Amy Purdy Doesn't Want Sympathy Votes on 'DWTS'

Amy Purdy Doesn't Want Sympathy Votes on 'DWTS'

Amy Purdy exits the dance studio with pro partner Derek Hough in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon (April 16).

The two will be tackling a jive on next week’s Dancing With The Stars show.

Amy recently spoke out about getting any sympathy votes on the program in her LA Times blog: “Actually, each of the judges has said to me the exact opposite, that they will judge me based on my dancing and not on my story. In fact, that was the very first thing Len [Goodman] said to me and frankly, that’s how I want it.”

She added, “I’ve never wanted sympathy votes in anything I do in my life. I simply do the things that inspire me, be that snowboarding, designing clothing or dancing. As for how do I respond to those who want to throw stones, well, I don’t. I’ve said it many times before, I don’t spend much time or energy on things I can’t control and how people feel the judges judge me definitely falls into that category.”

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