Jen Affleck Competes on DWTS Weeks After Birth

Jen Affleck, star of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, is competing on Dancing With the Stars season 34 just weeks after giving birth to her third child and says she’s balancing praise with postpartum insecurities. She and pro Jan Ravnik have delivered athletic, widely discussed routines — including a viral lift and splits to A-ha’s "Take On Me" and a TikTok-week cha-cha to "She’s a Bad Mama Jama" — and have received mixed judges’ scores (examples include 12/20, 22/30 and 19/30). Affleck says most of the Mormon Wives cast has rallied behind her, though she acknowledges one castmate has not been supportive and that the tension may involve Demi Engemann. Judges’ compliments have been meaningful as she navigates body-image struggles and the fatigue of caring for a newborn. She has downplayed minor rehearsal mishaps, like slipping a ballroom heel, and has leaned into attention from a viral post-dance hospital video as part of her DWTS storyline.