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"Andy Dick and Sharna Burgess left Dancing With the Stars on a sad note. The 47-year-old comedian and his 27-year-old professional dance partner were eliminated during week seven of the competition on Tuesday, Apr. 30, after feeling &amp;quot;berated&amp;quot; by the judges.\r\n&amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re sad . . . but it&amp;apos;s okay,&amp;quot; Dick told reporters after being sent home. &amp;quot;We are proud of what we did here.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThough he&amp;apos;s proud of what he&amp;apos;s accomplished on the ABC reality dance competition show, Dick did get emotional after learning he was eliminated.\r\nHow did he fight back tears? &amp;quot;By clenching my jaw! If it starts going it won&amp;apos;t stop, so I was fighting it!&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;We wanted one more week. Deep down we wanted one more week. And that&amp;apos;s how it&amp;apos;s been every week . . . &amp;apos;One more week, one more week!&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nTheir exit comes after a controversial judging round during performance night on Apr. 29. The former News Radio actor and Burgess felt they weren&amp;apos;t receiving constructive criticism from the judges.\r\n&amp;quot;Say something about dance because last time I checked, this was a dance show,&amp;quot; Burgess argued to reporters on Apr. 29. &amp;quot;We want to know how to get better . . . It&amp;apos;s upsetting because I hate to see Andy berated week to week.&amp;quot;\r\nBut Dick is grateful for how far he made it into the competition. &amp;quot;We did make it really far. I keep that in mind,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Seven weeks! That&amp;apos;s a long time -- for an idiot like me.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe actor, who has battled substance abuse and troubles with the law in the past, also says the show brought him closer to his 15-year-old daughter Meg.\r\n&amp;quot;We&amp;apos;ve had our ups and down times, so the dance I did for her was probably the best gift I&amp;apos;ll ever give to us -- not just her, but to me,&amp;quot; the single dad said of dedicating his Viennese waltz to her. (Dick is also dad to son Jacob, 19, and Lucas, 25.)\r\nWill Dick keep on dancing for his little girl?\r\n&amp;quot;If you&amp;apos;re asking will I dance for her again, I don&amp;apos;t know about that!&amp;quot; he joked. &amp;quot;But you have to dance at her wedding, right? Maybe I&amp;apos;ll reprise that and bring Sharna in to choreograph it!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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