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Megan Behnke

Viral Video Shows DWTS’ Robert Irwin Adorably Geeking Out Over Jonathan Bailey Sending Him Flowers After His Wicked Routine

Jonathan Bailey looking at Ariana Grande in Wicked / Robert Irwin listening to the judges on Dancing With the Stars.

Dancing With the Stars went all out for Wicked Night on the 2025 TV schedule, and not just by bringing in Wicked and Wicked: For Good director Jon M. Chu as a guest judge. Every routine was positively thrillifying and truly defied gravity as couples danced to songs from both films. Some of them did so well that they earned the first 10s of the season. Robert Irwin, meanwhile, wound up getting flowers from Prince Fiyero himself, and the video is going viral.

Irwin and his partner Witney Carson did a jazz routine to Jonathan Bailey’s big Wicked number, “Dancing Through Life,” and they earned four nines. While it didn’t earn the season’s first 10, as that honor went to two other couples, it did earn them something else. The wildlife conservationist shared a video on his Instagram of Carson handing him a bouquet of flowers with a note from Bailey praising him for his performance. He, understandably, freaked out. He also refused to show Carson the note and to put the flowers down, and it’s absolutely everything:

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