Jana Kramer Reveals She Nearly Quit Dancing With the Stars

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Why did Jana Kramer wanna step back?

The 42-year-old revealed that she nearly threw in the towel when she competed in season 23 of Dancing With the Stars with pro Gleb Savchenko.

Commiserating with former Bachelorette Hannah Brown over their quests for the Mirrorball Trophy, the One Tree Hill alum said that the dancing competition “wrecked” her.

"I struggled with the Russian…” Kramer started, struggling to find the words on the June 19 episode of her Whine Down podcast, to which Brown filled in her blanks, “culture and the way that they teach.”

Kramer agreed, adding, “I was like, ‘Do not speak to me that way. Period.’ They didn't show this on the show, but I was like, ‘I'm done. I quit. You can keep filming me. Don't care. He's being rude and I'm not having it.’”

Despite their differences, the “Why Ya Wanna” singer worked her way up to the finals with Savchenko and placed fourth.

Although Brown had won season 28 with pro Alan Bersten, she also struggled on DWTS, citing her personal traumatic history with dancing and the “pressure cooker” environment of the show.

“It was really redemptive,” the 31-year-old shared. “But there would be times in the studio where he would try to teach me a step and I could not move my feet because I was so scared of messing up.”

While she admits that she also had some “tantrums” with Bersten, the God Bless This Mess author understood why the pros were so tough.

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“I was so frustrated with being talked to the way that I was talked to,” Brown said. “But then you have to realize that's how they were talked to, that's how they were coached, and so that's all they know, and it's really hard when you're not used to that.”

And Kramer also knew that there was no ill-will from her partner, adding, “I knew Gleb's intentions wasn't that he was trying to be mean. He wanted to win too and we were close.”

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