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Speaker 1: You're listening to Jojasua Now with me Joja Ciua and

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Jojaswan Now.

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Speaker 1: This is part two with my favorite human in the

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Speaker 1: whole world, Jenna Johnson. I want to know you get

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Speaker 1: the phone call were you were? You asked prior to

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Speaker 1: meeting me if you would be open to having another

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Speaker 1: female as your star.

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Speaker 2: So this is how it went down. I was called

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Speaker 2: by the producers, the executives, and they were like, hey,

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Speaker 2: we just wanted to talk with you really quick. And

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Speaker 2: again this is before I'd been picked up, so we

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Speaker 2: were all waiting for the phone call to like, oh,

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Speaker 2: you're on the season. And I thought that this was

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Speaker 2: just gonna be like my phone call of like oh

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Speaker 2: you're on the season. Anyway, so they were They called

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Speaker 2: me and they were like, Hey, we're gonna do something

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Speaker 2: really groundbreaking the season and we're gonna have the first

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Speaker 2: ever same sex pairing. And I was like, oh my gosh,

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Speaker 2: that's amazing, And for some reason, immediately my brain thought

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Speaker 2: to boys really and so I thought they were going

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Speaker 2: to be like, you know, what do you think about this?

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Speaker 2: How should we approach this? Do you have any advice? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that they would be asking me for advice for it.

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Speaker 2: But literally, in my mind, I was like, they're going

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Speaker 2: to have two boys, and I was like, that is amazing.

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Speaker 2: The next sentence that came out of their mouth was

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Speaker 2: it's a female and would you be really willing to

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Speaker 2: dance with a girl this season? And I was like yes, yeah,

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Speaker 2: and I said yes immediately, and I was like yes.

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Speaker 2: It's like I don't know if I can't, if I'm

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Speaker 2: capable of this moment, but yes, and then we hung up.

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Speaker 2: They were like, oh, that would be so great. They

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Speaker 2: didn't tell me at first who it was. Yeah. Then

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Speaker 2: we hang up and I sat for the rest of

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Speaker 2: the day having a panic attack. Really, I was just

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Speaker 2: like again because I didn't know it was you. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: So I was.

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Speaker 1: Like, I think something that did make it special was

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Speaker 1: that we could actually go somewhere, you know what I mean,

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Speaker 1: Like we had dance that we could do, Versus if

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Speaker 1: you were to do this with somebody who couldn't dance,

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Speaker 1: it would have been or I mean, I guess I

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Speaker 1: was jumping in a dance that I didn't know how

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Speaker 2: I never had done ballroom, but it was what at least.

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Speaker 1: Could pick the language. If you went with someone with nothing,

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Speaker 1: it would have been like, oh god.

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Speaker 2: And I don't want this to sound weird or creepy

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Speaker 2: in anyway. But I think also I didn't know if

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Speaker 2: it was going to be somebody older or my age

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Speaker 2: and how that would really register to our audience, because

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Speaker 2: it was such a huge moment at first. But yeah, no,

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Speaker 2: that's not you know, and so I was just like, oh, like,

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Speaker 2: what is this going to even look like? So I

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Speaker 2: think when then I found out it was you, I

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Speaker 2: had a bit more excitement of like, Okay, I think

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Speaker 2: that this could work, Like she's young, We'll be able

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Speaker 2: this feel cringe, because that was my biggest line. I

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Speaker 2: I didn't want people to be like, oh, that was disgusting, right,

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Speaker 2: you know, because that's not how it is.

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Speaker 1: And a lot of times, even just in general with sexuality,

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Speaker 1: a lot of people, everything is sexualized, everything is sexualized,

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Speaker 1: and people are so new to it, yeah you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean, And so people are gonna see I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's it's kind of unfair to say because they do

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 1: But then it's somehow when it's two females, even if

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Speaker 1: people are like.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god, they are dating. Well, and then we're

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Speaker 2: doing the rumba or whatever. You know, that's in my

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Speaker 2: memories unlocked, good memory, good week for us. Good anyway,

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Speaker 2: So I think I think I was a little bit nervous,

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Speaker 2: then it was just like again, back to that, how

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Speaker 2: do I prove people wrong? I wanted to be so

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Speaker 2: creative with you and show such a magical experience. And

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Speaker 2: I'm so proud of us because I think week one

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Speaker 2: isn't throughout this season. No matter what dance we did,

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Speaker 2: there was never like anything hateful or rude, which I

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Speaker 2: think was so you did it in such a beautiful way.

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Speaker 2: We did it in such a beautiful way. But thank you.

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Speaker 2: But you know, I did make up one a count

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Speaker 2: in our freestyle.

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Speaker 1: I did take my credit for and I did suggest

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Speaker 1: the tinsaca and Penny.

