WEBVTT - Dancing with…Britt Stewart

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Danielle with the Stars.

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<v Speaker 2>I am Danielle Fischl, a TV director, podcaster, forever topanga,

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<v Speaker 2>and a mom of two.

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<v Speaker 1>But nowadays I am an aspiring.

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<v Speaker 2>Ballroom dancer competing on the thirty fourth season of Dancing

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<v Speaker 2>with the Stars, and all the while, I am continuing

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<v Speaker 2>to record a podcast forever immortalizing my attempt to be

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<v Speaker 2>the twenty twenty five Len Goodman Mirror Ball Trophy winner.

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<v Speaker 2>And every week I am podcasting for a leg up

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<v Speaker 2>through a bruised leg up by talking to pros, former contestants,

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<v Speaker 2>and even some of my peers, accepting any and all

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<v Speaker 2>advice in hopes that my national TV dream of a

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<v Speaker 2>perfect score could soon come true. And today I am

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<v Speaker 2>being spoiled with expertise because my guest is a fan

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<v Speaker 2>favorite Dancing with the Stars superstar who joined the show

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty sixteen, later becoming the first black female pro

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<v Speaker 2>dancer in the show's history. She began on Troop, then

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<v Speaker 2>just a year later, was partnered with figure skater Johnny Weir,

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<v Speaker 2>a celebrity she took all the way to the semifinals,

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<v Speaker 2>but since then she has ridden a bit of a

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<v Speaker 2>Dancing with the Stars roller Coaster, paired with Karate Kidd

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<v Speaker 2>and Cobra Kai star Martin Cove, TV actor Daniel Durant,

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<v Speaker 2>former NFL player Adrian Peterson, Legacy Hollywood named Eric Roberts,

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<v Speaker 2>and then this season she was with a teddy bear

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<v Speaker 2>who was eliminated in week two, the ray of Light

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<v Speaker 2>known as Baron Davis. I think it's safe to say

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<v Speaker 2>she has not had it easy, but yet through it all,

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<v Speaker 2>her star has shown brighter than ever. Her infectious smile

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<v Speaker 2>and undeniable talent has stood out to everyone who watches,

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<v Speaker 2>and now I get the chance to know her on

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<v Speaker 2>a deeper level while also picking her brain about my

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<v Speaker 2>own journey. Please welcome to Danielle with the Stars. A

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<v Speaker 2>total pro, a trooper, and someone who can make anyone shine.

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<v Speaker 2>It's brit Stewart.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my goodness, Hello, you're the Queen of introductions. Can

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<v Speaker 1>you just come with me everywhere?

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<v Speaker 2>I will anywhere you want to go. Just let me

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<v Speaker 2>walk in. Before you give a little intro, I'll shorten it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll make it a little tighter, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, if I could just have that in like a

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<v Speaker 1>ball of a daily affirmation, I'll let you keep the paper.

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<v Speaker 1>I am so happy you agreed to do this podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I have been trying to have you as a guest

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<v Speaker 2>literally since day one of the podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>You were at the very top of my list. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so excited to be here, and I know I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just excited to talk to you. You're so sweet and

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<v Speaker 1>interacting with you at the rehearsal studio and everything. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just I'm excited to go on a deeper level. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>me too.

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<v Speaker 2>I wish we were here talking just because we were

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<v Speaker 2>still both rehearsing together. In no universe did I anticipate

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<v Speaker 2>that we would be sitting down for this podcast after

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<v Speaker 2>you and Baron had been eliminated, just during week two.

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<v Speaker 1>It was absolutely flabbergasting to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Was it as shocking to you as it was to

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<v Speaker 2>I think everyone else?

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<v Speaker 1>It actually was? And I try to say that without

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<v Speaker 1>any ego involved, But I feel like if you're a

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<v Speaker 1>fan of the show, if you are, if you've watched

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<v Speaker 1>it for you know, it's been on air for twenty years, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>if you watch it, and then of course being part

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<v Speaker 1>of it, you kind of you kind of have a

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<v Speaker 1>feeling of who's going to go home or you have

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<v Speaker 1>like a few options and I really I didn't think

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<v Speaker 1>that we would go home week one. No, I knew

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<v Speaker 1>it was going to be difficult because this year is

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<v Speaker 1>the cast is I don't know if we've ever had

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<v Speaker 1>this competitive of a cast. I mean, if you don't

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<v Speaker 1>have dance experience, you have social media following, or you

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<v Speaker 1>have both, and so you know, I knew it was

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<v Speaker 1>going to be an uphill climb for us. But in

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<v Speaker 1>my mind, I was like, if I can get Baron

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<v Speaker 1>to week three, even week four, people are going to

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<v Speaker 1>fall exactly him. Yes he does. He has so much charisma,

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<v Speaker 1>his personality, his smile, his sense of humor, and so

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<v Speaker 1>much of that just takes a little bit of him

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<v Speaker 1>getting comfortable for him to reveal it. And so you knew,

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<v Speaker 1>like your work was going to be. How do I

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<v Speaker 1>get him comfortable enough out there to start letting more

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<v Speaker 1>of that shine?

