Hayley Erbert Returns to ‘Dancing With the Stars’ for Emotional Dance With Husband Derek Hough After Near-Fatal Brain Bleed
variety.comEmily Longeretta The Oct. 15 episode of “Dancing With the Stars” was “Dedication Night,” which meant the tears were already flowing… and then Derek Hough and wife Hayley Erbert took the floor.
The married duo celebrated her return to the ballroom with an emotional routine to “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone, marking Erbert’s first time back following her emergency craniectomy.
Ahead of the routine, the “DWTS” judge explained that just three months after the two got married in August 2023, while the pair were on their joint Symphony of Dance tour, their lives “came to a screeching halt in the most devastating way.” “I was on stage, and she’s supposed to come out.
The stage manager walked out and just said, ‘Hey, she’s not coming on stage.’ She was on the side of the stage having full seizures and, essentially, dying.
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