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Speaker 2: You did no. I'm just I'm so so grateful that

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Speaker 2: a I said yes, because I've never been pushed like

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Speaker 2: had to push myself creatively and I needed that.

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Speaker 1: I'm laughing because I have all these memories of any

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Speaker 1: time we would go to just do something, whether Jenna

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Speaker 2: Jenna, that doesn't help. What are you gonna do? And

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Speaker 1: I'm like, what, hew crazy? Yeah, she she really went

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Speaker 1: all the way in. Well, I got to say that

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Speaker 1: I am very, very grateful that you said yes. I

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Speaker 1: look at everybody on the show, and I love everybody.

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Speaker 1: I love all of the pros. I could not imagine

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Speaker 1: myself having any of the other females as a pro

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Speaker 1: like it. I'm so grateful that the world aligned for

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Speaker 1: you to be the pro that did this. I think

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Speaker 1: it was something that was so big, not not even

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Speaker 1: to just normalize. You know, it is what it is,

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Speaker 1: and it's two two females doing something together. Doesn't have

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Speaker 1: it just it just was so cool. It was so

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Speaker 2: I think I think that was a big thing for

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Speaker 2: Like because I knew that it could be something epic.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you you you made it something epic. I

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Speaker 1: then let's we got a lot to get there. So

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Speaker 1: It's day one.

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Speaker 2: Right, you're standing there.

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Speaker 1: Now, you know you're gonna have the same The pros

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Speaker 1: the press release was released that I was doing it,

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Speaker 1: that I was gonna be the first same sex couple.

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Speaker 1: I walk in the door, you already know it's gonna

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Speaker 2: Yeah, what's going through your brain? I remember that first

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Speaker 2: to expect. Again, I think, you know, everybody always visualizes

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Speaker 2: at times, but it's but then you're also this very respectful, polite, quiet,

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Speaker 2: I thought maybe you were going to be like a

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Speaker 2: it was literally the dream partner. Like you can't ask

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Speaker 1: I always say, I'm like, I don't know if Jenna

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Speaker 1: You might have somebody that looks better than me, that's

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Speaker 2: That cares more than I cared. But I will stand

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Speaker 2: by that you cared a lot. And last thing I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna I'm gonna say about the first meat. When we

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Speaker 2: of layers. Layers I have gold. The Day two story

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Speaker 2: I think you'll remember. Okay, right, I remember, like a

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Speaker 2: go leotard. Maybe it wasn't day two.

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Speaker 1: I just remember it was very very early in the beginning,

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Speaker 1: there was days in there, because there was a day

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Speaker 1: So it was a few days later. But the story

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Speaker 2: And then we stood in front of the mirror. Because

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Speaker 2: I've told the story of Bunch, I know how I

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Speaker 2: So she was wearing this like shiny blue leotard. I'll

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Speaker 2: never forget it. And it was like a razorback right.

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Speaker 1: It was like a gymnastics it was. I had gotten

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Speaker 2: I just were in. I think I saw so much

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Speaker 1: You God, I love you, Jenna. I feel like I'm

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Speaker 1: We could go into Dancing with the Stars and talk

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Speaker 2: No, that's not about it. I could spend every day

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Speaker 1: She is so mad at me because I stepped on

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Speaker 2: It was me. I was like so dramatic. I was like,

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Speaker 2: I'm really sorry that I said that. And you were like,

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Speaker 2: This is exactly what happened. Tears, sobbing, sobbing, streaming. I

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Speaker 2: is happening. You should have I'm telling you, good job.

433
00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,399
Speaker 1: This is exactly the tone that Johnah was into, like laughing,

434
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:17,960
Speaker 1: and then I.

435
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,680
Speaker 2: Was laughing and I was like, wait, what is going

436
00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:21,159
Speaker 2: on with you?

437
00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:23,520
Speaker 1: So then I explained to her. I was like, I said,

438
00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:25,119
Speaker 1: will you know? So She's like, no, you didn't. You

439
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,080
Speaker 1: stood up to me and like that was good. You

440
00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:28,760
Speaker 1: needed to, Like I'm proud of you. And I was like, no,

441
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:29,879
Speaker 1: watch the video.

442
00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:30,879
Speaker 2: I swear I didn't.

443
00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,159
Speaker 1: I wouldn't ever, so we thank god I got the

444
00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:34,560
Speaker 1: will you notice on video?

445
00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,359
Speaker 2: Oh my god, it was so good. It was so good.

446
00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,120
Speaker 2: It was the weirdest fight I've ever.

447
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,680
Speaker 1: Jenna then was like I'm gonna leave for another five minutes,

448
00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,440
Speaker 1: go get ton coke, fix yourself. But when I get back,

449
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:56,560
Speaker 1: it was laughing. Oh my god, it was so good. Okay,

450
00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:57,400
Speaker 1: I got a couple more.