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<v Speaker 2>And really, yeah, it's just I was I was already

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<v Speaker 2>seeing it. But I feel like I got to Baron

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<v Speaker 2>and I connected very early on. We connected in New

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<v Speaker 2>York during Good Morning America. We ended up as being

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<v Speaker 2>somehow the only two cast members on the pro bus.

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<v Speaker 2>There were two different hotels and the rest of the

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<v Speaker 2>cast somehow got on the right bus to go to

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<v Speaker 2>their hotel, and we ended up on the professional dancer

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<v Speaker 2>bus and you guys all got dropped off first, and

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<v Speaker 2>so it was just Baron and I for maybe a

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<v Speaker 2>ten minute bus ride, and just in normal conversation, we

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<v Speaker 2>were like.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, you're one of my We're you're one of my people.

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<v Speaker 2>And from that moment on, every time I knew he

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<v Speaker 2>was there, we made a point of finding each other,

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<v Speaker 2>checking in with each other. He was always so generous

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<v Speaker 2>with his advice, asking me how I was feeling, showing

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<v Speaker 2>me different stretches.

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<v Speaker 1>We did our first show and tell.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we together, and that was such a special moment,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was so I had no idea what to expect.

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<v Speaker 2>And you the work you put in with him, and

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<v Speaker 2>you can't hit you guys danced your first dance too.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't touch this, and he just came alive. I. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's just such a special person and it

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<v Speaker 2>is not at all surprising to me that the two

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<v Speaker 2>of you connected. Did you guys connect the same way

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<v Speaker 2>it feels Barren and I connected?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh? Yes. You know what I love about Baron is

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<v Speaker 1>he comes forward as his authentic self, always and so

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like if he's met with that same energy,

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<v Speaker 1>it's hard to not be connected with him. Yeah. I

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<v Speaker 1>think he's also an extremely curious person. So if he

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<v Speaker 1>like sees oh oh, he wants to try to get

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<v Speaker 1>to know you and try to you know, and also

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<v Speaker 1>be present in an experience and be present in whatever

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<v Speaker 1>he is doing. And so, you know, I knew Baron

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<v Speaker 1>and I would get along because during our first meet

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<v Speaker 1>he was like, I'm just here to learn something new,

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<v Speaker 1>to challenge myself, to be vulnerable. And that's my type

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<v Speaker 1>of people. I you know, for me'm I do wear

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<v Speaker 1>I don't wear my heart on my sleeves, actually, but

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<v Speaker 1>I am very sensitive, okay, and I try to I

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<v Speaker 1>don't try. I lead my life with authenticity. And one

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<v Speaker 1>of my mottos for life is to be a consistent student,

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<v Speaker 1>to always be a student, to always learn ooh. I

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<v Speaker 1>love that. And so when I first met him, I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, Okay, this is going to be this is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be fun. And then he has a sense

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<v Speaker 1>of humor on top of it, so you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>connected very quickly. I joke with him, I'm like, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if you manifested getting a sister, a little

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<v Speaker 1>sister in this life. But you have one. Now, you

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<v Speaker 1>have one, now your stuff. Yeah, we definitely connected. Did

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<v Speaker 1>it surprise you at all.

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<v Speaker 2>To see the amount of support online? Yes, it did,

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<v Speaker 2>because there is quite a swell of justice for Baron.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a swell. And I know it doesn't I

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<v Speaker 1>know it doesn't make it better, right, but I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure that he knew that is not normal,

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<v Speaker 1>especially in the beginning, like especially the first few eliminations.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not that's not typical. You know. Even though he

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<v Speaker 1>was only on the show for two weeks, he made

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<v Speaker 1>an impact.

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<v Speaker 2>Totally, which is a huge deal, and people saw in

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<v Speaker 2>him the same thing we see, which was just if

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<v Speaker 2>just a few more weeks, everyone would have been you

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<v Speaker 2>would have blossomed like a flower and everyone would have

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<v Speaker 2>been able.

