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Speaker 1: Hey guys, and this week we have a very fun,

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Speaker 1: exciting guest. Some of you might have seen him on

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Speaker 1: Dancing with the Stars. Sasha, Welcome to casual chaos.

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Speaker 2: I'm scared.

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Speaker 3: It's like chaos that scares me a little bit, but

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Speaker 3: I'm so happy to be here.

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Speaker 4: No, it's a good thing.

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Speaker 1: It basically is like because life can be chaotic at times,

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Speaker 1: but you I do it in a very casual way.

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Speaker 1: So life is throws a bunch of things at you,

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Speaker 1: but you just kind of got to roll with the punches.

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Speaker 2: All right, you gotta catch him.

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Speaker 4: But so I know you're from Australia.

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Speaker 1: It's so funny you hopped on the call today and

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Speaker 1: I didn't even realize that your accent was as strong

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean when I speak to people at home like

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Speaker 3: mom and dad, although I speak Russian to them, No, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: when I speak to people at home, I feel like

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Speaker 3: it just brings it up, especially like seeing Robert like backstage,

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Speaker 3: anytime I speak to him, it was just like it

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Speaker 3: felt like, oh yeah, like you felt normal.

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Speaker 4: No for sure, and then you feel like you have

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Speaker 4: a sense.

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Speaker 2: Of home exactly. Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: But you are labeled as an Australian American dancer. But

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Speaker 1: you were born in Russia, so take us through that timeline.

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Speaker 2: Oh my goodness. Yes, So I was born in Belarus.

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Speaker 2: It's like a little town and we moved. We left

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Speaker 2: Russia because it was a little chaotic over there at

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Speaker 3: It was just best for us. My dad kind of

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Speaker 3: like me, mom sister. We just kind of went.

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Speaker 2: To Australia because my mom's sister lived in Australia and

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Speaker 2: it was the only place we could go. So we

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Speaker 2: bounced and we went to Australia, which was beautiful, and

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Speaker 2: I started dancing well.

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Speaker 3: I tried karate, I tried basketball, I tried swimming.

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Speaker 2: I feel like my fight. I mean, I know, I

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Speaker 2: look tall five six. Basketball was definitely a show that

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Speaker 2: was like that's not gonna happen.

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Speaker 3: Swimming, I feel like I was quick, but you got

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Speaker 3: to be told to swim like I would take like

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Speaker 3: fifty sixty like strokes and then the one person extit

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Speaker 3: is just going doom doom.

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Speaker 2: So it was kind of boring for me. I was

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Speaker 3: And then I tried near my school actually like the

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Speaker 3: school was gone and there was always a line of

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Speaker 3: girls like just packed and I was like, what is

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Speaker 2: So I kind of like ventured off by myself.

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Speaker 3: And it was just a borom dancing And at the time,

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Speaker 3: borum dancing was not cool, like it was like do

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Speaker 3: not borum dance? So I was like I had a

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Speaker 3: lesson and it was a group class and it was

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Speaker 3: just filled with like I want to say, twenty girls

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Speaker 3: and I was the only guy and we would learn because.

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Speaker 2: Boram is partnering, we would learn of course like a combination.

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Speaker 2: They're like okay, we got to partner up now. And then.

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Speaker 3: I would like rotate with all the girls and I

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Speaker 3: was like, wait, what is going on here? This is

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Speaker 4: And then ever since you went in you just always

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Speaker 2: Then it was I was like okay, next.

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Speaker 3: I'm like okay, okay, next, do do do? And it

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Speaker 3: was fun and it was amazing, and borum dancing, I

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Speaker 3: think also at that age, I think I was thirteen

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Speaker 3: or fourteen, it teaches you really to how to treat

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Speaker 3: taught you to be a gentleman, very quickly and it

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Speaker 3: was great, Like I feel like I matured very quickly.

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Speaker 3: But I guess going to school, you know, it wasn't

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Speaker 3: the funnest because you would always like after a competition

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Speaker 3: you would rock up like full tan, slick back hair,

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Speaker 3: and it was always like I don't know, in.

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Speaker 2: Borum dancing, I would always like we would die a

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Speaker 1: Was ballroom dance popular in Australia, although you said that

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Speaker 1: it wasn't popular back then, but there was always a

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Speaker 1: line out the door, and that's what gravitated you to

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Speaker 1: do that, like where did you where did you see

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Speaker 3: It was definitely out of school. It would be amazing

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Speaker 3: if form dancing was like a curriculum at school. They

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Speaker 3: do that in a lot of countries now, but it

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Speaker 3: definitely wasn't. And it was very expensive and it was

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Speaker 3: and then most of the time you'd be training, come home,

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Speaker 3: do your.

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Speaker 2: Homewark, go to sleep, wake up, go to school, homework,

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Speaker 2: sleep dance.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I definitely know that lifestyle when you're

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Speaker 1: younger as well. I mean, I grew up competing in

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Speaker 1: dance and gymnastics, and it takes over your entire life.

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Speaker 4: It's all.

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Speaker 1: It's all you sleep and breathe besides doing your school work.

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Speaker 4: Then you come home and you're a dance.

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Speaker 1: Or gymnastics for eight hours after school. So I totally

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Speaker 1: understand that my young my youngest sister too, was a

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Speaker 1: competitive dancer, so definitely was in the family for a

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Speaker 4: I don't know, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: If my mom had those skills going into seasons.

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Speaker 2: She was almost great. She was amazing. She is amazing.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, no, she is.

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Speaker 1: She's awesome. She gave it her all. That was it was.

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Speaker 1: It was definitely fun to watch for sure.

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Speaker 2: Wait, so you did gymnastics, dance and gymnastics. Yeah, well

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Speaker 2: level did you do in gymnastics?

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Speaker 4: I got up to level five?

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Speaker 2: Wow?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I got pretty And then once it kind of

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Speaker 1: and once you kind of got to that level, it

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Speaker 1: was kind of that time period in my life where

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Speaker 1: you had to decide if you were gonna start homeschooling

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Speaker 1: I was kind of in that weird state. But I

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I really want to be homeschooled

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Speaker 1: So then that's when I transitioned into competitive dancing, and

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Speaker 1: then I went to competitive cheerleading, and that's.

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Speaker 2: A competitive dancing. Would you ever do dancing stars?

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Speaker 4: Oh, I would love to. That's on my twenty twenty

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Speaker 4: six vision board.

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Speaker 2: Booh you know what I mean. I'm sure you got contexts.

