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‘DWTS’ pro Gleb Savchenko addresses Maura Higgins’ refusal to partner with him - Wed, 05 Aug 2026 PST

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NEW YORK — Gleb Savchenko is responding to Maura Higgins’ refusal to partner with him on “Dancing with the Stars” next month, though he says they’ve “never met.” The pro dancer, 42, told People this week that he’d “genuinely never heard of” the 35-year-old “Traitors” star — who will be on the upcoming season of “DWTS” — until she told E! News earlier this year that she had no desire to partner ...

First report: Maura Higgins says she is refusing to partner with Dancing With The Stars pro Gleb Savchenko because of 'how he talks about women' after his messy split from her best pal Brooks Nader — dailymail.co.uk, 8d