451
00:21:58,280 --> 00:21:58,800
Speaker 2: Oh my god.

452
00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,639
Speaker 1: There was this one week there was moving to body language.

453
00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:03,960
Speaker 1: Do you remember we were doing body language and know

454
00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:05,600
Speaker 1: how to teach me how to walk, to teach me

455
00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:06,120
Speaker 1: how to walk?

456
00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:07,920
Speaker 2: No, it was sexy walk. Sexy walk.

457
00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,240
Speaker 1: Anyway, she taught me how to sexy walk and we're

458
00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,040
Speaker 1: doing it and then all of a sudden, I was like,

459
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,240
Speaker 1: you know, I think I got a blister.

460
00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:14,399
Speaker 2: And I was like, but it's.

461
00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,920
Speaker 1: Fine, we can do it again. After we did it again,

462
00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:18,359
Speaker 1: we finally took my shoe off.

463
00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:22,080
Speaker 2: Her whole heel was coming off. Literally, my whole heel

464
00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:27,400
Speaker 2: was a blister. Oh slight memory. And you're being such

465
00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,639
Speaker 2: a good scor and kept for her, saying those shoes

466
00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:30,280
Speaker 2: that I made you.

467
00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:35,960
Speaker 1: I was like, fear, okay, So when you would teach

468
00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:39,640
Speaker 1: me a lift, were you ever like, oh god, I'm

469
00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:40,200
Speaker 1: going down?

470
00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,520
Speaker 2: Uh No, because I don't really have any fear, And

471
00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,280
Speaker 2: I think I just trusted you. Yeah, and I knew

472
00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,400
Speaker 2: that you were never going down on my watch. Yeah.

473
00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,639
Speaker 2: The only way that I knew that we would like

474
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:52,080
Speaker 2: figure out if we could do it is if we

475
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,320
Speaker 2: just attempted it, yeah, and just went for it. Yeah,

476
00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,880
Speaker 2: Walls to the Wall went for it. There's this one

477
00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:57,880
Speaker 2: lift that we tried.

478
00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,960
Speaker 1: It was our very first lift, very first time to

479
00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,359
Speaker 1: music is Argentine Tango Hit Me Baby one More Time,

480
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:05,720
Speaker 1: And it was the first time we did it. I

481
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,920
Speaker 1: posted the video where everyone's people have loved the video.

482
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 1: They watch it all the time, where I mean, we

483
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,240
Speaker 1: I drop you, but I don't drop you.

484
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,560
Speaker 2: But you still saved me. But we timper down.

485
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,080
Speaker 1: It's like you just see us Timber, and in my head,

486
00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:23,840
Speaker 1: I remember being like again, this a little perfect baby

487
00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,200
Speaker 1: angel that like I am not You're not getting injured

488
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,760
Speaker 1: on my watch. It's not happening in your head. What

489
00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:31,919
Speaker 1: was going on in that Timber?

490
00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:38,360
Speaker 2: We're going down, going downtown baby, Okay, here we go.

491
00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,879
Speaker 2: Can I say one please? Okay? Tripped on memory. So

492
00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:49,760
Speaker 2: I feel like Jojo had really explored herself during our

493
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,960
Speaker 2: season and like slowly came out of the shell of

494
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:56,280
Speaker 2: winning two thousand layers and one billion different colors at

495
00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,120
Speaker 2: all times, and you were like tapping into this sexy

496
00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:03,720
Speaker 2: side of Jojo. And I remember, for me, this was

497
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,240
Speaker 2: like a really proud sister moment. You were going to

498
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 2: some red carpet. What was the one? Oh it was

499
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:13,000
Speaker 2: was it the pink dress or the black dress? Which

500
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,240
Speaker 2: one did you wear it? I think it was the

501
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,920
Speaker 2: black dress. There was like two coming up. I remember, Yeah,

502
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,240
Speaker 2: I think it was a black dress. It was a

503
00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,000
Speaker 2: black dress a Star's awards. So she was going to

504
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,439
Speaker 2: this big event and she like sent me this dress

505
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,040
Speaker 2: that she was maybe gonna wear. And I was literally

506
00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,719
Speaker 2: crying when she sent me this picture because it was

507
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,240
Speaker 2: like see through. First of all, it was sheer, and

508
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:38,200
Speaker 2: she just like looked stunning like her movies were kind

509
00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,000
Speaker 2: of out like not a ton but like not neck

510
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,520
Speaker 2: high turtleneck. Yeah, it was like off the shoulder moment,

511
00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,560
Speaker 2: and I was like wor And so I just was

512
00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,320
Speaker 2: like I got to get her a heel and she

513
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,560
Speaker 2: doesn't wear heels offten ever. But I was like, you know,

514
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,760
Speaker 2: we can't wear freaking tennis shoe with this dress. It's

515
00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,720
Speaker 2: like twopic of a moment could have what about a

516
00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,760
Speaker 2: lot compier of an eye? Know, So I got Jojo

517
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,600
Speaker 2: her first lubaitons and some of my first red botty.

