Hilaria Baldwin Breaks Down in Tears After “DWTS” Elimination: ‘The Only Reason I’m Sad Is Because I Was So Happy’ (Exclusive)

Hilaria Baldwin had an affectional exit connected Dancing pinch nan Stars connected Tuesday, Oct. 7. 

The 41-year-old mother of 7 was eliminated from nan reality creation title alongside her partner Gleb Savchenko. 

Baldwin fought backmost tears while speaking pinch PEOPLE, sharing, “I mean, nan only logic I'm sad is because I was truthful happy. I was truthful happy. And so, that's an important point to remember. Sadness comes from missing thing that was wonderful.” 

The erstwhile yoga coach called DWTS “a awesome experience,” adding of Savchenko, “I’m happy I sewage to do it pinch you.” 

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For his part, Savchenko praised his partner for her difficult activity and for giving it her all. 

“You put your bosom and psyche into dance,” he said. “You had truthful overmuch passion and emotion for it and I genuinely admit it because I've been doing this for 35 years, and I cognize really difficult it is and I cognize really overmuch activity it takes to cleanable things.” 

Calling Baldwin’s efforts “tireless,” he added, “I cognize really overmuch it meant for you to proceed connected but, look, we sewage a chance, some ... I had a chance to creation pinch you for 4 weeks and I'm conscionable truthful proud of you and let's conscionable spell and proceed practicing tomorrow. You ne'er know.”

Describing herself arsenic “so grateful” and “so proud” of her chap contestants, Baldwin added, “I’m going to beryllium rooting for them.” 

In fact, nan woman of Alec Baldwin said she plans to ballot for each of her erstwhile opponents. 

“There's 10 votes, truthful I tin springiness 1 arsenic to each 1 of them because I emotion them each equally,” she noted. 

“So, no. No, this has only been a awesome acquisition and I'm happy I sewage to do [it] pinch you," she continued.

Hilaria antecedently shared that she did ballroom competitions successful assemblage earlier suffering a hep wounded that prevented her from dancing for years. 

Prior to nan show’s premiere, Hilaria told PEOPLE, “Gleb Savchenko is asking maine to creation connected a overmuch higher level than I ever danced,” adding, “And it's uncomfortable and embarrassing sometimes.”

"I support connected reminding myself: I didn't motion up for this to beryllium comfortable. I signed up for this to do difficult things and to beryllium brave. And [Gleb] is nan cleanable personification to do that with,” she shared astatine nan time.