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Speaker 4: I know my mom has to put in a word.

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Speaker 2: For me, right, Yeah, absolutely, it'd be amazing.

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Speaker 4: No, thank you. I know, maybe you could be my partner.

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Speaker 3: Let's roll, let's kick it, let's go. But we got

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Speaker 3: to see what you got first. Do you want to

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Speaker 3: do like a little demo, like.

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Speaker 1: I feel like I need a partner I this one,

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Speaker 4: I think I would be a little scared right now

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Speaker 2: What I got. I got you, I got ya, I

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Speaker 1: But you have a lengthy career and obviously competing in dance,

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Speaker 1: and you started competing in Australia. That's where your career started.

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Speaker 1: Did it start with ballroom dancing at the age of fourteen?

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Speaker 2: I feel like you've read my buyer my job. No.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I started in Australia and then I competed and

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Speaker 3: I did the World Championships. You have to be the

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Speaker 3: So got to do that. Competed, kind of did a

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Speaker 3: I got picked up to do a show called burn Floor,

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Speaker 2: Because it wasn't just a theater show. It was more

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Speaker 3: It was like the top of the top would only

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Speaker 2: We did Broadway. We were there for we were the

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Speaker 2: only boreroom show to ever do Broadway. We were there

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Speaker 3: Months, and then we got extended for nine months and

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Speaker 3: we were at the long Acre Theater. Then I got

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Speaker 3: to do the West End. We were there for I

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Speaker 3: want to say six months, and then we did a

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Speaker 3: and you do like.

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Speaker 2: It was.

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Speaker 3: It was hard, but it was a lot of fun

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Speaker 3: and it was really rewarding. And then I was playing

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Speaker 3: the Pantagious Theater here in la and one of the

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Speaker 3: directors from Dancing Stars came and they were like.

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Speaker 2: Hey, do you want to come out and do an interview?

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Speaker 2: And then I did an interview and the rest was history.

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Speaker 4: That's amazing.

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Speaker 1: So then when that show that you were talking about

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Speaker 1: in Australia, was that the Dancing with the Stars version

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Speaker 3: Okay, So I did Dancing with Stars in Australia for

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Speaker 3: one season with my partner. Then we ended up dating

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Speaker 3: theater show. This was like a Broadway show, like a

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Speaker 1: Okay, so you were you you went on tour, so

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Speaker 1: this was you went on a Broadway tour. So then

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Speaker 1: with you doing Dancing with the Stars in Australia for

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Speaker 1: that one year, that had no correlation with when then

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Speaker 1: when you landed in la.

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Speaker 2: And no, no, okay, that was just yeah.

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Speaker 3: And to be fair, I think the show in England

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Speaker 3: and America they're the biggest and like I think they

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Speaker 3: amazing because the show started in England and it's called

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Speaker 3: Strictly Come Dancing, and then it came to America and

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Speaker 3: I feel like now it's just Dancing the Stars is

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Speaker 3: you know, I just didn't do last season. I did

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Speaker 3: like two weeks of the TikTok and then actually I

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Speaker 3: was hosting Access like this is the family that you

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Speaker 3: are with Dancing Stars. I was hosting Access Hollywood in

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Speaker 3: and then they just looked up and I was hosting,

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Speaker 3: and they just tried to being like.

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Speaker 2: Hey, can you learn this opening number quickly? Just step

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Speaker 2: in for mIRC. I was like yeah, like, it didn't

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Speaker 4: Of course, a.

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Speaker 2: Little stressing to learn the number in thirty minutes, but

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Speaker 2: we eat it.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure that I would have been very stressed out.

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Speaker 1: But you're a professional, so this is you know, this.

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Speaker 4: How did you land that?

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Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, that was insane.

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Speaker 4: That's legendary.

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Speaker 4: But to perform in the Olympics, that's insane.

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Speaker 2: It was.

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Speaker 3: Karlie Minogue was one of the singers we were dancing to,

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Speaker 2: Do you know that song?

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Speaker 4: Yes? I think I actually do.

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Speaker 2: It's really all it's all like it's from Streectly Born

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Speaker 2: Like what is this? This flashes everywhere and endless people screaming.

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Speaker 4: Fun fact, I had such an honorable moment.

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Speaker 4: Full circle moment? The Olympics brought you guys together.

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Speaker 1: Everything happens for a reason in life, and that's I think.

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Speaker 4: I mean everything happens for a reason.

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Speaker 1: I mean that you clearly went through that and met

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Speaker 4: I look at that as like a full circle moment.

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Speaker 2: We just did like a section of it, which was,

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Speaker 3: I mean, she was so much fun I and she's

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Speaker 3: She supports me. I love all her stuff. I always

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Speaker 3: So we would have to do a show and then

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Speaker 2: Because it's all the way in New York, like you

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Speaker 3: You wouldn't sleep on plane, so we would miss a

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Speaker 3: But I remember we would be doing that a lot,

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Speaker 2: And meet the fam. You feel like you're part of

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Speaker 3: But then there was a time where I think we

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Speaker 3: I was like, I got her, don't worry. Rehearsal starts.

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Speaker 3: She's a little late. I was like, snookes were I

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Speaker 2: I was like, my god, where are And she's like

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Speaker 2: I'm coming. I'm like, I'm sorry, I'm going late. And

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Speaker 4: She getting a laser treatment.

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Speaker 2: She comes in with, Oh my goodness, what's her friend's name? Jay?

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Speaker 2: She comes into Jay, She comes in laughing. I was like, babe,

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Speaker 2: where are She's like, we got tattoos? I was like,

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Speaker 2: his dad's gonna kill me. But she was just so

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Speaker 2: much fun. And I think what you see like she's

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Speaker 2: She will always be on your side no matter what happens.

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Speaker 2: She's great. We speak a lot.

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Speaker 4: Oh that's amazing.

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Speaker 2: She does for regular chickens with me.

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Speaker 1: Now you get to like always hold a close spond.

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Speaker 2: Are you writing this down?

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Speaker 4: I'm I'm it's all right here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so's it's so much fun.

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Speaker 2: It is so much fun.

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Speaker 3: And I think the key is to never stress your

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Speaker 2: Sometimes you can get the whole dance not to music,

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Speaker 3: They switch because there's a lot of couples on Tuesday

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Speaker 2: Why did you help?

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Speaker 4: That's funny that you guys call it heart to Hearts.

