‘DWTS’ Fans Are Side-Eyeing Tyler Cameron After He Reposted Jokes About Harry Shum Jr.’s Emotional Salsa Routine

Harry Shum Jr. performed an emotional salsa routine on DWTS to Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile,” tearing up during rehearsals as he reconnected with his Costa Rican heritage after avoiding the dance for years due to family struggles.The Glee alum revealed he’d long associated salsa with his family’s hardships moving from Costa Rica to America, but suddenly felt overwhelming sadness realizing he’d missed the joy of the dance genre for so long.Viewers are divided on Harry’s tearful moment—some praised his vulnerability and cultural reconnection, while others, including eliminated contestant Tyler Cameron, questioned its authenticity or seemingly mocked the emotional display online.Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson’s salsa routine unexpectedly brought tears to the Dancing With the Stars ballroom (and it had nothing to do with Jenna’s broken nose).Before he and Jenna hit their steps to Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’s Grammy-winning ballad, “Die With a Smile,” the Glee alum opened up about his personal connection to the dance genre—and why he suddenly felt a wave of emotion during rehearsals.“I was born in Costa Rica, so like people were dancing salsa, merengue, bachata, but I was always an observer. So I’m really excited to tap into my roots,” Harry said of his heritage during the intro package that played before his performance.After he and Jenna went through their routine in the rehearsal studio, he started tearing up.“I don’t think I’ve ever felt such a strong emotion damn after dancing. I didn’t realize it, but Salsa is very meaningful to me,” Harry admitted. “I’ve kind of avoided doing salsa dancing for so long. I associated it with the struggles that my family went through, and I went through, moving from Costa Rica to America. But I just got a wave of emotion of just being really sad that I’ve missed the joy of salsa dancing for so long.”While DWTS fans generally empathized with Harry’s feelings surrounding the routine, others joked about the lack of context in how his package was edited and claimed his reaction was “performative.”“There’s something very performative about him,” one person wrote, to which another responded, “No he’s very open and honest and kind. I love him.”Christopher Willard//ABCA viewer on Reddit separately came to Harry’s defense, writing, “Its always so sad to see someone feeling disconnected from their culture AND it should be cool for people to possibly connect with that and anyone hating has never experienced that emotion most likely.”Another person who quietly weighed in on the rehearsal package? That’d be Bachelor Nation’s Tyler Cameron, who was eliminated from the competition on October 27.Fans raised eyebrows when Tyler reposted a TikTok poking fun at Harry’s tearful experience. “Harry Shum jr when the chipotle worker asks if he wants salsa on his burrito bowl,” the post reads, over a video of American Horror Story star Jessica Lange crying.Once DWTS devotees caught wind of Tyler’s repost, they couldn’t tell if the joke went too far.“So strange considering Tyler’s still in the comments on literally everyone’s posts every week cheering them on :(,” one person wrote, while another called out the eliminated dancer, writing, “So distasteful for Tyler to repost.”Another person shared, “i was liking tyler but he still is talking about getting voted off weeks later😭 he’s being a weirdo right now.”Tyler Cameron / TikTokAs of right now, the video is still filed under Tyler’s TikTok reposts. He has yet to speak on it, if at all, but he did share his thoughts on Jenna Dewan and Tatyana Ali’s performances on his Instagram Stories posted on November 11.Harry also hasn’t publicly responded to the online chatter surrounding his performance, but I’ll be keeping an eye out to see if anything else unfolds!