Reginald VelJohnson delivered to tears on ‘Dancing With the Stars’

Reginald VelJohnson won’t get the best scores from the Dancing With the Stars judges, however he generates loads of love.

The Household Issues star deeply moved the judging panel on Monday’s Soul Practice Evening, even bringing Carrie Ann Inaba to tears, as choose Derek Hough marveled at VelJohnson’s vitality on the dance flooring.

“I do not know why that is making me so emotional,” Inaba stated by tears. “There’s one thing so candy and harmless once you dance. I want I may provide you with 10s and 10s for bringing us such pleasure.”

Visitor choose Rosie Perez rounded out the reward, including, “I simply love you.”

The Die Laborious actor is comparatively stiff on the dance flooring, and he is been open about his challenges shifting at 72 years previous. However he all the time brings a vibrant vitality and enthusiasm to the ballroom, which has captured the hearts of the judges (and apparently, the viewers too, as cohost Julianne Hough talked about how his scores have been buoyed by viewer votes.) “They’re rooting for you,” Hough stated.

All of this made VelJohnson cry as effectively, and the tear stains had been nonetheless seen on his cheeks when he and professional companion Emma Slater went to the sky field to await the scores for his or her foxtrot to Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now.”

The actor will want all that viewers love to remain within the competitors. Regardless of the goodwill from the judges, he and Slater solely nabbed a rating of 21 factors whole, marking the bottom rating of the evening. All the judges gave both a 5 – 6, which is in line with what Slater and VelJohnson have obtained the earlier two reveals (although, a minimum of, this time, there have been no fours).

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The duo will get a second probability on Tuesday evening’s Hair Steel episode, which can finish with a minimum of one elimination after combining the judges’ scores from each Monday and Tuesday nights with these of the viewers.

Slater and VelJohnson are slated to ship a cha cha to “I Wanna Rock” by Twisted Sister.

Dancing With the Stars airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC and Disney+.