Dancing With the Stars fans are speculating whether Witney Carson’s recent TikTok video is aimed at DWTS: The Next Pro contestant AJ Pritchard’s fiancée, Zara Zoffany.
In a Wednesday, September 2, TikTok, Witney, 32, lip-synced to an audio of someone saying, “And you sound like you should shut the f*** up,” while Jan, 31, lip-synced, “God bless.”
“The most unhinged pros just trying to keep the peace y’all – just doing our part,” the DWTS professional dancer captioned the clip.
In the comments, fans questioned whether the video was directed at Zara, 32, who recently criticized DWTS pro Rylee Arnold’s feedback regarding AJ, 31, on the semifinal episode of The Next Pro. (Rylee made a guest appearance on the episode, dancing with AJ, and later told the judges that she felt AJ was too critical during their rehearsals.)
“Directed right at you AJ and Zara,” commented one fan on Witney’s video.
Another noted the connection between Witney and Rylee, 21, who is the younger sister of Witney’s BFF and former DWTS pro Lindsay Arnold.
“Her best friends little sister… I KNOW Whitney is about to throw hands 😂,” wrote the fan.
Zara also reacted to the speculation after a fan commented on her TikTok video posted on Wednesday that “Witney and Jan’s TikTok was about u babe 🥰.”
“I love that for me 😮💨🔥,” she responded.
On Monday, August 31, Zara apologized for previous comments she made about Rylee. After the Next Pro semifinal aired, Zara claimed in a social media comment directed at Rylee that AJ “wouldn’t have had to critique you in the first place if everything had been right.” She also alleged that AJ suffered a concussion during rehearsals with Rylee.
In Monday’s TikTok video, Zara said that she was frustrated by the “constant online videos” about AJ, “about his sexuality [and] about our relationship” since The Next Pro began, describing the reaction to AJ from viewers as overly “negative.”
“So when I got to the Rylee edit, I was already up to here with how they’ve perceived him with the villain edit, with all the criticism, all the comments, all the TikToks,” she said.
“So I just want to say, if you are watching this, Rylee, from the bottom of my heart, I am truly sorry if I made you feel like a certain type of way. That was never my intention,” Zara said, addressing Rylee.
Neither Rylee nor AJ has commented on the situation.
On Wednesday, Witney, Rylee and Jan were all announced as returning pros for season 35 of Dancing With the Stars, joining Adele Zaikman, who defeated AJ in the Next Pro final on Monday to join the lineup.
Witney will dance with Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s Guillermo Rodriguez, while Rylee is paired up with Connor Wood, Jan will team with Tatyana Ali and Adele will dance with Secret Lives of Mormon Wives cast member Conner Leavitt.
