{"id":81127,"date":"2025-10-16T00:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T00:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/81127\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T00:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T00:52:08","slug":"robert-irwin-performs-emotional-tribute-to-his-mother-on-dancing-with-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/81127\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Irwin performs emotional tribute to his mother on Dancing With The Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cAs I got older, [I] started to realise just how hard it would have been for her to be there for us, and all the while continue dad\u2019s legacy that her and dad built together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Towards the end of the routine, Terri replaced Carson as Robert\u2019s dance partner, stunning the audience with her surprise appearance.<\/p>\n
Robert shared a hug with sister Bindi, who won Dancing With The Stars in 2015. Photo \/ Eric McCandless, Disney via Getty Images<\/p>\n
E News reports Terri went on to explain how the rehearsal process had shed light on the ways the family had supported one another through their grief.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter we lost Steve, it was difficult to smile again. For quite a while. So for him to say, \u2018You lifted me up,\u2019 honestly, it was the opposite. Because of them, I could get up every morning.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 61-year-old fought more tears as she said she was \u201cblessed\u201d to be his mum.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis dance is for my mum, and for all the mums who don\u2019t get the recognition they deserve\u201d, Robert continued, \u201cif you can, go call your mum and tell her that you love her\u201d.<\/p>\n
The judges of the dance competition show were impressed with the Irwins\u2019 display of familial love, the Daily Mail reports, several expressing how moved they were by the performance.<\/p>\n
Derek Hough was particularly affected, having been Bindi\u2019s partner when she won DWTS in 2015. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe love I have for your family. Thank you. I just have so much love for you guys. Man, I\u2019m so proud of you. I really am. You\u2019ve become such an amazing man and the world needs the Irwin family.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAs I got older, [I] started to realise just how hard it would have been for her to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[7502,16719,156,293,62338,700,6178,111,139,69,90,51797,40477,3046,2838,5436,223,61,20838,437,102],"class_list":["post-81127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-dancing","tag-emotional","tag-entertainment","tag-his","tag-irwin","tag-latest","tag-mother","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-performed","tag-performs","tag-robert","tag-routine","tag-stars","tag-the","tag-to","tag-tribute","tag-tv","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}