WEBVTT - Stephani Sosa 0:00:13.960 --> 0:00:18.440 Well, well, we have our very first actual Next Pro 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:22.560 contestant with us this week. Someone very near and dear 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:25.439 to the Dancing with the Stars family, Please welcome to 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:28.920 Stepping on Toes Stephanie soso H. 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:29.960 I'm so excited. 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:35.640 First, congratulations, thank your appearance on Next Pro. It is 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:39.800 no shock to me, but we loved watching you dance. 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:43.000 Thank you every week, and I know the viewers agreed 0:00:43.040 --> 0:00:46.720 with us. Thank you. Now that you've had a chance 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:51.760 to settle in the episodes have aired, you're no longer 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:56.400 on the show. What's your overall takeaway about the experience. 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:02.120 Yeah, I would say like a lot of growth. 0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:04.760 Like I feel like even before I even went to 0:01:05.200 --> 0:01:07.000 Next Pro, I feel like I grew a lot, and then. 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:09.320 Through that process I liked, I don't know, I left. 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:12.319 A different person, and even like watching it back was 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:15.720 also like very eye opening for me as well. So yeah, 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:18.040 I feel like the whole experience for me was just growth. 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:21.640 Like I I'm very happy with how everything like ended up. 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:24.040 Like I feel like I've come to like I don't know, 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:26.039 I'm like everything's meant to happen for a reason, and 0:01:26.080 --> 0:01:28.360 I just like I'm excited just to keep growing and 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:29.200 just keep going. 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:31.959 So that's great because you have I mean, I I 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:34.920 have context just because I know you for longer than 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:38.040 the audience of next Pro. And yeah, I mean I 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:39.880 was telling Daniel, I'm so proud of the way you 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:43.119 handled yourself. You know, not just as a performer dancer. 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:45.480 I think your pedigree is up there. Obviously you need 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:49.200 to continue to grow all but you as a person 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:51.960 have displayed yourself perfectly. 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:52.640 Thank you. 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:54.920 I'm proud of that because you haven't always. 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:55.559 Yeah. 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:58.880 No, so I like I said, we talked about growth. 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:01.840 I'm just the way you handle yourself with a plus 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:04.080 and I said I'd work with her any day. 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:06.040 Thank you. It means a lot coming from meself. 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:10.400 Yes, so you mentioned being able to watch the show back, Yeah, 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:13.920 and learning things from watching the show back. You have 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:17.040 been able to watch the show back with your brother, Yes, Ezra, 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:19.600 He's made it like a weekly thing of that, And 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:22.480 so you guys watch together every week. What have been 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:25.680 some of the things that you know, because we all 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:29.560 know we've all worked in TV now for years editing, 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:32.200 you don't know what your you know, what your experience 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:34.959 was while you were there. Yeah, but obviously you're being 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:37.720 recorded every second of every day, so you don't know 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:39.560 what moments are going to make it to TV and 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:41.240 what moments are going to make it to the cutting 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:44.680 room floor. Yeah, what has been your impression of your 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:48.280 experience there? What have you learned from watching it now 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:49.200 that it's been on TV. 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:51.600 Yeah, it definitely is like an out of body experience 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:53.919 because I know the motions I felt in that moment, 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:56.400 like we're very different when I was watching, and like 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:59.040 even like i'd say, like on camera, like some of 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:01.480 the dancing, like I thought I was like super full out, 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:03.640 But then watching it back sometimes I'm like, oh, like 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:05.520 you know, just like little things like that. 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.840 But I think, yeah, it definitely. 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:10.440 Was like really fun for me to watch it back 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:13.600 and just like relive some of those like motions that 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:15.560 I was going through because each week was crazy. 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:16.000 Yeah. 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.200 Any regrets, any regrets? 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:22.600 Yeah, I would say my losing my confidence. I think 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:24.680 that last week for me, like I feel like I'm 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:27.040 a pretty confident person, but that week for me, it 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:29.240 was just really hard mentally, and I think I let 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:30.880 it get to me a little bit, And that's probably 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:33.560 my only regret, just not being able to keep that 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:34.280 fire going. 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:39.040 Yeah, Jen was like hearing watching that, Yeah, even watching 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:41.080 it back now, because I mean obviously she lived through 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:43.520 it live and she came back and kind of shared 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:47.640 her experience on tour. Yeah, but watching it back now 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:52.200 in person, yeah, I mean she was so sad for 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:54.520 you because you, guys go even further back, and she 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:56.880 knows you as a kid and the way you are 0:03:56.920 --> 0:04:00.320 as a person. I feel like you never love that 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:03.760 youthful energy that you had, so yeah, so she was 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:04.760 like really feeling it. 