Hilaria Baldwin’s “Dancing with the Stars” journey came to an end on Wednesday.
The former yoga instructor got the chance to win an “incredible experience” competing on season 34.
“I’m so grateful to you all. I’m so grateful to my kids and my family,” the 41-year-old said. “I’m rooting for everyone in the cast. This was an amazing time.”
Meanwhile, Hilaria’s professional partner Gleb Sabenko praised her as an “inspiration” and named her a “superhero and incredible mom.”
The 42-year-old dancer added, “Listen, I’m so proud of you.”
Hilaria exclaimed in a post-show interview that her heart was “a little bit broken,” telling “Good Morning America” that “this felt amazing.”
Her and Sabenko’s quick step to “Cantina Band” on Disney Night “Star Wars: A New Hope” pitted judges Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba and Derek Hough against each other.
“The Force is still with you,” Tonioli, 69, said of the performance. “Whatever you did, it worked. I was looking for something wrong. I didn’t see it.”
Inaba, 57, agreed, adding: “It’s beautiful. There’s competition here.”
However, Hough, 40, complimented Baldwin’s “amazing talent” but said he should have featured more Quickstep content in his dancing.
Despite mixed feedback, Baldwin and Savchenko received a 23/30, one of the higher scores of the night. Eliminations are determined by judges’ scores combined with viewer votes.
A fan spoke out against x via Instagram, writing, “She danced very well. She shouldn’t have left but this show is part dancing and part popular.”
Another called Baldwin’s exit a “class act,” writing, “I have to say, she had one of the most gracious, beautiful, kind exit interviews I’ve heard from a celebrity on ‘DWTS.'” ”
The remaining contestants heading into week five are Whitney Leavitt, Alix Earle, Elaine Hendricks, Jordan Chili, Dylan Efron, Jen Affleck, Robert Irwin, Scott Wheeling, and Danielle Fishel.
Baldwin spoke about her “DWTS” journey on the “Not Skinny, Not Fat” podcast in an episode that aired that same day.
The fitness guru insisted she is not the “Nepo’s Wife” who was cast because she is married to Alec Baldwin.
“I’m a hard worker. I like to earn things on my merits,” she explained. “If he called me to make things easier, I would feel like I didn’t deserve it.”
The “Baldwins” star told Page Six last month that she wasn’t “campaigning” for the part.
In a September interview, she said, “They called me and were like, ‘Do you want to do this?’ And I just made a spur of the moment decision.
Hilaria and Alec, 67, have welcomed seven children since tying the knot in 2012: Carmen, 12, Rafael, 10, Leonardo, 9, Romeo, 6, Eduardo, 5, Ilaria, and Maria, 3.
