After being eliminated from Dancing With the Stars season 34 with partner Lauren Jauregui, pro Brandon Armstrong wanted to forever remember her infamous one-liner — in the form of a tattoo.
Brandon, 31, revealed via Instagram on Monday, October 6, that he got the word “pissed” tattooed in cursive on his back by @christian_tattoos, alongside the number 34 — representing the Dancing With the Stars season where he was partnered with Lauren, 29.
“It’s the FONT,” Lauren wrote in the comments section, adding, “LMFAO😅😂🤣.”
The ink comes days after the pair were eliminated from the competition on Dancing With the Stars’ TikTok Night, where they landed at the bottom of the leaderboard with a score of 18 out of 30 from judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli. Seconds after it was revealed that the twosome would be leaving, Lauren admitted she was “pissed” about the result.
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The moment reminded many Dancing With the Stars fans of Anna Delvey’s season 33 elimination, where she said she would be taking “nothing” away from her experience in the ballroom. After the exchange went viral, pro dancer and partner Ezra Sosa got the tattoo in cursive on his back alongside the number “33” — just like Brandon.
“Thanks for the inspo,” Brandon wrote on Monday while tagging Ezra’s Instagram account. Ezra, 24, replied in the comments section, “LOVE OUR MATCHING TATTOOS 🥰.”
In the days that have followed Brandon and Lauren’s elimination, the Fifth Harmony star admitted that she’s “feeling really disappointed” to no longer be lacing up her dancing shoes.
“I’m a crybaby, I’m sorry! I’m feeling a little sad [and] upset. Just feeling a little overwhelmed to do this right after getting eliminated,” Lauren tearfully said on the Thursday, October 2, episode of the show’s official podcast. “I’m mid–mental breakdown, but here I am. Thanks for not f***ing voting!”
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Lauren, who performed a cha-cha to Fifth Harmony’s “Work From Home” before her exit, guessed that her and Brandon’s elimination had to do with a lack of fan votes.
“I guess so. I mean, I’m not sure what people were thinking,” she said. “I gave my best, the judges scored me the way that they did, and then the voting was the next part. And my phone broke today, so I couldn’t even tell you to vote. Sorry.”
Lauren noted that “part of being here is knowing you gotta go home at some point,” but she wasn’t ready to say goodbye just yet.
“This was the first time we were doing Latin style. I will say that ballroom was a lot easier for me to learn,” she explained. “The cha-cha was a little challenging, but Brandon is an amazing teacher and I felt like I was in good hands and felt really confident tonight.”
Lauren continued, “I will say I didn’t do my absolute best tonight, and so I think that elimination makes it feel that much more impactful ’cause I would have at least liked to go off on my best.”
Brandon, for his part, echoed a similar sentiment that he and Lauren had “too short of a season.”
“I will say, by far, [this was] the most painful elimination for me on the show,” Brandon said. “It’s brutal — for a million reasons. I think the landscape of the show has shifted a lot, and I’m not a tea or a shade guy. I really look up to pros and celebrities who do it the right way.”
Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
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