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:07.600 Yeah, And Jenna definitely knows me since I was a 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:08.080 little girl. 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:11.840 So yeah, You've been known by so many people since 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.080 you were a little girl, and you feel like everybody's 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:16.320 little sister. I want to know a little bit about 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:19.520 the house, yeah, and all living together, and I'm like, 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:22.240 I'm happy that dancing, of course is the focus and 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:25.280 that it didn't turn into Love Island, but like, also 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.400 tell me about living with your dance opponents with that 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:30.960 much pressure circling around you. 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:33.599 It was hard for me because I've never lived with 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.200 anyone other than Ezra my family, so I was like 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:38.120 experiencing first things for myself. 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:40.200 And we had roommates, and I wish they would have 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:40.880 shown that more. 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:43.880 But I was Nina's roommate, so having to navigate like 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:47.080 everyone's like emotions as well, Like we would all go 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:49.200 to rehearsal and go and sit in the dinny trable 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:49.720 like and. 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:52.440 It's just as crazy, Like I've never had that before. 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:54.680 Usually you can go and like decompress totally. 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:57.000 But it was it was cool. It was very eye 0:04:57.040 --> 0:04:57.800 opening for me too. 0:04:57.880 --> 0:04:59.400 I was like, oh wow, I also grew in that 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:02.080 way too, Like as a person, I was like, okay. 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:05.279 Yes, these type of people exist, Yeah, and this is 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:06.400 what they're like in the morning. 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:11.280 Yeah, different personalities, different energy, like different things that make 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.200 people upset, like learning how to like not you know, 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:16.840 be respectful, but also like put boundaries like was like 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:17.560 a big thing too. 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:19.919 When you say you had a roommate, did that you 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:21.640 guys literally shared like a room, Like there were two 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:22.560 beds in the same room. 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:23.560 Yeah, like a bunk bed. 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:25.160 Who got the top bunk? 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:27.400 Nina, she let me have the bottom. 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:29.920 So I was like happy, Oh my gosh, because when 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:33.200 you have a roommate and you live in an apartment together, 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:37.039 usually you're not sharing a room. You usually unless you're 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:41.000 on the bus, you have your own space that even 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:43.839 if you work with your roommate, and then you come 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:45.960 home to the same house. You can walk into your 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:50.160 bedroom and close the door and have like I don't want, 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:52.400 I don't I can just be with myself. But to 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:54.960 then be sharing a room, there's literally nowhere. 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:56.680 Yeah, did you have a place that you would go 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:57.880 zen out by yourself? 0:05:58.000 --> 0:05:59.480 No, that's the thing I didn't, And I kind of 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:01.680 wish I would found that on the show because like, 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:03.880 I'm very much a fan, Like usually I'll call Ezra 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.480 like after a rehearsal, or like I'll call my people. 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:08.640 So not being able to have that in the house 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:11.200 was really hard because I'm I'm such a family person, 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:13.960 so I but I was really grateful because me and 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:16.840 Nina did, like we didn't like vent to each other 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:18.479 a lot of the time, so it was nice to 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.880 have her around me, like in the house and everything. 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.400 So yeah, I also got really close close to Tristan, 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:26.479 so he was also somebody i'd go to and be like, 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:27.640 how are you feeling? 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:28.479 Like right? 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:31.920 So yeah, So would you say Tristan and Nina were 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.440 like your two best friends in the house or yeah, okay, 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:37.880 those are the two you connected with the most, considering 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:40.479 you know the stress of Dancing with the Stars firsthand. 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.680 You have been there. What was this process like in 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:47.200 comparison to that show. You've got two days to nail 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:50.840 a routine in front of Shirley Ballast isn't chill. So 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.520 how do you think the stress level compares. 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:55.360 Oh my god, it's probably the hardest thing I've ever 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:56.479 done in my life. I'm not gonna lie. 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:58.920 Yeah, because even it was harder than something you can dance. 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:01.320 For me as well, like the fact that we had 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:03.720 to choreograph in two days like on the show, I 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:04.960 feel like it's a little bit longer. 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:06.160 Yeah, and then like. 