Joseph Baena tears up whereas reacting to ‘DWTS’ elimination, mother’s help

Joseph Baena couldn’t maintain again the tears whereas discussing his stunning elimination from “Dancing With the Stars.”

The 25-year-old health mannequin, who’s the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mildred Patricia Baena, received emotional whereas chatting with Web page Six about having his mom within the viewers for his final present.

“She was extraordinarily upset that I used to be going residence, and naturally she’s going to be upset, as a result of she’s my mom and she or he doesn’t need something dangerous to occur to her son,” Joseph solely informed us by way of Zoom on Tuesday.

“However she’s so proud of how far that I got here. It will get me slightly emotional as a result of she wasn’t alleged to be right here tonight.”

Joseph defined that he initially deliberate to have a bunch of associates within the viewers, given the “enjoyable” vibe of the prom-themed episode.

“Final minute, certainly one of my associates was not in a position to make it. I requested my mother to return back-to-back nights, and she or he was there, she got here,” he shared. “I’m simply so, so joyful that she was in a position to see my final dance. Yeah, it simply means rather a lot.”

The tears had been additionally flowing when host Tyra Banks introduced that Joseph and his professional associate, Daniella Karagach, had been going home.

“I’m simply an emotional man!” he joked to Web page Six. “No, nevertheless it’s meant the world to me to be on this present and to be with such wonderful individuals.”

The bodybuilder added that collaborating within the dance competitors present has simply been “probably the most unimaginable” expertise.

“To have it finish, it’s unhappy,” he admitted. “You don’t need it to finish; you wish to hold going. And principally for the final 5 weeks, this has been my life. It’s taken up my complete routine and I’ve cherished the expertise.”

Joseph and Karagach, 29, landed within the backside two throughout Tuesday’s “Promenade Evening” following their cha cha to Stroll the Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance” and an all-out dance marathon with the opposite remaining {couples}.

They had been in the end despatched residence after head decide Len Goodman voted to avoid wasting influencer Heidi D’Amelio and Artem Chigvintsev over them. Many viewers at residence had been shocked by the truth that both of those dance duos landed within the backside, seeing as they’ve each acquired persistently excessive scores since premiere evening.

“Truthfully, you by no means know [what could happen]. It’s a troublesome one,” Karagach, who won Season 30 with NBA star Iman Shumpert, informed us. “This yr’s competitors is so intense. Everyone seems to be doing such a great job, so it may very well be anybody.”

She added, “I’m simply tremendous pleased with what now we have achieved in such a brief time frame. And I can proudly say I turned [Joseph] right into a ballroom dancer. From bodybuilder to ballroom dancer!”

Regardless of their elimination, Joseph informed Web page Six that’s he’s pleased with himself for collaborating within the competitors with Karagach – and doing it his personal method, simply as he proved throughout Monday’s “Most Memorable Year” night.

“I’m extraordinarily proud. It’s not a simple factor to do. One, to learn to dance, however two, to bop in entrance of hundreds of thousands of individuals watching on Disney+ and all around the world,” he defined.

“I’m actually pleased with the bounds that I used to be in a position to see, that I used to be in a position to really surpass, and that’s an enormous factor that I’m going to take out of this expertise,” he continued. “So I’m simply so hungry to maintain going for the subsequent factor … and never simply getting by means of it, however killing it!”

“Dancing With the Stars” airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Disney+.