518
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,880
Speaker 2: I remember I made you come into my trailer and

519
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:12,160
Speaker 2: watching you like try those on and even even attempting

520
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:16,000
Speaker 2: to put them on was hilarious, like made my life.

521
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,240
Speaker 2: I just felt like I was I'm not going to

522
00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:19,840
Speaker 2: say your mom because your mom will be pissed, but

523
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 2: I just like older sister, and it was just like

524
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,240
Speaker 2: sending you off to prom, and I just felt so

525
00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:26,440
Speaker 2: emotional watching you.

526
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,680
Speaker 1: Like like I just felt like you were like not

527
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,840
Speaker 1: saying goodbye to your younger self, but you were like evolving, yeah,

528
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,040
Speaker 1: and stepping into this new like who is this freaking

529
00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:38,879
Speaker 1: sexy woman?

530
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:39,719
Speaker 2: Yeah? It was.

531
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,480
Speaker 1: It was definitely like a upgrade. It was like she

532
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,919
Speaker 1: was changing. I feel like there was so many of

533
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,520
Speaker 1: those moments with you on Stars. I feel like when

534
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,479
Speaker 1: we went from sandy and frenchy to body language like

535
00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,960
Speaker 1: that was a body suit with a deep beat down

536
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,120
Speaker 1: to here and remember I was like can we cut

537
00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:58,400
Speaker 1: the mesh off? And you were like yes, we say

538
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,720
Speaker 1: no more. Oh my god, just you you really did

539
00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:03,560
Speaker 1: open the adult door and kicked me through it. And

540
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:08,040
Speaker 1: it is something that I'll forever be grateful for. I have,

541
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,800
Speaker 1: I have a billion memories with Dancing with the Stars.

542
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,720
Speaker 1: I I think I just want to say thank you

543
00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,639
Speaker 1: because it really was such a pivotal point in my

544
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:21,120
Speaker 1: life for so many reasons. I remember I was going

545
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:25,120
Speaker 1: through my first breakup too during the season, and you were,

546
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 1: I mean, you were the person that was there for

547
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,560
Speaker 1: me the most because you had to be. You were

548
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,879
Speaker 1: the person I was with therapist. Yeah, no, she fully

549
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:33,920
Speaker 1: was my therapist. And I remember you were the first

550
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,919
Speaker 1: person that I told, like, hey, we broke up. You

551
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,000
Speaker 1: were the first person that I told, Like if do

552
00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:40,560
Speaker 1: you remember when I used to tell you, I would

553
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 1: be like, Jena, just tell me to do it, because

554
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:42,640
Speaker 1: if you tell me to do it.

555
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,320
Speaker 2: Then I will do it. That's a lot of pressure.

556
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 2: And you used to be like jod I'm not telling

557
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,520
Speaker 2: you that I remember those car rides.

558
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,119
Speaker 1: Yeah, but like you really you really were my safe

559
00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,639
Speaker 1: person in that time for that situation. But then I

560
00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,280
Speaker 1: mean for everything else. You fixed body, Boudie, you fixed

561
00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,320
Speaker 1: I mean, you got me into strength. Now I'm now

562
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,680
Speaker 1: I'm like a psych goat. Now I eat healthy, now

563
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,119
Speaker 1: I work out, and now i'm.

564
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,199
Speaker 2: That is my proudest thing. I think is just like

565
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:12,879
Speaker 2: seeing you, seeing you blossom in so many different ways.

566
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:16,679
Speaker 2: But I think also like loving being strong and not

567
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,040
Speaker 2: shying away from that, yeah, you know, and I think

568
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 2: that's something for me. I feel like I'm a very

569
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 2: feminine person, but I love like this masculine quality that

570
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,280
Speaker 2: I have of like I want to be able to

571
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:28,880
Speaker 2: do it the boys can do, yeah, like I want

572
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:30,439
Speaker 2: to be stronger than them, and I want to be

573
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,679
Speaker 2: able to do as any push ups as them, you know,

574
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,480
Speaker 2: And so like I love watching your fitness journey. Thank you.

575
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:36,679
Speaker 2: I love it.

576
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 1: I mean you you started it. You sure as ex

577
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 1: started it. I remember when we did Born this Way

578
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:44,399
Speaker 1: and we did that ending left right, I lifted you

579
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,400
Speaker 1: up and we were one shoulder. And now I could

580
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 1: do that with like chilling. I do it later, Yeah,

581
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 1: I like, let's break it go easy. But at the

582
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 1: time I couldn't do it like it was.

