Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov made the semi-finals on Dancing With The Stars. The Olympic medalist has been keeping up with her skating while competing on the ABC reality show. However, she’s now dropped out of major career events amid exhaustion and pain from DWTS. Keep reading for all the details.
Amber Glenn Details Painful Injury From DWTS
Amber Glenn has been near the top of the leaderboard on Season 35 since the start of the season. However, she seemed upset over her scores on Horror Movie Night. Fans thought the figure skater was disappointed in her performance.
However, she took to social media to clarify why she was less subdued than usual. “If I looked upset, p*ssed, angry tonight I promise I wasn’t,” she wrote. “I’m just dealing with some rib pain, and it was hurting to breathe. (I’m okay, not injured, just hurting).”
Injuries on DWTS are common, even for the pros. Jenna Johnson recently revealed that she broke her nose ahead of Grammy Night. However, she performed through the pain, just like Amber Glenn has. But now it seems to have caught up with Amber.
Olympic Medalist Drops Out Of Major Career Event Amid Exhaustion
Only five couples stand between Amber Glenn and the Mirrorball trophy. It would be Pasha Pashkov’s first time winning DWTS. The coveted trophy would go nicely with all the medals and awards Amber Glenn has won in her figure skating career.
The Texas native began figure skating at the age of five. She won the U.S. women’s figure skating championships in 2024, 2025, and 2026. Amber Glenn represented Team USA in the 2026 Winter Olympics. The team won the gold medal at the games in Italy, nudging Japan out of the top spot by just one point.
The next Winter Olympics aren’t until 2030, so it’s too early to say if Amber Glenn will compete in them. She continues competitive figure skating. However, she was forced to drop out of several events due to her time on DWTS.
The U.S. Sun reported that Amber Glenn previously dropped out of Saatva Skate America, which is happening this week in Everett, Washington. Now, the skater has withdrawn from another competition. She dropped out of the NHK Trophy, which takes place in Japan in two weeks.
Her busy DWTS rehearsal schedule has kept her off the ice for now. Amber and Pasha join Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson, Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach, Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik, Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas, and Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold in the semi-finals on Tuesday, November 17.
Each couple will perform one Latin dance and one ballroom dance. Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov will perform a Salsa to “Bemba Colora” by Celia Cruz and a Viennese Waltz to “Dangerous Woman” by Ariana Grande.
Jennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger