Speaker 1: Hi, Riley, Hi, We are talking to you on the
Speaker 1: very special Dancing with the Stars con weekend.
Speaker 2: Yes, what all fun?
Speaker 1: What has the experience been like for you?
Speaker 2: Sontly, it's been so great. My sister Lindsay is here,
Speaker 2: and I wish so bad she would do the show
Speaker 2: with me because I think that would make my life
Speaker 2: a thousand times more fun. But it's just so nice
Speaker 2: to have her around and to just have a sister.
Speaker 2: She brought her little new son, Hayes.
Speaker 1: Seven week old Hayes, and he's perfect. Isn't it crazy
Speaker 1: how quickly you forget how small they are when they're newborn.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, like Rome now looks like a beast. Compare
Speaker 1: this seven week old Hayes, who has feet. I think
Speaker 1: his entire foot is like this big with a super
Speaker 1: long little so cute.
Speaker 3: But he was like, I mean, she was dancing with
Speaker 3: him in her arms.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 3: I doesn't want to get more graphic than that, but
Speaker 3: she was really motherly at that moment in time. Yeah,
Speaker 3: him on her shirt.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Multitask multitasking listen, multi tasking mom.
Speaker 2: She's super like I. Lindsay is what I aspire to be.
Speaker 2: She's the hardest working person I know, honestly crazy.
Speaker 3: She's so cool and shows up with great attitude.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, yeah, every.
Speaker 2: Time, she's amazing.
Speaker 1: I love her. You guys have a number together called Sisters. Yes,
Speaker 1: we do, so cute. It's one of my favorite numbers
Speaker 1: in the show. It's so fun. Yeah, you had an
Speaker 1: opportunity to come out and join tour for a little bit. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I came out for like four weeks.
Speaker 1: Okay, And were they consecutive weeks, yes, okay, yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: She just had to do like four different.
Speaker 1: Tracks yeah, for different people.
Speaker 3: It felt like a different show every week.
Speaker 2: No, literally, but it was kind of fun. It made
Speaker 2: it like, I don't know, just exciting, because sometimes on
Speaker 2: tour you have the same dances for a consistent amount
Speaker 2: of time. But when I went, it was genuine like
Speaker 2: I would get settled and then it would be like
Speaker 2: switch switch. But it was fun, like I actually liked it,
Speaker 2: and it was nice because I was honestly really sad
Speaker 2: when I like decided to not do the full tour
Speaker 2: and I was like, this is gonna be really hard.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna have major fomo. And then I finally got
Speaker 2: the opportunity to come out for a little bit, and
Speaker 2: I was really grateful and I learned really cool dances.
Speaker 2: The show was so good. Yeah, and like the fans
Speaker 2: were so amazing, the audience and just everything was so
Speaker 2: cool to be a part of.
Speaker 1: It was very fun for me to do that, so
Speaker 1: I did the first month, I opened the show with
Speaker 1: all around right. Yeah, it was so fun for me
Speaker 1: to hear the audience react to you all coming out
Speaker 1: for the first time. Yeah. The love these fans have
Speaker 1: for you pros you can feel in every city and certainly,
Speaker 1: like are someplace is louder than others. Sure, but one
Speaker 1: very consistent thing is that you guys are beloved the
Speaker 1: country and the world, and they do not shy. They
Speaker 1: are not shy to tell you. And it's so like,
Speaker 1: it was so fun for me to be like, yes,
Speaker 1: that's the proper response, you know, because having been on
Speaker 1: the show last season, so much of it's about, yeah,
Speaker 1: dancing with the Stars, and it's our experience, and you
Speaker 1: guys are so good at constantly reminding us that you're
Speaker 1: here to tell our stories and it's us us us, Yeah,
Speaker 1: and we are constantly going But I don't know how
Speaker 1: you do any of this, And it's so amazing. So
Speaker 1: tour really feels like a celebration and a love letter
Speaker 1: to you guys. Yeah, more than the celebs. And it's
Speaker 1: nice to see that.
Speaker 2: No, it's a good opportunity for us to like feel
Speaker 2: the love and understand that and be able to accept
Speaker 2: it because I feel like in the season it's all
Speaker 2: either social media or in the audience. It's never really
Speaker 2: like fans. I get to participate and be there in
Speaker 2: the live show. So to be able to go out
Speaker 2: and meet everybody and to feel that it's really really plus.
Speaker 3: That's I mean a lot of a lot of us
Speaker 3: started this for that reason. We like to perform for
Speaker 3: an audience and get that direct kind of response. Yeah,
Speaker 3: and doing so on tour is again it is fulfilling
Speaker 3: that bucket.
