WEBVTT - Danielle’s Final Dance! (Week 8)

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<v Speaker 1>Hello from home once again.

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<v Speaker 2>I am Danielle Fischel, podcaster, TV director, mother of two,

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<v Speaker 2>and even at spelling Bees. I am topa NNGA from

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<v Speaker 2>the nineties family sitcom Boy Meets World. But in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five, I was a contestant on season thirty four

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<v Speaker 2>of Dancing with the Stars.

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<v Speaker 1>I am just off the press.

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<v Speaker 2>Line for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Night, despite

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<v Speaker 2>having no prior dance experience and the fact that the

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<v Speaker 2>last time I danced in public may have been at

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<v Speaker 2>my wedding, which was seven years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Tonight, by the way.

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<v Speaker 2>Here, I am back in my house after making it

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<v Speaker 2>to the final eight. Throughout this entire experience, I have

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<v Speaker 2>continued to record this here podcast, sharing every detail and

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<v Speaker 2>behind the scenes story with you as I fought my

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<v Speaker 2>way through a slayer like mosh pit of talented dancers

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<v Speaker 2>and explosive personalities, all in the hopes of winning Elen

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<v Speaker 2>Goodman Mirror Ball Trophy. As you are probably aware at

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<v Speaker 2>this point, I tonight was my last night, was my

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<v Speaker 2>last dance. I was eliminated, and.

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<v Speaker 1>I have such a wide range of emotions.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm obviously very sad to be leaving the competition. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sad to have my day to day life is going

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<v Speaker 2>to so drastically change now. I have literally woken up

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<v Speaker 2>every single day and looked forward to rehearsal and looked

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<v Speaker 2>forward to what dance we were learning that week, and

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<v Speaker 2>to seeing Pasha and collaborating with him and hanging out

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<v Speaker 2>with him. Talking about not seeing him every day is

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<v Speaker 2>going to make me very sad. We had the most

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<v Speaker 2>dream like partnership you could possibly ask for. With someone

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<v Speaker 2>that you get thrown together with, you have no idea

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<v Speaker 2>what you're in for when you know, you throw yourself

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<v Speaker 2>into something so wholeheartedly and something that's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>so much a part of your life. And same for him,

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<v Speaker 2>you know.

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<v Speaker 1>This is.

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<v Speaker 2>This is his livelihood, this is something he's been, he's

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he's a professional dancer for his entire life,

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<v Speaker 2>and every year he puts himself out there and has

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<v Speaker 2>no idea who he's going to get and you never

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<v Speaker 2>know how you know, personalities, mesh, I think I am

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<v Speaker 2>comfortable speaking for both of us when I say it

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't have gone any better. I'm so lucky, just so

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<v Speaker 2>so so lucky that Pasha is my partner.

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<v Speaker 1>He was truly the best.

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<v Speaker 2>And with him, of course came Danny, his wife, who

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<v Speaker 2>I just I'm completely obsessed with as well, and I love,

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<v Speaker 2>and their daughter Kiki, who I'm so lucky loves me

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<v Speaker 2>and wants to hang out with me and lets me

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<v Speaker 2>hold her, and just I just love their family so much,

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<v Speaker 2>so talking about him and not seeing him and them

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<v Speaker 2>every day is going to take some getting used to.

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<v Speaker 2>I really didn't want to cry this early on in

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<v Speaker 2>the podcast because overall, I feel so extremely positive about

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<v Speaker 2>everything we did, and it would be a lot harder

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<v Speaker 2>to be walking away from the show. If I could

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<v Speaker 2>look back and say, oh, you know, I think maybe

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<v Speaker 2>I got eliminated because I didn't put in the extra

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<v Speaker 2>work here, or because I didn't try hard here, or

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<v Speaker 2>because you know, some some reason, like there was something

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<v Speaker 2>I could point to, then maybe I would feel worse.

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<v Speaker 2>But we did every single thing we possibly could with

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<v Speaker 2>what we've had available to us. Where there're songs we

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<v Speaker 2>wanted that we didn't get that didn't clear. Sure were

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<v Speaker 2>their theme nights that you know, didn't necessarily speak to us,

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<v Speaker 2>but we had to give it our all anyway, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>all of those things, I mean, even for example, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>with tonight's dance the contemporary, which we were able to

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<v Speaker 2>do to dream On by Aerosmith, which was such a

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<v Speaker 2>dream come true for both of us, Like Pasha and I.

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<v Speaker 1>Just love that song and.

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<v Speaker 2>It was very very special to both of us, so

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<v Speaker 2>we were really excited about that. But we got the

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<v Speaker 2>song cleared and we knew we were going to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to do our contemporary to dream On right away.

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<v Speaker 2>Pasha was like, what's the story you want to tell?

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<v Speaker 2>What does this mean to you? You know, contemporary is

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<v Speaker 2>a very personal dance. It's usually about something, it's got

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<v Speaker 2>some emotion. And he said, what is it about? And

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I know the song like the back of

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<v Speaker 2>my hand, but I'm going to listen to it again

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<v Speaker 2>and see what speaks to me. And I listened to

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<v Speaker 2>it quite a few times, back to back to back,

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<v Speaker 2>and I wrote to Pasha. I said, Okay, our story

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<v Speaker 2>is about the impossible standards placed on women, both from

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<v Speaker 2>society and from ourselves. If we pursue work outside the

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<v Speaker 2>home and have a family, we're told that we should

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<v Speaker 2>be with our kids more. If we stay home, we're

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<v Speaker 2>told we don't work and are uninteresting. If we're too thin,

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<v Speaker 2>we're told to eat a burger, and if we gain weight,

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<v Speaker 2>we're told to get off the couch. When we get

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<v Speaker 2>botox or fillers, we're accused of not aging gracefully. And

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<v Speaker 2>when we age naturally, we're called old and ugly. We

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<v Speaker 2>are somehow always too much and never enough at the

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<v Speaker 2>same time. And the only cure for it is to

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<v Speaker 2>live life your way, living out your dreams, because, as

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<v Speaker 2>my cancer diagnosis pointed out to me last year, life

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<v Speaker 2>is short and we never know when we're living our

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<v Speaker 2>last day or dancing our last dance.

