Dancing with the stars champion Witney Carson found herself surrounded by social media controversy just days after taking home the mirror ball, but she quickly distanced herself from the situation.
The 32-year-old choreographer took to Instagram and shared a post of her text conversation with husband, Carson McAllister, in which they mocked her DWTS competitor, Dylan Efron and his famous brother, Zac Efron.
The post, in which the husband and wife poked fun at Dylan for inviting his brother to “get votes” for the finale, quickly caught fire.
Social media users slammed DWTS pro to put the other contestant down, while other competitors were also joined by their families.
But some comments came to her defense, writing that it was funny and not “shady”.
Regardless, the social media post promptly disappeared from Witney’s account, leaving only screenshots of her text exchange.
The original text Carson sent to Witney said, “Zac Efron is here,” to which she replied, “I saw! They’re trying to get votes.”
She continued: “I’d bet everything I’ve got that the only reason Zac never went to see Dylan (until last week) is to avoid this specific situation: being uncredited for the work and progress he made this season and people saying he was just moving on [because] by Zac.”