Speaker 1: Yeah, checking that box of like oh I got to
Speaker 1: do that.
Speaker 3: Now totally totally. And you're campaigning all like season like
Speaker 3: please vote, please please vote, you know, and people are
Speaker 3: voting and you know, now these are the people that
Speaker 3: are voting. Yeah, you get to kind of I don't know,
Speaker 3: express your gratitude through dance to meet and greets, just
Speaker 3: just being there. I think it's really great.
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. Are you still you had a wonderful
Speaker 1: season last season with Scott and then too soon? Are
Speaker 1: you still in touch with Scott? Yeah?
Speaker 2: I have not met his baby because I haven't had
Speaker 2: the opportunity to go to LA, but I will as
Speaker 2: soon as I can.
Speaker 1: Okay, they sent me pictures of her. She is so beautiful.
Speaker 2: I'm honestly just so happy for them their relationship and
Speaker 2: like being able to experience that is just so sweet
Speaker 2: and so tender, and I just know that baby's gonna
Speaker 2: have such a fun life. I know it's just so exciting.
Speaker 1: Could we talk about their birth announcements? These videos this
Speaker 1: high production? I'm like, what did ABC producers? Literally Scott
Speaker 1: if you haven't seen it, go to their Instagram Scott
Speaker 1: Hoying their their name announcement.
Speaker 2: Under reveal everything.
Speaker 1: When did they have time to do this?
Speaker 2: That is Scott in a nutshell Like, that is Scott
Speaker 2: And that's what I love about him. He's just like,
Speaker 2: I have an idea and I'm going to execute it,
Speaker 2: and I'm like, I love that.
Speaker 1: They really do have such a sweet relationship. Mark was
Speaker 1: there when we first did GMA at the beginning of
Speaker 1: the season last season. Mark wasn't there the day of
Speaker 1: Good Morning America and Scott. The way Scott and I
Speaker 1: became friends, Scott was like kind of standing yeah, and
Speaker 1: I could just tell that he seemed like a lost puppy,
Speaker 1: and I was like, hey, comes it with me. And
Speaker 1: he comes over and he sits down. He goes, thank
Speaker 1: you so much for asking me to sit down with you.
Speaker 1: I was just standing there so nervously. I said, is
Speaker 1: it hard that Mark's not here? And he goes, yes.
Speaker 1: We go everywhere together literally weird, we weren't allowed to
Speaker 1: have any sort of plus one at GMA, a madhouse
Speaker 1: on that day.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: And anyway, No, he's his comfort person, Like he sat
Speaker 2: through every single rehearsal all four hours, just sat in
Speaker 2: the corner, took videos for us, like would show us
Speaker 2: things if we needed it, water immediately, like he is
Speaker 2: an absolute saying I love him.
Speaker 3: Was that was that good for you? Or was that?
Speaker 3: Did that put pressure on you?
Speaker 2: Honestly no, because Mark is not the type of person
Speaker 2: that would stress me out. And it's not like he's
Speaker 2: like asking for things or like he's literally just there
Speaker 2: to chill and just be his support for Scott.
Speaker 1: And he never like interrupted or anything.
Speaker 2: And so that didn't stress me out. And it's also
Speaker 2: just like I feel like it was. If it was
Speaker 2: someone else who wanted to interfere, like interject, I would have.
Speaker 3: Been like, because I welcome family, because I'm just like
Speaker 3: the more I want a witness to the process, so
Speaker 3: you could be held accountable beyond just me. You know,
Speaker 3: there's a third party here also bearing witness to the process.
Speaker 3: And then I feel like you.
Speaker 1: Can make it more comfortable to it is.
Speaker 2: Yeah, like way more comfortable to have somebody else they
Speaker 2: know in the room with them.
Speaker 3: Totally, totally. I mean again, it's like what you said,
Speaker 3: It depends on the person. Mark is just literally an angel.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Disney princess is his description.
Speaker 1: Literally, he's so sweet.
Speaker 3: They're so kind. We ran into each other at the
Speaker 3: Bowl for the Maana live action from Here, and I
Speaker 3: was with Rome and it was just me and him,
Speaker 3: and I'm comfortable with him obviously, but we ran into
Speaker 3: each other and we sat next to each other and
Speaker 3: I had to go to the bathroom, but I couldn't
Speaker 3: leave my kid with like a hundreds, you know whatever,
Speaker 3: So I was like, yo, do you mind watching my kids?