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<v Speaker 1>And he right.

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<v Speaker 2>Away like wrote, love it, that's it great, this is

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<v Speaker 2>going to help me choreograph the whole thing, and he did.

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<v Speaker 2>He went and choreographed it. And Pasha is a really

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<v Speaker 2>skilled dancer in all ballroom and Latin dances, he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>feel as comfortable with contemporary dances in choreography, so he

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<v Speaker 2>worked with two people that he knows, loves and trusts,

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<v Speaker 2>that are absolute experts in contemporary and he worked with

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<v Speaker 2>them to put together the dance that spoke to exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what I wrote in my text, the societal pressure and

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<v Speaker 2>outside noise and judgments and all of that. And then tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>while we were on the ballroom floor. I was like

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<v Speaker 2>listening to my package and I was like, none of

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<v Speaker 2>that was even mentioned, Like none of my story was

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<v Speaker 2>even in the package. And we don't have any you know,

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<v Speaker 2>those are just things that are completely out of our control,

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<v Speaker 2>Like we don't have we don't get to see the package,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't get to have notes on the package, we

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<v Speaker 2>don't get to have we don't know, we don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what's in there.

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<v Speaker 1>So, yeah, are there things that.

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<v Speaker 2>I can look back on and say, like, maybe if

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<v Speaker 2>those things had been different, the outcome could be different.

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<v Speaker 2>But I have not one thing about this experience that

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<v Speaker 2>I look back on and think to myself, Oh, I

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<v Speaker 2>regret this moment because I gave it my all.

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<v Speaker 1>I really really did.

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<v Speaker 2>And no one gave it. I mean, Pasha gave it

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<v Speaker 2>his all plus some.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean Pasha is.

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<v Speaker 2>He is just the hardest working person and he was

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<v Speaker 2>working all hours and just doing his absolute best. And

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<v Speaker 2>so there's nothing, there's nothing I would change about the

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<v Speaker 2>entire experience, not one thing. There's nothing I could There's

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<v Speaker 2>nothing I could do. And if this is where the

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<v Speaker 2>journey ends, and it is, really I'm really proud.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really proud. I look back on every week.

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<v Speaker 2>As like a special, individual, unique little moment in time

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<v Speaker 2>that I'll remember forever. On top of having the contemporary

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<v Speaker 2>dance this week, it was also team dance week, and

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<v Speaker 2>if there was ever a time to have to be

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<v Speaker 2>eliminated in the competition, I think after that team dance is.

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<v Speaker 1>The time to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>You saw us all celebrating after the dance ended. Every

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<v Speaker 2>single second of that dance was hard earned. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>we only had a total of seven hours as a

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<v Speaker 2>group to put that together, and so our pros had

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<v Speaker 2>to choreograph it and teach it to us, and we

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<v Speaker 2>had to.

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<v Speaker 1>Nail it in seven hours.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's not seven hours even in one day. That's

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<v Speaker 2>seven hours broken up into two days. It was two

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<v Speaker 2>different rehearsal times, and then of course we had our

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<v Speaker 2>camera blocking, and then today we were able to kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like, all right, we've got ten minutes, let's try

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<v Speaker 2>to rehearse some moments. And yeah, I mean, it was

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<v Speaker 2>such a fun week watching the pros work and watching

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<v Speaker 2>them trust and respect each other and collaborate and truly

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<v Speaker 2>all week, best idea wins. Anyone who had an idea,

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<v Speaker 2>anyone who had a suggestion of the pros the celebs

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<v Speaker 2>were not necessarily lobbing suggestions, but we were comfortable to say, like,

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<v Speaker 2>this doesn't feel right, is there something else we could

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<v Speaker 2>do here, or just even just asking all the questions

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<v Speaker 2>like what are we supposed to be doing when we

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<v Speaker 2>do this? But it was such a great week and truly,

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<v Speaker 2>like right up until the last second, I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>there was like right before we started where I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh my gosh, my brain is like melting and I

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't get this one part, and I was like, we

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<v Speaker 2>need to start again, and we started again, and then

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<v Speaker 2>I really feel like we killed it. I mean, it

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<v Speaker 2>was just so much fun, and because we only had

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<v Speaker 2>seven hours, and because there were so many different moving parts,

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<v Speaker 2>and because then you're dealing with all the cameras and

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<v Speaker 2>where the camera's going to be and what are you

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to do? And we can't see each other, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Alfonso's having to run out. He's like off

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<v Speaker 2>on the side and then he has to run out,

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<v Speaker 2>and we had to you know, have our backs to

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<v Speaker 2>Alfonso for that part, the celeb part where the pros

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<v Speaker 2>aren't allowed to be on the floor with us and everyone,

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<v Speaker 2>all the pros asked Whitney. They were like, who's going

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<v Speaker 2>to count? I just someone needs to count so that

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<v Speaker 2>we can make sure we're all together, because nobody cares

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<v Speaker 2>if you're counting as long as you all look together. Like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>go ahead, it out so you know you're on the

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<v Speaker 2>right counts. And Whitney was like, I know the counts.

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<v Speaker 2>I will count. And so Whitney took it on herself

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<v Speaker 2>to be the leader there for all of us to

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<v Speaker 2>make sure we were all on and she.

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<v Speaker 1>Did that at the request of our pros. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Whitney is.

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<v Speaker 2>Gosh, I can say so many wonderful things about every

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<v Speaker 2>single person on this cast. Whitney is the first person.

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<v Speaker 1>To say I can do this.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you want me to do this? Can I take

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<v Speaker 2>on this? Can I take this on? Can I how

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<v Speaker 2>can I help? What can I do?

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<v Speaker 1>And oh, I'm gonna start crying again.

