Nastia Liukin may have to add a new name to her dance card next Monday night on "Dancing with the Stars."
Her pro dancing partner, Derek Hough, suffered multiple injuries while rehearsing for the 10th Anniversary "Dancing with the Stars" television special on April 20, his rep told E! News in a statement. He broke a toe on his right foot, sprained the inside and outside of his left ankle and bruised a bone on the same ankle.
In addition to his responsibilities on the ABC competition show, the 29-year-old dancer is also starring in the New York Spring Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. He will remain in Los Angeles this week to rehab his injuries and his understudy, Taylor Frey, will fill in for him in New York opposite Laura Benanti.
Hough may be able to dance with Liukin on Monday night, but she will rehearse with pro dancer Sasha Farber to prepare for the live show. The dancing couple received the highest scores in weeks two and three, and tied with Willow Shields and Mark Ballas for the second highest this past week.
Hough posted an Instagram photo of his feet bandaged up from the other night when he sat in the ER with Ballas and Ballas' girlfriend Britney Jean Carlson. In the photo's caption, the pro dancer claimed he usually works through injuries but this one has "literally floored him."
Before his accident, he was performing 10 shows a week at Radio City while rehearsing with Liukin for "DWTS."
"I've never felt more healthy, strong and fit. But then a fluke accident happened that involved a light and some stairs," he wrote on Wednesday afternoon. "Can't believe it, wish I had a cooler story to tell. All that dancing, flipping, jumping and the thing that stops me in my tracks is something as simple as light and some stairs. I'm doing everything I possibly can to have a quick recovery and I'm determined to come back strong than ever."
"Dancing with the Stars" airs on Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC.
