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Shirley Ballas Defends Son Mark Ballas' Samba With Whitney Leavitt on ‘DWTS’

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Dancing With the Stars pro dancer Mark Ballas always has one person in his corner: mom Shirley Ballas. After Mark, 39, and celebrity partner Whitney Leavitt took some heat from fans for their samba during TikTok Night on DWTS Tuesday, September 30, Shirley, 65 — a renowned dancer known in the industry as the “Queen of Latin” — defended her son’s choreography. In response to a comment questioning, “Is the samba in the room,” Shirley posted a TikTok video on Wednesday, October 1, naming all the moves Mark included in the routine and shutting down naysayers in the process. “The samba was in the r...