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Speaker 2: Which is the full dance. Now if your partner doesn't know,

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Speaker 3: And then from that day on you have Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday,

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Speaker 3: What Yeah, well, hopefully next season you'll be there. And

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Speaker 2: You can look there.

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Speaker 2: And then Monday is sorry, Tuesday is the show.

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Speaker 3: And that's like you come in and it's the live

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Speaker 4: Many hours would you say for what that?

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Speaker 3: Oh well, you're allowed for out, You're allowed four hours

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Speaker 4: Oh so you're there. You're restricted a little bit.

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Speaker 2: You're a little restricted.

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Speaker 3: Officially, you're allowed four hours a day. And then the

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Speaker 3: longer you go into the competition, the more hours you're

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Speaker 2: Two dances, then you get a team dance.

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Speaker 3: It really is like a journey, and I think you

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Speaker 3: and do this and do that. It's just it really

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Speaker 3: with like people around you. The person you're dancing with

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Speaker 1: Now you have to though you could. Your performance is

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I remember dancing with Selma Blair.

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00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:37,200
Speaker 1: I I was going to bring up your partners too,

448
00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:42,560
Speaker 1: because you've had some incredible partners like Simon Biles, Tanya Harding,

449
00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:46,159
Speaker 1: and obviously Selma Blair. She was on my mom's season

450
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:50,800
Speaker 1: and she like broke my heart but also warmed it

451
00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:54,320
Speaker 1: every week like she was absolutely incredible.

452
00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:55,879
Speaker 4: But can continue.

453
00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,359
Speaker 2: No, I was trying to figure out what season your

454
00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:00,520
Speaker 2: mom was on, so Sealm.

455
00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:01,520
Speaker 4: Sairy thirty one.

456
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh my god, wait, I remember your mom coming

457
00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:08,720
Speaker 2: to the tour? Yeah? Did you come?

458
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:11,520
Speaker 4: I don't know if I came to the tour.

459
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:13,640
Speaker 2: We were in Mahagen's Sun.

460
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:16,280
Speaker 4: Maybe I did.

461
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,280
Speaker 1: Yes, I did. I did, yes, And that's where I

462
00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,480
Speaker 1: met Emma. I met you, Yes, I did.

463
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:22,120
Speaker 4: I did.

464
00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:25,960
Speaker 2: You don't remember me dancing on stage? I didn't like

465
00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:26,880
Speaker 2: full focus.

466
00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:31,560
Speaker 4: What, yes, of course I have memory loss. Listen, I

467
00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:33,440
Speaker 4: barely remember. That's going to be dancing.

468
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:38,080
Speaker 2: That's going to be great for dancing. You got it? Yeah, amazing,

469
00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:39,520
Speaker 2: Let's do it again. What was that?

470
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, We'll do it again a hundred times until I'm

471
00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:44,160
Speaker 1: doing it in my sleep.

472
00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,840
Speaker 2: I'm going to be amazing. You'd be amazing. Yeah, that

473
00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,400
Speaker 2: was such a special season.

474
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:55,560
Speaker 3: And that's one thing that I was I did like

475
00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,359
Speaker 3: an interview because there's some we're going to do some

476
00:23:58,400 --> 00:23:59,520
Speaker 3: fun stuff with SMS.

477
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:00,600
Speaker 2: I'll get into it.

478
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:08,480
Speaker 3: But it was so incredibly rewarding because with their mess,

479
00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,240
Speaker 3: you didn't know, and a lot of people didn't see

480
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:15,359
Speaker 3: our packages, like you didn't know. Just a step to

481
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,800
Speaker 3: the side, how hard it would be for her body

482
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,719
Speaker 3: and her brain. It would cease, it would stop, she

483
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,000
Speaker 3: wouldn't be able to talk. But what was beautiful was

484
00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,439
Speaker 3: one she explained to me, like I turned it to

485
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:33,600
Speaker 3: her walking stick, I turned into her cane because I

486
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,560
Speaker 3: would always choreograph stuff where I would always be holding

487
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,959
Speaker 3: one hand or two hands depending. I would never let

488
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:44,480
Speaker 3: her stand alone. It just I would never do that, so.

489
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:45,760
Speaker 2: I would always have support.

490
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:49,359
Speaker 3: And while we were dancing, she was fine, but the

491
00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,760
Speaker 3: second we would stop, she would go into having trouble

492
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,119
Speaker 3: to talk or she would have to We would finish

493
00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,000
Speaker 3: a dance and she would freeze and she would just

494
00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,159
Speaker 3: tuck down to the floor and I'm like, are you okay?

495
00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,399
Speaker 3: And she would try to explain to me, but she

496
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:07,560
Speaker 3: wouldn't be able to talk. And then when like a

497
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,719
Speaker 3: minute or two would go by, she would explain, I

498
00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,360
Speaker 3: have to go down and squat because the message from

499
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,840
Speaker 3: my brain to the bottom is quicker because it's compacted.

500
00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,679
Speaker 3: So sometimes like that was scary the first episode. I

501
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,680
Speaker 3: was like, what if she goes into like a fit.

502
00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,160
Speaker 2: Or I don't know what would happen.

503
00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,440
Speaker 3: It's a live show, and it was just so beautiful

504
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,960
Speaker 3: that she got through the dance. There was only once,

505
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,159
Speaker 3: I think week one where she lost complete feeling of

506
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,240
Speaker 3: her left leg was we were dancing and she was going,

507
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:44,239
Speaker 3: but it was just dangling because she lost movement. But

508
00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,640
Speaker 3: we were talking the other day of how ballroom dancing

509
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:53,439
Speaker 3: in particular can really help with MS because you're learning

510
00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,000
Speaker 3: to move, but you're being led, and I think that's

511
00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:02,000
Speaker 3: the difference of something where you're being led. Therefore, why

512
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:06,400
Speaker 3: is something that is so beautiful when you're being led

513
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:08,040
Speaker 3: can help MS.

514
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 2: So it was kind of really really cool. And we

515
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,800
Speaker 2: were talking about she wants to do like one dance,

516
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,359
Speaker 2: like one big epic dance with like she wants to

517
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,959
Speaker 2: fly and people carry her and move. So we're going

518
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:24,359
Speaker 2: to do that.

519
00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 4: That's incredible.

520
00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,280
Speaker 2: Soon we're just figuring out the logistics of everything.

