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Speaker 1: You're listening to Jojossua Now with me Jojo Siua and

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Speaker 1: iHeartRadio podcast. Oh boy, welcome back to Jojasa Now my podcast.

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Speaker 2: I just wanna say, first of all, thank you so

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Speaker 2: much for all of.

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Speaker 1: The love on Jojo Sea Now. It has been insane.

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Speaker 1: This podcast is new.

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Speaker 2: It's new for me.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I've done a billion people's podcasts, but to

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Speaker 1: now have my own and for it to just be

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Speaker 1: getting so much love and support means the absolute world

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Speaker 1: to me.

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Speaker 2: So thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Anyways, if you're new here, I am Jojo Sia and

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Speaker 1: about two years ago I got to meet one of

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Speaker 1: my best friends in the entire world.

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Speaker 2: I got to meet her.

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Speaker 1: Because we were the first ever same sex couple to

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Speaker 1: be on Dancing with the Stars. It was pretty cool

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Speaker 1: and normally, you know, there's a guy pro and a

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Speaker 1: girl star or a girl pro and a guy star,

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Speaker 1: but we were the first female female duo.

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Speaker 2: And so today I am joined by one of.

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Speaker 1: My favorite people in the world, Miss Jenna Johnson. We

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Speaker 1: are about to go down memory lane. It's so hard

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Speaker 1: and I'm so excited.

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Speaker 2: Jannah, how are you. I'm good, I'm great. Yeah, I

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Speaker 2: just became a mom, I guess not just he's nine

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Speaker 2: I'm a new mommy. I'm on Dancing with the Stars

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Speaker 2: right now, so I feel like there's a lot of

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Speaker 2: chaos going on while I'm adjusting to this new life.

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Speaker 2: But I love every second of it. It's amazing. Has

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Speaker 2: it been strange having a season being a mom. It's

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Speaker 2: a little strange because I usually know what to expect

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Speaker 2: during the season when it's just by myself and with Val,

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Speaker 2: but trying to manage being a good mom and not

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Speaker 2: feeling guilty being away from him, like all of those

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Speaker 2: things are hard, which I knew I would feel some

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Speaker 2: been really good for me to be back, and I

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Speaker 2: feel like then when I come home, I'm so much

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Speaker 2: more present and I'm more productive with my time, and

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Speaker 2: he just makes any bad rehearsal a good night, a

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Speaker 2: great day, you know. So, oh my, your baby is

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Speaker 2: just the cutest. I'm obsesseding.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk about Rome a bunch more, but I just

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Speaker 1: anyone who doesn't know Dancing with the Stars, the pros

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Speaker 1: on the show are, I mean, so.

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Speaker 2: Committed y'all are in. I remember.

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Speaker 1: I remember it was the first week of my season,

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Speaker 1: and then I actually like abused this a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I used to call you after rehearsals and like ask

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Speaker 1: something or be be curious about something, and I'd be

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Speaker 1: like'm sorry for about you after, like we're working, and

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Speaker 1: you always said you were like no, like because I

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Speaker 1: on a date or whatever. But you used to be like, no,

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Speaker 1: it's the season, Like you worem up. My partner is

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Speaker 2: You felt it when you're in the season of Dancing

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Speaker 2: with the Stars. You're in this bubble. There is nothing

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Speaker 2: like it. They're like, truly, nothing can burst that bubble

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Speaker 2: because you're so focused, so committed, and especially when you're

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Speaker 2: having a season like we did time committed. Yes, we're

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Speaker 2: didn't know I was going to eventually become like a therapist,

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Speaker 2: texting me videos and asking me about your frame or something,

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Speaker 2: We'll talk before we get into dancing with the stars.

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Speaker 1: I like to talk to people because this podcast Jojosuwan

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Speaker 1: now is all about who you are now, but how

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Speaker 1: so I want to go back to little baby Jenna

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Speaker 1: seventy five days in a.

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Speaker 1: Do you remember when I came up to your house

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Speaker 1: Anyways, take me back to Jenna in Utah growing up.

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Speaker 1: What was your early like ten and underlife?

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Speaker 3: So I know, wild no one loves dance like Jenna No,

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Speaker 1: Was it weird to experience that feeling as you were

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Speaker 2: How did you start Stars? It was so wild. I

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Speaker 2: that was I feel like I've had a lot of

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Speaker 2: because I'm looking at people that you know, my peers

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Speaker 2: it's way the TV cameras. She was teaching me about

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Speaker 1: There's no book. There's no book on how to do TV.