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<v Speaker 2>And this past week that was really difficult for me

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<v Speaker 2>with the contemporary dance. Whitney was one of the first

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<v Speaker 2>people I reached out to. It was Mark. I texted

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<v Speaker 2>Whitney and I said, I'm having a really hard time

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<v Speaker 2>this week and she said, down, you know, talk to me,

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<v Speaker 2>And we ended up sending each other voice notes back

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<v Speaker 2>and forth, and she was really God, she's good people,

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<v Speaker 2>really good people. I'm going to miss her. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>miss Jordan so much too. Of course, I'm gonna miss

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<v Speaker 2>my boy Dylan, my alliance partner from day one. I

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<v Speaker 2>almost feel as bad that I let Dylan down as

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<v Speaker 2>much as I did Pasha. It's funny like I apologize

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<v Speaker 2>to Pasha. I said, I'm sorry I didn't get us

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<v Speaker 2>to the finals, and he apologized. He said, no, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sorry I didn't get us to the finals. I was like, no, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>this is on me, not on you. I kind of

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<v Speaker 2>feel the same way about Dylan. I feel like I

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<v Speaker 2>let our alliance down. Oh my gosh.

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<v Speaker 1>And Robert. Robert and I both got super emotional saying

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<v Speaker 1>goodbye to each other.

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<v Speaker 2>We all did. I'm gonna miss Alex, I'm gonna miss Andy,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm goin to miss Elane. I'm truly I'm gonna miss everybody,

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<v Speaker 2>such a good group. I didn't even name all the

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<v Speaker 2>pros because honestly, I'd just be sitting here saying I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna miss every single person. I'm gonna miss the troops

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<v Speaker 2>so much. They called me like a troop mom.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what I felt like.

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<v Speaker 2>I felt like, I felt like their troop mom. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>so proud of them. I just cheer them on every

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<v Speaker 2>single week. I'm still gonna be doing that, just gonna

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<v Speaker 2>reasons this was a really a hard week for me

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<v Speaker 2>is that, you know, we were dancing at contemporary, and

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<v Speaker 2>now that I'm not on the show anymore, I feel

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<v Speaker 2>really comfortable saying I don't like it.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like contemporary. I just no, just no, It's

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<v Speaker 1>it's a no from me, dog. I don't like it.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like it at all.

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<v Speaker 2>I like being in a frame, which is weird. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't think I was gonna like that when I first

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<v Speaker 2>joined the show. I thought I'm only gonna like Latin

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<v Speaker 2>dances and I'm probably gonna like this jazz number and

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<v Speaker 2>a contemporary.

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<v Speaker 1>And uh, you know what, it's really not for me.

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<v Speaker 2>I have realized that my neck is significantly longer than

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it was, now that I have learned how

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<v Speaker 2>to keep my shoulders down, and now that my shoulders

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<v Speaker 2>are down, I love being in a frame. It's so nice.

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<v Speaker 2>It's so comforting. And when you have a good part

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<v Speaker 2>like I did with Pasha, being in that frame and

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<v Speaker 2>having that connection is just really feels great. It feels

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<v Speaker 2>really nice, and it feels beautiful. And then Contemporary felt

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<v Speaker 2>very like the opposite of everything I had worked so

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<v Speaker 2>hard for. It was like, Okay, have a gut punch

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<v Speaker 2>and be like a rag doll and have loose fingers

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<v Speaker 2>and no broken wrists and you know, straight arms, but

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<v Speaker 2>still loosey, goosey fingers, And it just felt very opposite

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<v Speaker 2>of everything I had been doing. And also, I have

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<v Speaker 2>a very flexible spine. But I'm very flexible and my

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<v Speaker 2>spine like going back, like I could do a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of backbends. And that's why you saw Pasha and I

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<v Speaker 2>do a lot of dips and back bend style stuff

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<v Speaker 2>because he knew it was easy for me and looks good,

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<v Speaker 2>and so we capitalized on that as often as we could.

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<v Speaker 2>But the shortest part of my body, you know, five

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<v Speaker 2>to one, the shortest part of my body is my waist.

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<v Speaker 2>My torso is literally like two and a half inches long.

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<v Speaker 2>Like from my lowest rim to my hip bone is

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<v Speaker 2>like literally two inches. I have a very short waist,

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<v Speaker 2>and so a lot of the like breath expansion stuff

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<v Speaker 2>or even contraction is like I feel like, even if

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<v Speaker 2>I and I'm not saying I was doing it perfectly,

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<v Speaker 2>far far far from it, but even if I were

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<v Speaker 2>to work on it a lot, I still don't think

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<v Speaker 2>it would ever look super impressive. It's just not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>look super impressive as it does on Like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna use Haley and Anye as two examples from Troop,

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<v Speaker 2>like to watch them do a contemporary and with their

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful long torsos and their beautiful long bodies, it's like

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<v Speaker 2>I look at that and I'm like, oh my god, gorgeous.

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<v Speaker 2>Or Jenna doing a contemporary, I'm like, oh, look at that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's stunning.

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<v Speaker 2>And then it's like, even if I really did my best,

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<v Speaker 2>best best, it's never gonna look like that. It's never

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<v Speaker 2>going to look that beautiful. I just don't have that shape.

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<v Speaker 2>So it was a tough week for me. It was

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<v Speaker 2>just a really tough week, and I was like really

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<v Speaker 2>hard on myself. I had a lot of negative self.

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<v Speaker 1>Talk, and I in order to then comfort.

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<v Speaker 2>Myself from all that negative self talk, I found myself

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<v Speaker 2>just like massively overeating, which then made me feel really

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<v Speaker 2>bad both physically and just mentally and emotionally, like I

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<v Speaker 2>was just really I was coming home and massively overeating

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<v Speaker 2>and then feeling sick, and I was like where is

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<v Speaker 2>this coming from? Like all of this is just really disordered,

0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:43.440
<v Speaker 2>disordered thinking, disordered eating, Like.

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<v Speaker 1>What is going on?

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<v Speaker 2>And I really did realize just how much I was resisting,

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<v Speaker 2>like this stance was bringing up a lot of stuff

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<v Speaker 2>for me and bringing up a lot of old bad habits,

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<v Speaker 2>and uh, yeah, it was a rough week. And I

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<v Speaker 2>talked to Whitney about it. I obviously talked to Up

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<v Speaker 2>about it, and I also talked to Mark. I talked

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<v Speaker 2>to Mark Ballas about it, and he is another one

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<v Speaker 2>who's just so supportive. And so today when we were

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<v Speaker 2>about ready to do our group dance, and I literally

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<v Speaker 2>had like a meltdown right before it started. I like

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<v Speaker 2>all of this, like everything kind of left my brain.