521
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:33,640
Speaker 3: And filming and what show. But yeah, I think she

522
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,280
Speaker 3: It was so beautiful and the amount of people, I

523
00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,800
Speaker 3: kid you not, it was so beautiful. The amount of

524
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,440
Speaker 3: people that on the street that would stop and be like,

525
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,800
Speaker 3: my mother has MS, or my father has a MS,

526
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 3: or I lost my mother to MS or lost my father.

527
00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:55,639
Speaker 3: It was so inspiring to see Selma do what she did.

528
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,159
Speaker 3: And unfortunately, yes, she had to pull out of the

529
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:05,520
Speaker 3: competition because she she she'd sometimes with MS losers feeling

530
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 3: in her left leg and what would happen.

531
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,120
Speaker 2: She would be dancing on it because there's no feelings.

532
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 3: She wouldn't feel the injuries until she would get home

533
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 3: to bed and she'd call me at like two three

534
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,240
Speaker 3: am crying like in pain, and I'm like, what do

535
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,760
Speaker 3: we do? And then the next day she wouldn't have

536
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 3: full feelings so she wouldn't feel the pain. So then

537
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,040
Speaker 3: we it got pretty bad and she went to the

538
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,919
Speaker 3: doctor and the doctor's like, you have like six to

539
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 3: seven tears and just that side. If you keep if

540
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:38,480
Speaker 3: you fall, you're like just to stumble, and you fall

541
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,439
Speaker 3: on that hip, your life is over. And she's got

542
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,399
Speaker 3: a beautiful kid, and she's like, it's not worth it,

543
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 3: like for me to ruin my life.

544
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,160
Speaker 2: So she had to take the time off. But it's

545
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 2: exciting to get to work with her again.

546
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:53,520
Speaker 3: I mean, she's my name, but I see her like

547
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,399
Speaker 3: on the daily. I'd be driven by dropping off a

548
00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:00,840
Speaker 3: coffee tour. But it's going to be exciting because she's

549
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 3: so driven and so excited. We saw each other and

550
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,639
Speaker 3: we did like a fun little dance video on social

551
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,440
Speaker 3: and then the amount of feedback it got like two

552
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 3: million views and like no time. So I'm excited for

553
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 3: that and we have each other's backs. Like I would

554
00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,680
Speaker 3: text her. This was actually like three days ago.

555
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,919
Speaker 2: I'd text her and she didn't reply, and I'm like

556
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,200
Speaker 2: and she always like and I'm like cool, text her again,

557
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 2: no reply. I was like, this, okay, she must be

558
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:30,280
Speaker 2: filming and called her no reply.

559
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 3: I was like So I drove by her house, knocked

560
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,399
Speaker 3: on the door and like rang the buzzer and I

561
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,240
Speaker 3: heard Pit, her little dog. It was like bark, and

562
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:44,080
Speaker 3: I was like, Oh, if Scout, her service animal, is there,

563
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,200
Speaker 3: that's scary because.

564
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,680
Speaker 2: What if she felt Like just that goes through your head.

565
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:50,959
Speaker 3: I'm like, what if she fell? What like she had

566
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,840
Speaker 3: a seizure or what's going on? So it's Scout didn't bark,

567
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,080
Speaker 3: which means he's not home or is he home? And

568
00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,160
Speaker 3: he's just lying next to her, Like all these things

569
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:03,320
Speaker 3: are like going through my f So then I call

570
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 3: another person like, hey, have you spoken to someone like

571
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,000
Speaker 3: I'm trying to knock and he's like, no, I haven't spoken.

572
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,400
Speaker 3: Twin a second, I was like, well, I'm I don't

573
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,640
Speaker 3: know what's going on. She usually answers straight away, and

574
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,280
Speaker 3: I know, like Summer and I are like the studio

575
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 3: city mayors. We know every coffee shop and we're like

576
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 3: So I was like, so I did like a little

577
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 3: drive around and I see like the paparazzi taking photos

578
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,000
Speaker 3: and I'm like, and I see some walking out of

579
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 3: the nail cellon and I was like, oh, she's fine.

580
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 1: I was going to kill her so then I know

581
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 1: if you said to her, don't ever not answer me

582
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 1: again because you were scared of the living Oh yeah,

583
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 1: the life out of me.

584
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 2: She called me, She's like, I'm so sorry. I forgot

585
00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 2: my phone at home. I went to the nails.

586
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 3: I walked to the nail cellon and then I couldn't

587
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,600
Speaker 3: get back. So a friend of mine was there was

588
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 3: dropping me off and then we started talking some so

589
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:58,280
Speaker 3: so I was like Jesus, She's like, yes, I'm okay,

590
00:29:58,520 --> 00:29:59,720
Speaker 3: we're good, blah blahlah.

591
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,560
Speaker 1: I was okay, No, But that's amazing and the fact

592
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 1: that you know, you were there for her within those

593
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 1: moments and you just wanted to make sure she was okay,

594
00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,040
Speaker 1: Like that's a friend that you're gonna have forever.

595
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,120
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, and she does the same for me.

596
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 4: Yeah. No, that's incredible.

597
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,120
Speaker 1: And I mean even her just saying to you that

598
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 1: you were like her walking stick, and you could you

599
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 1: could just see the support that you gave her, and

600
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: it was just so beautiful to watch because you also

601
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,960
Speaker 1: made her see such a bigger light and you know,

602
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 1: showed her so much that she was capable of doing,

603
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 1: and it was really beautiful to watch.

604
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 4: You guys, made an amazing team.

605
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 2: Wow, thank you. Yeah, it was definitely one of the

606
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,600
Speaker 2: most rewarded seasons because coming into a rehearsal on that

607
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:49,040
Speaker 2: like Tuesday, you don't know or she said, Amanda, I

608
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 2: forgot which day. It wasn't that season, but you don't

609
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 2: know what to expect, or like she would take four

610
00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 2: steps forward and you're like wow, like and then just

611
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 2: six steps back and you're like you can't question why

612
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 2: because it's like she's a miracle. Yeah.

613
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 1: Also, you also have to be such a you know,

614
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:12,840
Speaker 1: empathetic person to really sit there and be there with

615
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 1: her and your patience level as well, and just to

616
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,360
Speaker 1: really just watch her and teach her and guide her

617
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 1: through each thing, because I mean for you as a

618
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:27,160
Speaker 1: professional obviously, you know, sometimes being with these celebrities, it's hard,

619
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 1: especially if maybe we're not that good at dance, or

620
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 1: we're a little older, or we don't have the capabilities

621
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:37,280
Speaker 1: that you know, you guys do, and so the patience

622
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 1: that you must have had, and you know with her

623
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 1: as well, it was probably so frustrating for her to

624
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 1: just know that she wants to do it, but unfortunately

625
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 1: like things were stopping her that we're out of her

626
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,600
Speaker 1: control so on both of your sides.