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Speaker 2: Max Max Max on Wizards.

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Speaker 1: Oh I did. I just saw that. I did just

438
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Speaker 1: see that, Cliff I knew this. Yeah, I just saw

439
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Speaker 1: that cliff on TikTok and I was like, no.

440
00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,480
Speaker 2: Way, she was with Max Brusso. I think they wanted

441
00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:08,400
Speaker 2: us to be like that young in love. It wasn't happening. No, No,

442
00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,960
Speaker 2: I was in love with a pro a bro. Were

443
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Speaker 2: you alone? It's crazy His name starts with the and

444
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Speaker 2: that's with al Nope.

445
00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:23,080
Speaker 1: Not ringing about not ringout Max. Yeah, Max is Bell's brother.

446
00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:35,040
Speaker 1: Valan Jenna. I wish everyone in the world could see

447
00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:38,679
Speaker 1: you guys, Like the way that Valan Jenna are with

448
00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,840
Speaker 1: each other is like the relationship I want, but not

449
00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:42,480
Speaker 1: with a man.

450
00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,840
Speaker 2: Like I just I see you to it. I'm just

451
00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,320
Speaker 2: like I want that. I want that. Me and Ezra

452
00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:49,520
Speaker 2: talk about that all the time.

453
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Speaker 1: Ezra, who is my best friend who John actually introduced us,

454
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Speaker 1: even though when we she introduced us.

455
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Speaker 2: She introduced him as his brother. Do you remember that, oh,

456
00:21:58,760 --> 00:21:59,399
Speaker 2: as my brother?

457
00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:05,560
Speaker 1: No brother, You were like, this is Tristan and I'm fired.

458
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Speaker 3: No.

459
00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,000
Speaker 1: We and az a door you We we we make

460
00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:11,520
Speaker 1: the joke all the time, but it's not a joke.

461
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,280
Speaker 1: We're like the whole bane of our friendship is based

462
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Speaker 1: around our love for you.

463
00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:16,640
Speaker 2: Like that's why we.

464
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,760
Speaker 1: Became friends, because we were both mutually obsessed with Dancing

465
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Speaker 1: with the Stars and have the same love for you.

466
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Speaker 1: Like it's it's great. We also he told me as

467
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Speaker 1: a shocker, who is also I mean, he's a he's

468
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Speaker 1: a He's not a pro on Dancing with the Stars.

469
00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,080
Speaker 1: It's not fair to call him that yet, but he

470
00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,280
Speaker 1: is well, he will be a pro and dancing with

471
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Speaker 1: the Stars. He filled in this season as a pro

472
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Speaker 1: for Ardam. When Ardam was sick.

473
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Speaker 2: He did troop.

474
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Speaker 1: He did he's been, he's in the he's in the

475
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Speaker 1: bubble and he he will be a pro. Were putting

476
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Speaker 1: that out there, but anyways, we him and I were

477
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,720
Speaker 1: just talking and he was like, Oh, I'm gonna go

478
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Speaker 1: to Utah, shocker.

479
00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,960
Speaker 2: He's from Utah. And I was.

480
00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:56,199
Speaker 1: Like, I'm gonna go to Utah and then I can

481
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Speaker 1: like see all like the like famous things as see

482
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Speaker 1: ce like whatever you want to see there, and he goes,

483
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Speaker 1: I can tell you where Jenna grew up. That was

484
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 1: my I was like, I was like thinking, maybe like

485
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Speaker 1: your house. I was in the studio your house. Yeah,

486
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Speaker 1: We're gonna go to Jenna Johnson's house. I was like, guys,

487
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,720
Speaker 1: are welcome. My mom would love us, Like, okay, I

488
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:18,360
Speaker 1: want to go hang out with all your little nieces

489
00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,359
Speaker 1: and I love your mom. Your family's just the best.

490
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Speaker 1: All let's let's let's transition. So you do you do

491
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Speaker 1: Dancing with the Stars?

492
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Speaker 2: You have you?

493
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Speaker 1: I mean, you've had some incredible partners. I truthfully, before

494
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,360
Speaker 1: before I did the show, I knew about the show,

495
00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:41,280
Speaker 1: but it didn't follow along as much as I should have,

496
00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,520
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, I didn't really understand the like,

497
00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,880
Speaker 1: but I do remember like hearing about you and your pros.

