Nearly two months after welcoming their first child, the couple announces their return to 'Dancing with the Stars' which will kick off new season in March.
- Feb 22, 2017
AceShowbiz - Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd are back! Less than two months after welcoming their first child, a baby boy named Shai, the couple confirms that they are going to return to the ABC ballroom for "Dancing with the Stars" season 24.
"It's been some time. I'm definitely a little bit nervous, but I'm very excited to get back," Peta said on "Good Morning America". "You know, I've definitely missed the dance floor. And I haven't been able to defend my title with Nyle, so I want to get back out there!"
"It's going to take a little bit longer to get back up to the fitness that I had before, but I think it's going to be okay," the new mom added. "I'm going to take it slowly and hopefully I have an awesome partner to go through this with."
Maksim is excited to have his fiancee back in the competition. "I'm also [not at all] afraid of this one, because I don't know if everybody remembers the history, but the last time we were together on the same season, I won," he said. "So this guy is the champ in the family. I can have any ball she has! We'll see what happens."
Peta won season 22 with Nyle DiMarco before taking a timeout in season 23 due to her pregnancy. Meanwhile, Maksim finished fifth with Amber Rose in season 23. He initially planned to take a paternity leave in season 24 but apparently changed his mind.
"This is the only difficult part about coming back on the show this time, because it will just take time away from being with this dude," he confessed. "But like I said, I just want to make her coming back and winning as difficult as possible!"
"DWTS" season 24 premieres March 20 at 8 P.M. ET on ABC. The couple plans to take baby Shai to rehearsals. "We're kind of planning something like that," Peta said. "It's going to be fun to have him there."
