Outraged ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Fans Won’t Rest Until Harry Jowsey Is Eliminated
The “Too Hot to Handle” star with two left feet has been somehow kept safe in the competition while beloved favorites are sent home. Fans have had enough.

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We’re just two weeks away from the semi-finals of this year’s Dancing With the Stars—and, more importantly, six days away from Taylor Swift Week—and fans of the show will be livid if one contestant isn’t sent home, stat. Audiences have spent the last few weeks calling for Too Hot to Handle star Harry Jowsey’s elimination, but last night, the anger reached an all-time high after a fan favorite got the ax instead.
After Jowsey and his pro partner Rylee Arnold performed a Viennese waltz to “I Have Nothing” for Whitney Houston Week, the duo earned the lowest marks of the night, only racking up a total of 28 points. That’s not great, considering another team—Marvel’s Xochitl Gomez and Val Chmerkovskiy—scored the first perfect 40 on Tuesday night’s episode.
Somehow, though, Jowsey was safe from elimination, leaving folks like The Brady Bunch actor Barry Williams, The Bachelorette star Charity Lawson, and singer Jason Mraz up for elimination. When Williams was sent home, fans took to social media to share their agony. Maybe Alfonso Ribiero had said it wrong—Barry and Harry sound a lot alike, don’t they?
I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU GUYS FOR THIS!! JUSTICE FOR BARRY #dwts pic.twitter.com/KwQqSVEAiD
— alexa (@famefudger) November 15, 2023
Sweet angel Barry went home BEFORE HARRY???? I actually can’t with all you preteens voting for the “hot” guy who DOESN’T EVEN DANCE. #DWTS ruining the show ong pic.twitter.com/wMfjWvdVUT
— macy (@macycoonce) November 15, 2023
Lele and Barry went home before Harry??????? Like the math is truly not mathing 😵💫 #dwts pic.twitter.com/xESv0rMrjp
— yinnie⁷♡ (@outrominimoni_) November 15, 2023
oh- so we are choosing a 20 year old reality tv star who stands there while his partner dances (flawlessly i may add) around them, over a 70 year old man who went out on the floor every week and ATE DOWN, despite his age?!?! #dwts pic.twitter.com/a1eW53YZEC
— Alex Brasberger (@AlexBrasberger) November 15, 2023
Alas, no; Williams left after a graceful rumba to “Didn’t We Almost Have It All” with his partner, Peta Murgatroyd. What a tragically ironic number for the actor’s final performance on Dancing With the Stars—yes, Barry, you almost had it all!
To avenge Williams, DWTS viewers shamed Jowsey all over social media. Fans accused the star of being “lifeless and stiff,” claiming that they can’t sit through another performance—especially when there’s a chance Jowsey could be heading into the semi-finals after next week.
I hope all of y’all know if you’re voting for Harry and he wins you’re likely screwing rylee over. When Bobby bones won Sharna wasn’t invited back due to the hate they got #dwts pic.twitter.com/DvMitbX2Ha
— Rory | 1989 era (@riverrvixenss) November 15, 2023
me when i catch every prepubescent preteen voting harry through this show #dwts pic.twitter.com/5kiplFUGiQ
— rye 🩰 (@anakinsaber) November 8, 2023
I physically can’t watch another lifeless and stiff performance from Harry, I can’t do it anymore. Please set us free of this man #dwts pic.twitter.com/91WOuLnGWG
— Paige (@_samepaige_) November 15, 2023
Me after watching #DWTS: I’m sorry….but this just became personal 😑 pic.twitter.com/6ABCgT27pt
— Genesis Arteaga (@garteaga353) November 15, 2023
One viewer even worried: What if Jowsey dresses up as Travis Kelce next week in honor of Taylor Swift Week? The horror!
if i have to see harry jowsey dressing up as travis next week ….. #dwts pic.twitter.com/pFaTDWYO4X
— alli (@allinicolee5) November 15, 2023
But if there’s anyone who knows how to send a man named Harry packing, it’s Taylor Swift. Jowsey would best stay out of her 1989 (Taylor’s Version) era, considering the breakup songs are all thought to be written about ex Harry Styles. As DWTS fans gear up for next week’s elimination, they all have one question: Is it (Jowsey’s boring streak of dances) over now?
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