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:11.640 Well, resources yeah, you can take a day go away. Hey, yo, 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:13.560 let me borrow your body real quick. Let me see 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:16.440 how we could break this out. And I believe you 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:19.200 didn't have that right. I mean, you had your roommates, 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:22.200 but I heard that people would stop you if it 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.760 wasn't allocated time to rehearse, Like they couldn't just rehearse 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:27.760 in the kitchen when they wanted to. 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:29.800 It was like you get two hours and that's all 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:30.200 you get. 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:30.640 Yeah. 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:35.000 I don't know if the show showcases that, Yeah they don't. 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:37.960 Yeah, it was timed so like we go and rehearsal. 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:39.760 They start the clock and then as soon as over, 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.200 like they came into a wide and it was like 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:44.920 and then if they saw you rehearsing in the house, 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:45.880 then they would stop you. 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:48.080 And be like you will, we will, you will get 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:48.520 in trouble. 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:51.560 It looks like there's a home rehearsal space and like 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:53.720 the garage or something, and that one was time to 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:56.800 so that counts as part of your time because actually 0:07:56.800 --> 0:07:59.560 the way it's edited makes you believe that if you 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.280 want to muscle like that, you can be rehearsing any 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:05.760 time you want. No, No, it was so scary. 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:09.280 I'm not quick, you know. 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:12.520 Imagine us with tambourines if we only had two hours. 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:17.400 I'm a late bloomer. But when I bloom, I blossom, right, 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:19.480 you know what I mean? I really shine, But I need. 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:22.800 Every second second. Yeah, on their clock like that. That's hard. 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:24.320 Yeah, it was definitely really hard. 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:26.040 And like I couldn't like go to the other boys 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:28.480 and be like hey, style of this like stylized wise 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:30.360 for the guys, like what can I give Tristan here? 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:32.319 Like we were just like but like we just couldn't 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:34.160 like help each other, even though like we all really 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:36.160 wanted to help each other, so that was hard because 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:38.840 like we were all just like on go mode, like 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:40.000 it felt like life or death. 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:43.480 And you also didn't have your phones, right, No, oh 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:44.199 my gosh. 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.319 They took our phones, which is also really hard because 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:48.400 like I usually go on YouTube and like the ideas 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.480 for a lift here, or like I'm like, oh, musically, 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:51.959 I kind of want to put something here, and I'm 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:54.640 like I had no like literally just my talent. 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:56.160 And my brain in the room. 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:56.920 Yeah, my brain. 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:12.480 Okay. I want to talk about your final week, and 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:15.240 it was unique for many reasons. You were paired with Tristan, 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:17.720 and I don't think it's talking out of school when 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:20.640 I say he was the least experienced in ballroom on 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:21.120 the show. 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:22.080 Yeah. 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:26.520 Was it rough all week during rehearsals or did you think, oh, 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:27.680 I think we're going to pull this off. 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:32.160 I will say when we started, it was an uphill 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:35.200 battle for sure, because I know he was like kind 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:37.200 of upset up me still, and I knew I just 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:39.520 really wanted to like have that connection. But we do 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:41.760 work well together, yeah, because I feel like I am 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:43.840 also a hip hop dancer, so I kind of understand 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:46.120 his brain when it comes to like choreography, and like 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:48.040 how he taxed choreography as well. 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:49.200 It's like we're very similar. 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:52.000 But yeah, the rest of rehearsals were great, and we 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.320 were just fighting, like we've really just wanted to stay. 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:56.880 Like we were like we just give it. Are all 0:09:57.120 --> 0:09:58.800 like we don't know what the judges are going to 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:01.360 be looking for. We also hadn't seen the other routines, 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:03.880 so we just were kind of just going off of 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:05.080 what we felt. 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:08.400 It was definitely the better performance he had all season. 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:12.319 Oh yeah, sure it was a good dance. So yeah, 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:12.760 you did that. 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:13.360 Thanks. 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:18.319 I think, and this is just my opinion here, I 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:23.719 think having a couple's elimination wasn't exactly fair mine too, 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:27.960 because this is about finding one next pro and it's 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:31.240 not like you're with a celebrity in you know, walking 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:33.160 in with a clean slate to the art forum. So 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:36.199 like a partner can make or break you and in 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:38.720 this case, and I don't love saying it, but Tristan 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:44.160 did bring you down in this scenario. Do you agree 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:44.400 with me? 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:46.120 I do, of course. 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:48.720 I mean you're only as good as your partner. That's 0:10:48.840 --> 0:10:52.040 kind of the juxtaposition here, is like, yes, they're choosing 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:55.520 one pro, but that pro skill set has to you know, 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:57.120 elevate the part in their way. 0:10:57.200 --> 0:10:59.400 That is just like, that's why I said that and 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:04.359 you did. It's just, yeah, there was a lot of elimination. 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:05.800 I agree with you. 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:09.319 The partner thing. Yeah, it's not you're looking for one 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:11.480 pro and I didn't think that you deserve to go 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:16.439 so yeah, yeah, I don't get what they accomplished with that. 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.079 So I know this week you posted a dance with 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:23.079 you and Alan and it is remarkable. Oh, thank you 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:25.920 so good. Have you seen it? Okay, you have to 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:27.679 watch it. It's out of this world and it immediately 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:31.360 gets you thinking, what if he had been your partner? 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:33.640 And I'm not trying to totally make it seem like 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:36.959 this was all Tristan's fault, because of course no, no, 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:40.079 of course it's not, but it felt like it was 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:43.679 not Stephanie's week to go home, No, not at all. 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:47.720 That's that's the whole point, is it, Because as people 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:53.000 getting eliminated, the challenges with where they'll shine actually the 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.800 brightest are only coming up. Yeah, you know. That's the 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:59.239 other thing is like we never got to see Stephanie 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.440 in the episode we're going to be discussing. Yeah, thanks, 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:05.719 yeah for that, you know, and that's a miss for 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:07.640 the show and for what you could have brought to 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:10.040 the table, wow moments as far as your arranged like 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.480 things like that, you know what I mean. So, yeah, 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:15.480 it's it's a timing and a luck thing as well, 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:17.080 I think is the way the cards fell. 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:20.000 Yeah, yeah, sometimes that happens. 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.400 What have you thought of AJ's journey on the show. 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.319 I think he's really qualified, Like, yeah, you know, he 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:29.920 did shrictly and I did try to learn a lot 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:31.360 from him while I was in the house because like 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:33.720 he I feel like he likes done it before. Yeah, 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:37.240 but I don't know, I feel like he's danced really well, 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:40.040 and you know, obviously like there's been like comments from 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:42.120 the judges and everything, but I don't know, I try 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:43.480 to really just focus on myself. 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:48.080 Yeah, I'm just curious if any of his and maybe 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:51.800 it's earned arrogance. Let's call it earned arrogance. He's an 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:54.320 incredible dancer. He's, like you said, he's kind of done 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:58.040 this job already. Does any of that translate into his 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:00.360 behavior in the house or is it more or just 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.840 true confidence in his skills? As a dancer, I would. 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:06.440 I would describe AG as very posh and very confident. 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:11.680 Okay, but yeah, I definitely yes, I just I definitely 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:13.679 just kept to myself, like there were definitely people in 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:15.839 the house that I was like I were closer with, 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:17.800 and he just like wasn't one of those people, but. 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:19.760 I would have loved to dance with him. 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:22.280 Though you've already told us a couple of things that 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.480 were surprising for me to hear as a viewer of 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:26.839 the show, I did not realize this rehearsal time was 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:30.839 so precious. What else is something that might surprise a 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.000 viewer of the show. What are we not seeing? 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.520 I wish they would have shown our personalities in the 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:38.559 house a little bit more, because there was a lot 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:40.719 of funny things that would happen that I feel like 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:41.800 people would love to see. 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:45.440 Yeah, just to see you guys actually connecting as I mean, 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:45.760 we did. 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:48.240 We did see that though. Yeah, we did see a lot. 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:50.800 Like one of my things was like, first of all, 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:53.679 they're all very emotionally available on the show. I love 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:57.920 to see you guys really opened up. Really just you 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:01.160 were very vulnerable, all of you, every and so many 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:05.400 of you, even Aj we were talking about agent, everybody 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:09.800 opened up and allowed, uh, allowed themselves for the process. 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:12.800 Yeah, like really genuinely you could feel that for better 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:15.600 and for worse. But I really yeah that at the house. 