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<v Speaker 2>And we started trying to do like a mini rehearsal,

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<v Speaker 2>and we were supposed to do these four claps and

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<v Speaker 2>I only did three and then I turned my hands

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<v Speaker 2>and then I was like eh, and I was like wait, wait,

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<v Speaker 2>we need to start again. And then we started rehearsal

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<v Speaker 2>again and then I did something else that was so weird,

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<v Speaker 2>and I literally just like looked out locked eyes with Mark,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was like, I'm having a meltdown, and like

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<v Speaker 2>everyone went to go say to me, like you've got this,

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<v Speaker 2>and Mark literally like grabbed me by the shoulders looked

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<v Speaker 2>at me and he was like, stop, don't pay attention

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<v Speaker 2>to anybody else, just look at me right now. And

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<v Speaker 2>he was like, Dangelle, take a deep breath. Tune out

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<v Speaker 2>all the noise, forget that there are all these people here.

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<v Speaker 2>Just lock in like you've got this, you know what

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<v Speaker 2>you're doing.

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<v Speaker 1>Take a deep breath.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was like okay, and he gave me a

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<v Speaker 2>hug and I said, okay, I've got it, and I

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<v Speaker 2>walked back out and we did.

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<v Speaker 1>One more rehearsal.

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<v Speaker 2>Rehearsal went fine, and then we did it and it

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<v Speaker 2>all went off without a hitch and it was incredible

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<v Speaker 2>and it was amazing, and our team dance got the

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<v Speaker 2>first perfect score of the season, a perfect forty, and the.

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<v Speaker 1>Confetti candons went off and it felt great.

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<v Speaker 2>I was so proud of my team and I was

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<v Speaker 2>so proud of everything we had done all week, and

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<v Speaker 2>that is for sure a massive core memory, not just

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<v Speaker 2>from dancing with the stars. For the rest of my life,

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<v Speaker 2>I will remember what it felt like to be a

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<v Speaker 2>part of that team all week, and then what it

0:21:48.920 --> 0:21:51.399
<v Speaker 2>felt like to go out there as a team and

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<v Speaker 2>really kill it and then be recognized for it with

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<v Speaker 2>a perfect score. I'll remember it forever. So anyway, Rock

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<v Speaker 2>and Roll Hall of Fame night, What an incredible night.

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<v Speaker 1>I was so happy with everybody's songs.

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<v Speaker 2>I was standing up in the skybox just listening to

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<v Speaker 2>the songs, watching the performances.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was like, man, there's a banger of a night.

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<v Speaker 2>Like first of all, Alex and Val living on a prayer.

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<v Speaker 1>That dance that Posso was.

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<v Speaker 2>Outstanding, just outstanding, brought the house down so great. I

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't have loved it anymore. I love their dances. I

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<v Speaker 2>love Alex, I love Val. I thought that was just

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<v Speaker 2>an absolutely killer dance. And overheard in the ballroom was Flavor,

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<v Speaker 2>Flav saying that him selecting a nine on the board

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<v Speaker 2>in front of him was a mistake, that he had

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to give them a ten, which which means that

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<v Speaker 2>was supposed to have been the first perfect score of

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<v Speaker 2>the season and that Alex and Vowem would have had

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<v Speaker 2>a forty had he not hit a nine instead. But

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<v Speaker 2>he went to go hold up his ten paddle and

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<v Speaker 2>was then told in his ear, you had selected a nine.

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<v Speaker 2>And I have not seen it yet because I haven't

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<v Speaker 2>had a chance to watch the show. But apparently he

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<v Speaker 2>kind of made a face when he had to hold

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<v Speaker 2>up the nine, and it was because he had intended

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<v Speaker 2>to select a ten and accidentally selected a nine. So

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<v Speaker 2>that is interesting. I thought Flavor Flav brought a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of really fun energy, if you.

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<v Speaker 1>Know what I'm saying. You know what I'm saying. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I'm saying. I thought it was really

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<v Speaker 1>good energy.

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<v Speaker 2>I am gonna say I the scoring on this show

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<v Speaker 2>does confuse me. It is a little confusing. I do

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<v Speaker 2>think that maybe they could benefit from halfs, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like an eight point five and an eight and then

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<v Speaker 2>nine or a nine point five. But like, even when

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<v Speaker 2>I think about the team dance scores and I think

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<v Speaker 2>about like, you know, I think mainly my main question

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<v Speaker 2>would be, I guess for Derek when he gives a

0:24:19.960 --> 0:24:25.199
<v Speaker 2>critique to Team Cool about the dance, But then is

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<v Speaker 2>you know, says I think the I think the first

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<v Speaker 2>dance was better, but then gives us both the same score.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, hmm, okay, so some of that stuff is

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<v Speaker 2>a little confusing to me. I don't think that's out

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<v Speaker 2>of line to say it, just sometimes, you know, people

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<v Speaker 2>are entitled to do whatever they want and pick the

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<v Speaker 2>scores that they want, but it is a little confusing

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<v Speaker 2>as both a person on the ballroom floor and also

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<v Speaker 2>I think as a viewer, sometimes those things are a

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<v Speaker 2>little confusing. Going back to our team dance, I was

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<v Speaker 2>team captain, which I took very seriously, and I honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>if someone from the winning team was going to go home,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so happy it was me, one hundred percent. If

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<v Speaker 2>I had been the team captain and anyone else went home,

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<v Speaker 2>I would have been furious with myself. So all week

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<v Speaker 2>they kept stressing to us, you know, well, typically someone

0:25:31.960 --> 0:25:34.080
<v Speaker 2>from the losing team goes home. Someone from the losing

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<v Speaker 2>team goes home. And I was like, okay, well, then

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<v Speaker 2>I really don't want us to lose because I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want our team to have somebody have to go home.

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<v Speaker 2>And then of course the winning team had somebody go home,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm just so happy that it was me, because

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<v Speaker 2>if it had been anybody else, I really would have

0:25:48.840 --> 0:25:50.639
<v Speaker 2>beaten myself up about that, And now I don't have

0:25:50.680 --> 0:25:51.720
<v Speaker 2>to beat myself up about that.

