The track and field athlete says she 'had flashbacks of the three Olympics' during her performance, calling her brief time on 'DWTS' 'a lasting lesson.'
- September 18, 2014
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Lolo Jones took it to her Facebook to share her feelings after her elimination on "Dancing with the Stars". The 32-year-old athlete who was the first to leave the show on season 19 said on her social media, "I felt so broken. So unlovable. Embarrassed."
"My prayer tonight is for God to soften me and my heart," she wrote. "When you go so many times rejected in public you put walls up. When I was dancing last night and messed up I had flashbacks of the three Olympics and that people constantly tease me about. I thought oh no here it comes again. People are going to ridicule me. I'm so tired of feeling embarrassed."
"I joined the other competitors upstairs and I couldn't force a smile on my face. I felt like vomiting and in between the other dances I went in a back room and fought back tears. I felt so broken. So unlovable. Embarrassed," she went on.
"My brief time on #DWTS was a lasting lesson. I really wanted to stay on the show and have the layers of hurt wash away by showing the public how hard I work. I wanted to come away a victor for once. I wanted to do so good performing in public that the haters would stop teasing me."
"My time was brief but the lesson is lasting. Thank you everyone who wrote me kind messages. You were helping me not fall into darkness," she added to her fans.