498
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Speaker 2: I remember when Adam did it, I remember when Neve

499
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,320
Speaker 2: did it. Like I didn't even like I didn't, but

500
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,280
Speaker 2: I just like you were you. You were always kind

501
00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:56,320
Speaker 2: of the talk of the town.

502
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Speaker 1: What okay, I want to do like a little rapid

503
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Speaker 1: fire because I feel like I feel like I just

504
00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:04,360
Speaker 1: want to like get these out of here.

505
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:05,679
Speaker 2: You cannot use me.

506
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,160
Speaker 1: I don't know if I would be any of these answers,

507
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,960
Speaker 1: but because I'm sitting right here, you cannot use me

508
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,880
Speaker 1: because I will either get bruly offended or my ego

509
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:13,560
Speaker 1: will get boosted, and I don't want either.

510
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:16,240
Speaker 2: Sons Jojo.

511
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:21,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, But just like rapid Fire, your stars that you've

512
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:25,080
Speaker 1: been partnered with, who was the most fun to rehearse with?

513
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,760
Speaker 1: Not necessarily the best, but the most fun, Like you

514
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:28,920
Speaker 1: just knew you're gonna have a good time.

515
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:34,640
Speaker 2: Adam Adam Rippon. We just connected so quickly and easily,

516
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,080
Speaker 2: and when I tell you that, we laughed from beginning

517
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,040
Speaker 2: to the end of the rehearsal. If anybody knows him

518
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,360
Speaker 2: or follows him, he is probably one of the funniest

519
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,040
Speaker 2: people I've ever met. But he was just so down

520
00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:49,560
Speaker 2: to earth. I had no ego, wanted just to be

521
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,639
Speaker 2: there and have a good time, and we just vibed.

522
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Speaker 2: I love it.

523
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Speaker 1: Who was your your underdog story? Who were you like,

524
00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,199
Speaker 1: Oh God, oh God, go But then you're like, you

525
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:01,720
Speaker 1: got there.

526
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,080
Speaker 2: Oh. I don't know if we ever got there, but

527
00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,800
Speaker 2: we did make it to the semifinals. No, he's one

528
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,800
Speaker 2: of my favorite people, Joe Mobley, and I also had

529
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,680
Speaker 2: such a great time rehearsing with him. He was so bad,

530
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,639
Speaker 2: so bad at dancing, and he knows that, he knows that,

531
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,320
Speaker 2: but he never give up. Yeah, first of all, and

532
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,199
Speaker 2: night one forgot all of his routine. No premiere night

533
00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:29,919
Speaker 2: forgot all of the routine. I think we got threes

534
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:33,240
Speaker 2: or four no, which I'd never seen on my time

535
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,119
Speaker 2: in Dancing with the Stars. And then no joke, we

536
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,679
Speaker 2: made it to the semifinals, and it was because he

537
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,359
Speaker 2: was so likable. No ego, would just take it and

538
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,840
Speaker 2: he would try his bed and that's all you can

539
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,360
Speaker 2: that's all you can ask for, and was so kind

540
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 2: and sweet to me. We actually have the same birthday.

541
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,720
Speaker 2: Shout out, Joe Mathley, I love you so much. But yeah,

542
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,080
Speaker 2: so I that was like kind of my underdog story.

543
00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,680
Speaker 2: But also I guess I could kind of putne even there.

544
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Speaker 2: I wouldn't say he was an underdog because I think

545
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,200
Speaker 2: that he he did have a little bit of dance experience,

546
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Speaker 2: but I don't think anyone was expecting him to go far,

547
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 2: and I don't think anyone was expecting us to create

548
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:12,760
Speaker 2: what we did and we ended up getting second.

549
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Speaker 1: So did incredible you have a sermed at residence yet

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Speaker 1: that second place spot get.

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Speaker 2: Me out of there on the left side as well

552
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Speaker 2: on the stairs and that next season if.

553
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Speaker 1: You are, if you are that pit real quick semale

554
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Speaker 1: fun So oh.

555
00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 2: Okay, okay?

556
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Speaker 1: Who who was your Like you knew you could just

557
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:36,720
Speaker 1: make a bomb dance with like either they can stand

558
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,880
Speaker 1: there and like chuck you and throw you and catch you.

559
00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:41,320
Speaker 1: I mean, it's not the stuff you just did a

560
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Speaker 1: Tyson what? I was like, No, that was fun because.