0:25:51.760 --> 0:25:52.480
<v Speaker 1>At least it was me.

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<v Speaker 2>And even as a director, my overall feeling is always

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<v Speaker 2>that everything that happens on a set is my responsibility.

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<v Speaker 2>If something bad happens, even if I had nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>do with it, it's still my responsibility, and I say, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>the first person as the director to say.

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<v Speaker 1>That's on me.

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<v Speaker 2>And then when anything goes right, I always look for

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<v Speaker 2>someone to give the credit to anytime something goes right,

0:26:20.320 --> 0:26:24.640
<v Speaker 2>anytime something goes well, I'm always going to say that

0:26:24.680 --> 0:26:28.119
<v Speaker 2>couldn't have happened without the props department, That couldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>happened without the wardrobe department, That couldn't have happened without

0:26:31.440 --> 0:26:33.959
<v Speaker 2>so and so actor, that couldn't have happened without blink.

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<v Speaker 2>And I just feel like that's a really great way

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<v Speaker 2>of making your team know that they are valued and

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<v Speaker 2>also that they're protected that if something goes wrong, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna throw them under the bus. It's my responsibility.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in charge. And that's exactly the attitude I brought

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<v Speaker 2>to this team Dance was like, Okay, I have to

0:26:53.240 --> 0:26:55.399
<v Speaker 2>set the tone, even though the pros are the ones

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<v Speaker 2>doing all the choreography and or definitely taking the lead

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<v Speaker 2>and definitely teaching us and doing all the time management.

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<v Speaker 2>As far as like setting the tone, that was what

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to do. I just wanted to set a

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<v Speaker 2>really positive, lovely tone where everyone felt valued and respected

0:27:13.960 --> 0:27:16.879
<v Speaker 2>and safe, safe to speak up, safe to say what

0:27:16.920 --> 0:27:24.240
<v Speaker 2>they wanted and valued, that their energy and their their

0:27:24.359 --> 0:27:28.720
<v Speaker 2>genius that they bring to this is of worth. And

0:27:28.800 --> 0:27:45.159
<v Speaker 2>so I hope that I did that. Putting together this

0:27:45.280 --> 0:27:46.720
<v Speaker 2>team was not.

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<v Speaker 1>By chance.

0:27:51.119 --> 0:27:54.639
<v Speaker 2>Funny story that I told also on the show, and

0:27:54.680 --> 0:27:57.200
<v Speaker 2>I guess they chose not to use in our package.

0:27:57.320 --> 0:28:04.200
<v Speaker 2>But since day one in New York at GMA, Dylan

0:28:04.200 --> 0:28:06.800
<v Speaker 2>and I formed an alliance. It feels and sounds kind

0:28:06.800 --> 0:28:08.840
<v Speaker 2>of like a joke because we shot it as a

0:28:08.840 --> 0:28:10.960
<v Speaker 2>TikTok where I said, you know, do you want to

0:28:11.000 --> 0:28:13.240
<v Speaker 2>form an alliance with me? It was from the office,

0:28:13.520 --> 0:28:14.840
<v Speaker 2>and he said, yes.

0:28:14.840 --> 0:28:18.800
<v Speaker 1>Yes I do. But we took it very seriously. We

0:28:18.840 --> 0:28:19.320
<v Speaker 1>really can.

0:28:19.400 --> 0:28:22.239
<v Speaker 2>We really told ourselves we're in an alliance, and our

0:28:22.280 --> 0:28:25.600
<v Speaker 2>plan was together the two of us let's make it

0:28:25.600 --> 0:28:32.480
<v Speaker 2>to the finals. And we have become really very much

0:28:32.480 --> 0:28:39.160
<v Speaker 2>best friends on this little ballroom competition show and on

0:28:39.920 --> 0:28:40.560
<v Speaker 2>the cup.

0:28:40.600 --> 0:28:42.640
<v Speaker 1>On the Monday before.

0:28:44.160 --> 0:28:48.280
<v Speaker 2>We had to do the team picks, Dylan and I

0:28:48.320 --> 0:28:49.880
<v Speaker 2>were talking and we were like, who.

0:28:50.560 --> 0:28:51.920
<v Speaker 1>Becomes the team captains?

0:28:52.080 --> 0:28:55.040
<v Speaker 2>Because there's not a whole lot of them, Like, we

0:28:55.080 --> 0:28:59.480
<v Speaker 2>don't get a lot of early information. We will know like, oh,

0:28:59.560 --> 0:29:02.480
<v Speaker 2>team ances coming up, but they don't ever, they don't

0:29:02.520 --> 0:29:05.320
<v Speaker 2>really like sit us down a full week before and go, FYI,

0:29:05.400 --> 0:29:08.360
<v Speaker 2>here's how it works, and we'll determine who's the lowest,

0:29:09.320 --> 0:29:12.360
<v Speaker 2>you know, the lowest voted or the lowest rated couples,

0:29:12.360 --> 0:29:14.320
<v Speaker 2>and then those people will become team captains. We just

0:29:14.400 --> 0:29:16.080
<v Speaker 2>kind of have to like figure it out a little

0:29:16.120 --> 0:29:18.240
<v Speaker 2>bit on our own. And so we were like, wait,

0:29:18.320 --> 0:29:21.040
<v Speaker 2>who becomes team captains? How does this work for this

0:29:21.080 --> 0:29:23.520
<v Speaker 2>team dance? And we realized it was the two lowest

0:29:23.640 --> 0:29:27.560
<v Speaker 2>scored contestants. So Dylan and I went through and added

0:29:27.640 --> 0:29:29.840
<v Speaker 2>up all the points throughout the entire season and we

0:29:29.880 --> 0:29:32.120
<v Speaker 2>figured out that Andy was the lowest, and then the

0:29:32.160 --> 0:29:35.640
<v Speaker 2>next lowest was Jen, and then the third lowest was me,

0:29:37.040 --> 0:29:39.960
<v Speaker 2>and then Dylan, I think was a couple above me.

