Hilaria Baldwin says coordinated online voting ended her DWTS run

Hilaria Baldwin said she was “bullied off the show” after her October 9 elimination from Dancing With the Stars, alleging that coordinated online campaigns and voting activity contributed to her exit from the competition. Baldwin and professional partner Gleb Savchenko were the fourth pair eliminated in week four, performing a quickstep to a Star Wars theme during the show’s Disney Night and receiving 23 out of 30 points from the judges.

Baldwin first addressed the backlash in an Instagram Live session in which she said, “I did get bullied off the show.” She expanded on that claim in social media posts and in an interview at an awards event, saying that accounts on the short-form video platform TikTok had organized voting drives that prioritized other couples and sought to “drown out” her fan base. Baldwin said the campaigns were coordinated to boost other competitors by casting the maximum allowable votes for them while excluding votes for her and Savchenko.

She reiterated concerns about online hostility in a video posted on World Mental Health Day, saying she felt compelled to address what she described as sustained bullying aimed at her and warning about the toll such...