Jenna Johnson is powering through her latest Dancing With the Stars injury for the highly-anticipated Grammy Night.
Johnson, 32, revealed on Tuesday, November 10, that she will be dancing with a broken nose as she and partner Harry Shum Jr. take on a salsa this evening.
“Last night, I definitely broke my nose during camera blocking,” she said in a video shared via Instagram. “You can see this right side, right here and right here.”
Johnson pointed to the right side of her face, where the bridge of her nose and under her eye were visibly inflamed.
“A little swollen,” she said of her injury. “No black eyes today, which is awesome. But if my nose looks just four times the size that’s why.”
The Latin and ballroom pro gave a thumbs up to the camera, signifying she’s ready to compete despite her injury. (The partners will perform a salsa set to “Die With a Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars.)
“Salsa: 1 Jenna’s Nose: 0,” Johnson captioned the clip. “Happy Show Day 😊.”
Season 34 contestant Dylan Efron showed Johnson support in the comments section, writing, “Don’t need noses to dance 💪crush it tonight!”
Fellow pro Emma Slater added, “You’re a beast. Like seriously.”
Johnson’s ballroom mishap comes after she and Shum, 44, earned their second perfect score of 40 out of 40 in a row during Disney Night on November 2.
The pair’s flawless jazz routine to “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” from Mary Poppins combined with their overall scores from the season earned them immunity for Tuesday’s dance off.
Johnson and Shum beat out her husband, Val Chmerkovskiy and celebrity partner Jenna Dewan, who also earned a perfect Disney Night score.
While Johnson and Shum have become fan favorites — while wowing the judges in recent weeks — the pro was involved in drama off camera following Carrie Ann Inaba’s criticism of her putting a lift in her samba during Super Bowl Night.
Johnson was surprised by the critique, revealing she thought a lift was allowed as long as someone other than her or her partner performed it. (Shum was lifted by troupe dancers.)
Inaba, 58, explained during the October 13 show what the exact definition of a lift is, raising eyebrows among some fans and several pros past and present, including Chmerkovskiy, 40, who attempted to defend his wife.
“You almost saw Fresh Prince enter the ballroom last night,” Chmerkovskiy wrote in a since-deleted social media post, referring to when Will Smith told Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, “Keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth.”
As a result of the controversial comment, Chmerkovskiy was benched for Dedication Night and his partner Dewan, 45, performed with pro Alan Bersten.
“In a moment where my instinct was to defend my wife, I made a poor decision to reference a meme to keep my wife’s name out of the conversation without stopping to think through what else that reference could imply, which was genuinely never my intention,” Chmerkoviskiy said in a public statement, apologizing for his remarks. “Carrie Ann certainly didn’t deserve to get caught in the middle of my bad judgment, and I hate that she was.”
Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
