Kaitlyn Bristowe dedicated DWTS performance to late best friend Lindsay who died in a car accident
Kaitlyn Bristowe put all of her emotions into one flawless performance on Dancing With The Stars Monday night.
The 35-year-old reality star performed a freestyle number to Cowboy Take Me Away by The Chicks with partner Artem Chigvintsev in honor of her late best friend Lindsay who died in a tragic car accident when she was just a teen.
She told Chigvintsev that the song was one of Lindsay’s favorites and she hadn’t listened to it since her passing nearly two decades ago.
Strong: Kaitlyn Bristowe put all of her emotions into one flawless performance on Dancing With The Stars Monday night
‘That song reminds me so much of my best friend growing up. Her name was Lindsay,’ she told Artem during rehearsals. ‘She loved The Chicks and this was one of her favorite songs to put on.
‘Fifteen years we were inseparable, but when I was 18 years old, she ended up tragically dying in a car accident. It was the most tragic thing I’ve ever experienced in my life.’
On Instagram, Bristowe wrote that she met Lindsay when they were 4 years old and they ‘were attached at the hip’ as nextdoor neighbors turned family.
Difficult: The 35-year-old reality star performed a freestyle number to Cowboy Take Me Away by The Chicks with partner Artem Chigvintsev in honor of her late best friend Lindsay who died in a tragic car accident when she was just a teen
She told Chigvintsev that the song was one of Lindsay’s favorites and she hadn’t listened to it since her passing nearly two decades ago.
She added: ‘We lived next door to each other, and spent every day together and one time she said she wanted Cowboy Take Me Away to play at her funeral. And we did — we played it.’
The pair performed a freestyle number to the popular song, a dance which earned them a perfect score from the judges.
‘I have like not listened to this song in so many years because it makes me so emotional,’ Bristowe said in rehearsals. ‘It’s been 17 years since we lost Lindsay, and I think about her every day and miss her all the time.’
Remember: On Instagram, Bristowe wrote that she met Lindsay when they were 4 years old and they ‘were attached at the hip’ as nextdoor neighbors turned family
‘Kaitlyn, your friend Lindsay is smiling down on you and so proud of you,’ Carrie Ann Inaba said. ‘It’s like I’ve been waiting for you to do a contemporary, truthfully.
‘This is the dance that I knew that you would be incredible at and you danced from your heart and your lines were beautiful.’
Kaitlyn and Artem, 38, whipped out a flawless paso doble to Spanish guitar music, also nabbing 30 points.
Dancing queen: Kaitlyn and Artem, 38, whipped out a flawless paso doble to Spanish guitar music, also nabbing 30 points