Derek Hough Shares Family Plans With “Miracle” Wife Hayley Erbert (Exclusive)
Hayley Erbert is back in the ballroom.
Nearly one year after a harrowing medical emergency, the dancer gave an emotional performance alongside her husband, Dancing With the Stars judge Derek Hough, on the Oct. 15 episode of the competition, dancing to “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone as part of the season’s Dedication Night.
The pair took to the floor barefoot, wearing rose pink ensembles while delivering a graceful and romantic routine, embracing on the lyrics “Oh I hope I don’t lose you.” They finished their dance with a kiss.
The performance marked Hayley’s triumphant return to the series after undergoing emergency surgery on her skull last December to treat a burst blood vessel. In a pre-recorded segment aired prior to their performance, Derek opened up about the scary incident, which occurred during the couple’s Symphony of Dance tour stop in Washington D.C.
“I was onstage and she was supposed to come out,” the 39-year-old recalled. “The stage manager just walked out and said, ‘Hey, she’s not coming onstage.’ She was on the side of the stage having full seizures and essentially dying.”