0:29:40.120 --> 0:29:45.240
<v Speaker 2>Maybe he was fourth, I don't remember, and I was like, wow, okay,

0:29:45.960 --> 0:29:49.440
<v Speaker 2>Jen and I were only separated by two points, And

0:29:49.520 --> 0:29:53.400
<v Speaker 2>so there were two ways I could end up being

0:29:53.480 --> 0:29:58.400
<v Speaker 2>the second lowest after Andy one that week last week.

0:29:58.520 --> 0:30:01.840
<v Speaker 2>If Jen did better than me in the scores for

0:30:02.000 --> 0:30:05.040
<v Speaker 2>only separated by two points, if she gets four nines

0:30:05.160 --> 0:30:10.000
<v Speaker 2>and I get two eights and two nines, we're now

0:30:10.040 --> 0:30:11.240
<v Speaker 2>at the very least tide.

0:30:12.040 --> 0:30:14.760
<v Speaker 1>Or if she just overall scores.

0:30:14.440 --> 0:30:16.400
<v Speaker 2>Better than me, more than two points better than me,

0:30:17.400 --> 0:30:20.400
<v Speaker 2>I now become the second lowest voted. The other way

0:30:20.480 --> 0:30:24.959
<v Speaker 2>I could end up being the second lowest is if

0:30:25.040 --> 0:30:28.200
<v Speaker 2>Jen went home. So the fact that there were two

0:30:28.240 --> 0:30:30.680
<v Speaker 2>ways that it could end up being that I was

0:30:30.720 --> 0:30:34.000
<v Speaker 2>no longer third on the list, that I was going

0:30:34.040 --> 0:30:36.080
<v Speaker 2>to be number two on the list meant that I

0:30:36.120 --> 0:30:38.720
<v Speaker 2>wanted to start thinking about who would I pick if

0:30:38.760 --> 0:30:40.040
<v Speaker 2>I end up being a team captain.

0:30:40.080 --> 0:30:40.880
<v Speaker 1>I want to be prepared.

0:30:40.920 --> 0:30:43.479
<v Speaker 2>I don't want to on the night, you know, all

0:30:43.560 --> 0:30:45.400
<v Speaker 2>of a sudden we find out I'm a team captain

0:30:45.440 --> 0:30:49.400
<v Speaker 2>and have not thought of this at all. So Dylan

0:30:49.440 --> 0:30:51.600
<v Speaker 2>and I started talking, what are we going to do?

0:30:51.760 --> 0:30:53.600
<v Speaker 2>What do we think the perfect strategy is, And of

0:30:53.600 --> 0:30:56.080
<v Speaker 2>course I wanted to be on a team with Dylan,

0:30:56.600 --> 0:31:01.240
<v Speaker 2>one because I love him, and two because he is

0:31:01.320 --> 0:31:03.920
<v Speaker 2>partnered with Danny, who I think is one of the

0:31:03.920 --> 0:31:08.880
<v Speaker 2>best choreographers. And I also just I just wanted to

0:31:08.880 --> 0:31:12.000
<v Speaker 2>be with them. So I texted Dylan and I was like,

0:31:12.040 --> 0:31:15.000
<v Speaker 2>what is our strategy here? And Dylan put together an

0:31:15.040 --> 0:31:20.520
<v Speaker 2>Excel spreadsheet. This is one of the benefits of being

0:31:20.600 --> 0:31:27.560
<v Speaker 2>in an alliance with someone who can win traders. He

0:31:27.840 --> 0:31:31.480
<v Speaker 2>put together an Excel spreadsheet with all the different possibilities

0:31:31.600 --> 0:31:35.080
<v Speaker 2>of well, let's see, depending on who goes home this,

0:31:35.240 --> 0:31:36.720
<v Speaker 2>you know, you might want to pick this person or

0:31:36.720 --> 0:31:41.040
<v Speaker 2>this person or that person or whatever. And by the

0:31:41.080 --> 0:31:43.840
<v Speaker 2>time we went through the spreadsheet, I had written to

0:31:43.920 --> 0:31:51.440
<v Speaker 2>him in one text dream team Whitney, you me Jordan,

0:31:52.360 --> 0:31:55.880
<v Speaker 2>and he was like, that's the team. And then the

0:31:55.920 --> 0:32:00.280
<v Speaker 2>next morning, which was Tuesday morning, the day of the

0:32:00.320 --> 0:32:04.440
<v Speaker 2>live show, last week's live show, he said, I was

0:32:04.520 --> 0:32:07.680
<v Speaker 2>up thinking about this all night and I said I

0:32:07.800 --> 0:32:14.680
<v Speaker 2>was too, and he said, if you pick Whitney first,

0:32:15.000 --> 0:32:20.120
<v Speaker 2>I really think you should make your second pick Jordan,

0:32:20.800 --> 0:32:23.280
<v Speaker 2>because there is no way Jordan is going to go

0:32:23.440 --> 0:32:26.680
<v Speaker 2>till the very end, and I think you gamble with

0:32:26.920 --> 0:32:30.360
<v Speaker 2>me as your third pick. He said, I don't care

0:32:30.400 --> 0:32:32.520
<v Speaker 2>about it looking like I'm last to be picked on

0:32:32.560 --> 0:32:36.160
<v Speaker 2>the schoolyard. He's like, just let's take a gamble. Of course,

0:32:36.200 --> 0:32:39.720
<v Speaker 2>there's a possibility that Andy ends up picking me and

0:32:40.240 --> 0:32:42.320
<v Speaker 2>I don't end up on your team, but I think

0:32:42.320 --> 0:32:44.560
<v Speaker 2>it's worth the gamble, and I think you need Jordan

0:32:45.200 --> 0:32:49.760
<v Speaker 2>and Whitney. And I was like, okay, I think you're right.

0:32:49.840 --> 0:32:52.480
<v Speaker 2>I think that's probably the smart move. And then we

0:32:52.560 --> 0:32:55.200
<v Speaker 2>get up there into the skybox and we're picking and

0:32:55.200 --> 0:32:59.320
<v Speaker 2>Andy gets to pick first, and I had suspected that

0:32:59.400 --> 0:33:01.160
<v Speaker 2>if Andy was going to pick first, he was going

0:33:01.240 --> 0:33:06.440
<v Speaker 2>to pick Robert first, and sure enough, Andy goes Robert,

0:33:06.800 --> 0:33:11.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm bringing Robert, and I go, okay, it's now my turn.

