Witney Carson has revealed what she imagines competing on Dancing with the Stars while pregnant will be like this fall.
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"I am expecting, so I will be dancing with this little baby right here [in my belly]," Witney revealed during the Monday, August 17 episode of Good Morning America.
"I am very excited, but I would be lying if I said it wasn't very daunting."
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Witney is expecting her third child with husband Carson McAllister. The pair welcomed their first-born son, Leo, in January 2021 followed by another baby boy, Jet, in May 2023.
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Witney will be partnered with Jimmy Kimmel Live! star Guillermo Rodriguez on Dancing with the Stars' 35th season, which is set to premiere with a two-night event on Tuesday, September 15 and Wednesday, September 16 on ABC and Disney+.
"I've never been this far along pregnant and competing on Dancing with the Stars before -- ever," Witney said.
"I don't know if it's ever been done. So you guys will definitely see a big bump!"
Witney was pregnant with her second child when she competed with Wayne Brady on Dancing with the Stars' 31st season; however, she kept the pregnancy a secret until making an official announcement live during the semifinals episode in November 2022.
When looking down the road to the typically-stressful and grueling DWTS competition, Witney admitted, "I don't really know what to expect."
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"I've never done it before," she said of competing while knowing she's pregnant.
"It wasn't on my Bingo card to compete on Dancing with the Stars and be four months pregnant, but I think that it's a beautiful thing and I'm really excited."
Witney made it clear that she has no reservations about performing with a baby onboard.
"Someone the other day was like, 'You can just hide it with some fringe and rhinestones,'" Witney recalled.
"And I was just thinking, like, 'I don't want to hide it! I am so proud to be a woman and to be creating life and growing this human.' And to be able to do the show and compete and be able to grow this life is such a huge blessing!"
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Witney insisted she is "so proud" to be competing on Dancing with the Stars and expecting simultaneously.
"I'm going to kick butt while doing it! Let's go!" gushed the two-time DWTS mirrorball trophy champion.
Witney -- who married Carson, her high-school sweetheart, in 2016 -- said her goal is to "feel empowered" and see what her "body can do."
The blonde beauty concluded, "And hopefully Guillermo will be right there beside me and we can work as a team. Being a mother is the greatest blessing I could ever ask for, so I am very blessed."
Guillermo's Dancing with the Stars participation was announced in June.
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Around that time, Dancing with the Stars judge Derek Hough teased that Dancing with the Stars is going to have "a really good cast" for Season 35 and it's "going to be a great one."
"We're having this momentum from the past two seasons," Derek told The Hollywood Reporter earlier this summer.
"The celebrities are so excited to be on the show, to dance, to compete, to really get the full experience, and that dynamic of a celebrity who is wanting [to win] and really embracing it, that's what creates great seasons."
Joining Guillermo in the Dancing with the Stars ballroom will be Jackson Olson, a Savannah Bananas player and content creator, and Maura Higgins, who starred on Love Island UK and finished The Traitors' fourth season as the runner-up.
The other celebrity whom Dancing with the Stars has already announced is Summer House star Ciara Miller, who also competed on The Traitors' third season.
The names of additional celebrity participants are expected to leak out in the coming weeks.
But the full cast of celebrities and professional dancers competing on the next season of Dancing with the Stars won't be announced until Wednesday, September 2 on Good Morning America.
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Dancing with the Stars' Season 34 finale was the most-watched finale in nine years, and according to ABC, 72 million votes came through on the final night of performances.
Witney won Dancing with the Stars' 34th season with wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin in November 2025.