After “Wicked” week, Dylan Efron is dancing through a broken nose.
Efron broke his nose while rehearsing a new routine with his “Dancing with the Stars” partner, Daniella Karagach, he revealed on Instagram.
In the post, Efron shared a photo of himself giving a thumbs up to the camera while he sat in a chair with an ice pack held against his nose.
He followed up the photo with a video explaining the incident, smiling and laughing as he delivered the message, “It’s midnight and I’m at the hospital because Dani broke my nose.”
“We were trying a new move, and I took an elbow right here and it made a really loud crack,” he explained, pointing to the side of his nasal bridge. “Not how I wanted to end the rehearsal day, but we’ll be back dancing tomorrow.”
His optimism about the situation continued in the caption, with the former “Traitors” star writing, “Broke my nose, but dont need it to dance.”
“I’m seriously all good- but I’ll never forget the way Dani, Pasha and Danielle WOULDN’T leave me side when it happened, warms my heart to have friends like them,” he said, referring to his dance partner, fellow contestant Danielle Fishel and her dance partner Pasha Pashkov, who is also Karagach’s husband.
Efron received support from his fellow “Dancing with the Stars” contestants and dance pros, including Robert Irwin, who commented, “What!!!!! Feel better mate.”
“WHAT?!! @dylanefron hope you’re ok!” Emma Slater wrote in the comments. Her dance partner Andy Richter joked, “I’m alerting HR!”
Meanwhile Efron’s friend and fellow “Traitors” star Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano commented, “Keep him in line,” tagging Karagach with a red heart emoji. (Mariano recently revealed to TODAY.com that he and Efron filmed a secret project that will be “dropping soon.”)
In a follow-up Instagram story, Efron posted a selfie from the rehearsal studio and shared his gratitude for everyone’s support.
“thank you for all the kind messages i truly am okay :),” Efron wrote on the photo. “we’re back practicing and giving 💯.”
Efron was announced as a contestant on Season 34 of “Dancing with the Stars” back in September. There was just one problem: He’d never danced before.
“I have no dance experience,” Efron told TODAY.com in September. “Even before the show, I never did one dance TikTok.”
Efron said he’s put himself through “a lot of physically challenging things” in his life and has always prioritized a fitness routine.
When it comes to the “Dancing with the Stars” competition, he said at the time, “I want to try to do my best to just morph into a dancer, and the best way to do that is to dance as much as possible.”
Despite coming into the show with no prior experience, Efron’s partner in the competition has shared positive feedback about his growth.
Karagach spoke to TODAY.com in October and reflected on her experience with Efron as her partner so far in the competition.
“It’s amazing to watch someone with no dance experience build the confidence week to week, and he’s been working so hard,” she said. “So it’s nice to see it pay off.”
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