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Ilona Maher Wears Heels for 1st Time Lifting Pros in ‘Dancing With the Stars’


Ilona Maher exclusively opened up to Us Weekly about wearing heels while performing lifts on ‘Dancing With the Stars’

Ilona Maher on ‘Dancing with the Stars.’Disney/Eric McCandlessMaher, 28, exclusively opened up to Us Weekly about lifting pro Alan Bersten — and other castmates including Jenna Johnson and Chandler Kinney — while wearing heels following her performances on DWTS ’ Disney Night on Tuesday, October 22. For her group dance with Kinney, 24, Jenn Tran, Joey Grazedei and pros Bersten, 30, Johnson, 30, and Brandon Armstrong, Maher matched the other women in knee-high leather boots complete with a short heel. Bersten then added that Maher even “could have” worn heels during their Salsa to “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” from Dirty Dancing by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes during the show’s Oscar Night on September 24, although they decided to play it safe in sneakers for her first-ever lift.

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