Bonner Bolton and Sharna Burgess performed the Cha Cha on Monday night to help kick off Dancing with the Stars Season 24.
The professional bull rider and his partner displayed obvious chemistry on the dance floor, despite earning a a combined score of only 22 points from the judges…
… but it was an incident backstage that has everyone talking.
As Erin Andrews waited to talk to Nick Viall and the other contestants sat around behind the scenes, cameras caught Bolton pretty clearly pulling a Donald Trump:
He grabbed Burgess by the crotch!
Sharna proceeded to place Bolton"s hand on her leg instead, but the awkward damage had already been done.
At least on the Internet.
This photo, for example, will live forever in infamy.
“I was telling her before we started tonight, ‘I can’t look at you for too long. I might get distracted. That’s why I might miss some of my steps,"” Bolton told People Magazine after the show, not helping matters and adding:
“She’s obviously beautiful.”
Burgess also acknowledged the "really obvious chemistry" between the partners, but said she is trying to remain "professional."
That could be challenging if Bolton keeps making unwanted advances.
We say that in jest. We assume this was a simple mistake.
But you can watch the clip and decide for yourself:
