If you missed Robert Irwin’s performance on Dancing With the Stars last night, it was an emotional tribute to his mom Terri Irwin, who raised him as a single mom after the tragic death of her husband Steve Irwin. Robert was just 2 when his dad died, and his older sister Bindi Irwin was just 8. The wildlife conservationist danced a contemporary routine to Phil Collins’ “You’ll Be in My Heart” from Tarzan that ended in an emotional hug with his mom that left the entire ballroom (and all of us viewers from home) in tears.
“She’s an absolute hero to me, because I was 2 when I lost dad,” Robert said about his mom, per E! News. “As I got older, [I] started to realize just how hard it would have been for her to be there for us, and all the while continue dad’s legacy that her and dad built toget