583
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 2: It was. It was a very big But before I

584
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:57,879
Speaker 2: Dance with the Stars, I couldn't do.

585
00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 1: A push up, like I could not do a single

586
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 1: a shop, which is okay, but now, I mean, my

587
00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:06,960
Speaker 1: strength journey has been insane. But then I remember seeing

588
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,120
Speaker 1: the boys do it and they were like, you gotta

589
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,120
Speaker 1: do it like this, and I was like, well, if

590
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,560
Speaker 1: Gleb can lift her, I can lift her.

591
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 2: Glob should be able.

592
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:16,119
Speaker 1: To do a lot more than I can do. But

593
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,199
Speaker 1: like that mentality of like if they can do it,

594
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,359
Speaker 1: I can do it. I mean it got me anyways,

595
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:26,520
Speaker 1: now now you you just you you started this season

596
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,720
Speaker 1: off with Tyson. You got eliminate a way too early.

597
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,280
Speaker 1: I really thought y'all were going further. I really did,

598
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,639
Speaker 1: like I did too, not just blowing that up you like,

599
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,720
Speaker 1: I actually like really thought when I saw y'all, I

600
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 1: gotta admit.

601
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,160
Speaker 2: I was kind of like, m I hope she doesn't

602
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 2: have back up of a partner. Job. You wish this

603
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 2: upon me? My early elimination, yeah, I.

604
00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,360
Speaker 1: Was like because you you had baby and so you

605
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 1: were pregnant, didn't do the last season, and I just remember.

606
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 2: Being like, I just really want to like play my territory.

607
00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 1: I don't know, like I was like, for your sake,

608
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,160
Speaker 1: we get a good partner, but selfishly like, but then

609
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 1: when you got Tyson, I was like, he's good.

610
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 2: Like y'all.

611
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 1: When I saw your dance when I came on Latin Night,

612
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 1: I was like, dang, like they're good. They're gonna go far.

613
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,840
Speaker 1: And then you got eliminated. I think was it the

614
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,320
Speaker 1: next week? And I was like for my first thought

615
00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 1: was thank god I got to see her dance, I know.

616
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:22,760
Speaker 1: And my second thought was, like, I'm forever gonna be

617
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:24,320
Speaker 1: second place now, you know what I mean.

618
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 2: No, you're not. You're gonna have your season. You are

619
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:27,520
Speaker 2: gonna win.

620
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 1: There's ever an All Stars. We will do nothing but win.

621
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 2: Yes, we will do not I might avenge. Yeah, it's

622
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 2: it's it's our it's our comeback arc.

623
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 1: It's our comeback arc. H Jenna, your life now, give

624
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 1: me your life now. Then I got to give you

625
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,120
Speaker 1: a little bit of a piece of my life now

626
00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 1: and then we'll we'll wrap this up.

627
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 2: Where where are you now? What is your life now?

628
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,680
Speaker 2: Right now? I'm full mommy mode.

629
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:48,600
Speaker 1: Which Oh we got to talk about your Lend number.

630
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,719
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we gotta we gotta pause on your now,

631
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: we gotta pause on you now. You just did the

632
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:57,320
Speaker 1: most incredible number. You are ready for your Emmy nomination

633
00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 1: and win, Like, don't even be you know that's getting

634
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:02,719
Speaker 1: not like that is.

635
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 2: I mean, Jenna just did the most beautiful Lend tribute.

636
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 2: I mean it was.

637
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 1: It was the biggest thing I think from Dancing with

638
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,720
Speaker 1: the Stars this season, and it's because of you, Like

639
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 1: you did that.

640
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,760
Speaker 2: Thank you I think, you know, it goes back to everything.

641
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 2: I'm a firm believer and everything happens for a reason

642
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 2: and full transparency. I was like really devastated that this

643
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,440
Speaker 2: was my season that I came back from because I

644
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,960
Speaker 2: love the show, I love creating, and so I think

645
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,080
Speaker 2: missing out on last season, I was so happy to

646
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,320
Speaker 2: be pregnant and to take a season off, but I

647
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,080
Speaker 2: was so excited to come back this season. Yeah, and

648
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,640
Speaker 2: so when it ended early, I kind of just felt

649
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,480
Speaker 2: like and what now? Like what do I do? Now?

650
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,720
Speaker 2: You know, I've just been I carved out these three

651
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 2: months for this, and now like what do I do? Yeah?

652
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 2: And I just didn't feel very fulfilled, you know, which

653
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,160
Speaker 2: was which sucked because I was like wonging for that

654
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:52,960
Speaker 2: feeling again. And I think.