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<v Speaker 1>So it does. It feels like a robbery.

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<v Speaker 2>The America, Canada, the world was cut short of being

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<v Speaker 2>able to know the Baron we know is just right

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<v Speaker 2>below that surface. And it's interesting that people were able

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<v Speaker 2>to see it. And so it just makes me say,

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<v Speaker 2>where were the vote?

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<v Speaker 1>I know, Wow, it's so frustrating. It is what it is. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can't change it. I know, and and one

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<v Speaker 1>of those people. You know, even though I'm like, it

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<v Speaker 1>was too short, all these things, I'm you know, I again,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sensitive, so I felt all my feelings. At the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the day, I still believe that that is

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<v Speaker 1>what was meant to happen, right, So right, because what

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<v Speaker 1>if it's meant for you, it will be yours yours.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and so you may not know exactly the why

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<v Speaker 2>of it happening, but you know that, Okay, it is

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<v Speaker 2>what it's supposed to be. So that's I mean, that's

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<v Speaker 2>a wonderful perspective to have and anything you do in.

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<v Speaker 1>Life looking forward.

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<v Speaker 2>Had you guys continued, what were some of the things

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<v Speaker 2>you were looking forward to for some of the theme weeks?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to share any of that? Actually?

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<v Speaker 2>Would love great because I'm dying to know. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to know what your vision was for him.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so something super simple. We were supposed to have

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<v Speaker 1>a tango this week. And his frame was actually the

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<v Speaker 1>best frame that I've like. His frame was incredible, Oh

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<v Speaker 1>gorgeous frame on day one. Yes, so not only were

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<v Speaker 1>we robbed of Baron, but he we were robbed of

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<v Speaker 1>his gorgeous But that's okay. Okay, I was really looking

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<v Speaker 1>forward to we were going to do a West coast

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<v Speaker 1>like La True la hip hop for his dedication week.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh man, I still want to see it. Yeah, And

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<v Speaker 1>so I you know that that would just have been

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<v Speaker 1>a big celebration of not only like Los Angeles where

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<v Speaker 1>he's from, it was going to be a celebration of

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<v Speaker 1>his kids and almost this generational this generational celebration of

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<v Speaker 1>what he is curating for his children, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>within that with hip hop and everything, also the celebration

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<v Speaker 1>of black culture too. Wow. So I was really looking

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<v Speaker 1>for I had a lot of ideas for Baron. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he's a he's a businessman too, So I

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<v Speaker 1>was even thinking like, how can I dive into this

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<v Speaker 1>like structured business world of what you normally think of

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<v Speaker 1>what a businessman is and our eyes in America, But

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<v Speaker 1>how he deltely is not defined by what that stereotype is,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's this mega businessman. So I was playing around

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<v Speaker 1>with ideas with that, and oh I love that. I

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<v Speaker 1>had some dreams.

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<v Speaker 2>Any any chance we could get you guys to still

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<v Speaker 2>put that together for that dedication week.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like that dedication week everyone needs that. Yeah, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>let me you know what, let me give him a call.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's do what we can do. I called him yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>I called him yesterday. I wanted to check in. He

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<v Speaker 1>was like, you know, I kind of want to come visit.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was like, I mean, you know, you know

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<v Speaker 1>what that's actually breaking my heart. Maybe the most is

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<v Speaker 1>he's really upset.

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<v Speaker 2>He he.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, he misses it. And I don't think people realize

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<v Speaker 1>when you really take a chance on something, when you

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<v Speaker 1>really open yourself up to an experience, it takes a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of vulnerability. And so he's, yeah, he's he's missing you.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me know how I can help you. Let me

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<v Speaker 1>know what I can do. I want to we need

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<v Speaker 1>to rent a space, set a space.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want I want you guys to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to go out on your terms, pick you know, for

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<v Speaker 2>you to have like, Okay, I didn't get to I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't get to make.

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<v Speaker 1>The decision that we left on week two.

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<v Speaker 2>But here's a week that was going to mean something

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<v Speaker 2>black to black culture, to your children, to music, to him.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's do it anyway, Let's do it anyway. Why not?

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<v Speaker 1>Why not?

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<v Speaker 2>Why not put it together, have fun with it own,

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<v Speaker 2>have it for himself, because he did say when I

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<v Speaker 2>talked to him yesterday, he was.

