Professional softball player and contestant on “Dancing with the Stars” Jennie Finch-Daigle made a call to the show producers during last week’s episode of the competition, refusing to dance to a “risqué” Janelle Monáe song because she wanted to stay true to her Christian values.
Finch-Daigle maintained that said she couldn’t dance to the song “Make Me Feel,” which has vulgar lyrics and sexual references and is being called the “bisexual anthem.” Monáe’s video even shows the singer seducing both a male and female as they fight for her affection.
“I’m not really sure about the song,” she is heard telling her dance partner, Keo Motsepe, during the episode. “It’s just not me.”
Motsepe tried to get her to “relax,” stating he would “make it work” but she just couldn’t get into it. Eventually, Finch-Daigle called the DWTS producer.
Due to the last minute song-change, Finch-Daigle and Motsepe only had three days to prepare a new dance number. However, they pulled it off and the judges were impressed with her cha-cha performance of “Do It Like This” by Daphne Willis.
According to US Weekly, Finch-Daigle also later cleared up why she didn’t dance to Monáe’s risky track while on the show.
“I want to glorify God out there, and that just wasn’t a great choice for me to do that,” she said.