Hilaria Baldwin on ‘true story’ of how she landed DWTS gig, after Julianne Hough’s ‘campaign’ claims

Hilaria Baldwin on ‘true story’ of how she landed DWTS gig, after Julianne Hough’s ‘campaign’ claims

Well, first things first, I do want to talk about premiier night, of course. But happy birthday, Glenn. Are you feeling the love tonight? Oh, I feel so much love. This is the best party, birthday party I could ever wish for. You know, surrounded by my Dance from the Stars family. It feels amazing. It does. And what’s on the bucket list for this year? New era. Um, acting. I’m transitioning into acting. You know, it’s a, you know, I’m really putting all out, leaving all on the dance floor and the next thing is acting. So, I have the best partner and we’re just going to crush it every week. And listen, girl, you campaign for Dancing with the Stars and you made it happen. Baldwin is on this cast and you know, she’s been posting all these videos of her tonight. Like, I’m not I’m not kidding. Like, that was a campaign and she won. Like, she she was doing that all separately. She was not a part of the show until later. Like, she was campaigning and she got on. Like, that’s awesome. That’s actually not true. I did not campaign. I was I was like not on my radar and like a few days before they called me and were like, “Do you want to do this?” And I just made like the spur-of-the- moment decision. I had to move my whole family out here last minute. So, you heard it here first. That is the true story. Yes. I think we heard that on a podcast or something. I know. I I heard it too. I hear a lot of things about me that are not true, but So, you you heard it first. Breaking news. Well, speaking of that, I know a lot of people online fans have been talking about how you do have ballroom experience. What do you have to say to the people that are kind of saying like that’s an unfair advantage? You know, I mean, I think the most important thing is to focus on how special everybody is this season. I mean, I’m not going to even start to name names, but we all saw them tonight. like by the way Olympics by the way saying goes like I mean there’s really high and they have things that I don’t have and it’s like you know but the most beautiful thing is it’s not a competitive environment it’s the most warm and loving environment and I feel so lucky to be a part of it and how special was it to get on the ballroom floor for the first time I’m sure you had chills right no I mean I want to cry it’s like I broke my hip 16 years ago and like that look from one day to another day I can’t walk. I couldn’t walk for a year and it took me another year after that. I mean, I still have pain every single day. And so to be able to do that and to be able to do it with Glev who is all about the technique and the quality and he’s like, “We’re going to do a proper cha.” And that’s just like it’s a dream come true. Yes, you’re in good hands. And I love that the Baldwins packed the house tonight. What did that support mean? There’s a lot of them. So, next week we’ll just bring a whole different group of them. No, it was very special. So, I mean, my this is something I haven’t been able to share with my my family and um so it’s kind of I’m I’m curious to hear what they say later. They’ll probably be my harshest judge, but maybe my biggest fans, too. Everyone’s loving the Tik Toks with Alec, but not with you, Glad. What do What is it? What do we have to get going in order for Alec to make a cameo on the show? What are you doing? I would say I would say I would say vote for us because if we stay on it’s 100% happening. 100%. You heard it here first. 100% happening.

Hilaria Baldwin is setting the record straight on how she landed her “Dancing With the Stars” gig.

In an exclusive interview with Page Six, the yoga instructor said she did not “campaign” for a spot on the Season 34 lineup, as co-host Julianne Hough previously claimed on a podcast. Page Six Deputy Editor Desiree Murphy shares this story.

“That’s actually not true. I did not campaign. It was, like, not on my radar,” Baldwin, 41, told us backstage in a joint interview with pro partner Gleb Savchenko.

“A few days before [the announcement], they called me and were like, ‘Do you wanna do this?’ And I just made a spur-of-the-moment decision. I had to move my whole family out here [to Los Angeles] last minute. So, you heard it here first. That is the true story.”

Read more at https://pagesix.com/2025/09/17/entertainment/hilaria-baldwin-reveals-true-story-of-how-she-landed-dwts-gig-after-julianne-houghs-campaign-claims/

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