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Speaker 2: I haven't had somebody that I could be like, can

562
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,040
Speaker 2: you just chuck me above your head? And he was

563
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,159
Speaker 2: like sure, what do you mean the eighteen year old female?

564
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:56,439
Speaker 2: Wasn't that you were down to attempt? Whether it happened

565
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,200
Speaker 2: or not, was now I could now I could now

566
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Speaker 2: it would be sick. So Tyson Beckford was fun because

567
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,800
Speaker 2: I really felt like I could be He was a

568
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:06,480
Speaker 2: jungle gym. I was just like, can you let me

569
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:07,840
Speaker 2: move over end? And he was like yeah, I was

570
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:09,040
Speaker 2: like can you hold me upside down?

571
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:09,600
Speaker 3: Yeah?

572
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,560
Speaker 2: He was. He was so sweet and fun about it,

573
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,679
Speaker 2: But obviously I would say you like that was the

574
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,600
Speaker 2: first time where I I always came prepared. But if

575
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 2: I didn't come prepared with choreography, I knew that we

576
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,600
Speaker 2: could fumble around and make something worse. I don't think

577
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,679
Speaker 2: you came prepared when we did feedback. No, that was

578
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:36,159
Speaker 2: definitely in the room. No, it was just a lift.

579
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 2: It was because again I didn't know what we could

580
00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,399
Speaker 2: do and salsa, and I knew that we needed to

581
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,280
Speaker 2: throw something crazy, so we attempted some headstack. You did

582
00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:44,960
Speaker 2: you did wrap feedback.

583
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:49,359
Speaker 1: Because I remember you prepped feedback with Ezra and yeah,

584
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,400
Speaker 1: so Jenna, Jenna came into one of our rehearsals and

585
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,719
Speaker 1: and we did we did this actually is gonna lead

586
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 1: me pretty pretty solidly into my memories Unlocked game. But

587
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,680
Speaker 1: she came into our rehearsals and she was like, let's

588
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,679
Speaker 1: get the mad out. And anytime the mad out it

589
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,800
Speaker 1: was like, oh dear gosh, here we go, thinking we're gonna.

590
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:10,159
Speaker 2: Do some left drive. She's like, can you do a headstand? Yeah, okay,

591
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:14,359
Speaker 2: preps this. I'm an artist. Artists should make mistakes. This

592
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 2: was a big mistake on my head. This is a

593
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:17,320
Speaker 2: very big mistake.

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00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 1: The concept was there because kids now in the convention, Well,

595
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,400
Speaker 1: do do these really cool headstand tricks where they headstand spin,

596
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:27,119
Speaker 1: split straddle flip like they do these, But me and

597
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,760
Speaker 1: Jenna we like it.

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00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 2: Just it wasn't about to happen. We're gonna have to

599
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,359
Speaker 2: share this video so everyone can just witness absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Jenna was like, all right, we're gonna go headstand, straddle

601
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 1: through laid back. I was like, Okay, we look absolutely

602
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 1: so stupid.

603
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 2: We look like we're mini's like trying to do We

604
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:48,920
Speaker 2: look like in.

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00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 1: The back of the convention around like that's what we

606
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:53,160
Speaker 1: looked like so bad?

607
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 2: Well, here was the thing. I was like, we hadn't

608
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 2: really done the lifts yet. Yeah, and I knew that

609
00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 2: we needed to like have really shut out or whatever.

610
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 2: So I was like, okay, well if we can't lift

611
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 2: each other, like we can probably do headstans together. Bad idea.

612
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 2: It didn't happen, and you did lift me that routine

613
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:17,920
Speaker 2: that week. I lifted upside down, cross side down, you knowdle,

614
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Speaker 2: We did the opening lift. Yes, there was a lot

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Speaker 2: that week.

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Speaker 1: Oh my god, we're gonna get into the lists because

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Speaker 1: I have a lot of lift memories, a lot of

618
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 1: lift thoughts.

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Speaker 2: We got a lot more to talk about. I feel

620
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Speaker 2: like we're gonna have to do part two to this.

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Speaker 1: Uh so I'm gonna I'm gonna pause this round of

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Speaker 1: the podcast here and uh you and I are gonna

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Speaker 1: start chatting some more. But everybody listening, you're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to go check out Part two to hear the rest.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening, everybody. Be sure to

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Speaker 1: follow us on Instagram and TikTok at Jojosa Now Podcast.

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