Kim Kardashian cried ‘every single night’ on “Dancing With the Stars ”and was ‘praying to get kicked off’

Wesley StenzelFri, October 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM UTC

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Kim Kardashian in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov. 10, 2025Credit: Wagner Meier/GettyKey points -

Kim Kardashian competed on season 7 of Dancing With the Stars in 2008.

She said that she cried in her trailer “every single night” during her time on the show.

Kardashian added that she was “praying to get kicked off” the show: “It was so hard for me.”

Kim Kardashian didn’t have a great time on Dancing With the Stars.

The reality star competed on season 7 of the competition series in 2008. Paired with pro Mark Ballas, Kardashian only lasted three weeks into the season, and doesn’t remember her time on the show fondly.

“It was tough,” she said on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “It’s so hard.”

Kardashian added, “I would honestly cry in my trailer like every single night, praying to get kicked off. It was so hard for me.”

The All’s Fair star said she remembers practicing for what felt like more than three hours a day, every day. “I couldn’t get over myself,” she said. “I couldn’t get into it ‘cause I was so shy.”

Mark Ballas and Kim Kardashian on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ in 2008Credit: Kelsey McNeal/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

Kardashian also said that she has “never danced again” since appearing on the show. “I am traumatized,” she said. “It’s traumatized me for life.”

After Jimmy Kimmel showed a brief clip from her time on the show, Kardashian said that she recently saw footage from her short-lived DWTS tenure at a family gathering.

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“We had a family poker night like three weeks ago,” she recalled. “Kylie [Jenner] decides to put it on the big movie screen ‘cause half the people there didn’t know that I did it, and she wanted to show everyone. Thank God it’s so old that it’s like pixelated. There’s no HD version of it on YouTube.”

Although it’s been almost 20 years since Kardashian competed on the show, she still recalls specific details about her performances. “I got up, and went in front of the screen, and I remembered some of my moves,” she said. “And I wished that I had the confidence that I do now.”

Despite her negativity toward her stint on the show, Kardashian said she’d be happy to return to compete again — and she wants to bring some company with her. “I told my sisters, I was like: ‘Can you imagine if we did a Kardashian-Jenner whole season of all of us competing against each other in Dancing With the Stars?’” she said.

She thought the idea seemed promising since her brother, Rob, also competed on the show, placing second during season 13 in 2011.

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“I would just want us all back. ‘Cause my brother was so good,” she said. “I don’t know if they bring people back, but I’d do it. I’d do it.”

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