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<v Speaker 1>Like, you know, I just I guess I'm not a dancer.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was like, surprise, you are? You are?

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<v Speaker 2>And he started dying. He was like, yeah, you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>You're right, Surprise I am. I was like, you are?

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<v Speaker 1>You were? So I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to see I just want to I

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<v Speaker 2>want to see it. I want there to be I

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<v Speaker 2>want there to be a nice button that feels like

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<v Speaker 2>there's some owner.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that for you both. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't know what I can do, but anything

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<v Speaker 2>is very want I want to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Outside of the obvious, have you kept in touch with

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of your partners over the years, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually have, Well, we all know the very obvious there,

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>Outside of the obvious, the one who you recently married

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<v Speaker 2>and lived with. Because I'm thinking about moving in with Pasha,

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<v Speaker 2>and yes, so you should.

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<v Speaker 1>I think maybe you should. Maybe you should just purchase

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<v Speaker 1>a commune and then you know your families can just

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<v Speaker 1>actually love that idea.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, communal living either for each other, raise the children

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<v Speaker 2>in the group.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's smart. Yeah, I haven't talked to them

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<v Speaker 1>about it. Oh, I think it's a great idea. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think so. Maybe fine. You know, I'm still really

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<v Speaker 1>good friends with my very first partner, Johnny Weir. He

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<v Speaker 1>was actually a bridesmaid and the photos wonderful, and he

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<v Speaker 1>is just you know, we instantly clicked, okay, instantly, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I call him doodle. He calls me Bruce.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a thing so cute. What are those nicknames? Doodle?

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't know, I just started calling him doodle.

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<v Speaker 1>He's so cute, like he's a little doodle. He is

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<v Speaker 1>just a doodle, and I it's just so now it's

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<v Speaker 1>his nickname. Later to find out his family, any they

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<v Speaker 1>call anything that's cute doodle. Really, yes, And I had

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<v Speaker 1>no idea. I just started calling him doodle. I know that.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that's weird.

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<v Speaker 2>That's oh yeah, that's a sole connection. Yes, oh oh,

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<v Speaker 2>one thousand percent is a sole connection. And then he

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<v Speaker 2>calls me Bruce because apparently I'm like very sometimes I

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<v Speaker 2>can be aggressive when I count the chat shaw oh,

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<v Speaker 2>which was I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>He just he would be like four. I would sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>go four and he was like, oh, okay, Bruce. Bruce

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<v Speaker 1>is out I sent him in one of our you

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<v Speaker 1>know how we get the camera blocking photos. Oh my

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<v Speaker 1>mouth was like doing something crazy, Like I was obviously

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<v Speaker 1>mid scream, you know, leading bar on the floor, and

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<v Speaker 1>I I like zoomed in very close in. I was like, doodle,

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<v Speaker 1>Bruce is back. Check out this photo of Bruce. Check

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<v Speaker 1>out Bruce. Those photos I don't. I don't love a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of them. No, no, it's like mid motion thing,

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<v Speaker 1>weird things. I saw the one with your hair hilarious.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, great, yeah, so good. Yeah, hair was all over

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<v Speaker 2>the place there. I also with my leg bruise. Wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>The day that I did the cartwheel, I was wearing

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<v Speaker 2>shorts and it was like, you know, mid cartwheels, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way.

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<v Speaker 1>Just not going to be attractive, no period. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>legs everywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>And then like dark Bruce in my upper thigh. I

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<v Speaker 2>was like, guys, did we could we not have just

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<v Speaker 2>not snapped the camera during that moment. But you know, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to talk to you a little bit about

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<v Speaker 2>your Disney roots because that is something we share. You

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<v Speaker 2>are a principal dancer in all three of the High

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<v Speaker 2>School musical films, all directed by Kenny Ortega.

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<v Speaker 1>Were you intimidated working with such an icon at a

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<v Speaker 1>young age? Oh, this is quite embarrassing. I have to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you. I didn't know who Kinny was. You were like,

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<v Speaker 1>was it weird for me? No? I was like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>hey dude, Hey, what's up? No, hey, broch Okay, this

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<v Speaker 1>is great. No. I so I didn't go through the

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<v Speaker 1>normal audition process. Okay, they were. I happened to be

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<v Speaker 1>in New York at a national dance competition. It's called

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<v Speaker 1>New York Sky Dance Lions, and one of the co choreographers,

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<v Speaker 1>Bonnie's Story. She has a daughter same age as me,

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<v Speaker 1>and we were both there alone without our big dance studios,

