Dancing With the Stars season 29 winner Kaitlyn Bristowe is still dealing with lingering show injuries five years later.
“I would have said, ‘Don’t injure yourself,’” Bristowe, 40, told Tori Spelling on the Wednesday, September 10, episode of her “Misspelling” podcast of the advice she would have shared. “That was my main focus: to stop getting injured all the time.”
Bristowe won season 29 with pro partner Artem Chigvintsev in 2020, while Spelling, 52, appeared on season 33 last year. (Spelling and partner Pasha Pashkov were eliminated after two weeks of competition.)
“[My win] was worth the injuries, yes, but I’m still suffering years later from cracked ribs and pulling a muscle that was under my ribs,” Bristowe said. “My tendonitis will flare up every time I wear heels now. But, I’m,