1 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: Hello everyone. It's Danielle Fischel, podcaster, TV director and mom 2 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: of two, but forever known to most as Topanga from 3 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: the nineties family sitcom Boy Meets World. Currently, though, I 4 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 1: am competing on season thirty four of Dancing with the 5 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: Stars as one half of Team Topasha, and I am 6 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: having the time of my life, and throughout the journey, 7 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: I'm going to keep you updated in the form of 8 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: this here podcast, Danielle with the Stars, all in hopes 9 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: of being one of the chosen few who wins a 10 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: Len Goodman Mirror Ball Trophy. So I have just completed 11 00:00:56,560 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: the press line for week two's live show was one 12 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: Hit Wonders Week. This week felt so different from the 13 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: first week. That first week we had three full weeks 14 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 1: of rehearsal, of getting to know each other, of getting 15 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: to know the other contestants, of spending time with the song, 16 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: which of course I was already such a fan of, 17 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: you Know Stronger by Kelly Clarkson, but still knowing a 18 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: song and having steps in your mind and choreography in 19 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: your mind that you can count to having three weeks 20 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: with it, you just really settle in and you feel comfortable, 21 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: and even though my performance wasn't like you know, Tens, 22 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: I felt really comfortable and confident. And then you do 23 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: the live show at the end of week one and 24 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: the next morning you're in and you're learning a totally 25 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: different dance. And in this case you really only have 26 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: about five days. You go from about three weeks of 27 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: time rehearsing to having five days because you rehearse Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 28 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: and then Monday is camera blocking. By the time you 29 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 1: get to this stage and you are camera blocking and 30 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 1: showing the cameras what you've got, not much is really 31 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: going to change. Your performance can be adjusted. You can 32 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: start amping things up on your face. You can remind 33 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: yourself to put your shoulders down, which apparently I am 34 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: not doing enough. You know, you can make little tweaks, 35 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: but like you better be pretty locked in by the 36 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: time you get to Monday. On Saturday night, I left 37 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: rehearsal four hours of straight rehearsal, and I called Jensen 38 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: and I said, I am so far from where I 39 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: want to be with this dance. I don't feel comfortable, 40 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: I'm making mistakes, I'm not able to perform because I'm 41 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: so in my head about the steps, and there's just 42 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: things that Pasha is saying to me that I want 43 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: to understand that like I see him do them, and 44 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, yes, that looks nice and well done, and 45 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: I just try to replicate it and I can't, and 46 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: I was so nervous. I was like, this is Saturday night. 47 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: I have to be ready to perform basically by Monday morning, 48 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: and I'm nowhere near it. And then I went home. 49 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: I did all my self care, body care stuff, icing, heating, EPSOM, 50 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: salt bath, cold plunge, heating again, sleeping with my foot, 51 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: elevated all the stuff I'm having to do. And I 52 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: woke up on Sunday and I showed up at rehearsal, 53 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: and I swear overnight my brain just absorbed all of 54 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: the things Pasha had said to me the day before, 55 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: all of the notes I wanted to give myself about 56 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: straightening my leg and what I wanted to do with 57 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: my energy through my fingertips and making sure my hips 58 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: were moving and pulling my toes back through my shoes 59 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: and all the things that I didn't feel like I 60 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: was doing on Saturday I was now doing on Sunday. 61 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: And the difference between how I felt Saturday night and 62 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: how I felt Sunday night was Likeday night, I was like, 63 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: I'm at about ninety percent, and that on Saturday I 64 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: was like at twenty. So it's pretty crazy, how just 65 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: thinking about something giving your brain a break and sleeping 66 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: if you just you know, if you just trust the process. 67 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:18,559 Speaker 1: I've been saying trust the Pasha, and Pasha now says 68 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: trust the process. So he really said that that is 69 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: exactly how it works. That when you only have five 70 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: days to learn a dance by Saturday, you're not going 71 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 1: to feel confident. And he said you may not ever 72 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: feel confident again the way you did the first week 73 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: because you just had more time with it. And so 74 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: nobody really ever goes out there after week one and 75 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: is like, yeah, I'm one hundred percent. I know what 76 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: I'm supposed to be doing. So it's very it's thrilling, 77 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: it's kind of a roller coaster. You have to be 78 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: a bit of an adrenaline junkie to handle it. I man, 79 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: I get out there though, and the live studio audience 80 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: just feeds my soul. I feel exactly like I did 81 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: doing Boy Meets World back in the nineties, exactly like 82 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: I did doing Girl Meets World. You just the audience 83 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: is there. You know you're there to entertain them. You 84 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: know they're there, You're there to make them have a 85 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: great time, and I just love it so much. With 86 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: that said, it's great that I can give a good 87 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 1: performance on show night, but I know that for Pasha. 88 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: He explained this really well to me because I kept saying, 89 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: why do I have to give one hundred percent five 90 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: times before the live show? I do camera blocking three times. 91 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 1: You want one hundred percent for all three of those. 92 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: Then on the actual tape day, we do two more 93 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: rehearsals in the morning. You want one hundred percent for those. 94 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: Then we do a dress rehearsal. You want one hundred 95 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: percent of those. That's six full times of going a 96 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: hundred percent in your routine before you do it live 97 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: for the studio audience and millions of people watching on TV. 98 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: As an actor from the time I was ten years old, 99 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: we never give one hundred percent until you're rolling. That's 100 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: something you save because once you really deliver something, you 101 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: can't recapture it. You can't do it again. So I 102 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 1: really just one day when he was asking me to 103 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: really be going out, full out. In rehearsal, I said, 104 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: I'm just can you explain it to me? Because I 105 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: want to do it for you, but it's going against 106 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: thirty years of training for me. Can you explain to 107 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: me why you want it a full out? And he said, 108 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: unlike with acting, when you fully commit and you fully perform, 109 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: and you turn it on and there's a brightness to 110 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: you and you've got an energy, everything about your physical 111 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: body also changes. You spin into me faster, you hit 112 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 1: lines differently, And he as a person who's guiding me 113 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: and coaching me through the dance, He's like, if I 114 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 1: need to whip you into a turn in order to 115 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: give you speed, I will do that, but if I 116 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 1: don't need to, and I think I need to because 117 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: during rehearsal you needed me to, but now in the 118 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,039 Speaker 1: live show you don't. If I go to whip you 119 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: into a turn, I could actually screw up the dance 120 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: or I could make you look bad, and that's never 121 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: what I want to do. And I was like, right, 122 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: our physical bodies are relying on each other to communicate 123 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: for the entire minute, and it's not like that in acting. Obviously, 124 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: in acting, I give you a reaction or a response, 125 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: and you just have to respond to it, and as 126 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: long as it's natural, you're accomplishing the goal. So hearing 127 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: him say that made perfectly good sense to me. It's 128 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: still very difficult for me to do. I want to 129 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: get better at it because I know that it's important 130 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: to him, and I'm just I'm struggling with it. I 131 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: don't you know, there is there. It is not even 132 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,119 Speaker 1: something I can plan for. I can think I'm turning 133 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: it on, but then when there's a crowd there, it's 134 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: just totally different energy. So I don't know. I absolutely 135 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: love it, and I forgot how much I loved it, 136 00:07:55,880 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: to be honest. We had two eliminations tonight, double elimination, 137 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: which made the competition aspect of this feel very real. 138 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: Up until this point, it has just felt like we 139 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: were all on a journey to dance our hearts out 140 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: every week and to be there celebrating each other and 141 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: supporting each other. We said goodbye to Corey Feldman and 142 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: his partner Jenna Johnson, and we said goodbye to Baron 143 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: Davis and his partner Britt Stewart. I am very, in particular, 144 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: very sad to see Baron go. Baron and I have 145 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: become very close. We're close in age. I know how 146 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 1: hard he's working, I know how badly he wanted to 147 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: perform the way he wanted to for brit and it's hard. 148 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: It's hard to say goodbye to people. It just felt 149 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,719 Speaker 1: very real tonight, and we Pasha and I were the 150 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: first names to be called as being safe, which was 151 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 1: obviously such a relief. But then I had to stand 152 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: back there and wait and see who was gone. And 153 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: I ran out the second I could and gave Baron 154 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: a big hug, and I told him he's stuck with 155 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: me because he made the terrible mistake of giving me 156 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: his phone number, and so now he's stuck with me. 157 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:31,559 Speaker 1: So I'm sad about him, especially being gone. I did 158 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: the Cha Cha tonight. It was a total departure from 159 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: Week one with the tango week one, even though I 160 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: didn't do the tango super intense, it is a more 161 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,959 Speaker 1: intense dance. But I figured Week one was my opportunity 162 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: to show a little bit of my personality and who 163 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: I am to America, and so there may have been 164 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: bigger smiles than you would normally see during a tango, 165 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: but I was honestly just having so much fun. I 166 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: could barely contain it. This cha cha this week, Pasha 167 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: was like, let's show a completely different side of your personality. 168 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,439 Speaker 1: Let's turn the sexy meter up, let's turn the flirty 169 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 1: meter up, and let's just really go for it. I 170 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: can definitely say it has been a long time since 171 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: I have ever done something like that. But it was 172 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: really fun. And you know, I have always been a 173 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,839 Speaker 1: person who's believed that like age isn't anything but a 174 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: number and all of that. But like when it's you, 175 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 1: sometimes it feels different. Like I can look at other 176 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 1: people and be like, yes, you go, queen, like I 177 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,199 Speaker 1: can be that person. But when it's me, I'm like, oh, 178 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: come on, you know, you got two small kids and 179 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: you're in your mid forties, like settle down. But then 180 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: I got out there and I actually felt really good 181 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: about myself. I felt really good. It helps that, you know, 182 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: the wardrobe here is amazing. We actually completely changed my 183 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: dress right before the live show. So this is my 184 00:10:54,520 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: public apology to Daniella, the wardrobe master. Daniella wanted to 185 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: design this dress exactly like this with these straps. She said, 186 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: your promo dress was a halter this. I want to 187 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: feel more clubby. I want to have these straps. And 188 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, that sounds great, and then I 189 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: slept on it and I woke up the next day 190 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: and I was like, you know, the dance is really sexy. 191 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: I think a halter neckline is sexier. I want to 192 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: do a halter, And so I texted her. I said, 193 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: I've been thinking about it and I really want to 194 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: do a halter. She was like, okay. I really liked 195 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 1: the first idea of us doing the straps and making 196 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: it more clubby, and I was like, let's go halter, 197 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: and she said, okay, you got it. Then they made 198 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: it a halter, and then they had to rhinestone it 199 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: and fringe it, and the dress legitimately weighs seven to 200 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: ten pounds more than it did without all that stuff 201 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: on there, and with the fringe and all of that, 202 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: the tiny little halter straps made the dress not fit well. 203 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: Even though it fit perfectly in the fitting, it did 204 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:03,679 Speaker 1: not fit well tonight and we did our dress rehearsal 205 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 1: and the dress felt like it was hanging on me. 206 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: It felt very unsexy. I did the first dip that 207 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: we do and When I came up, the double sided 208 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,199 Speaker 1: tape they had put to keep my dress down above 209 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: my bra was just out. My braw was showing, and 210 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 1: I was like, oh no, no, no, this is not 211 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: going to work. And so after dress rehearsal, I took 212 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: my dress off and I said, can you guys, I 213 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: need this thing yanked up about three inches and it 214 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: came back with the straps that she originally wanted to do. 215 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 1: It also came back with some more rhinestones on the mesh. 216 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: The dress originally didn't have any of these rhinestones. It's 217 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 1: so much prettier with the rhinestones. But literally they changed 218 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: the straps and the entire dress changed. And so I 219 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 1: just want you guys to know that they know what 220 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: they're doing and I should keep my mouth shut so 221 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: I will not be making that mistake again and I 222 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 1: will be apologized to Danielle tomorrow morning. Overall, I think 223 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: the dance tonight went very well. I did not have 224 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: great dress rehearsals, unlike last week where my dress rehearsals 225 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 1: went pretty well. My main dress rehearsal, I guess I 226 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: should say rehearsals went pretty well, and then the dress 227 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: rehearsal last week did not go great, but I thought 228 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,439 Speaker 1: the overall performance went well. This week, I did not 229 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: have a single rehearsal that felt like they're nailed all 230 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: of those, And then tonight, other than that last little 231 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: sneaky trick, it felt like most of the things I 232 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: wanted to do I did. I feel really good about it. 233 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:41,959 Speaker 1: I Also, I think the thing I'm the most proud 234 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,680 Speaker 1: of tonight is that Pasha and I did have that 235 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 1: little slip up with the last trick. We watched the 236 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: tape back to see what happened, and I released his 237 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 1: hip too early, like I'm holding onto him with my 238 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: arm while he's reaching for my other arm, and I 239 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: let go to early, so I was on the floor 240 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: and we just missed the handkin. So that's what happened. 241 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:06,439 Speaker 1: Of course, it was my fault. And when I came 242 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: into this, I said, I really just wanted to give 243 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: myself more grace. I'm you guys have heard me talk 244 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: about being a perfectionist, and I really just wanted to 245 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: have more fun. Honestly, even after it happened, I just laughed. 246 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: It was just so funny and like the dance had 247 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: gone so well and then for that to kind of 248 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: be the last moment, and the way Pasha was like 249 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: determined to get me out between his legs, it was 250 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: like he was shoving a baby deer out of like 251 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: he was birthing a fawn. It was just so funny. 252 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: And then immediately we walked off and we just started 253 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: making memes, just meme after meme after meme. You guys 254 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: are gonna be sick of the memes. I love making them. 255 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: I woke up before this morning and started making the 256 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: memes and so we've already been hard at work with 257 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: the rest of them for tonight because they make me laugh. 258 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: My body now that the adrenaline is out of my system, 259 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: my body is very achy. So last week, during the tango, 260 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: I was supposed to drop into a lunge at the 261 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: very end of the dance, and I did it a 262 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 1: bunch of times, but my quad got tired from all 263 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: the squatting, like all that, you know, squatting down, squating down, 264 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: squatting down, and so without realizing it, in order to 265 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: give my quad a break, I started sliding with my 266 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: back foot my left foot. I started sliding into the 267 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: lunge so that my right leg could just drop down, 268 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: my left leg would slide, but then in order to 269 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: not go into a split, I'd have to use my 270 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: right foot to grip the ground and therefore my hamstring 271 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: to grip the ground really tight so that I wouldn't 272 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: go into a split. And in that process, I snapped 273 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: attendant in my hamstring. I did not know that I 274 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: snapped attendant. I just thought, ow, that hurts. And then 275 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: I left rehearsal and I said, you know what, you 276 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: know what I need. Everyone keeps telling me to take 277 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: care of myself. I need a deep tissue massage so 278 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: that this sore hamstring feels better in the next couple 279 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: of days. So I went and had a ninety minute 280 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: deep tissue massage where someone used their elbow into my 281 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: torn hamstring. It was not comfortable in the moment, but 282 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 1: I thought, but it'll feel better later. And then, unbeknownst 283 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: to me, the medication that I am on for my cancer, 284 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: meds to moxifin, can increase bruising and slow healing. So 285 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: I had the ninety minute deep tissue massage. I also 286 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: then had like a shockwave therapy called a piazzo, which 287 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: went really deep. Again, not knowing that my tomoxofin would 288 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: make me bruise, and within forty eight hours, I had 289 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: every single capillary from my upper inner thigh all the 290 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: way down to my calf had burst and it looked awful. 291 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 1: The swelling got really bad, and I was it was 292 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,360 Speaker 1: just kind of a mess. And I was still rehearsing 293 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 1: four hours a day, and I was now in hyperbaric oxygen, 294 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: and I was in cryotherapy and I was cold plunging, 295 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 1: and I was doing all of the things just trying 296 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: to bring down the inflammation. I went for an MRI, 297 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:24,119 Speaker 1: and the MRI determined that I had a pretty severe tear, 298 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:29,199 Speaker 1: and the radiologist who read the MRI actually said I 299 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 1: was definitely going to need surgery. And I kind of 300 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 1: panicked because the idea that anything was going to take 301 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: me out of this competition other than just not having 302 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 1: the votes was like just I couldn't even I couldn't 303 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: even fathom that I would have to drop out. I 304 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: was like, m mmm, they can take me out on 305 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: a stretcher. Otherwise, no way I'm sticking around. So I 306 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: met with an orthopedic surgeon who deals with a lot 307 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: of athletes, because girls an athlete. Now I don't know 308 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: if you know that, but I'm your girl. I'm an athlete. 309 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: So I met with an orthopedic surgeon who works with 310 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: a lot of athletes, and he thankfully reviewed all of 311 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 1: my images and said, zero percent, I'm going to recommend surgery. 312 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,919 Speaker 1: There's just no reason you need to have surgery. With 313 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 1: that said, the only way you're going to start to 314 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:23,199 Speaker 1: feel better is with rest. And he said, but I 315 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: understand that you want to stay in this competition that 316 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 1: you are having the time of your life. And when 317 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: athletes snap these tendons, and we you know they're in 318 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: the playoffs, we treat them like they're in the playoffs. 319 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: So we're going to manage your pain. We're going to 320 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,360 Speaker 1: make sure you get into c apt two to three 321 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: times a week. We're going to do all of that. 322 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 1: So I am considering this Dancing with the Stars playoffs 323 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: and I'm doing everything I possibly can in order to 324 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,479 Speaker 1: stay healthy and to stay well, and that as long 325 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 1: as you guys continue to vote for me, I'm going 326 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: to be here. I am not letting this stop me. 327 00:18:56,280 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: So that's where we're at with the injury. And yeah, 328 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: I did the cartwheel into splits. Uh, Pasha asked me 329 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 1: during week one. He was like, can you do a cartwheel? 330 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 1: And I said, well, I used to be able to 331 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: do a cartwheel. And I thought to myself, when was 332 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 1: the last time we did a cartwheel? And I was like, 333 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: I was probably eight, like eight years old. I did 334 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: gymnastics for a couple of years before I started acting 335 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 1: at ten, so I knew that I used to know 336 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: how to do a cartwheel. And I just blindly said, yeah, 337 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: if I could do it at eight, I could do 338 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:29,199 Speaker 1: it at forty four. Why not. I said, yes, I 339 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 1: sure can. And he said, great, could you do a 340 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: cartweell with your left hand? And I said, you know 341 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: what's funny. I can only do a cartwheel with my 342 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: left hand. Have you ever tried to do a carwell 343 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: both ways? For some reason, I can't do it both ways, 344 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 1: but I can do one with my left hand. So 345 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:43,439 Speaker 1: I practiced that. I felt pretty confident. And then he 346 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: was like, how about the splits, And again I was like, 347 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: I could when I was eight. Man, if I could 348 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 1: do it when I was eight, I could do it 349 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: when I was forty four. So I started working on that. Thankfully, 350 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: it needed to be a left handed cartwheel and it 351 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: needed to be a left legged split because let me 352 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: tell you, whichever leg is in front when you do 353 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 1: that splits, that's the one where your hamstring is taught. 354 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: And so it would have been zero out of a 355 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: hundred that I could have done a right legged split, 356 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: but I was able to do a left legged split 357 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: because of my injury. We took it real easy with 358 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 1: the cartwheel because that does definitely use my hamstring. We 359 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: took it easy with the cartwheel all week and then today, 360 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: right down to the last second, Pasha was like, Danielle, 361 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: it's four counts. I can change it if you don't 362 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: want to do it. I said, no, I want to 363 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:30,439 Speaker 1: do it, and I did one, and I was like, 364 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: I feel great. I think I've got this. Next week 365 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: we are dancing a fox trot, which is not going 366 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: to have any splits or any cartwheels. It's still going 367 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 1: to be wonderful and we're going to find ways to 368 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: make it really fun. But I'm going to consider it 369 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 1: a break for my right hamstring and I'm going to 370 00:20:49,119 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: let it heal everyone this week, going into week two, 371 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: was was pretty stressed. You could see it on all 372 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: of our faces. We'd run into each other in the halls, 373 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 1: and we'd say how's it going, and everyone be like 374 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: it's okay, it's okay. You know, first week everyone was 375 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 1: like how's it going? It was like great, we feel great. 376 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: Isn't this amazing? And second week everyone's just like okay, yeah, yeah, 377 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: this came up real quick, even Robert, who you know. 378 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: I saw him leaving his rehearsal. I mean, gosh, that 379 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: guy is a charmer, is he not? I just love 380 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:35,880 Speaker 1: him so much. I saw him leaving camera blocking last 381 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: night and I said how did it go? And I 382 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 1: was expecting that he was just gonna be like, great, 383 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 1: we nailed it, and he was like, you know what, 384 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 1: it was okay, I feel like it could have been better. 385 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: There's just some things I'm not nailing. And we talked 386 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: it out. We talked out. You know how much when 387 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 1: you sleep, it settles in, and we talked about what 388 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: he was going to go home and do, and you know, 389 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: sure enough, he just came out and absolutely killed it. Again. 390 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,120 Speaker 1: I don't think there's anything I can't do. And he's 391 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: also does every single thing with a smile on his face, 392 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 1: and he is a true gem of a human being. 393 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: I love him forever. We had one hit Wonders Week, 394 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: our song Rhythm of the Night. I absolutely love. I've 395 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 1: been a fan, I truly when I hear it, I 396 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,719 Speaker 1: think of the year nineteen ninety four. I had been 397 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 1: on Boy Meets World for you know, a little less 398 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 1: than a year. My mom and I would drive back 399 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 1: and forth from Calabassis to Burbank and it would come 400 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 1: on the radio and we'd sing it at the top 401 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: of our lungs. It was really fun. And Pasha's choreography 402 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: is just so great. Like there's that part in our 403 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: song where it says like round and round we go, 404 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 1: and that's the part where I'm doing this rolling of 405 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: the arm, like all those spins in and out. And 406 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: last week when the lyric was you know when it 407 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: makes you taller, and I was rising up off the ground. 408 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: Like his choreography's just so smart, and I love seeing 409 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: what he comes up with every week. So I'm really 410 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 1: excited about next week because it's TikTok week. We have 411 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: been trying to kill the social media game. Leg actually 412 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: put a damper on some of our social media stuff 413 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: because both of us were just so worried about my 414 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: leg and all of the doctor's appointments that I needed 415 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: to have and all of the healthcare stuff that I 416 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 1: needed to do. So we had we we kind of 417 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: took a little bit of a pause on some of 418 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: the social media, but we are mac baby, uh and 419 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: I've already been meming the little mistake. So you guys 420 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 1: are you. Guys are in for you guys are in 421 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: for a treat over the next couple of days. Tonight 422 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,439 Speaker 1: I had my aunt, my uncle, my brother, my mom 423 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: in the audience, and then I had my friends. I 424 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 1: had Jody Sweeten, Andrea Barber, Elisa Donovan, my friend Jen, Jody, 425 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 1: Andrea and Elisa. You know been acting. We've all been 426 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: acting since we were kids. We are a family bonded 427 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 1: by the unique experience being an actor period, much less 428 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 1: a child actor, much less a child actor in the nineties. 429 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: It's just such a unique small group of people who 430 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 1: know what that experience is. Like the fact that we 431 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: are there for each other, supporting each other, it just 432 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: means the world. And to see them cheering for me, 433 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: I heard them yelling my name. And then after when 434 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 1: I made it up to the skybox to talk to 435 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: Julianne and get our scores, I look down at them. 436 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: They all waved at me like it's just such a beautiful, supportive, 437 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: wonderful place. And I in some ways kick myself that 438 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,640 Speaker 1: I waited this long to do it, and in other ways, 439 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: I know, without a shadow of a doubt, I'm exactly 440 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 1: where I'm supposed to be. This is the perfect year 441 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,479 Speaker 1: for me to do it, and I'm so, so so 442 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 1: happy that I said yes this year. So jewels and 443 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: watches for tonight. As you guys have gotten to know me, 444 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: you know I love my jewels. So my very good 445 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: friend Dolly, she's on Instagram at XO the Biju Box. 446 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:03,200 Speaker 1: She is an absolute e expert at all things bling. 447 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 1: Just incredible. She's been doing it for years. It's actually 448 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: her side hustle. She's got like a normal full time job. 449 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: She is a total bat. She's incredible. She's a mom, 450 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 1: she's a wife, she has two jobs. I look up 451 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: to her in every single way. She heard that I 452 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: was wearing pink for this week, and she let me 453 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: borrow this stunner. It's absolutely incredible. It is light pink. 454 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 1: It's probably got a Dolly cup under it. That's what 455 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,439 Speaker 1: she calls. It helps bring out the color in the stone. 456 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 1: It's got a gorgeous halo. I love the shank over here. 457 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 1: I think this is from her personal collection, not for sale. 458 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 1: If it was, I'd try to buy it. I'm also 459 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 1: borrowing this choker from her. I saw her post this 460 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: the other day and I was like, do I need 461 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: that diamond choker? She was like, let me bring it 462 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: to you, girl. So she delivered me jewelry outside the 463 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: rehearsal space and I had her meet me in the 464 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:01,679 Speaker 1: park and then I hopped in her car and we 465 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: drove around the block and it felt like a real 466 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: I don't know what. I don't know what it felt like, 467 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: but it was weird and I was like, I just 468 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: walked away with a bunch of jewels. She dropped me 469 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: back off at the rehearsal space and I was like, 470 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 1: that was a clandestine A little gathering there. Felt funny, 471 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: but boy, totally worth it. Also, my dear bestie Jamie 472 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: at Forever Fine Jewelry, you've heard me talk about her. 473 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 1: She let me borrow this bracelet. Look at the mixed shapes, emeralds, ovals, pears, 474 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: I mean, just truly an incredible bracelet. So I got 475 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: to wear this, and then also this ring that she 476 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 1: designed that I absolutely love. This is not Yo Mama's rings, 477 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:50,959 Speaker 1: not Jo Mama's cocktail ring. It's just absolutely phenomenal. And 478 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: then I am wearing a Rolex date just that is 479 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: two tone rose gold, two tone. It's a thirty one 480 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:02,119 Speaker 1: millimeter And I wanted to wear this watch tonight because 481 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: it's the very first watch, like expensive watch that I 482 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: bought as a gift to myself. And I did it 483 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 1: when I directed my very first episode of television ever, 484 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: which was an episode of Girl Meets World. And I 485 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 1: like it when my jewelry and the things that I 486 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 1: spend money on are attached to a story. And I 487 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 1: knew the minute I directed my first episode of Girl 488 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: Meets World that it was something I was going to 489 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 1: want to do for maybe the rest of my life. 490 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,959 Speaker 1: And I thought, I want to commemorate this occasion by 491 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,359 Speaker 1: buying myself something nice that every time I look at it, 492 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: I'll remind myself of this accomplishment. And Dancing with the 493 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,719 Speaker 1: Stars has felt very much the same way that, like, 494 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,680 Speaker 1: I'm really proud of all of us. We're working very 495 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:51,120 Speaker 1: very hard, and I just thought, you know, I want 496 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: to look down and remember that girl meets world accomplishment 497 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: of directing, and I want to remember it. On Week two, 498 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 1: when there was a real elimination up for grabs, I 499 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: don't know why I would say grabs that means you 500 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 1: want it so an elimination that they were going to 501 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:10,439 Speaker 1: torture us with. So glad that I'm safe for tonight. 502 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: So next week, Week three, TikTok week, I'm thrilled your 503 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: girls doing a real great song. I don't even I 504 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: don't know you guys probably aren'ty now, but I just 505 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:32,159 Speaker 1: so excited one of my besties I get to do 506 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:36,919 Speaker 1: a song. I'm so excited. Okay, Later this week I 507 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: am going to be sitting down with one of the 508 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: most celebrated choreographers in the history of dance. It is 509 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 1: Mandy Moore, whose credits include So You Think you Can Dance, 510 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: La La Land, Circa Solet, Taylor Swift's Era's Tour, and 511 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 1: a little show called Dancing with the Stars. She's an 512 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:00,959 Speaker 1: eight time Emmy nominee, three time winner, and an absolute 513 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: legend who will be telling us her opinions on season 514 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 1: thirty four. So far, I cannot wait. This season feels stacked. 515 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 1: I just I hmmm, I really I do. Every week 516 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: it's going to get harder and harder and harder. And 517 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: you know, I think one thing I would say that 518 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 1: I need to start taking very seriously is that this 519 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 1: is the second week in a row Bruno has mentioned 520 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 1: my shoulders and I just naturally, I mean, I'm sitting 521 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: here like this like I just I'm I'm not a 522 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 1: shoulder down person. I'm a shoulder up a little weirdo. 523 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: So I need to work on that because as we 524 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: get further into the season, it's going to come down 525 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 1: to those types of things, like you can't rely on 526 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 1: having all the audience votes and you have to you 527 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 1: have like the judges need to see you getting better 528 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: every week, and I want to get better every week. 529 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: So next week we are doing a foxtrot and it 530 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 1: is very elegant and very graceful, which was not my 531 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 1: nickname in high school. And so I'm just gonna have 532 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: to dig deep and keep those shoulders down. And my 533 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:10,400 Speaker 1: number one goal before the week has even started is 534 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 1: I want Bruno to say you listened to my note. 535 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: That's all I want. That's what I want next week. 536 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: I don't care what the scores are I just want 537 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 1: Bruno to see that I kept my shoulders down, so 538 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 1: you best believe I will be wearing a posture corrector. 539 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna bust my booty to make that happen. Thank you, 540 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 1: guys for listening to this episode of Danielle with the Stars. 541 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 1: It has been my absolute pleasure to share this experience 542 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 1: with you. Thank you for tuning in every week. Thank 543 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: you for your votes, thank you for all your support, 544 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 1: thank you for your messages. It really means the world 545 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: to both Pasha and me, So thank you. Bye. Danielle 546 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: with the Stars Produced and hosted by Danielle Fischl. Executive 547 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,719 Speaker 1: producers Jensen Karp and Amy Sugarman, Executive in charge of production, 548 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:59,240 Speaker 1: Danielle Romo, Producer, editor and engineer Tara Sudbosch. Theme song 549 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: by Justin Ce. Follow us on Instagram at Danielle Woodstars 550 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:04,720 Speaker 1: and vote for me