Bethany Mota’s Inspiring ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Departure

YouTube star Bethany Mota and pro partner Derek Hough were eliminated on Monday’s “Dancing with the Stars” but the 19-year-old went out on an inspiring note.

Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson spoke to Bethany and Derek, who just missed competing in the show’s finale for the mirrorball trophy.

“I was in this really dark place a few years ago and I never thought I would be here. So to show people that I have made it here and I got past that and I overcame that, I just hope that can inspire people. And the best thing is when people say that that has inspired them,” the vlogger said.

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The YouTube star explained that getting positive feedback has meant the most to her during her time on “DWTS.”

“Getting Tweets or doing meet and greets and girls come up and say that I’ve helped inspire and give them confidence to love themselves. That’s my overall goal,” she continued.

Derek beamed when talking about his partner.

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“She got over a lot of adversity that we didn’t even show on TV, on camera. Injuries that we didn’t play to the camera… she really hid it and we kept it to ourselves and she was a strong. She was a warrior. She was amazing and I was just really, really proud of her for that,” he told Shaun.

Now that Bethany has made her exit from the ballroom, she’s ready to get back to what she loves.

“I’m really excited to get back in to YouTube. That’s number one. The show has been very time consuming, although very fun, but I am really excited to get in that space,” she said.

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The three teams who will dance for the Season 19 mirrorball on Tuesday are Sadie Robertson and Mark Ballas, Janel Parrish and Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Alfonso Ribeiro and Witney Carson.

— Jesse Spero

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