627
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 3: Really, it takes a lot, and that's why I'm excited

628
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 3: to do another piece with her, to just give her

629
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 3: something that she should.

630
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 2: I just see her flying.

631
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,800
Speaker 3: I want like a group of dancers with her and

632
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,880
Speaker 3: flipping her and making sure that she's not touching the

633
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 3: ground where she doesn't have to do much.

634
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 2: So I'm excited about that. That'll be fun.

635
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 4: Who would you say your most dedicated partner was?

636
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 2: Oh, come on, that's hard.

637
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 3: I feel like everyone has their own their own battles

638
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 3: and their own things that they want out of the competition.

639
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 2: You know, Like I d answered Tanya Harding, and my

640
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,360
Speaker 2: goal was to make America fall in love with her again.

641
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:36,760
Speaker 2: You know.

642
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 3: She came in and was very The feedback was, you know,

643
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,280
Speaker 3: it was kind of like an Anna Delvey.

644
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:49,000
Speaker 2: Situation, and I was like, how do I Okay?

645
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 3: This is a strategy that I want to play because

646
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 3: I loved Tanya Harding.

647
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 2: She's such a trooper and when you get to meet her, like,

648
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 2: she was just so pozzi. It eve been grateful and

649
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:06,680
Speaker 2: I remember just having so seeing her so excited, seeing

650
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:12,080
Speaker 2: her so like builded that confidence up again. I think

651
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 2: like my goal was to make America fall in love

652
00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,200
Speaker 2: with her. And we made the final, which was like

653
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 2: insane and I'll never forget it. I was like, it

654
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:26,040
Speaker 2: was the end. It was the end, the finals, and

655
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:30,360
Speaker 2: we have two dances. That's that episode and I just

656
00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 2: finished one and I was like, Okay, go home now

657
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:39,280
Speaker 2: you can rest. I'm gonna start prepping this freestyle. And

658
00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 2: she's like, oh, you're the best, thank you so much.

659
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,040
Speaker 2: And I'm so excited and this and that, like, oh,

660
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 2: what song are we doing? Like because I asked a

661
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:51,959
Speaker 2: favorite song? And I remember when I was because with her,

662
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 2: I had to travel too, and she's like, come and

663
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 2: watch me sing karaoke and I was like, okay, let's go.

664
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:01,640
Speaker 2: And I was like is it close. She's like yeah yeah,

665
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 2: but it was like an hour drive somewhere. I was like,

666
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:05,720
Speaker 2: are we there yet?

667
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:10,280
Speaker 3: And we get there and she sang and her husband

668
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,880
Speaker 3: sang and she was like at first.

669
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 2: It was a great I was petrified and.

670
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 3: I was like, oh, we can use this if we

671
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:20,360
Speaker 3: like wherever we get to it and listen.

672
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:21,839
Speaker 2: I was like, Tanya Harding, I'm going.

673
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:25,799
Speaker 3: To be out like week one like an Adelby, But

674
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,399
Speaker 3: I wanted to make America fall Love, and it wasn't

675
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:32,120
Speaker 3: more about the competition. It was about making sure that

676
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,360
Speaker 3: Tanya has a second chance.

677
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,880
Speaker 4: And I was entitled to that, that's for sure.

678
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 3: And there was a lot of hate and there was

679
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:42,800
Speaker 3: a lot of this, but by the end of it,

680
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 3: people really loved her.

681
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:50,800
Speaker 2: And I remember, I'm not gonna say something.

682
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 4: I could.

683
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 2: I got nothing. I got nothing.

684
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 3: And I remember like pressing the song for her and

685
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 3: she just started like jumping up and so excited, and

686
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 3: I was just like, this is gonna be epic. We're

687
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,840
Speaker 3: gonna make this epic, and we did. Like that was

688
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 3: one of my favorite freestyles. We had a good time.

689
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:12,680
Speaker 4: That's amazing. Which partner of yours did you have the

690
00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:13,520
Speaker 4: most fun with?

691
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:20,680
Speaker 2: What is this You're killing me? I don't know. I

692
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:24,319
Speaker 2: feel like every partner has their own things, like you

693
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,359
Speaker 2: know what I mean. Like with Selmur it was it

694
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,560
Speaker 2: was so rewarding and beautiful, and with someone else, you know,

695
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,800
Speaker 2: they have their own challenges, and I think, like I would.

696
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:36,840
Speaker 4: Say, Nicole, you probably had the most fun with.

697
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 3: We had a lot of fun with Nicole. We definitely

698
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 3: had a lot of fun on Nicole. Ali Brooke was amazing.

699
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,520
Speaker 3: We had a lot of fun with her. That was

700
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:53,800
Speaker 3: a fun freestyle too. Were in the final. Alison Hannigan

701
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 3: was great. We definitely, you know, we still speak. She's amazing.

702
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 2: She checks up. She usually calls me on the way

703
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 2: to school to drop the kids off.

704
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 1: That.

705
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:09,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I think, like, it's so hard to say,

706
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 3: who's your favorite part of because you built such a bond.

707
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,919
Speaker 3: I mean just seeing herm a chatter was great too.

708
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,320
Speaker 3: I'm just standing all the finals.

709
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,000
Speaker 2: That I made, all of these.

710
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 3: So my biles actually sims. I speak to her a lot.

711
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,840
Speaker 3: She always comes here. We always catch up for dinner.

712
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 3: Like last time she came, we went for coffee and

713
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:35,480
Speaker 3: I dropped off at the airport. I didn't want to

714
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 3: catch an uber because I just find it like weird,

715
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:39,840
Speaker 3: it's scary.

716
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:41,400
Speaker 2: So then I dropped off at the airport. Then she

717
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,359
Speaker 2: missed her flight or the flight of the late. So

718
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:48,799
Speaker 2: she came back and we watched a horror movie and

719
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:50,400
Speaker 2: then I dropped her back off of the aport. So

720
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,279
Speaker 2: I went to the airport like twice. Yeah, she's really good.

721
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:58,680
Speaker 2: She's amazing. She was phenomenal. We were fourth, Nomani was third.

722
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,400
Speaker 2: That's when they had three the final I mean she

723
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 2: should so I should be in the finals.