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:17.480 Most of what we see at the house, we saw 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:21.800 a couple of confrontations, but to her point, there were 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:25.200 moments of laughter and a lot of fun and maybe 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:29.040 some bonding. Similarly to the way Dancing with the Stars 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:31.680 wants to see us at Disneyland with our partner and 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:34.360 you know, having a good time in the rehearsal space, 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:36.680 laying on the floor laughing hysterically. It would have been 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:40.680 nice also to see some of the moments where it's 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:42.560 a little more light and fun. 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:45.720 Yeah, especially like our roommate's dynamics, Like all, yeah, have 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:46.160 been fun. 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:48.760 And then I know, like there's like a couple people 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:51.240 that left, like we call it the villa, but then they're. 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:54.360 Like dating now, so it's like so cool. It's like wow, 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:56.680 like they did actually form genuine connections. 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:59.640 So cute. That is cute. I bet I know who 0:14:59.680 --> 0:14:59.880 it is. 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:01.840 Well, what do you mean we could talk? 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:04.560 Okay, we do go for it. 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:06.920 It's Eric and Bryan. 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:10.360 They're so cute. They're so perfect each other. Yeah, like 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:14.440 very like, how do you know that? 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:15.360 I didn't know that? 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:17.360 Well, it's on social media. 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:20.160 Okay, I don't follow them on social Yeah, okay, that's 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:23.400 She's like. I'm like, you guys are like, well yeah, 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:26.040 because we all know, and I'm like, I didn't get 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:26.480 a text. 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:30.920 No, No, they they're they're open and social. I mean 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:33.040 that's why I mentioned it. It was private. 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.840 Got it very cute? We know that Ezra is your 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:40.040 biggest cheerleader. What has it been like getting to share 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:41.440 this experience with him? 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:43.360 It's been like I don't know. 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:45.880 I feel like because I wasn't really on the show 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:48.520 last year, I think being able to do next Pro 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:51.080 kind of like filled that void, if that makes sense. 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:53.120 Like I was able to kind of experience like what 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:54.840 it was like, what would it be like if I 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:57.560 was a pro having a choreograph and like high stakes 0:15:57.640 --> 0:16:00.520 and so being able to show him like my dances 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:02.480 and like and just have him like love them, like 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:04.680 it really meant a lot to me because I can 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:06.960 be crazy like when I'm dancing, and so for him 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:09.400 to like see them and just be like really proud 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:10.840 of them, like it really meant a lot to me 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:13.920 because we did like go through a lot together growing up. 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:16.320 So yeah, well I got to sit next to him 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:21.640 on a couch for the super Bowl and he was like, guys, 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.160 I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to make everybody be quiet. 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:27.080 He had his phone out he was recording. It was 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:29.040 so sweet and I did want to talk to you 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:32.160 about the super Bowl. It's obviously unrelated to its bro 0:16:32.840 --> 0:16:35.200 but what was it like being art? 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:39.400 Yeah, he would never, he would never. 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.440 What was it like being a part of that Bad 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:44.320 Bunny performance? 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:44.640 It was? 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:47.560 It was phenomenal. I think I was like telling my 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:48.480 family like it was. 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:50.280 I realized it was like the first time that I 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:52.800 felt like I was around people that like spoke Spanish 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:54.680 and we're from all different parts is like you know 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:57.240 the country, but like had different Latin roots, and it 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:00.000 was really healing for me and I. That whole process 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:03.320 was really beautiful because they also took our phones, so 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:05.720 it felt like from like January up until I was 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:08.040 done with next prot like I didn't have a phone right, 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:10.240 So it was like it was really I was so 0:17:10.359 --> 0:17:12.200 grateful and I feel like I grew a lot on 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:13.280 that job, so it. 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:16.680 Was it was It was awesome how the amount of 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:18.119 time you have spent without a phone. 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:19.320 Yeah, I kind of like it. 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:22.080 I know it must be hard to get to get 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:24.480 back into using a phone. Yeah, what do you think 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:27.239 is next for you? Is this the end of your 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:30.240 Dancing with the Stars journey or are we going to 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:32.639 continue to see you in the ballroom? What's next for 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:33.840 you and how can we support you? 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:38.040 I'm just going to keep working hard and like every 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:40.720 all my dreams, like you know, dans MIAs Stars and 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:43.560 like acting like pretty much everything I can, and just 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:46.080