“I think I hurt myself in practice Sunday,” a worried Bolton told me last Monday after his dance. “It’s just not feeling too good after jumping off the stage. I had some work done last night to try and help me through today and I was just hoping I could cowboy up and get through the day.”
Injury aside, Bolton pulled off two great routines last week -- a rumba and that group dance with his fellow male competitors -- and while injuries are par for the course on DWTS, when you’ve been paralyzed and undergone extensive spinal surgeries like Bolton, an injury could be life-changing.
“This week I’m getting my neck checked out because it’s kind of a serious thing,” he continued. “It’s fragile and I have to really make sure that that’s priority No. 1 right now. I can’t let a simple dance move keep me from the rest of my life.”
Bolton’s feelings of doubt also crept in as he reflected on Heather Morris’ surprise elimination. Despite competent performances throughout the competition, he admits to being surprised he remains a contender going into week six.
“It blows me away,” he said of Morris leaving. “I obviously feel like I’m the weakest dancer here on the show, so to see Heather leave …”
“I can't convince him that he’s not bad,” chimed in partner Sharna Burgess (pictured at top and above with Bolton). “It’s insane; his lunges were spectacular!”
Last Monday viewers experienced Boy Band Bonner Bolton when he and his fellow male competitors faced off against the seasons’ ladies in a battle of the sexes (pictured below, with Bolton in front). He also rumbaed his way to 30/40 dancing to a Backstreet Boys number for guest judge and BSB member Nick Carter, a competitor in Season 21 of DWTS.