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<v Speaker 1>and we bonded in the rehearsal process, and Bonnie saw

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<v Speaker 1>me dance, and randomly we were on the same subway

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<v Speaker 1>after like an late night rehearsal. Okay, with my I

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<v Speaker 1>was with my mom. Kelly, her daughter same age as me,

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<v Speaker 1>was with Bonnie and she just looks at us and

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<v Speaker 1>she goes, this is going to be absolutely insane. But

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<v Speaker 1>I'm filming a movie this summer in Utah with Kenny

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<v Speaker 1>ar Otega, and we're looking for one more dancer, one

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<v Speaker 1>more female dancer. And I really I've already called Kenny,

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<v Speaker 1>you are it. You would have to come straight from

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<v Speaker 1>New York to Utah, but you can. You can live

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<v Speaker 1>with me and my family and the girls, the whole thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And my mom and I were like, oh, okay, god, yeah, girls,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll think about it. Yeah. And so then you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, I'm supposed to be staying and assisting

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<v Speaker 1>this choreographer named Brian Friedman at the Broadway Dance Center

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<v Speaker 1>after New York whose I don't know Kenneyega Artega in

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<v Speaker 1>Utah and Utah you know, I from Colorado. So it's okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's not too far off, but still, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know you're in New York. I'm in New York.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd have to go without my parents, like all all

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<v Speaker 1>these things. So I called Brian Friedman, who I was

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<v Speaker 1>meant to assist in his classes and his master classes,

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<v Speaker 1>and he goes, Britt, you, Kenny or Tega, you have

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<v Speaker 1>to go ends up. Brian Friedman his first job was

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<v Speaker 1>as a dancer as a child was Newsi's and Kenny

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<v Speaker 1>or Teja choreographed newsies and so he was like, this

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<v Speaker 1>is kismet, that this is happening. This would be your

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<v Speaker 1>first professional job. You have to go, and so I went,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, High School Musical was not supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>be what it was. It was six weeks. It was

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<v Speaker 1>low budget Disney Channel Channel film that became this cultural phenomenon. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't believe how many things in your life are

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<v Speaker 2>all connected.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's actually wild.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you notice in the moment or are you the

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<v Speaker 2>type of person who, with with some space and time,

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<v Speaker 2>looks back and then finds the connections or you do

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<v Speaker 2>you notice as they're happening, You're like, oh, here's a

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<v Speaker 2>here's a thing, here's a sign.

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<v Speaker 1>No, they just kind of happen. I mean, same thing

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<v Speaker 1>with Dancing with the Stars. I got the audition from

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<v Speaker 1>being in a rehearsal, had no idea, absolutely no idea.

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<v Speaker 1>Just again, these big moments feel quite kismet in my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel very blessed in that way.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got guides, I do, Yeah, I do. We've got

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<v Speaker 2>guides and they're they're.

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<v Speaker 1>They're doing their work. They're doing their work, and then

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<v Speaker 1>you're like, oh, thanks, and.

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<v Speaker 2>You are prepared at the right place at the right time,

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<v Speaker 2>and wow, it's pretty great. You have danced with Janet Jackson, Rihanna,

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<v Speaker 2>Selena Gomez, Nick Jonas as a dancer on tour. Do

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<v Speaker 2>you ever get sick of hearing the songs? Because that

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<v Speaker 2>would be an occupational hazard. You're losing a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>bops in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you still listen to all the music of the

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<v Speaker 1>people you've danced for? So the longest I've danced for

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<v Speaker 1>an artist is three years, and I was with Katie

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<v Speaker 1>Perry for three years, wild three years. Three years, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm actually proud to say I did not get sick

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<v Speaker 1>of her music. Okay, great, good? Those are boy, They're boppy,

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<v Speaker 1>They're great. But I'm very shocked by my answer, really honestly.

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<v Speaker 1>And I can still listen to Teenage Dream and still

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<v Speaker 1>love it. I love it. It takes me back a little bit. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a little nostalgia for you. Okay, Well that's good.

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<v Speaker 1>That makes me happy. Is there a dream musician you

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<v Speaker 1>would want to tour with? You know what? I think?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna be honest, I don't know. I don't think so.

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<v Speaker 1>I think as far as a dancer goes, touring with

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<v Speaker 1>Katie for that long was such a full experience. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I got to go all over the world. We did.

