. This is a dream of mine. I will – while still maintaining my morals and values ​​- pursue that. “

Levitt said: “If I were a man, yeah, I guess that would be fine. I think they’d say, ‘F*** yeah, you just go for it.’ ‘”

Levitt reveals her relationship with ‘Secret Life’ star Jen Affleck

The mother of three spoke candidly about Affleck, 26, who was also a season 34 contestant. Cooper referenced Affleck’s elimination in October, when Levitt was caught on camera appearing to be “giggling” and then covering his mouth.

“I thought I was going to get eliminated every Tuesday,” Levitt replied. “Every Tuesday I’m mentally preparing myself. So in that moment, I feel two emotions: One is, ‘Oh my gosh, they didn’t call my name, but gosh, now my friend is going home.’ There are two emotions in that moment. I’m like, you know, it’s a relief, and then it’s like, oh wait, but now someone’s going home and now walking away from this experience.”

Levitt said she “didn’t remember laughing, but if anything, it was relief.” She told Cooper she had “no excitement” about Affleck leaving the show and that she “awful” when Affleck later told her TikTok followers that she didn’t “support” her.

“Jen understands what it’s like to be in the public eye, in a real space, and to be hated,” she said. “She went through it. … She took it, it didn’t feel good, and she decided to go on live air and say, ‘Yeah, I’m not going to vote for her.'” I mean, she could have just said who she was voting for. She doesn’t need to say who she won’t vote for. “

Currently, she noted, “We’re not on good terms. I don’t even know if we’re in a relationship right now. There’s a lot going on while we’re doing it.” Dancing with the Stars. We also filmed secret life period. So, I know audiences will be able to see this story when it comes out next year. “

Barras responds to ticket giveaway controversy

In October, the dance professional and Levitt announced plans to send two winners to Distributed WTS dancehall and then had to Withdraw offer After being told by ABC that live show tickets could not be given away.

“I guarantee you, when this came up, it was very innocent,” Barras told Cooper. “It’s just so casual. We have discussed this with (our) team. “Hey, we want to do a fun giveaway.”

He added, “We’ve given away tickets to fans multiple times. There’s no ‘prove to us you voted for us.'” I think Whitney even made that point in the video. “Even if you don’t vote for us, it’s an experience for everyone. It’s just for a little bit of fun.” These are two tickets. When did this all get the backlash? Crazy. I was like, ‘You know what, guys? My wife and I will not vote for me and it will go away on its own. “