Reality television personality Dylan Efron and his professional partner Daniella Karagach had a minor mishap on week 3 of season 34 of ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ as they essentially headbutted each other during their dance.
It was TikTok Night, and Efron and Karagach performed a foxtrot to “Yukon” by Justin Bieber — and their performance ended with a literal bang.
During the final moments of the dance, Efron and Karagach’s faces were meant to be close together, but they got a little too close and smacked into each other. It’s okay, though — neither star was hurt by the incident.
Efron and Karagach’s Foxtrot Was a Hit… In the Face
The foxtrot performed by Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach was a hit with the judges. Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough, Bruno Tonioli marked it 7, 8, and 8 out of 10, respectively, giving the couple a total of 23 out of 30 — not bad at all for week 3.
It placed them a more than respectable joint-third on the leaderboard, sharing their position and score with social media personality Alix Earle and her professional partner Val Chmerkovskiy.
Only ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives‘ star Whitney Leavitt and Olympic artistic gymnast Jordan Chiles scored higher — and even they were only barely above Efron and Karagach with 24 points.
Would the couple’s score have been higher without the accidental headbutt? Who knows? But Efron and Karagach were able to see the funny side of the incident, regardless.
Efron Took the Blame for the Funny ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Incident
In an interview with ‘Extra’ after the show, Efron and Karagach were asked about the headbutt incident, and both of them clearly found it funny — and Efron took 100% of the blame for it.
The interviewer asked, “Was there a little unintentional face bump? Did I see that right? It was kind of dark.”
Efron replied, “You’re asking her, it was my fault. She did everything right. I was supposed to go ahead and smoothly grab her head and, uh, we headbutted!”
Laughter followed, and the couple were then asked if it hurt, to which Karagach replied with a resounding “No!”
Efron elaborated on why it might have happened, saying, “We had trouble with the ending and it led into tonight.”
The couple then said they were pleased with earning a higher score than the previous week. They explained they chose “Yukon” to dance to because it’s “such an amazing song.” Then they insisted they were focused on themselves rather than who their biggest competition in the show is.
Efron and Karagach will be hoping to improve again on next week’s show. It’s Disney Night in week 4, and that will air on ABC and Disney+ at 8 p.m. ET/PT and 7 p.m. CT on Tuesday, October 7.
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