Sailor Brinkley-Cookhas got her mom’s back.
“I think it was a little ridiculous because it was such a situation where it was like, ‘How?’” said Sailor, 21. “My mom is not that type of girl. If anyone knows her, she’s pretty open with her fans and everything. She’s very genuine, she’s very real and for her to put on a cast and walk around like it’s fake, it’s wild.”
“But anyone who spews hatred needs more love, so love ya, girl,” she added.
Sailor Brinkley-Cook with Christie Brinkley and Wendy Williams.Taylor Hill/FilmMagic; Dominik Bindl/Getty
Chmerkovskiy also noted that “no one is expecting an apology fromWendy Williams” and that Christie, 65, already has her sights set on next season ofDWTS.
“When it happened, 30 seconds into her literally shattering her arm, she asked, ‘Can I do this next season?’” he recalled. “She was having a blast, and it’s funny now we’re talking about Sailor’s exit, but let’s not forget how it all began and not forget Christie’s exit. That exit was fairly traumatic, as well.”
Four days before theDWTSseason 28 premiere on Sept. 16, Christie was in dance rehearsals with Chmerkovskiy, 33, when she tripped over his foot andbroke her arm “into a thousand little pieces.”
Unable to perform with her injury, Sailor stepped in and took her place — but shortly after, Williams, 55, claimed that theincident was plannedand that Christie’s fall looked “fake as hell.”
Christie Brinkley.
“Let me tell you what I see. I don’t see a wrist and a shoulder being fractured. But that was real cute,” she said during the season 11 premiere of her talk show. “Here’s my thought:Dancing with the Starscalled Christie Brinkley … and she said yes.”
“After she got off the phone, that’s when she plotted her schedule,” Williams continued. “In my opinion, I think what Christie did was she signed up forDancing with the Starsknowing that she’d put her daughter Sailor in there.”
Sailorcalled the accusations “insane”,while Christie went so far as to postphotos of her injury to prove that she was not lying.
Christie Brinkley.Christie Brinkley/Instagram
Sailor also revealed in theReality Checkinterviewwhat her mom told herafter her surprising elimination.
“She just told me that things like this happen in life and everything leads to some other great door opening,” Sailor said. “Our team name is ‘SailaV’ — c’est la vie, such is life. This stuff happens!”
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“I’m so lucky I had this experience,” the model continued. “I never in a million years would’ve thought I would have been on this show. I didn’t sign up, I didn’t do the press trip before. I literally jumped in for the first performance.”
“And I’m just lucky that I made it to week six and I got to experience all of that, and I think she’s really happy that I’m looking at it that way, as well,” Sailor added of her mother.
Dancing with the Starsairs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
source: people.com