Speaker 2: Anyway?
Speaker 1: So wait, cute.
Speaker 3: He moved over sat next to him.
Speaker 1: Oh, that's so cute.
Speaker 3: I love They're very very kind, and they're very kind.
Speaker 1: They're very good people. So we are about ready to
Speaker 1: have yet another I'm sure fantastic season of Dancing with
Speaker 1: the Stars. I know nothing is guaranteed, we don't know
Speaker 1: who's coming back, all of that stuff, But what would
Speaker 1: you say if you could like manifest one thing for
Speaker 1: yourself aside from of course being on the show next season,
Speaker 1: if you could manifest something for yourself that would be
Speaker 1: different this season than in previous seasons. What would you
Speaker 1: love to accomplish? What's on your bucket list for a
Speaker 1: next season as a pro?
Speaker 2: I mean, honestly, I think I feel a lot more
Speaker 2: settled as a pro now and I just would love
Speaker 2: to just like have fun. Yeah, because I feel like
Speaker 2: last season specifically, I really like, I think comments and
Speaker 2: like all of that social media world really harped on
Speaker 2: my mental health last year, and I feel like something
Speaker 2: I want to just let go is being able to
Speaker 2: just have fun and dance and remember why I love dance.
Speaker 2: I was so grateful that I got to go out
Speaker 2: on tour and to like be able to perform and
Speaker 2: like dance without judgment and just have a good time.
Speaker 2: And I think that's something I want to find and
Speaker 2: just to have fun, make sure my partner has fun
Speaker 2: because in the and results are I mean, if you're
Speaker 2: a competitive person, which we all are, it is fun
Speaker 2: to be like I made it to the finale. That
Speaker 2: is so awesome. But again, you look back at those
Speaker 2: experiences and you look at like the fun you had
Speaker 2: with your partner, the things you got to do, the
Speaker 2: like camaraderie, and so I really hope that I can
Speaker 2: just have a good fun time and just let go
Speaker 2: of all that extra stress that can come with it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, did you feel like Shaprescia coming off of the
Speaker 3: Steven season? Is that why?
Speaker 2: Yeah? I think so, Like I really had such a
Speaker 2: big season with Stephen. I was like, and my last
Speaker 2: stance I feel like was big for me, and so
Speaker 2: I was like, how do I like keep growing and
Speaker 2: keep going up after this? And then I feel like
Speaker 2: just social media was so involved, I think the most
Speaker 2: it has ever been, and so I just like I
Speaker 2: found myself just looking at everything, looking at every comment,
Speaker 2: and I was just like, what am I doing? But
Speaker 2: it's just something you get sucked into, and so I
Speaker 2: want to just let that go and just enjoy because
Speaker 2: that's all that matter, and that's what I'm going to
Speaker 2: take away from the experience of every season.
Speaker 1: So totally, it can be so hard to like create
Speaker 1: boundaries around reading comments.
Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely, yeah, yeah, it's so hard because you're integrated.
Speaker 2: Where about yourself.
Speaker 3: Well, it's not even hearing about yourself. You're trying to
Speaker 3: connect with the fans. I mean, we're here, we're doing
Speaker 3: con We're like, you want to connect thoughtfully to the
Speaker 3: people you're asking for votes from, but not always is
Speaker 3: that healthy? And again, it's like, I'm not begging for votes,
Speaker 3: I'm just sharing my joy and my process and if
Speaker 3: you like it, please if you choose not too cool. Yeah,
Speaker 3: you know, And I think finding that healthy balance of
Speaker 3: listening to feedback obviously, that's important staying connected with your fans,
Speaker 3: because I think you do a great job with that throughout,
Speaker 3: you know, on social media. I think it is one
Speaker 3: of the things that you're so successful with is having
Speaker 3: that rapport with your fans. But yeah, I mean that
Speaker 3: I can't necessarily offer that much advice because this is
Speaker 3: a new territory that you're navigating in I navigating as well. Now,
Speaker 3: but I think again, I just couldn't imagine being nineteen
Speaker 3: or twenty going through that process. So, I mean it
Speaker 3: takes a lot of maturity and self awareness to I mean,
Speaker 3: I just my discipline is to keep it to like one, two,
Speaker 3: three scrolls. That's it.
Speaker 1: Literally.
Speaker 3: You don't want to go all the way down.
Speaker 1: You don't want to have to see hidden comments, you know,
Speaker 1: but sometimes you do you want to. That seems interesting. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's cool.