0:33:11.360 --> 0:33:14.600
<v Speaker 2>I go I'm taking Whitney, and Whitney comes to my side.

0:33:15.480 --> 0:33:17.360
<v Speaker 2>And then Andy gets to go with the second pick,

0:33:17.960 --> 0:33:24.720
<v Speaker 2>and Andy picked Alex and he takes Alex and I go, okay,

0:33:24.840 --> 0:33:28.880
<v Speaker 2>here's my second pick. I'm going to take Jordan, and

0:33:28.920 --> 0:33:31.960
<v Speaker 2>I get Jordan on my team, and now it's down

0:33:32.000 --> 0:33:35.720
<v Speaker 2>to Elane and Dylan as the last two. But Elaine

0:33:35.800 --> 0:33:38.080
<v Speaker 2>wasn't there because she had been injured, and so it

0:33:38.120 --> 0:33:40.800
<v Speaker 2>was Alan standing there. So it was Alan and Dylan

0:33:40.920 --> 0:33:46.040
<v Speaker 2>standing in front of us, and Andy goes, Dylan, and

0:33:46.080 --> 0:33:52.160
<v Speaker 2>my heart sinks. I'm like, my gamble, my gamble of

0:33:52.200 --> 0:33:55.760
<v Speaker 2>taking Dylan third is not going to pay off. And

0:33:55.800 --> 0:33:59.680
<v Speaker 2>then immediately after Andy says, I love you, but I've

0:33:59.720 --> 0:34:03.440
<v Speaker 2>got to go with the lane, and Alan goes walking

0:34:03.480 --> 0:34:07.160
<v Speaker 2>over to Andy and Dylan and I locked eyes and

0:34:07.240 --> 0:34:08.799
<v Speaker 2>Dylan goes, oh.

0:34:08.560 --> 0:34:09.880
<v Speaker 1>My god, it worked.

0:34:10.200 --> 0:34:13.560
<v Speaker 2>He mouthed it to me from across the skybox, and

0:34:13.760 --> 0:34:21.279
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, and Dylan comes walking over and yeah, I

0:34:21.480 --> 0:34:23.160
<v Speaker 2>just I don't know.

0:34:23.239 --> 0:34:24.280
<v Speaker 1>It was so special.

0:34:24.480 --> 0:34:26.439
<v Speaker 2>And then the way the week went and the team

0:34:26.520 --> 0:34:29.840
<v Speaker 2>dance went, I really felt like, yeah, that was good.

0:34:29.960 --> 0:34:33.200
<v Speaker 2>That was good strategy. It really worked for us. It

0:34:33.239 --> 0:34:36.359
<v Speaker 2>was such a special week. And the fact that even I,

0:34:37.000 --> 0:34:41.040
<v Speaker 2>you know, the fact that I got eliminated tonight is

0:34:41.200 --> 0:34:47.200
<v Speaker 2>just not even it really can't bring down the immense

0:34:47.880 --> 0:34:53.240
<v Speaker 2>joy and pride and fun I had in these last

0:34:53.719 --> 0:34:56.480
<v Speaker 2>you know, eleven weeks of my life. It's been almost

0:34:56.560 --> 0:35:01.520
<v Speaker 2>three months, and I wouldn't trade them for anything. Look

0:35:01.560 --> 0:35:03.920
<v Speaker 2>at my little beautiful picture here. I think this was

0:35:03.920 --> 0:35:06.239
<v Speaker 2>a gift just from things remembered, but I'm not sure

0:35:06.280 --> 0:35:08.480
<v Speaker 2>it could have actually been from someone but without a card.

0:35:08.560 --> 0:35:11.360
<v Speaker 2>But it's got a picture of Pasha and me in

0:35:11.400 --> 0:35:13.239
<v Speaker 2>it and at the bottom it says Dancing with the

0:35:13.239 --> 0:35:17.480
<v Speaker 2>Stars Season thirty four, and I love it. I have

0:35:17.560 --> 0:35:20.960
<v Speaker 2>so many great memories from this experience that I'll have

0:35:21.000 --> 0:35:23.440
<v Speaker 2>with me for the rest of my life, and including

0:35:23.520 --> 0:35:28.400
<v Speaker 2>doing this podcast for you guys. Thank you for humoring

0:35:28.400 --> 0:35:32.839
<v Speaker 2>me and letting me just have this experience. It's been

0:35:32.840 --> 0:35:36.440
<v Speaker 2>so fun. I'm not stopping. There are still three weeks

0:35:36.520 --> 0:35:38.560
<v Speaker 2>left in the competition, and I'm going to keep this

0:35:38.640 --> 0:35:42.480
<v Speaker 2>podcast going until the season ends. I'm still going to

0:35:42.480 --> 0:35:46.600
<v Speaker 2>bring you some great guests. I want to interview Kimmy,

0:35:46.680 --> 0:35:50.560
<v Speaker 2>my hairdresser. I want to interview Dan Yella, the costumer.

0:35:51.000 --> 0:35:55.000
<v Speaker 2>I want to interview Alfonso. I'd love to interview Julianne.

0:35:55.000 --> 0:35:56.920
<v Speaker 2>I have so many people I want to interview and

0:35:56.920 --> 0:36:00.600
<v Speaker 2>bring to you guys. So I'm still I'm still going

0:36:00.680 --> 0:36:02.680
<v Speaker 2>to do all that. I'm still going to make sure

0:36:02.840 --> 0:36:04.920
<v Speaker 2>that goes on. Even though I am no longer in

0:36:04.960 --> 0:36:08.200
<v Speaker 2>the competition, I still am a part of the Dancing

0:36:08.200 --> 0:36:11.600
<v Speaker 2>with the Stars family now and especially this twentieth year

0:36:11.719 --> 0:36:14.680
<v Speaker 2>and this thirty fourth season. I don't know if I'm

0:36:14.680 --> 0:36:16.040
<v Speaker 2>going to be in the ballroom next week for the

0:36:16.040 --> 0:36:19.880
<v Speaker 2>twentieth anniversary. There's a big party and I might go

0:36:20.000 --> 0:36:23.240
<v Speaker 2>for that, and then I will be in the finale.