724
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 4: But that's just you know, I mean, she's amazing. I

725
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:17,359
Speaker 4: do have to ask about this.

726
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: Fans obviously often speculate about Dancing with the Stars romance.

727
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,200
Speaker 4: I mean, leaving every season.

728
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: You have to at least have one couple who's maybe

729
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:30,240
Speaker 1: you know, fools around or done something throughout the season.

730
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:34,000
Speaker 1: Would you say that that just happens and that's the

731
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:37,239
Speaker 1: process of people just getting close throughout the season, or

732
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:40,759
Speaker 1: do you feel like real relationships really do come from

733
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: doing Dancing with the Stars. It could be from you

734
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 1: guys obviously being pros and spending so much time with

735
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 1: each other, but then also the reality stars as well,

736
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 1: spending so much time with the pros. I feel like

737
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 1: it could kind of go both ways. But I just

738
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 1: want to like your perspective on it.

739
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 2: I don't know.

740
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 3: I think you build, you build. You definitely you're with

741
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:08,360
Speaker 3: this person twenty four seven. You put so much trust

742
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:14,319
Speaker 3: in them. You definitely build feelings, And I wouldn't say

743
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 3: that they're fake by all means, because it's present, it's happening.

744
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,360
Speaker 2: It's not like you're forcing anything.

745
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 1: Yeah no, Yeah, So then you just feel like the

746
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 1: relationships form throughout the process of being close with each other.

747
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the relationship's form.

748
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,920
Speaker 1: I mean there's also a lot of chemistry you're dancing.

749
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 1: I mean I feel like it just has it. Sometimes

750
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 1: it just happens.

751
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:45,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I feel like it's probably got a

752
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 3: better track record than a lot of dating shows happen.

753
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 1: I would say, probably has a better track record than

754
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,400
Speaker 1: The Bachelor, right right.

755
00:38:54,640 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 2: You said it, not me. Yeah, you definitely. You definitely

756
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:01,440
Speaker 2: build bonds.

757
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 3: And that's like sometimes you bypass everything, like you know,

758
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:12,440
Speaker 3: I don't know, like dating, hate dating, but it takes

759
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 3: like a second.

760
00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:15,200
Speaker 2: You know, youve got to meet the person. You gotta

761
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:15,680
Speaker 2: be like.

762
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 3: Find out that the you know, there's a lot that

763
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:21,280
Speaker 3: goes into when you want to find someone special.

764
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 2: This you're just thrown in. Let's go, hi, nice to me.

765
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 3: You're okay, we are gonna rub hips, we are gonna dip,

766
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 3: we are going to do this.

767
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 2: I'm gonna get in your face here. You have to

768
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 2: really look at me.

769
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 3: So I think it's great because A you're telling a

770
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 3: story through dance, and b yeah, sometimes you can that

771
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:40,959
Speaker 3: you develop.

772
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 1: Feelings, no for sure, and then this is going to

773
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 1: lead me into my next question. Obviously you had your

774
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,360
Speaker 1: relationship with the Dancing with the Stars pro Emmu Slater.

775
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,920
Speaker 1: You guys are together for six years. Did you guys

776
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 1: meet on Dancing with the Stars.

777
00:39:56,000 --> 00:40:00,919
Speaker 2: We actually met on a Broadway show, Ben Full, Yeah,

778
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:01,400
Speaker 2: you did.

779
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:04,879
Speaker 1: But when that, you know, when that happens, because there's

780
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:08,800
Speaker 1: obviously a bunch of married couples, Danielle and Pasha, there's

781
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:13,319
Speaker 1: Val and Jenna, the trust has to be there, you know.

782
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 1: For I feel like the trust really has to be

783
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 1: there in the relationship because then when you're going throughout

784
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:23,280
Speaker 1: the season, obviously you know chemistry, forums you're dancing.

785
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 4: How did you kind of maintain that.

786
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:28,400
Speaker 1: Trust throughout the season with your partner while being on

787
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:29,480
Speaker 1: Dancing with the Stars?

788
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 2: Yeah? I think are you talking when I was married?

789
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, when you were married? Yeah, of course, yeah.

790
00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:42,319
Speaker 3: You I mean when you're with someone that you have

791
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 3: to have a lot of trust in them and at

792
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 3: the end of the day, it's work and you come

793
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:51,120
Speaker 3: home and it's back to life.

794
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:55,319
Speaker 2: Like it's something that's like you go away you do.

795
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 3: It's like acting in a movie, you know, if you're

796
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:00,759
Speaker 3: going out with someone and then have the kissing scene.

797
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:01,840
Speaker 2: How would you feel if.

798
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 3: You your boyfriend at the time had a movie and

799
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,120
Speaker 3: he had to kiss another girl and then came home

800
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:11,840
Speaker 3: to you, how would you feel?

801
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:13,319
Speaker 4: I would not like it.

802
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:15,120
Speaker 2: But it's work.

803
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 1: It is work, but it's it's a hard pill to swallow,

804
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 1: like it takes a lot of courage.

805
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 2: I feel, Yes, I definitely agree, but I think would

806
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:31,839
Speaker 2: you not be like, Well, when he's kissing her, he's

807
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 2: not my boyfriend. He's acting. He's a different character, so

808
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:40,319
Speaker 2: that that's not him right there, and then he comes

809
00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 2: home and then he's yours again.

810
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:46,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right, that's a good way of looking at it.

811
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:54,960
Speaker 1: Actors and actresses that it's I mean, but even with dancing,

812
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 1: you're still that close to somebody. The trust still has

813
00:41:58,120 --> 00:41:59,120
Speaker 1: to be there, for sure.

814
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,360
Speaker 2: But when you dance your whole life and you switch

815
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 2: partners because of the you know, that's just how it is, the.

816
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:09,400
Speaker 1: Role, because of the routine. Yes, but it's very natural

817
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 1: to you guys, I'm sure.

818
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:14,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's not like oh blah blah blah. It's more

819
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,399
Speaker 3: of a this is your job. You got to get

820
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:17,880
Speaker 3: it done and then you come home and you be

821
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:18,439
Speaker 3: who you are.

822
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:19,400
Speaker 2: Yeah.

823
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 1: No, I love that and you're very supportive now that

824
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 1: she's with Alan. How is that kind of transition for you?

825
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:27,920
Speaker 2: That was a question.

826
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:30,320
Speaker 4: You're very supportive.