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<v Speaker 1>I was in her super Bowl performance, like I got

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<v Speaker 1>to do so with her, and then like after I

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<v Speaker 1>danced for Jana Jackson, I was like, what else is there? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>This was pretty cool. Yeah, exactly, I'm good. So I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know about dance. Yeah, maybe if I could, like

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<v Speaker 1>choreograph for somebody.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe I love that is that you're where your sites

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<v Speaker 2>are starting to send you.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm a little bit I'm I'm a limitless

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<v Speaker 1>dreamer and I've always believed that choreography would still be

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<v Speaker 1>my connection to dance after I stopped dancing. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I talked to Mandy Moore the other day.

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<v Speaker 2>We and I interviewed her and she was telling me

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit about her process for choreographing the tour

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<v Speaker 2>and how, you know, some of it she's a planner.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of it needs to start now, but also she

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<v Speaker 2>needs to see how the season ends up.

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<v Speaker 1>And is there now that you have some unexpected free time.

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<v Speaker 2>Does Mandy ever ask you to come in and help

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<v Speaker 2>think of things, put things together, being that you are

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<v Speaker 2>clearly so good at.

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<v Speaker 1>What you do, thank you not typically Actually that sort

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<v Speaker 1>of process really happens once we're in the rehearsal process. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean Mandy is like my I actually call her

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<v Speaker 1>one of like my fairy dance godmothers because she had

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<v Speaker 1>such a massive part in bringing me on to Dancing

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<v Speaker 1>with the Stars. Oh yeah, Like that rehearsal that I

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<v Speaker 1>was talking about was her rehearsal, and she put me in.

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<v Speaker 1>She actually asked me to dance with Derek in a

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<v Speaker 1>moment that I wasn't supposed to dance with him, but

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<v Speaker 1>he needed a partner and that we were filming a

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<v Speaker 1>wide and that's what got sent to all of the

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<v Speaker 1>producers and the networking sects, and that's how I got

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<v Speaker 1>my audition for Troop Wow. And so she just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of made all the puzzle pieces of the puzzle come together,

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<v Speaker 1>and she really helped and supported me in that journey.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, sometimes she'll she usually during a season,

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<v Speaker 1>will sit down with each of the pros that are

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<v Speaker 1>going on tour and just talk about some of the

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<v Speaker 1>things that we really are either feeling inspired by or

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<v Speaker 1>feeling like, hey, I did a cha chaw last tour.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't necessarily need to do a cha cha, but

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<v Speaker 1>maybe I can do a rumba this year. That is

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<v Speaker 1>our involvement in her creation process, and then things she yes, absolutely,

0:23:37.720 --> 0:23:43.560
<v Speaker 1>things unfold and develop within the rehearsal process. It's actually

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<v Speaker 1>I'm actually really glad that you asked me this, because

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<v Speaker 1>there's this rumor going around that Emma and I request

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<v Speaker 1>to have partners that get eliminated early so that we

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<v Speaker 1>can have involvement. Can you imagine being the time.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, in order to be a part of this

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<v Speaker 2>show and to even do remotely well in it, you

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<v Speaker 2>have to be competitive.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you imagine being a professional dancer who's involved in

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<v Speaker 2>a show where you're going to try to win a

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<v Speaker 2>mirror ball by teaching a celebrity who most of the

0:24:15.640 --> 0:24:17.840
<v Speaker 2>time knows very little about dance, and then being like,

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<v Speaker 2>I only want to do it for like a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you give me?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's ah, that's a crazy rumor.

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<v Speaker 1>It is crazy. But Emma is the host, she's one

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<v Speaker 1>of the co hosts of the tour on it, and

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<v Speaker 1>then I'm dance captain when we go on tour, But

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<v Speaker 1>my work doesn't really start until we get out.

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<v Speaker 2>Until you get out on the road, but at least

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<v Speaker 2>you know where the impetus for that rumor started. You

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<v Speaker 2>guys have special names and roles attached to the tour

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<v Speaker 2>that maybe other people do not have, and so.

0:24:48.880 --> 0:24:50.639
<v Speaker 1>There was a little bit of an assumption made.

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<v Speaker 2>But so, okay, you do not actually have a hand

0:24:53.200 --> 0:24:57.399
<v Speaker 2>in the choreography until you're in the actual tour and

0:24:57.760 --> 0:25:01.960
<v Speaker 2>things flourish on their own, collaboratively exactly, okay. Uh. And

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<v Speaker 2>so with your origin on Dancing with the Stars, producers

0:25:04.760 --> 0:25:07.120
<v Speaker 2>saw you in this wonderful world of Disney show, right

0:25:07.520 --> 0:25:10.320
<v Speaker 2>and that rehearsal okay, and they ask you to audition

0:25:10.400 --> 0:25:13.000
<v Speaker 2>for Troop. You get the job, but you didn't have

0:25:13.040 --> 0:25:14.560
<v Speaker 2>any experience.

