‘DWTS’ Pro Witney Carson Shares Guillermo Rodriguez’s Hysterical Reaction to Her Pregnancy

Jimmy Kimmel Live! star and recently-announced Dancing with the Stars contestant Guillermo Rodriguez may be the perfect partner for pro Witney Carson as the premiere date of Season 35 approaches.

Speaking with DWTS icon Derek Hough during an Extra TV interview, which he is also host of, Carson, on Wednesday, who recently announced she was pregnant, shared Rodriguez’s response to her news ahead of their time rehearsing together.

“I was worried telling him I was pregnant because I was like, ‘I hopefully he’s okay with it,’ right?” she said. “He was like, ‘Actually, I’m really relieved because that means you’re going to take a lot of breaks for food,’ and I was like, ‘Right, yep, that’s true. I will.’

“He was like, ‘I like this. Good for me,'” she recalled.

Later that night, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, co-hosted by Rosie O’Donnell this week, Rodriguez echoed the fact Carson’s pregnancy actually made them the perfect pair.

“That’s good for me because she takes a lot of breaks,” he said. “She’s got to drink water, hydrating and everything.”

However, Rodriguez also shut down rumors that the two were strategically paired with the assumption they’d be eliminated early, allowing for Carson to rest.

“That’s not going to happen because I’m trying my best,” he said. “I’m working hard and I want to go all the way to the finals.”

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Carson, 32, a two-time Dancing with the Stars champ, who won in Season 19 with Alfonso Ribeiro — now host of the show —  and most recently on Season 34 with Robert Irwin, said that competing while pregnant will be “the best” for her, professionally and personally.

“This is my livelihood. This is how I provide for my family,” she said. “I love dance so much, and I love Dancing with the Stars. I love competing. It was the right time to grow our family. So if I can do both, and the baby’s healthy, and I’m healthy, then why not do both? Like it’s the best of both worlds.”

Dancing with the Stars Season 35 premieres Sept. 15.

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