Most Disastrous ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Partners Ever!

Dancing with the stars has characterized some incredible partners over the yearsBut not all teams were perfectly matched.

Kim Kardashian took part in the 7th season of the dance series in 2008 together with her professional partner, Mark Ballas. While the reality TV star has succeeded in many arenas, she has ended her DWTS ran in 11th place.

A decade later, fellow alum Milo Manheim recalled a conversation he had with Kardashian about her DWTS stint. “She doesn’t like dancing as much as I do, and I thought, ‘I’m going to do that.’ Dancing with the starsTell me, how was your experience?’ And she said, ‘Milo, it’s the worst! When you get hurt you feel like an idiot,” He told Entertainment tonight in October 2018. “And I was like, ‘Okay…’ So that was kind of my advice from her.”

Cheryl Burkefor her part, called Ian Ziering if she “Least favorite partner.” Burke claimed on the ‘Allegedly’ podcast in 2016 that the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum” made [her] wants to split [her] wrists,” and she would often cry to the show managers.

Burke later said she was “out of line” for it apparently making light of suicide. ‘There’s no excuse. Whether it was a joke or not, I know it hurt him and I know it hurt his family,” she said on her “Pretty Messed Up” podcast in April 2021.

Scroll down to see some of the worst Dancing with the stars couples over the years.