Jana Kramer almost quit Dancing with the Stars because she didn't like Gleb Savchenko's teaching methods.

The One Tree Hill actress took part in the show in 2016 and made it to the final, but she found the way her professional partner spoke to her and continued to push her in training "really hard" to come with.

Speaking on her Whine Down podcast, she said: "I struggled with the Russian..."

Her guest, Hannah Brown - who won season 28 in 2019 with Alan Bersten - interjected: "Culture and the way that they teach."

Jana agreed: "Yes. It was really hard. I was like, 'Do not speak to me that way. Period.

"They didn't show this on the show, but I was like, 'I'm done. I quit.' I was like, 'At that point, you can push me so far... we're done here.'"

Hannah admitted she had also struggled with Alan, who is of Russian descent, because of his teaching style and communication but eventually came to realise he was simply instructing her in the way he had been taught himself.

She said: "It was really. I had a lot of blowups of saying things because I was so frustrated with being talked to the way that I was talked to.

"But then you have to realise -- that's how they were talked to. That's how they were coached, so that's all they know. It's really hard when you're not used to that and you're not a professional dancer and this is not your career. It definitely caused a lot of conflicts."

Jana agreed: "I knew Gleb's intentions [weren't] that he was trying to be mean. He wanted to win too."

Jana, 42, recently admitted she has taken on jobs that challenge her "moral compass" in order to pay her bills.

Jana - who has Jolie, 10, and Jace, seven, with ex-husband Mike Caussin, as well as Roman, two, with current husband Allan Russell - told Fox News Digital: "There's definitely some things, some ads that I'm like, 'Oh, I wish I could have gone back and maybe not done that ad,' but you know, you learn and you go back and you go, 'All right, I'm not gonna do that one again,' you know?

"So sometimes when you gotta pay that child support cheque, it's just like, 'Well, this is a good cheque money. I'm gonna take this.'"

Asked if she was referring to a commercial in which she promoted a sex toy, Jana replied: "It's OK, honestly it is what it is.

"I'm not gonna do it again, like you know what I mean? Like I'm like, OK, I'm good now, like, you know? Like we're good, we're levelling up to a different [place], you know?"

Jana has occasionally comprised her values because she needs to provide for her family.

She said: "I am a sole provider, where I have a lot of pressure on my shoulders to provide for my kids. And so I think that piece of it sometimes outweighs my moral compass."