Dancing With The Stars fans were left stunned when they spotted none other than Kris Jenner in the audience during Tuesday night’s episode.
The famous ‘momager,’ 69, had a VIP seat next to Alec Baldwin, whose wife Hilaria is competing on season 34 with pro dancer, Glen Savchenko, as her partner.
Kris Jenner who recently got a $100,000 facelift — looked elegant in all-black as she and Alec cheered just moments after Hilaria and Savchenko wrapped their Samba performance, which earned a score of 22 out of 30 from the judges.
As the camera captured Kris, Alec and several of Alec and Hilaria’s young children in the audience, a banner appeared on the bottom of the screen that read: ‘Hilaria’s family & friends’
Fans flocked to social media to express their surprise over Jenner’s cameo as well as to remark on her association with the Baldwin family.
‘Why is Kris Jenner sitting next to Alec Baldwin,’ one viewer asked via X (formerly Twitter), with another adding: ‘kris jenner??? mama what are you doing there’
In a video shared to the official DWTS Instagram page, Alec asked Kris Jenner share her honest opinion on how she thinks Hilaria’s been doing in the dance competition.
‘She’s getting a 10 from me!’ she gushed. ‘All the time. Any woman who can be doing this having had seven kids is an ace in my book.’
Kris then cheered and applauded as Alec said to the camera: ‘Go Hilaria!’
Despite the Kardashian-Jenner family’s bond with Hailey, some DWTS fans were still left ‘confused’ as to why Kris show up for Hilaria.
But several fans claimed that Kris has been ‘liking’ Hilaria’s recent DWTS content and that she’s been a longtime fan of the ABC competition show.
Tuesday night’s episode, themed TikTok night, elicited a strong response from DWTS fans after a fan-favorite competitor was shockingly sent home.
Viewers flocked to social media to express outrage over Fifth Harmony alum Lauren Jauregui’s elimination while Hilaria, 41, was spared after narrowly avoiding elimination the week prior.
X (formerly Twitter) users offered their opinions, with one tweeting, ‘Who keeps voting for Hilaria? #DWTS34 #DWTS.’
Another wrote, ‘Who is out here voting for Hilaria??? I just want to talk,’ and one added, ‘ENOUGH OF THE HILARIA AND GLEB VOTES!!!!!!!!! STOP ROBBING GOOD PERFORMERS!!!!!!!!!!!!’
‘i needed hilaria to go home,’ another typed out, and a DWTS viewer shared, ‘Nooooo Hilaria is safe!?’
One commented, ‘SHE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT BRO. GET HILARIA OFF MY SCREEN FORREAL SORRY NOT SORRY.’
‘I’m sorry but Hilaria staying over Lauren and/or andy is ridiculous,’ another penned, while a fan replied, ‘I thought Lauren was safe. I thought it was a given that nobody would vote for Hilaria.’
Hilaria and her dance partner performed choreography to Shake It to the Max (Fly) by MOLIY, Shenseea, Skillibeng and Silent Addy.
Before their performance, viewers and the live audience were given a glimpse at the pair’s rehearsal.
Hilaria reflected on being new TikTok while talking to Gleb and recalled the first time that she went viral.
Earlier this year in March, the reality star was seen seemingly snapping at her husband Alec on the red carpet.
Hilaria had been talking to Extra at the grand re-opening of Planet Hollywood in NYC alongside Alec when the moment took place.
The pair were discussing whether a second season of their TLC reality show The Baldwins was possibly in the works – with the first episode airing back in February.
In a snippet of the interview that was shared to TikTok, the interviewer questioned if viewers could expect season two and Hilaria took a moment before answering.
Alec jumped in and quipped, ‘The Hilaria Show,’ and she then added, ‘No, I think we are going to see, you know, we’re going to see how it feels to be out there.’
The 30 Rock star then cut in to say, ‘It’s gonna be great. You’re a winner,’ which caused his wife to turn around and express, ‘Oh my God. When I’m talking, you’re not talking.’
‘I’m sorry,’ Baldwin said and Hilaria then repeated while holding her hands up, ‘When I’m talking, you’re not talking.’
She turned back to face the interviewer and joked, ‘This is why we’ll just have to cut him out of the show.’
During rehearsals, Hilaria explained to Gleb, ‘I was doing an interview and Alec keeps on interrupting me.
After Hilaria and Gleb danced to the Samba, the received mostly positive criticism from the judges.
Derek told the TV personality that she is ‘in a league of your own’ while Bruno stated that it was ‘a pure, classic samba.’
He added, ‘All the content was there. Sharp, you hit every bit, almost with clinical precision. The only thing for me that lacked is a little bit more bounce…’
Carrie Ann called Hilaria a ‘sensational dancer’ but then said, ‘I’m not sure if you really believe that in your heart.
‘When you dance, it’s, like, so fine and refined. But your musicality was off, so, it threw me off this time. It’s musicality – she can be a great dancer and be slightly off the music.’
Carrie Ann further expressed, ‘But I want you to walk away knowing that you are an amazing dancer.’
When both she and Gleb stepped up to the sky box to get their scores, Hilaria had become emotional and explained that she was ‘grateful for this experience.’
Hilaria and Glen garnered a score of 22 out of the 30 from the judges and the pair excitedly clapped at the results.
The TV personality was supported by her husband Alec, their children and also close friend Kris Jenner in the audience.
Former Fifth Harmony member Lauren Jauregui was eliminated from the competition after receiving a score of 18 from the judges.
When the news was announced, the live audience could be heard letting out gasps of shock as Lauren and her partner Brian gave their final words on the show.