Lindsay Arnold Leaving ‘DWTS’ Amid ‘Complicated Logistical’ Family Issues, Including Pregnancy Disappointment

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Lindsay Arnold is focusing on her family. The “Dancing With the Stars” pro has announced that she won’t be returning to the ballroom this season, calling it “one of the hardest decisions to make.” Arnold says that, “ultimately I have chosen what I feel is best for myself and my family.” READ MORE: Val Chmerkovskiy Says He 'Can't Wait' to Be a Father as Jenna Johnson Talks Possible 'DWTS' Return (Exclusive) The news comes just as Sharna Burgess reveals that she, too, will be bowing out of “DWTS”‘ upcoming season 31 after welcoming her first baby on June 28.

Arnold, 28 — who has been openly documenting her journey to conceive a second child in recent weeks — shared the news of her departure from the show in a lengthy Instagram post on Wednesday, posted alongside a stunning family photo with husband Samuel Cusick and daughter Sage, who turns two in November. “You all know that my family is the most important thing to me and doing what is best for my daughter is always going to be at the top of my list!” she writes. “As many of you know my family and I live in UT and in order to do ‘DWTS’ I have to move myself and my daughter Sage out to LA and leave behind my husband Sam who works full time here in Utah.

Logistically there is SO much involved with making this happen and there is a lot of sacrifice that has to be made that unfortunately just did not feel right for us this time around.” READ MORE: 'DWTS' Gleb Savchenko Shuts Down Jana Kramer Affair Rumors (Exclusive) Arnold doubles down on her love of the show and says that the family “exhausted every option” to pursue her continued participation, but “none of the options felt good in my heart or felt like the right thing for our lives right now.” She also assures