{"id":893642,"date":"2026-10-25T01:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T01:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893642\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T01:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T01:56:08","slug":"dwts-pros-witney-carson-and-mark-ballas-allegedly-feuded-during-season-21-former-contestants-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893642\/","title":{"rendered":"‘DWTS’ pros Witney Carson and Mark Ballas allegedly feuded during Season 21, former contestants claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pro dancers Witney Carson and Mark Ballas allegedly didn\u2019t get along during Season 21 of \u201cDancing With the Stars,\u201d<\/a> according to married former contestants Alexa and Carlos PenaVega.<\/p>\n

The couple, who made history as the first \u2014 and thus far only \u2014 married pair to compete against one another on the show in 2015, recently dished on the \u201cdrama behind the scenes\u201d involving their respective pro partners.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the time, Witney and Mark were not getting along at all. They refused to be in the same room together,\u201d Alexa, 38, revealed during Thursday\u2019s episode of her and her husband\u2019s \u201cLexLos\u201d podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pro dancers Witney Carson and Mark Ballas allegedly didn\u2019t get along during Season 21 of \u201cDancing With the Stars,\u201d according to married former contestants Alexa and Carlos PenaVega. (Alexa is pictured above during Thursday\u2019s episode of her and Carlos\u2019 \u201cLexLos\u201d podcast.) LexLos\/YouTube<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the time, Witney and Mark were not getting along at all. They refused to be in the same together,\u201d Alexa revealed. (Carlos is seen above during the podcast episode.) LexLos\/YouTube<\/p>\n

The \u201cSpy Kids\u201d actress went on to explain that Carson and Ballas\u2019 alleged feud was \u201creally hard\u201d for her and Carlos, 37.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole point of doing the show was, \u2018We\u2019re going to go in, and we\u2019re going to do this together as much as possible.\u2019 And the second we go in, boom, Mark and Witney refused to be in a room together,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n

Alexa added, \u201cWe thought we were going to be rehearsing in the same room, and now we have to be so separate. We have to dance around whatever\u2019s going on with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alexa (pictured above with Ballas, Carlos and Carson on \u201cDWTS\u201d Season 21) went on to explain that Carson and Ballas\u2019 alleged feud was \u201creally hard\u201d for her and Carlos. Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole point of doing the show was, \u2018We\u2019re going to go in, and we\u2019re going to do this together as much as possible.\u2019 And the second we go in, boom, Mark and Witney refused to be in a room together,\u201d Alexa recalled. (Ballas and Carson are seen above together in Beverly Hills in 2014.) Getty Images<\/p>\n

Page Six has reached out to representatives for Carson, Ballas and \u201cDWTS\u201d for comment, but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n

Carlos, for his part, said he and Carson, 33, \u201chad so much fun\u201d during the competition, adding that he was \u201cthere to win\u201d \u2014 but so was Ballas, 40.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s very creative, and he wants to do things outside the box, which require a lot of work,\u201d the Big Time Rush singer said of his wife\u2019s partner. \u201cListen, I had a great work ethic with Witney. She put up with a lot \u2019cause it was really hard, but we had a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carlos said he and Carson (pictured above with Carlos in 2015) \u201chad so much fun\u201d during the competition, adding that he was \u201cthere to win\u201d \u2014 but so was Ballas. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s very creative, and he wants to do things outside the box, which require a lot of work,\u201d Carlos said of his wife\u2019s partner. (Alexa and Ballas are seen above together in 2015.) Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Alexa, who also said she \u201chad so much fun\u201d with Ballas, noted that Carlos learned the dances more quickly than she did.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to dance, you pick things up so easily. Like, Carlos, they would teach him something, and he would know it immediately,\u201d Alexa said. \u201cHe would learn a dance, and it would be so good right away. And even if he messed up, you would never know he messed up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMeanwhile, it took me forever,\u201d she continued. \u201cMark would teach me something, and I\u2019d be like, \u2018All right, got it.\u2019 I would have it, and then an hour later, I\u2019d be like, \u2018I actually don\u2019t remember any of that.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Alexa noted that Carlos, who placed 4th, learned the dances more quickly than she did. (Carlos and Carson are pictured above on \u201cDWTS\u201d Season 21.) Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cMeanwhile, it took me forever. Mark would teach me something, and I\u2019d be like, \u2018All right, got it.\u2019 I would have it, and then an hour later, I\u2019d be like, \u2018I actually don\u2019t remember any of that,’\u201d Alexa (pictured above with Ballas on \u201cDWTS\u201d Season 21), who finished 6th, said. Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Alexa and Ballas finished in 6th place, while Carlos and Carson made it to the finale, ultimately placing 4th behind winners Bindi Irwin and Derek Hough<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ballas and Carson have continued competing as pro dancers since Season 21, with both returning for Season 35<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carson, who won Season 34<\/a> with Robert Irwin, was eliminated during \u201cSuper Bowl Night\u201d<\/a> this season alongside her partner, Guillermo Rodriguez, while Ballas and his partner, Maura Higgins<\/a>, are still in the running for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pro dancers Witney Carson and Mark Ballas allegedly didn\u2019t get along during Season 21 of \u201cDancing With the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[374640,374641,2865,4032,7297,91,82834,16621,88,136621,2294,92],"class_list":["post-893642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-alexa-penavega","tag-carlos-penavega","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-feuds","tag-celebrity-marriages","tag-celebrity-news","tag-dancing","tag-dancing-with-the-stars","tag-entertainment","tag-mark-ballas","tag-podcasts","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}