655
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 1: Too, you had a really like it. You should have

656
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 1: you there was deaf only you. Y'all should still be

657
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: there and I think you knew that too. Yeah, And

658
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,160
Speaker 1: so getting eliminated had to have been a big shock.

659
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 1: Better Yeah, bitter sweet because again I got to spend

660
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:11,959
Speaker 1: time with my son. But I think I'm still in

661
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 1: my mind, I'm still this artist, creator, choreographer, and I

662
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:18,160
Speaker 1: have so much more to give so anyway, cut to

663
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,800
Speaker 1: everything happens for a reason. We were asked Val and

664
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 1: I were asked to quot off this Len tribute number.

665
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,480
Speaker 1: Len Goodman passed away this past year and they wanted

666
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 1: to honor him, and there had been a lot of

667
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 1: pressure leading up to this piece because they were like,

668
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,480
Speaker 1: you know, this is a very important moment for us,

669
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 1: we really want to do it justice. This is I mean,

670
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 1: Len was on the show for since the beginning, and

671
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,880
Speaker 1: there's so much legacy that we felt a lot of

672
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,400
Speaker 1: pressure to do a very good job. And so I

673
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: know that if I still would have been on the season,

674
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if I could have put in as

675
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: much effort to just solely be focused on this number.

676
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 1: Ye anyway, And and Val is still in the season,

677
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:56,960
Speaker 1: you know, and he and Sochi are going to win,

678
00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 1: I think so and I wanted him to still be.

679
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 2: Focused on that. They're so cute, so good. Anyway, So yeah,

680
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 2: we we did this Lene number and it turned out

681
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 2: more than I ever could have expected. And I haven't

682
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,040
Speaker 2: ever had the chance to do a group number on

683
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 2: the show and have the capabilities of using all of

684
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,320
Speaker 2: these incredible dances. Was unreal At one time, So thank you.

685
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:19,560
Speaker 2: It was unreal.

686
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 1: I'm very proud of it, as you should be. Emmy's

687
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,640
Speaker 1: when the nominations come out, we'll see, we'll see. It's

688
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,400
Speaker 1: been the best thing on this season for sure.

689
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:33,600
Speaker 2: For sure. Anyways, your life now, Mommy and mode. But

690
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 2: I'm still you know, I feel more ready than ever

691
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 2: to like tackle my career and do those things that

692
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,720
Speaker 2: I haven't done that have scared me that now is

693
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 2: the time to do it. So doing that, I'm still

694
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,560
Speaker 2: obviously a part of the season. And then yeah, being

695
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 2: trying to be a good wife. You know, supportive wife

696
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 2: is my husband's Kushna on the season. So yeah, that's

697
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 2: my best life I'm going to be. I want to

698
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:00,960
Speaker 2: be John in my next life.

699
00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:13,640
Speaker 1: Stop, Okay, I gotta I've actually been meaning to read

700
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 1: you this, and I I didn't. I wasn't planning on

701
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 1: reading you this, and now I was. I've planned on

702
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 1: reading you this right when I got home from Special Forces,

703
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 1: but then I don't know if I've told you, have

704
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 1: I told you about this?

705
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:26,320
Speaker 2: I'm not ready for this. I'm not.

706
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,400
Speaker 1: I'm not either, and I will cry any any time

707
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 1: I take this is why I had to put it

708
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 1: upside down because anytime I look at this death note,

709
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 1: I literally start sobbing. Anyways, but before before we wrap

710
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 1: this up, I was like, you know what this this

711
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:43,520
Speaker 1: feels like. It's like I'm I'm finally ready to read

712
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 1: it too. I feel like we've had a deep conversation.

713
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 1: Now today we've gone through emerl Lane and I don't know,

714
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 1: it's just really anyways, So I just for anyone who's listening,

715
00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 1: I just did Special Forces World's Touffest Test, which is

716
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 1: a TV show on Fox, but I mean it is

717
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 1: it is are beyond a TV show.

718
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 2: People ask me all the time, what was harder Dancing

719
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:05,840
Speaker 2: with the Stars? Are special Forces? Actually?

720
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 1: And I joke around and I'm like, actually, probably Dancing

721
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:13,200
Speaker 1: with the Stars because Dan the Stars is so intense

722
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:18,560
Speaker 1: and so stressful, and yeah, seventy five days compared to

723
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 1: eight days. But there's something about special Forces. You are

724
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:26,839
Speaker 1: away from everybody, you are faced with death, you every

725
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,520
Speaker 1: single day. You are pushed to your physical limits for sure,

726
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:33,040
Speaker 1: and pushed beyond your mental limits. I mean, I I

727
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 1: was mentally gone.

728
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:36,279
Speaker 2: Anyways.