0:25:14.000 --> 0:25:16.719
<v Speaker 1>In ballroom dancing, right, okay.

0:25:17.320 --> 0:25:20.520
<v Speaker 2>And so this is an important question for some of us,

0:25:20.680 --> 0:25:22.240
<v Speaker 2>very relevant to me at least.

0:25:22.880 --> 0:25:27.359
<v Speaker 1>How did you get so good so fast? And can

0:25:27.480 --> 0:25:34.320
<v Speaker 1>I have it? You know what? It's First of all,

0:25:36.040 --> 0:25:38.199
<v Speaker 1>I feel like I was always meant to do this

0:25:38.280 --> 0:25:40.840
<v Speaker 1>style of dance because it didn't come I don't want

0:25:40.840 --> 0:25:46.639
<v Speaker 1>to it didn't come easy, but I loved it right away.

0:25:47.200 --> 0:25:51.360
<v Speaker 1>I also feel like, you know, I was on True.

0:25:51.400 --> 0:25:54.119
<v Speaker 1>I was on True for five seasons actually, okay, And

0:25:54.200 --> 0:26:00.320
<v Speaker 1>so it gave me time to become a student. So

0:26:00.600 --> 0:26:03.320
<v Speaker 1>as I was doing true my first season, I was

0:26:03.359 --> 0:26:08.720
<v Speaker 1>also training simultaneously, okay, And then when I got into

0:26:08.720 --> 0:26:11.359
<v Speaker 1>the world and learned more about the ballroom world, I

0:26:11.480 --> 0:26:15.320
<v Speaker 1>was like, this is completely different from the type of

0:26:15.440 --> 0:26:18.760
<v Speaker 1>dance and the community that I grew up in, and

0:26:19.080 --> 0:26:22.399
<v Speaker 1>I really wanted to not only show respect to the

0:26:22.560 --> 0:26:27.240
<v Speaker 1>art form, to the dance style, but to also my peers.

0:26:27.760 --> 0:26:30.439
<v Speaker 1>So I ended up competing in pro am as well

0:26:30.560 --> 0:26:35.119
<v Speaker 1>to really like, not for the not for the accolade,

0:26:35.320 --> 0:26:39.800
<v Speaker 1>not for anything other to dive deeper into the culture

0:26:39.800 --> 0:26:43.199
<v Speaker 1>of ballroom because it is it is unique all on

0:26:43.280 --> 0:26:47.919
<v Speaker 1>its own. Yeah, it's completely different than how I was

0:26:48.000 --> 0:26:49.520
<v Speaker 1>raised in the dance world.

0:26:49.359 --> 0:26:51.800
<v Speaker 2>Right, That's what Mandy was saying too. Mandy was saying,

0:26:52.800 --> 0:26:56.480
<v Speaker 2>it doesn't matter how well versed you are in contemporary

0:26:56.600 --> 0:26:59.680
<v Speaker 2>or modern or jazz or hip hop, it does not matter.

0:27:00.400 --> 0:27:03.520
<v Speaker 1>It's a totally different thing. It's wild. Yeah, it's wild.

0:27:03.600 --> 0:27:09.320
<v Speaker 1>I actually love teaching kids that have ballet, contemporary, jazz,

0:27:10.200 --> 0:27:12.960
<v Speaker 1>tap hip hop training to do ballroom because I know

0:27:13.000 --> 0:27:15.760
<v Speaker 1>exactly how it feels. And sometimes I'll look at them

0:27:15.800 --> 0:27:17.879
<v Speaker 1>and I'll say, I know this feels crazy, Yeah, I

0:27:17.920 --> 0:27:20.239
<v Speaker 1>know this is this is this is exactly opposite from

0:27:20.280 --> 0:27:22.760
<v Speaker 1>what your ballet teacher is teaching you right now. But

0:27:23.560 --> 0:27:27.280
<v Speaker 1>this is why, this is how we initiate a movement

0:27:27.320 --> 0:27:29.400
<v Speaker 1>like this in ballroom. Yeah, I kind of geek out

0:27:29.400 --> 0:27:31.600
<v Speaker 1>on it a little bit. I love that. I love

0:27:31.640 --> 0:27:33.320
<v Speaker 1>that you geek out on it. I feel like Pasha

0:27:33.320 --> 0:27:35.679
<v Speaker 1>geeks out on it too. Oh. I think Pasha geeks

0:27:35.680 --> 0:27:36.480
<v Speaker 1>out more than I do.

