DWTS Winner Bobby Bones Reacts After Julianne Hough Says He Shouldn't Have Won

While appearing on Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live!, Julianne Hough was asked who she "strongly disagreed" with winning a season of Dancing With the Stars. As she took a moment to think about it, fellow WWHL guest Mickey Guyton answer "Bobby Bones". Hough agreed and admitted that the radio DJ was "not the best dancer" and should not have won Season 27 of DWTS in 2018.

Taking to Instagram on August 19, Bones shared his reaction to Hough's answer and revealed he's only met Hough "a couple times."

"I was the worst dancer. I take pride in that," he said. "Now, I tried as hard as anybody in the history of the show, but I can't dance now, couldn't dance then."

"But you know who took down the big evil empire of dance? Well, it's not evil or an empire, but me and you! We did it together," Bones continued.

"I'm the greatest champion ever. I didn't say I was the greatest dancer, but the greatest champion ever. I'm the man of the people. I'm the man that you guys selected," he said, before calling out the country singer for bringing up his name. "But Mickey Guyton, what? Julianne Hough, you're cool."

"I'm a terrible dancer, I was a terrible dancer but they changed the rules after I left because the fan vote was so good."

Bones and ballroom pro Sharna Burgess won their season due to the viewer vote, despite earning lower scores from the judges than his fellow finalists.

Julianne Hough didn't mind spilling the tea while appearing on Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live! about her past relationship with Ryan Seacrest and her time on Dancing With the Stars.

The 36-year-old performer gave her honest opinion on who she thought should not have won the series.

When Cohen asked the two-time DWTS winner and current co-host if there was a DWTS winner she "strongly disagreed" with, fellow guest Mickey Guyton replied, "I just said Bobby Bones."

"I actually agree with you. And I think it's because of the fan base. It's all about fan base on that show. He was not the best dancer," Hough said in agreeance of the radio DJ winning Season 27 in 2018.

Bones partnered with Sharna Burgess and out Disney Channel star Milo Manheim, who finished in second place, and Harry Potter actress Evanna Lynch, who finished in third place

The Footloose star also opened up about her relationship with television host Ryan Seacrest, sharing where they had their first date.

During Cohen's "One For The Books" segment, Hough was asked what her "best first date" was.

"The best first date... Oh this is actually really sweet, I actually went to the pier in Santa Monica and we did the ferris wheel and we kissed on the thing... I don't really remember who it was," she said as she laughed.

"It wasn't Seacrest?," Cohen probed.

"No... What was our first date? I think it was, like, Polo Lounge or something. Private," Hough added.

Hough and Seacrest began dating early on in her career during her pursuit to being a country music singer.

The dancer and actress dated the 49-year-old from 2010 to 2013.

Hough recently spoke in depth about her relationship with the star with Dax Shepard for his Armchair Expert podcast.

"I would imagine it would be so exciting and so privileged and so romantic and then also I would feel like I was losing myself to all of that," Shepard said.

"That was exactly the dynamic. The rug was swept up from underneath me, and I was just flying, and I was experiencing things that I didn’t even know existed," Hough began. However, she admitted that she didn't want people to think she was "using" Seacrest at the time.

"I know that that was his experience in past situations and stuff, and so I again overcompensated, [I] was malleable to fit into exactly what somebody needed me to be for them to be happy," she told Shepard.

Hough went on to marry NHL player Brooks Laich in 2017. However, the pair split in 2019, publicly announcing it in May 2020.

Five months after sharing their separation, Hough filed for divorce from Laich, which was finalized in June 2022.