729
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 1: So it's it's day I think six six or seven,

730
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,839
Speaker 1: and we had to write death notes and this death

731
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,800
Speaker 1: note was they gave us pieces of paper and they said,

732
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 1: if something happens to you, this is what goes home.

733
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 2: So what do you want home to to read? What

734
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 2: do you want home to know?

735
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: What do you want them to know about your your finances,

736
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:57,799
Speaker 1: your people, your house? Like you gotta, you gotta put

737
00:34:57,840 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 1: everything in this death note.

738
00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:01,320
Speaker 2: And so I have my death note.

739
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 1: And when I when I was done with selection, I

740
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,920
Speaker 1: was like, you know what, I'm not leaving unless I

741
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:08,279
Speaker 1: get to take this death note with me.

742
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 2: I'm not. I can't.

743
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,200
Speaker 1: I can't leave the premises. And so I convinced them

744
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:14,840
Speaker 1: to give me my death note and I wrote to

745
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,840
Speaker 1: a few very very very close people in my life.

746
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: I need to still read it to a few people.

747
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,839
Speaker 1: But I told myself, I was like, I will read

748
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 1: this to every single person that I wrote to, because

749
00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 1: they need to know this before I actually go.

750
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:30,280
Speaker 2: Fair warning.

751
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,960
Speaker 1: Every time I read this, I saw because it puts

752
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 1: me right back.

753
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 2: I'm gonna cry already.

754
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 1: It puts me right back to where I was when

755
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 1: I wrote this, which was at the mentally lowest point

756
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,480
Speaker 1: I've ever been at. I mean, you're thinking about what

757
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 1: happens if you don't return home and you already are

758
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 1: missing your people so much. And yeah, anyways, so what

759
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 1: I'll do is I'm gonna I'll read you. I'll read

760
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,840
Speaker 1: you the first part and then I have a section

761
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,880
Speaker 1: that's just for you. Yeah, I'm okay, here we go.

762
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 1: Every time, there isn't an easy way to start this,

763
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 1: but I'll start by saying, I hope you never have

764
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 1: to end up reading this, and instead I'll just get

765
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:13,759
Speaker 1: to tell you all this in person. I want to

766
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:15,400
Speaker 1: start off with the message to my mom. Then I

767
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 1: go into a whole thing about my mom. Yeah, YadA,

768
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 1: this is this is this is your section, Jenna. You

769
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:26,719
Speaker 1: changed me and my life.

770
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 2: Already going down.

771
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 1: Oh okay, so what happened was you're part of the death. No,

772
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 1: you should you should know this. I was I was writing,

773
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:38,759
Speaker 1: and I went through all my people that I was

774
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 1: like talking to like at the time, and you are

775
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,879
Speaker 1: obviously one of the closest people to me, but you're

776
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 1: not someone that I speak to every single day, And

777
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: so I was like going through like, oh, I talked

778
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:50,319
Speaker 1: to every single day.

779
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 2: I was talking to Samana every single day. I was

780
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:53,239
Speaker 2: start going to kiss every single day.

781
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: At the time, I was talking to Raven, Miranda, my

782
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 1: girl group, my mom, dad, brother, like that was like

783
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:57,879
Speaker 1: the front.

784
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 2: And then and Rachel and now and clean.

785
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 1: And then I got to Ezra, who I was fighting

786
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: with at the time, and I was like, I can't

787
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 1: not write to him, So I wrote to him. And

788
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,000
Speaker 1: then I literally was like, who means the most in

789
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 1: the world to me? And I was like Jenna. I

790
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 1: was like, I gotta write to Jenna, so your your

791
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,320
Speaker 1: section has actually last in this and so I was,

792
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:21,560
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm I'm deep at this point. Jesus, Jenna,

793
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 1: you changed me and my life more than I've already

794
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 1: told you. No one knew about my deep, dark insecurities,

795
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 1: but you figure them out and helped me break down

796
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:30,960
Speaker 1: every wall that needed to be broken down. I'll never

797
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 1: be able to express to you how much you mean

798
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,560
Speaker 1: to me. Thank you for everything. I love you very much, Joelle.

799
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,920
Speaker 2: You're also the only person that got signed Joell. Jesus,

800
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 2: I hate this step note.

801
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 1: It gives me every single time and I like, I've

802
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,520
Speaker 1: read it literally probably fifty times a step note, but

803
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,680
Speaker 1: it so I don't know something about it.

804
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:55,160
Speaker 2: That's uh. I love you you clearly the world to me.

805
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:59,080
Speaker 1: I don't you know I don't cry any That thing

806
00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 1: was like instant lot of works.

807
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 2: If I need tears, that's that's my winner tier. I

808
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:06,959
Speaker 2: should have just not read that. To me, I'm first

809
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:10,760
Speaker 2: of all, that's very beautiful and I can't even imagine

810
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:14,920
Speaker 2: having to write it was so like putting that into words.

