Why Jason Mraz needed pals to ‘cease voting’ for him on ‘DWTS’

Jason Mraz lasted until the very end of his season on “Dancing with the Stars” — but he didn’t wish to.

Throughout a look at Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s On Me” podcast Tuesday, the “I’m Yours” singer admitted he asked his pals to “cease voting” for him after realizing the dancing competitors would take over his total life.

“Two or three weeks in, I noticed I’m in all probability going to be right here the entire time, and I’m terrified, and I’ve got to cancel all my plans for your entire remainder of the year, and I’m lacking my cat terribly,” the 47-year-old mentioned.

“I started telling my pals, ‘Stop voting for me!’” he recalled. “I used to be like, the one way I can get off this present is that if I don’t get enough votes.”

At one level, Mraz — whose dance companion was Daniella Karagach — even instructed producers he was “good” and able to “go house.”

Nevertheless, they instructed him that it was out of their palms and he must see it via.

“The one factor I may do was ask pals to vote for another person,” he reiterated.

Regardless of rising bored with the competitors, Mraz nonetheless ended up coming in second place behind winner Xochitl Gomez.

“Having done all of it the best way to the very finish, done it to the buzzer, I look again and snigger and suppose, ‘Nicely, possibly if I’d truly given as—t!’” he joked.

“So, I’d do it another time if I may, and I’d strive actually laborious,” he added.

Though Mraz had combined emotions whereas on the present, he would positively “return” and do it once more with a brand new perspective.

“It was the toughest factor ever but it was so enjoyable,” he mentioned, noting that it was an “honor” to even be requested in the first place.

Mraz previously instructed Web page Six that his total success story was formed by stepping out of his comfort zone.

“I simply left all the chances open,” he mentioned of his decades-long profession, which started lengthily earlier than he obtained his big break in 2001.

“I by no means thought I’d find myself on ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ that’s for sure!” he instructed us with fun in October 2023.

The “I Don’t Give Up” singer famously danced that was simply another strategy to showcase his creativity and push himself. He inspired different aspiring artists to be open to something that comes their way.

“I’d say, put your artistry first and embrace it. And departure opens the potential of any stage [that] could make itself out there to you,” he mentioned.