0:36:23.440 --> 0:36:25.880
<v Speaker 2>Everybody comes back for the finale. I'll probably get to

0:36:25.920 --> 0:36:29.360
<v Speaker 2>do a little two eight counts or something with Pasha,

0:36:29.360 --> 0:36:30.400
<v Speaker 2>which will be really fun.

0:36:31.920 --> 0:36:33.120
<v Speaker 1>And yeah, that's it.

0:36:33.480 --> 0:36:37.560
<v Speaker 2>I've loved every moment of this journey and I thank

0:36:37.600 --> 0:36:40.200
<v Speaker 2>you for all of your votes. I thank you for

0:36:40.239 --> 0:36:42.120
<v Speaker 2>all of your comments. I thank you for all of

0:36:42.120 --> 0:36:46.600
<v Speaker 2>your support. It's really been the experience of a lifetime.

0:36:46.800 --> 0:36:51.200
<v Speaker 2>And also there's just so many people I have to

0:36:51.200 --> 0:36:53.360
<v Speaker 2>think that I will start crying. But thank you to

0:36:53.440 --> 0:37:01.800
<v Speaker 2>my husband, Jensen Karp, producer, husband of this podcast, who

0:37:03.280 --> 0:37:06.200
<v Speaker 2>I really wouldn't have been able to do this experience without.

0:37:07.000 --> 0:37:11.680
<v Speaker 2>He's just been He's been there every week, he's been

0:37:11.680 --> 0:37:14.480
<v Speaker 2>there every single day for our kids. He's made sure

0:37:14.520 --> 0:37:16.480
<v Speaker 2>they were taken care of. He's made sure the house

0:37:16.520 --> 0:37:19.960
<v Speaker 2>has functioned, he's made sure everything has gone off without

0:37:19.960 --> 0:37:21.759
<v Speaker 2>a hitch, so that I've really been able to just

0:37:21.840 --> 0:37:25.000
<v Speaker 2>give myself this gift for these last three months of

0:37:25.120 --> 0:37:28.879
<v Speaker 2>just really focusing on me and it was really really,

0:37:28.920 --> 0:37:32.319
<v Speaker 2>really really nice. It was quite a gift, So I

0:37:32.400 --> 0:37:37.200
<v Speaker 2>owe him a big gift. And also, of course thank

0:37:37.200 --> 0:37:44.200
<v Speaker 2>you to Pasha, who made this entire experience beautiful from

0:37:44.280 --> 0:37:47.680
<v Speaker 2>the first day we met, and I'm so glad that

0:37:47.719 --> 0:37:51.000
<v Speaker 2>we're neighbors and we're in each other's lives forever. And

0:37:51.040 --> 0:37:54.040
<v Speaker 2>thank you to Dina and to Conrad from the BBC

0:37:54.280 --> 0:37:59.440
<v Speaker 2>and from Dancing with the Stars. I love you the

0:37:59.600 --> 0:38:04.600
<v Speaker 2>entire crew. If I were to name everybody, it take

0:38:04.680 --> 0:38:09.560
<v Speaker 2>me forever. But some people I really specifically really love

0:38:10.040 --> 0:38:13.960
<v Speaker 2>the hair and makeup and wardrobe team, all of security.

0:38:15.120 --> 0:38:23.000
<v Speaker 2>I love the security guys, They're so great. Dave, Mike everyone,

0:38:23.280 --> 0:38:26.680
<v Speaker 2>I love you all, all the camera guys, all the producers,

0:38:26.719 --> 0:38:29.719
<v Speaker 2>everybody at Highland honestly, which reminds me. I have a

0:38:29.719 --> 0:38:33.200
<v Speaker 2>bunch of shirts I have to give out. I made

0:38:33.280 --> 0:38:38.680
<v Speaker 2>to Pasha air shirts with the logo of Pasha holding

0:38:38.719 --> 0:38:41.480
<v Speaker 2>me in that Argentine tango last final pose, and I

0:38:41.520 --> 0:38:43.719
<v Speaker 2>have them in my car and there. It was a

0:38:43.719 --> 0:38:46.080
<v Speaker 2>gift for everybody at Highland and now I have to

0:38:46.880 --> 0:38:49.920
<v Speaker 2>Now I have to give those out anyway, Thank you

0:38:50.000 --> 0:38:53.120
<v Speaker 2>all for listening to this episode of Danielle with I

0:38:53.200 --> 0:38:56.799
<v Speaker 2>will see you all next week. I might wear my

0:38:56.880 --> 0:38:59.480
<v Speaker 2>Dancing with the Stars robe, I won't be in hair

0:38:59.520 --> 0:39:03.120
<v Speaker 2>and makeup. You're gonna you're gonna see like back to normal,

0:39:03.400 --> 0:39:07.120
<v Speaker 2>normal Danielle. Not this like such a glamorous version of

0:39:07.200 --> 0:39:09.120
<v Speaker 2>Danielle that that I.

0:39:09.080 --> 0:39:10.400
<v Speaker 1>Get to experience.

0:39:10.480 --> 0:39:15.040
<v Speaker 2>That's now gone until the finale. Anyway, Thank you all,

0:39:15.640 --> 0:39:16.520
<v Speaker 2>Talk to you next time.

0:39:17.160 --> 0:39:19.200
<v Speaker 1>Bye.

0:39:20.239 --> 0:39:23.640
<v Speaker 2>Danielle with the Stars produced and hosted by Danielle Fischell.

0:39:23.800 --> 0:39:27.080
<v Speaker 2>Executive producers Jensen Carp and Amy Sugarman, Executive in charge

0:39:27.120 --> 0:39:31.279
<v Speaker 2>of production Danielle Romo, Producer, editor and engineer Tara Sudbosch.

0:39:31.560 --> 0:39:34.640
<v Speaker 2>Theme song by Justin Siegel. Follow us on Instagram at

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