--- description: Danica McKellar, the former star of The Wonder Years, is the latest victim of Dancing with the Stars. title: Danica McKellar Breaks a Rib Practicing for Dancing With the Stars image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt678868ce8527cf84/69868ca0d0b6f23e90304009/486096289.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Dancing With the Stars' Danica McKellar Breaks a Rib in Rehearsal  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2014 9:23 PM CUT  DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 1806" - It's an all out celebration on "Dancing with the Stars" as the celebrities got the party started MONDAY, APRIL 21 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. T DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 1806" - It's an all out celebration on "Dancing with the Stars" as the celebrities got the party started MONDAY, APRIL 21 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. TAdam Taylor/ABC via Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2014 9:23 PM CUT Danica McKellar, who played Fred Savage’s neighbor and love interest Winnie Cooper in the Emmy-winning comedy _The Wonder Years_, is the latest victim on _Dancing with the Stars._ Far from being voted off, McKellar was one point shy of being the show’s first [perfect-scoring performer ](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20806923,00.html "undefined")of the season earlier this month in a dance with partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy. But her future on the show may be more difficult: on Friday, she said she broke a rib during a practice. > [](https://twitter.com/danicamckellar/status/459742581367521281) \[[_People_](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20810847,00.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/77856/danica-mckellar-breaks-rib-dancing-with-the-stars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/77856/danica-mckellar-breaks-rib-dancing-with-the-stars/"},"headline":"Dancing With the Stars' Danica McKellar Breaks a Rib in Rehearsal","datePublished":"2014-04-25T21:23:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:30:55.600Z","description":"The former star of The Wonder Years and a strong performer on Dancing With the Stars said on Twitter that she broke a rib during a rehearsal.","url":"https://time.com/77856/danica-mckellar-breaks-rib-dancing-with-the-stars/","keywords":["Television","celebrities","Dancing with the Stars"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt678868ce8527cf84/69868ca0d0b6f23e90304009/486096289.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt678868ce8527cf84/69868ca0d0b6f23e90304009/486096289.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ABC's \"Dancing With the Stars\" - Season 18 - Week Six","caption":"ABC's \"Dancing With the Stars\" - Season 18 - Week Six","creditText":"Adam Taylor/ABC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/77856/danica-mckellar-breaks-rib-dancing-with-the-stars/","name":"Dancing With the Stars' Danica McKellar Breaks a Rib in Rehearsal"}}]}] ```