827
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:35,839
Speaker 2: Absolutely, Listen, things don't always work out. That's life, unfortunately.

828
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:40,800
Speaker 3: And you know, when you're with someone for so many years,

829
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 3: you know, it kind of becomes.

830
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,040
Speaker 2: Family, whether you're with them or or you're not.

831
00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:49,760
Speaker 3: So at the end of the day, we're still supportive

832
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:51,200
Speaker 3: of each other. And at the end of the day,

833
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:55,440
Speaker 3: I want her to be happy and I wish them

834
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:56,279
Speaker 3: nothing but the best.

835
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 2: And it's amazing. Good luck.

836
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:05,320
Speaker 1: You said that, you know, according to like what I've heard,

837
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:07,360
Speaker 1: But you guys said.

838
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:09,680
Speaker 2: According to what I've heard.

839
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,000
Speaker 4: I guess. I guess, I guess what I've seen.

840
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 1: Your timelines really didn't add up when it came to,

841
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:16,280
Speaker 1: you know, starting a family.

842
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,120
Speaker 4: Does that still do you still feel.

843
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:21,040
Speaker 1: That as a priority and would you one day want

844
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 1: to still start a family of your own?

845
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:25,799
Speaker 2: I mean, I guess that's what I'm searching for.

846
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 3: And it's like a not a hard pill to swallow

847
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:36,040
Speaker 3: it But like I think, I come from such an

848
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:38,319
Speaker 3: incredible family like my I can see the way my

849
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:40,439
Speaker 3: dad loves my mom and the way my mom loves

850
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:43,160
Speaker 3: my dad, and to me, I think I want little

851
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:44,600
Speaker 3: fobbies running around.

852
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:49,120
Speaker 4: And I hope they adopt your accent.

853
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 1: Me too, me too, they I feel like they It's

854
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:55,680
Speaker 1: so hard though, I feel like them if they were

855
00:43:55,680 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 1: born in America because like my my mom, her parents

856
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 1: were from Italy, very old school. My grandparents, they like,

857
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:07,800
Speaker 1: it's amazing.

858
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,560
Speaker 3: I feel like I'm Italian at hot, Like everything I

859
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:11,440
Speaker 3: have at home.

860
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:15,720
Speaker 2: I feel like I model, like just the way men dress,

861
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,040
Speaker 2: the way the food, the fashion.

862
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,600
Speaker 4: Are you kidding? It's incredible, it's insane, and.

863
00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:23,279
Speaker 1: Men's fashion as well, because they always just look so

864
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 1: put together.

865
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:28,080
Speaker 4: I'm obsessed, thank you, But oh you're welcome. You do

866
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 4: always look very together.

867
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:34,719
Speaker 1: But my grandparents had a very they still they still do,

868
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:40,120
Speaker 1: but a very tough Italian accent, very broken English. And

869
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 1: you know, unfortunately that didn't trickle down to my mom

870
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:46,359
Speaker 1: or my dad because they were born here and raised here.

871
00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 1: So it's hard when you're in the school system here

872
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:51,880
Speaker 1: and not hearing that every day, I guess, and the

873
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:53,479
Speaker 1: way that you pronounce words and.

874
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 4: Stuff like that.

875
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:55,719
Speaker 2: Can you speak Italian?

876
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:59,880
Speaker 1: I understand it fluently and I can speak the dialect

877
00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 1: from my hometown, so I could speak it informally, like.

878
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:08,880
Speaker 2: Not say like say like nice to meet.

879
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:12,319
Speaker 4: You, pH d Well what.

880
00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:15,680
Speaker 1: Like I love is hearing it from my grandparents, But

881
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:20,120
Speaker 1: unfortunately now I only have my one my one nana left,

882
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:24,319
Speaker 1: it's my dad's mother. I've lost my other three. And

883
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:27,400
Speaker 1: it was so much easier Like when I was younger.

884
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,959
Speaker 1: I could speak it so much better because I heard

885
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 1: it in my house every single day. Right then when

886
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:38,600
Speaker 1: I go to Italy, it's a little easier for me

887
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:43,320
Speaker 1: to pick up on it again because I'm constantly speaking

888
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,719
Speaker 1: and talking to people, and the locals are hilarious because

889
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:49,880
Speaker 1: they'll laugh at me and like they'll they'll help me

890
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 1: and correct me. But it's so much better when you're

891
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 1: there and when you're actually listening to it every day. Yeah,

892
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:01,640
Speaker 1: for if someone spoke to me, I can understand it completely.

893
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:04,920
Speaker 2: That's amazing. I feel like Italian.

894
00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:08,319
Speaker 3: Yeah I've never been, but like I like, I have

895
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:12,720
Speaker 3: this like big umbrella that's like an Italian drink.

896
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:13,400
Speaker 2: It's like red.

897
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:18,440
Speaker 1: Like I love the whole possibley apparels.

898
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,720
Speaker 4: I was just in a them Offy Coast last summer.

899
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:22,600
Speaker 2: It's amazing.

900
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:26,760
Speaker 1: You'll have apparel sprits and Hugo spritzes all day long.

901
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 2: I'm there.

902
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:32,360
Speaker 3: I've never been, which is crazy crazy. I'm just waiting

903
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:33,719
Speaker 3: for the right person to going.

904
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:38,520
Speaker 1: And hopefully that comes soon. What did this past year

905
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:42,040
Speaker 1: look like for you? I know when you said earlier

906
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:45,640
Speaker 1: you were literally on stage doing Access Hollywood as Dancing

907
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:47,680
Speaker 1: with the Stars was going on, and they pulled you

908
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:52,279
Speaker 1: into dance. But how did it feel, not participating as

909
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:55,000
Speaker 1: a pro, but also being there with your family?

910
00:46:58,120 --> 00:47:02,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, that that was It was interesting because I've done

911
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:07,960
Speaker 3: so many seasons and it's like home. So when I

912
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:11,360
Speaker 3: was there, it still felt like I was like there,

913
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:14,600
Speaker 3: and I was. I got to do the first two

914
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:18,719
Speaker 3: weeks of like the premiere, and then I it was

915
00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:20,000
Speaker 3: just yeah.

916
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 2: I would be lying if I said, oh, you know,

917
00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:26,640
Speaker 2: it was easy, But it wasn't easy because I know

918
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:31,040
Speaker 2: all the like I know, I know what I can

919
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:32,280
Speaker 2: do and.

920
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 3: My level in the sense, so it was a little hard.

