Heavy DWTS alum Jana Kramer expects fan negativity regarding her fourth wedding.
A former “Dancing with the Stars” contestant says she’s expecting criticism about her upcoming fourth marriage.
Jana Kramer will marry Allan Russell in a “very small, intimate wedding” in Scotland in 2024, Kramer told “Access Hollywood” in early June.
“Do you think I wanted to be married that many times? It’s embarrassing,” Kramer admitted on her podcast in May 2024.
“The truth is, that it’s my own judgment,” she told “Access Hollywood” in June. “That’s actually the stone that hurts the hardest, is the one that I cast on myself.”
Jana Kramer Said the Criticism She Receives Is Hard on Her
During the May 26 episode of Kramer’s podcast “Whine Down,” the season 23 “Dancing with the Stars” alum revealed she’s anxious about the criticism.
Kramer admitted the “hardest piece” for what’s ahead is the “comments of the people that are gonna come in and go, oh, hope this fourth time [sticks].”
She said that people have “no idea” what her journey has been like, including difficulties she experienced with her first marriage to actor Michael Gambino.
People noted that Gambino and Kramer wed in 2004 after dating for just two weeks. Gambino, who was 17 years older than the former “One Tree Hill” star, became physically abusive, according to the outlet.
Eventually, a jury convicted Gambino of attempted murder over an incident involving Kramer, the outlet reported, and he received a six-year prison sentence.
Later, Kramer married fellow actor Johnathon Schaech. The marriage lasted for just a month before the couple split in 2010, according to People. “We were two very unhealed souls who came together,” she said on her podcast in 2022, according to People.
The “Dancing with the Stars” alum dated and became engaged to country singer Brantley Gilbert in 2013, but they split months later, People reported. Then, she married former NFL player Mike Caussin in August 2014, according to the outlet.
The couple had two children, Jolie and Jace, but infidelity on Causin’s part eventually drove them apart and the couple split in April 2021, People reported.
Although she feels anxiety over people criticizing her for how frequently she’s been married, Kramer defended herself, too. “I’m not gonna fault someone for loving and trying, you know?”
“I don’t feel like anyone should have the hate and the negativity around loving and trying. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t,” Kramer shared.
The DWTS Says She’s ‘Grateful’ for the Failed Relationships That Led Her to Fiance Allan Russell
During her podcast episode, Kramer shared, “I feel in my soul that I have my happily ever after” with Russell.
“I’m so grateful now for those past relationships that have led me to Allan.”
In a May 28 Instagram post, she wrote, “I know it’s coming when I get married. The comments. My own self judgment has always been the loudest.”
She referenced the podcast episode and admitted feeling “a bit emotional” over it. “Sometimes your past and your decisions can bring hurt, and they can bring shame,” she noted. “But it’s not meant to define you.
“So…Here’s to the girl that feels like she has messed up a million times. Thinks she’s the most common denominator. That she deserves abuse, that she is bad. That she is the problem,” Kramer wrote. “Don’t let your past define you.
“You’re allowed to start over..as many times as you want. You’re allowed to be happy. No matter how many times it takes.”
Kramer chose to keep the comments section of that Instagram post closed.