DWTS Pro Daniella Karagach Ruled Out This Week After Positive COVID Test; What’s That Mean for Joseph Baena?
The COVID pandemic is once again throwing a curveball at the Dancing With the Stars lineup.
Pro dancer Daniella Karagach, who is paired up with celebrity Joseph Baena this season, has tested positive for COVID and will miss this week’s episode, airing Monday at 8/7c on Disney+, our sister site Deadline reports. Anyone who was in close contact to Karagach will be masked on this week’s episode as well.
Karagach is “completely asymptomatic and is self-quarantining,” a spokesperson said in a statement. “Everyone who has been in close contact with her has tested negative.”
Baena — aka the actor and bodybuilder best known as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son — will be paired up with dance troupe member Alexis Warr for this week’s Elvis-themed performance. In last week’s premiere, Baena and Karagach earned a 23 out of 40 for their jive and were declared safe from elimination.
COVID wreaked havoc last season on DWTS as well: Cody Rigsby and his pro partner Cheryl Burke both tested positive and were forced to perform that week’s routine separately via Zoom, and judge Derek Hough contracted the virus just before the season finale, with his sister Julianne Hough filling in for him.
Does Karagach’s absence have you worried about Baena’s chances this week? Drop your thoughts in a comment below.
Stop testing people for no reason. She isn’t sick and didn’t even spread it. You’re making these testing companies rich. Once the Hollywood money goes away with their frequent testing for people who aren’t symptomatic, they are screwed.
Testing isn’t for “no reason”; it’s to help protect others from the virus and keep everyone healthy and safe. Don’t like it? Don’t expect to take part in anything that requires strong protocols. Do you have proof that Daniella isn’t sick or isn’t showing symptoms? Do you know her? I highly doubt you have do.
I mean, the article says she has no symptoms. That’s her official statement.
Covid doesn’t spread like wildfire anymore. Everybody’s got the vaccine who wants the vaccine. I work in a senior living facility where the residents won’t even wear their masks and we haven’t had cases in 6 months. It’s two and a half years later. At what point will they stop testing people who aren’t exhibiting symptoms?
This is an incredibly stupid idea. Shockingly stupid even. There are people on that set who are seriously immunocompromised, including Selma who has MS. The only way to be safe when you’re putting on a show of this scale with a cast this large is to test regularly. If they hadnt tested and let her dance, covid could have spread like wildfire among the cast tonight.
“Comments are monitored, so don’t go off topic”….. This comment by Ryan is very off topic and one of the ones that usually gets banned on twitter for being misleading. So I suggest TV Line please remove it.
I personally would not breathe modern day air…