Speaker 3: You just said love you total. I'm to get that in.
Speaker 2: Okay, that's a good one.
Speaker 1: I love it when I have a muted account and
Speaker 1: then I look at it and I'm like, that one's nice.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're all probation real quick.
Speaker 1: Oh that's funny. Something you have been very vocal about
Speaker 1: that I think is so wonderful is you have talked
Speaker 1: a lot about how hard it can be to manage
Speaker 1: your blood sugar. Oh, yes, while being this active and
Speaker 1: having that kind of a schedule. Yes, it was one
Speaker 1: of the reasons actually you decided not to do tour this.
Speaker 2: Year, right, Yeah, And I'm honestly like it was a
Speaker 2: very hard decision for me to make, but I'm so
Speaker 2: glad I did because my health has gotten so much better,
Speaker 2: and I've been able to just like work on myself
Speaker 2: and making sure that I knew how to do that
Speaker 2: because I also was diagnosed when I was fifteen, So
Speaker 2: it's like it takes a long time to be able
Speaker 2: to understand how to manage your type one diabetes. Like
Speaker 2: it's very, very tricky, and so even when I first
Speaker 2: joined the show, I'm like three years into my diagnosis,
Speaker 2: but it doesn't feel like I've had it for a
Speaker 2: long time and I know what I'm doing, and so
Speaker 2: it just gave me an opportunity to work on myself.
Speaker 2: If I was able to get this like new pump
Speaker 2: device that has been able to manage my diabetes, I'm
Speaker 2: like sleeping at night, and it's just this whole thing
Speaker 2: that I'm so grateful for and I can't wait to
Speaker 2: go into next season hopefully and to have that like
Speaker 2: that part of my life is like getting better and
Speaker 2: more strong, and so it is really exciting, and I'm
Speaker 2: glad I took time for myself to do that because
Speaker 2: I absolutely needed it.
Speaker 1: Did you talk it all last season about when you
Speaker 1: because you also have a nut allergy?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 1: Did we talk about the fact that you ate something
Speaker 1: that had nuts in it.
Speaker 2: I never really talked about it, but yeah, can we
Speaker 2: talk about that?
Speaker 1: Yes? Absolutely. It was like there was an absolute chao
Speaker 1: really what it was.
Speaker 4: So they had like yogurt Land at like the show day,
Speaker 4: and they had like the chocolate strawberries and I was like, mummy,
Speaker 4: like just chocolate strawberries.
Speaker 1: I ate it.
Speaker 2: And I was like, my mouth feels really tingly and
Speaker 2: that's like usually the first sign.
Speaker 1: And I'm like very allergic.
Speaker 2: It's like EpiPen, yes, yes, like EpiPen allergic. So I
Speaker 2: went back to the place. I was like, is there
Speaker 2: hazelnut in your chocolate? And they were like yeah.
Speaker 1: I was like oh gosh, oh gosh, oh no.
Speaker 2: And I didn't have my EpiPen with me, which not
Speaker 2: smart for doing that. I need to have my EpiPen
Speaker 2: all the time. But then I had my mom's friend
Speaker 2: get my EpiPen. But luckily and like my respiratory was fine,
Speaker 2: Like it never got to that point because I only
Speaker 2: had like one bite and I knew immediately and so
Speaker 2: I just.
Speaker 4: Like eight tons of pen a drill.
Speaker 1: I was so tired.
Speaker 2: I had to do like the TikTok live that night,
Speaker 2: and I was literally like, what am I even saying?
Speaker 1: I'm so tired. But it was fine. It was funny though.
Speaker 2: That's like my worst nightmare is like having a largic
Speaker 2: reaction on like an important day like that would kill me.
Speaker 1: And it did. It nearly did. Yeah, literally nearly did. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it nearly did well.
Speaker 2: Thank you for.
Speaker 1: Sharing that story. Yeah, because I didn't even really get
Speaker 1: to talk with I knew happened. I was like, what
Speaker 1: just happened.
Speaker 2: Also, there's like an EMT in my trailer and I'm like, guys.
Speaker 4: It's okay, I'll be okay, just give me more bed
Speaker 4: and drill.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's okay.
Speaker 3: Well right, so buddy, thank.
Speaker 1: You so much for coming and talking with us. I
Speaker 1: can't I'm so excited that we get to do this
Speaker 1: con weekend together and I can't wait to fingers crossed
Speaker 1: see you next season on Dancing with the Stars hopefully.
Speaker 3: I'm excited.
Speaker 4: Thank you, guys, Thank you,