Lol dwts never really had a stigma. Almost everybody used it to try and boost and rebrand their careers. It helps. Wasn't normani on their a few years back?
im not sure you understand what stigma means if this is the response and im not tryna be smart or shady
"Stigma" has more to do with the perception and a lot less to do with the result.
I know what it means lol. Im sure there's a few small minded folks who think that way. Me. Myself never believed in that logic so it doesn't have a stigma to me. There was a time 25 plus years ago A list movie stars were looked down on for coming to tv in general and i never bought into that.

So because YOU don’t believe in it, it wasn’t a thing?
She was definitely dogged a bit for joining that show at first lol we can’t rewrite history. Anyway…. She slayed then and she’s slaying more than ever now. Moving on