Charity Lawson went to “hell and again” along with her psychological well being on “Dancing With the Stars” after receiving dying threats.
The previous “Bachelorette” star took half within the present in 2023, and although she {and professional} companion Artem Chingvintsev completed fourth, she was relentlessly bullied on-line and didn’t really feel she was “protected” by producers as a Black girl within the public eye.
“I’m stunned you guys don’t. Truthfully, I’m very stunned as a result of fairly actually, whereas ‘Dancing With the Stars’ was nice, I actually went via hell and again with my psychological well being on that present. It hit me like a ton of bricks.
“Is it surprising? I don’t know if it’s surprising. I feel to a sure diploma it was anticipated.
“I got here into the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ fanbase like, ‘That is going to be a chunk of cake,’ solely to be … nearly to the purpose the place it was a lot worse than ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Bachelorette.
“[But] I used to be getting dying threats for present… for not performing sufficient, for being immodest, for being entitled, for being the most important b**** on the solid. It’s loopy,” she instructed Cheryl Burke on the skilled dancer’s “Intercourse, Lies and Spray Tans” podcast. Lawson famous that as a therapist herself, she felt the present must have one on set, s.
After receiving a string of terrible feedback on each her personal social media channels and the present’s official account, she confided in Artem, who went to producers in a bid to guard her.
“It was so damaging, night time in, night time out. I needed to inform Artem, ‘That is sadly what we’re coping with and what we’re up towards.’ Should you look compared to each different contestant on this season, they don’t have this beneath their feedback … I’m simply actually present and being referred to as a b—-,” she stated.
Lawson stated that whereas she will solely converse of her personal experiences, she thought it essential to notice due to “the distinction that I’ve to undergo this life as a Black girl and being on a actuality TV present.”
“It’s like the identical issues are simply not protected. I simply needed to suppress it and it bought to the purpose the place I used to be like, I’m simply attempting to outlive. I’m simply attempting to make it out of the season … There have been weeks the place I’d come dwelling from rehearsal the place I’m like, I actually hope I overlook my steps and get voted off … It’s a very darkish place,” she added.
The truth TV star was additionally requested if she felt her race had influenced the end result of the present.
“Yeah,” she replied.
