{"id":66517,"date":"2026-11-12T11:26:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=66517"},"modified":"2026-11-12T11:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:26:21","slug":"maura-higgins-and-mark-ballas-have-tension-on-dwts-and-feel-disappointed-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/11\/12\/maura-higgins-and-mark-ballas-have-tension-on-dwts-and-feel-disappointed-to-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas have \u2018tension\u2019 on DWTS and feel \u2018disappointed\u2019 to stay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/10\/27\/inside-dwts-mark-ballas-and-mum-shirleys-bond-before-she-judges-him-and-maura-higgins\/\">Mark Ballas and Maura Higgins<\/a> are believed to be experiencing tension on <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/11\/11\/a-rundown-of-all-of-vals-controversies-this-season-following-his-elimination-from-dwts\/\">Dancing With The Stars<\/a>. They are said to &#8220;feel disappointed&#8221; to have stayed in the competition after being saved while in the bottom two, according to body language expert Inbaal Honigman.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We all saw the chemistry, and I thought they were besties, but it looks like the excitement is no longer here as the competition gets close to the end. After they were saved, Inbaal told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.covers.com\/entertainment\/dwts-season-35-winner-odds-kalshi\">Covers<\/a>: &#8220;Both Mark and Maura&#8217;s faces drop upon understanding they&#8217;re in the bottom two.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;They stop smiling, and their faces turn neutral for a split second, but both fix that reaction almost immediately. Maura lowers her chin and stares directly ahead, adopting her &#8216;model face&#8217;. This expression of prominent cheekbones and wide-open eyes acts as a mask,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DfkpPobkaAK\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DfkpPobkaAK\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by MAURA HIGGINS (@maurahiggins)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>&nbsp;Inbaal continued: &#8220;While Julia and Ezra smile and hug, Maura and Mark glance downwards and let out big exhalations, like they&#8217;re sighing. They appear disappointed to be staying. The lack of eye contact reveals that Mark and Maura don&#8217;t feel they&#8217;re sharing a moment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re not searching for each other&#8217;s gaze in order to experience this together. They&#8217;re both exasperated to learn of the results, which suggests that there has been some tension between them recently. It could be said the pair could be finding their time frustrating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maura recently revealed she was unwell around the week they were saved. She said: &#8220;This week was definitely one of the toughest I\u2019ve had so far. I was really unwell, running on very little energy and trying to learn two dances, but I gave it absolutely everything I had\u2764\ufe0f.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/span><\/i><i> on <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;They don&#8217;t feel like they&#8217;re sharing a 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