921
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:41,840
Speaker 3: But at the same time, it was so rewarding to see,

922
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:48,720
Speaker 3: you know, your friends do so well and support them and.

923
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:51,320
Speaker 2: See them dance.

924
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:55,120
Speaker 3: And I was always, you know, hiding near the stage

925
00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 3: manager Roger, who was the best.

926
00:47:58,120 --> 00:47:59,920
Speaker 2: We would always be standing there. He'd be in this

927
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:01,719
Speaker 2: booth and I'd be sating next to him, and we'd

928
00:48:01,719 --> 00:48:05,279
Speaker 2: be like going backs and forwards, and it's just it.

929
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:08,479
Speaker 3: It really is like a big family, whether you're doing

930
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 3: it or not.

931
00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:14,799
Speaker 2: But at the same time, it's like, did it hurt?

932
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:18,360
Speaker 3: I mean you know it's of course yeah, but still

933
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:23,160
Speaker 3: being there and supporting everyone, Yeah, it was great.

934
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:26,399
Speaker 1: Why do you think that this happened to you this

935
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:29,239
Speaker 1: past season? And what do you think you can do

936
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:31,840
Speaker 1: to improve to be back.

937
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:33,080
Speaker 4: With your family for next season?

938
00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:35,799
Speaker 3: For you to be able to show and be like

939
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:41,680
Speaker 3: I want to dance a Sasha No. I think you know, listen,

940
00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:46,880
Speaker 3: you don't always have the right fit for the celebrity.

941
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:49,600
Speaker 2: You know. It's one of those things where they just

942
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:52,960
Speaker 2: didn't have a part for me and they offered me

943
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:55,279
Speaker 2: other things. But I think like.

944
00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:58,719
Speaker 3: At my level, I was just like, okay, I can

945
00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:00,799
Speaker 3: sit this one out and do you know little things

946
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:01,520
Speaker 3: here and there.

947
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:05,840
Speaker 4: And they just want to dance on the ballroom.

948
00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:09,120
Speaker 1: Huh, I said, you didn't only just want to dance

949
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:12,760
Speaker 1: on the ballroom for maybe the opening and closing acts.

950
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:15,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, I yeah, I wanted to. I feel like I

951
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,600
Speaker 2: love teaching so much like I'm traveling.

952
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:23,560
Speaker 4: I mean, you guys, have you truly have a gift? Yeah?

953
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:26,480
Speaker 2: Thank you?

954
00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:30,240
Speaker 3: No, But like I love teaching and I love telling,

955
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:34,360
Speaker 3: Like I'm januine starting this weekend. I'm traveling every weekend

956
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:38,640
Speaker 3: to teach like thousands of kids until like July, I'm done.

957
00:49:38,719 --> 00:49:41,279
Speaker 2: So this is like my last weekend, my last.

958
00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:43,719
Speaker 4: Huh, where are you traveling to?

959
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:45,480
Speaker 2: All around every everywhere.

960
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:47,600
Speaker 3: I haven't even looked at the schedule, but it's with

961
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:51,040
Speaker 3: a big dance convention called Hollywood Vibe. And there's like

962
00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:54,160
Speaker 3: a lot of dance conventions and I was lucky enough

963
00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:58,880
Speaker 3: to win Best Convention Dance Teacher out of all the conventions.

964
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:02,160
Speaker 3: Like so it really is a gift to see all

965
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:05,480
Speaker 3: these kids, like and their moms and they're so excited

966
00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:07,279
Speaker 3: and they just want to take photos and they want

967
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:10,000
Speaker 3: to learn, and they're not they're not essentially borom dancers,

968
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:12,919
Speaker 3: so they're like tank is empty, and they just want

969
00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:16,720
Speaker 3: to learn how to move and ballroom and be better

970
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:18,480
Speaker 3: and it's it's so rewarding.

971
00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:22,520
Speaker 2: So that's I think my favorite thing is teaching someone

972
00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:23,399
Speaker 2: watching them.

973
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:27,920
Speaker 1: The conventions used to be so much fun. I remember

974
00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:29,560
Speaker 1: going to them when I was a kid, and you

975
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:31,160
Speaker 1: had to go you had to go to the booth

976
00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:33,839
Speaker 1: and buy the sweatshirt and the T shirt and has

977
00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:35,200
Speaker 1: something to go home with.

978
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:41,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's it's chaotic, and I'm there. I'm very

979
00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:44,040
Speaker 2: lucky because they fly me in on a Saturday and

980
00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:46,080
Speaker 2: I teach Sunday and I fly back and then I

981
00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:50,480
Speaker 2: perform too, and then I fly back that night. But

982
00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:56,360
Speaker 2: I mean, the moms just they they love it. Sometimes

983
00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:59,359
Speaker 2: they're like shoving their kids in and they're like, can

984
00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:00,439
Speaker 2: we have a phone too?

985
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 3: It's just I think the love of Dancing with the

986
00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:07,919
Speaker 3: Stars has just gone to another level which is phenomenal.

987
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,400
Speaker 3: And I think that's that's a big thank you to

988
00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:13,680
Speaker 3: like Dina Katz and Conrad Green who've taken the ship

989
00:51:13,719 --> 00:51:17,440
Speaker 3: and just sailed it again properly, which is amazing.

990
00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:21,600
Speaker 4: So you're hoping to be back season thirty five with

991
00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:22,760
Speaker 4: a partner.

992
00:51:23,239 --> 00:51:26,160
Speaker 2: I mean I would love to. Yeah, ready to roll.

993
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:31,839
Speaker 1: Oh hey guys, well, best of luck on your tour,

994
00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:35,400
Speaker 1: best of luck teaching. I know all of these little

995
00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:40,359
Speaker 1: dancers are going to be inspired by you. But I

996
00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:42,239
Speaker 1: wish you the best of luck in your future, and

997
00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:45,239
Speaker 1: thank you so much for coming on Casual. I'm excited

998
00:51:45,239 --> 00:51:47,520
Speaker 1: for what's next for you. Hopefully me and you will

999
00:51:47,520 --> 00:51:50,480
Speaker 1: both be back. We'll both be there on season thirty

1000
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:51,680
Speaker 1: five of Dancing.

1001
00:51:51,320 --> 00:51:53,680
Speaker 2: With Me, Let me know next time you're in LA.

1002
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:58,960
Speaker 4: Okay, sounds good. Definitely.

1003
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:00,880
Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me.

1004
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:06,800
Speaker 4: Thank you Bye,