811
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:18,440
Speaker 2: But I knew like you were really there writing it.

812
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 1: Like it wasn't like, oh, I'm gonna go write this

813
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,319
Speaker 1: note like just like to tell my people how I feel.

814
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:28,360
Speaker 2: It was like it was so real, it was crazy.

815
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:34,920
Speaker 2: I'm honored that when you're in that deepest, darkest right now,

816
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,360
Speaker 2: I made the death note. But wow, that's so beautiful

817
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,120
Speaker 2: and I'm really glad you framed that and have that

818
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 2: forever one of my humans. It's a big reminder for me.

819
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 2: It really.

820
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,680
Speaker 1: As as psycho as this sounds, it was one of

821
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:51,479
Speaker 1: the best things I've ever done, was write a death note.

822
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 1: Like it just puts into perspective what you care about,

823
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 1: what you're grateful for. I think at the end of

824
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:01,400
Speaker 1: the day, also like who matters, who really matters and

825
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 1: what matters. Yeah, absolutely, don't write a death and nope,

826
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:11,280
Speaker 1: but do write a death It really does help anyways,

827
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 1: I feel like that was like the highest of high

828
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:16,200
Speaker 1: and lowest of low that we could have possibly ended

829
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:17,239
Speaker 1: this podcast on.

830
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 2: But that's now. But that but that is.

831
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 1: Now, and that is that is where I am now,

832
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 1: and that is where you are in my life now

833
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:24,719
Speaker 1: as a person.

834
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 2: I'm so proud of you. I'm so proud of you.

835
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:28,840
Speaker 2: Like you know, in these past couple of years, I

836
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 2: feel like you've gone through such an evolution. Thank you,

837
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 2: and it's you started it. Well, it's got to be

838
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,879
Speaker 2: starting flicting at times, but I'm really proud of you.

839
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,400
Speaker 2: You're thank you. You know, you're so talented that goes beyond.

840
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:44,360
Speaker 2: But like as a human, you are truly at the

841
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,640
Speaker 2: end of the day, Like if I'm thinking of who

842
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,320
Speaker 2: will be there no matter what, if I needed somebody

843
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 2: right now, you're at the top of my list. So

844
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,239
Speaker 2: so proud of you. So grateful we met each other.

845
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 2: We got to do some incredible moments and memories together.

846
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:01,920
Speaker 2: But even better than that, like we have each other

847
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:03,560
Speaker 2: in each other's life for the rest of our lives.

848
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 2: We're prepared, we're excited, and we have each other. Right.

849
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 1: Jenna and I used to have these performance vituals that

850
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 1: we would do before every every single performance. We would

851
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 1: go to her prayer corner and we would she would

852
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 1: she would she would say friend. I would stand there

853
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 1: not like hi, thanks big man, and then we would

854
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: say we're prepared, we're excited, and we have each other.

855
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,640
Speaker 1: And then I would run the dance fifty and then

856
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 1: gentlemen tell me to calm down and they'd be like okay,

857
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:31,799
Speaker 1: and then.

858
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:33,759
Speaker 2: We pert forward. It was great every single week.

859
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:37,120
Speaker 1: I was just at CBS for some reason with my

860
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:40,799
Speaker 1: mom and I was like, what's your prayer corner? And

861
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 1: I showed it with you and I used to pray.

862
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:44,400
Speaker 1: We were like walking around and I was like, what

863
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 1: is see what I used to be. She heard about

864
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,440
Speaker 1: it all the time, but she never knew where it was. Anyways, Jenna,

865
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 1: thank you so much for everything. Thank you for everything

866
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 1: you just said. I I will always be for you,

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Speaker 1: and thank you so much for joining Joe's and now

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Speaker 1: anything else you want to get out.

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Speaker 2: I feel like that's a rap.

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Speaker 1: That's a freaking wrap. Everybody following Jinna everywhere watch Dancing

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Speaker 1: with the Stars. When Jenna is on next season, the

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Speaker 1: Dancing with the Stars text whoever her star is to two, one, five,

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Speaker 1: two three ten times every single Monday or Tuesday night,

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Speaker 1: whatever night they decided to air it.

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Speaker 2: I love y'all.

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Speaker 1: I remember on Dancing Stars like the first week you

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Speaker 1: really gets two two three, I was like, how do you.

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Speaker 2: Memorize that already? It's been the same number for forever. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Anyways, I love y'all. Thank you for listening. I hope

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Speaker 1: you enjoyed. Give us a good rating, tell your friends.

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Speaker 2: And I'll talk to you next time. Peace. Thank you

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Speaker 2: so much for listening. Everybody.

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