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Was Kim Zolciak 'ditched by Dancing With The Stars bosses as payback for last minute decision to bail on previous series'?

Published: 16:23 EST, 29 September 2015 | Updated: 17:20 EST, 29 September 2015

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She was visibly shocked when show bosses ditched her from Dancing With The Stars live on air.

And now it has been claimed that the decision to drop Kim Zolciak from the talent show was not simply a result of her being medically unfit - despite the claims of producers.

According to the New York Post's Page Six there was an element of 'payback' about the move - after Zolciak bailed on the previous series of the show just two days before the cast was made public.

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Payback: Kim was eliminated from Dancing With The Stars live on air on Monday night

He missed DWTS already: Tony Dovolani was begging Dancing With The Stars to allow them to waltz again. 'Bring us back,' the 42-year-old Albanian said in a tweet

A source told the paper the 'ambush' was a direct result of the move.

'Producers scrambled to find a last-minute replacement and eventually re-cast her for the current season,' the source said.

Indeed, it was reported that Zolciak had no idea she was going to get axed from the show, having been told she simply needed to Skype into update viewers of her health following a mini stroke.

Done: Zolciak had no idea she was going to get axed from Dancing With The Stars , after she was unable to perform due to being ruled medically unfit. According to TMZ , the reality star was asked to Skype into the show on Monday night but was not given a heads up she was facing the chop from the competition

According to TMZ, the reality star was not given a heads up she was facing the chop from the competition. It was when she was on air, the former Real Housewife was told she was going to be eliminated after she was unable to perform that night.

Soon after her partner Tony Dovolani was begging the show to allow them to waltz again. 'Bring us back,' the 42-year-old Albanian said in a tweet.

'I want to continue so bad it's not even funny,' Tony told UsWeekly.

Out: It occurred after the mini-stroke she suffered meant she was unable to perform -but sources say she was given no warning she was off the program

Upset: The former Real Housewife told the program: 'I'm really sad'

'That's why I put a tweet out there saying, "Bring us back!" The producers want us back, I want to be back, Kim wants to be back — so the only people they needed to convince was the lawyers.'

Sources told TMZ Zolciak was 'blindsided' by the decision - Kim was only told she needed to Skype in during the show to provide an update on her health.

Due to the show's rules, if a dancer cannot take part for any reason in the dances, they can no longer stay in the competition. However exceptions have been made twice in the past.

Goodbye: The show's legal team ruled as she couldn't perform due to illness she was no longer able to participate

Kim told the program: ‘I’m really sad,’ after lawyers decided she was medically unfit to participate.

The mother suffered a mini-stroke last week – but said she felt healthy enough to continue the competition.

‘I feel great… I’ve been rehearsing… but my doctor told me it was too soon to fly,’ complained the reality star – calling in from her home in Atlanta, Georgia.

‘I have been rehearsing all week,’ added the wig-loving 37-year-old, who is married to NFL star Kroy Biermann, 30.

Problem: It was Kim's healthscare last week which caused the issue

The former Real Housewife was struck down after a blood clot caused the small stroke – but she assumed she’d be able to return to the competition.

She said tearfully: ‘I love it.'

‘I’m really sad,’ she added after she was forced to forfeit the contest entirely.

Dovolani asked the host Tom Bergeron if the rules could be 'bent'.

‘I think you’d have to talk to our legal team… the producers did, and they basically said that the rules are the rules,’ said the host, 60.

The star was hospitalized in Atlanta where she underwent a heart procedure following a mini-stroke on Wednesday.

She was released from the medical center since but was told to take things easy and doctors advised her not to travel.

Practicising: On Monday she shared a video of herself with her Dancing With the Stars partner, Tony Dovolani as they rehearsed to the theme song of Bewitched