0:27:36.600 --> 0:27:38.280
<v Speaker 2>Okay, okay, yeah, yeah, I was just saying I feel

0:27:38.320 --> 0:27:41.520
<v Speaker 2>like Pasha's definitely geeking out, and I'm like, okay, you

0:27:41.560 --> 0:27:42.119
<v Speaker 2>really love this.

0:27:42.520 --> 0:27:46.480
<v Speaker 1>He loves it. Yeah. I love Pasha's dedication. He's always practicing,

0:27:46.600 --> 0:27:50.480
<v Speaker 1>always perfecting, always, and I feel like you guys are

0:27:50.680 --> 0:27:53.480
<v Speaker 1>a very good match. We are, We are a very

0:27:53.480 --> 0:27:53.960
<v Speaker 1>good match.

0:27:54.119 --> 0:27:56.520
<v Speaker 2>He's been saying in interviews that he thought he was

0:27:56.560 --> 0:27:58.600
<v Speaker 2>a perfectionist until he met me, and now he feels

0:27:58.640 --> 0:27:59.919
<v Speaker 2>like he can let go of that title.

0:28:01.119 --> 0:28:03.960
<v Speaker 1>I was like, no, no, no, no, definitely not.

0:28:06.040 --> 0:28:08.520
<v Speaker 2>What did it mean then for you when you in

0:28:08.600 --> 0:28:11.840
<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty were asked to become the first black female

0:28:11.880 --> 0:28:14.160
<v Speaker 2>pro on Dancing with the Stars, What did it mean

0:28:14.160 --> 0:28:14.399
<v Speaker 2>to you?

0:28:14.520 --> 0:28:18.400
<v Speaker 1>Oh? My goodness, Well, it was very overwhelming and it

0:28:18.440 --> 0:28:22.840
<v Speaker 1>was also unexpected, so I did five seasons on Troop

0:28:22.960 --> 0:28:25.800
<v Speaker 1>and the season before season twenty eight he actually got

0:28:25.880 --> 0:28:28.600
<v Speaker 1>rid of the Troop. And right before that season, I

0:28:28.640 --> 0:28:31.879
<v Speaker 1>had re auditioned to become a pro, and I remember

0:28:31.880 --> 0:28:35.840
<v Speaker 1>at the time, the showrunner different than Conrad called me,

0:28:36.480 --> 0:28:39.240
<v Speaker 1>and he was straight up from the beginning. He's like,

0:28:39.280 --> 0:28:41.400
<v Speaker 1>I don't want to sugarcoat anything. This call is not

0:28:41.440 --> 0:28:44.479
<v Speaker 1>going to be good. Oh man, yeah, I know he was.

0:28:44.960 --> 0:28:47.320
<v Speaker 1>He basically said, we were very impressed with your audition,

0:28:47.480 --> 0:28:49.120
<v Speaker 1>we love you, but we're not going to promote you

0:28:49.160 --> 0:28:50.960
<v Speaker 1>to be a pro. And then on top of that,

0:28:51.120 --> 0:28:54.120
<v Speaker 1>we're getting rid of Troop this season, so out of

0:28:54.200 --> 0:28:54.520
<v Speaker 1>the job.

0:28:54.720 --> 0:28:57.520
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, not only do you not get the job you want,

0:28:57.520 --> 0:28:59.800
<v Speaker 2>but the job you have you don't have it exactly.

0:29:00.640 --> 0:29:06.040
<v Speaker 1>And so then I, just like any industry dancer does,

0:29:06.840 --> 0:29:11.960
<v Speaker 1>or I should say, anyone in this industry, does you Okay,

0:29:12.040 --> 0:29:15.680
<v Speaker 1>you feel what you pi it and you pivot immediately.

0:29:16.360 --> 0:29:19.680
<v Speaker 1>And that's exactly what I did. I just did. I

0:29:19.760 --> 0:29:20.600
<v Speaker 1>just called my agent.

0:29:20.680 --> 0:29:23.959
<v Speaker 2>I was like, get me look exactly exactly, tell us

0:29:23.960 --> 0:29:25.680
<v Speaker 2>what find me.

0:29:25.680 --> 0:29:29.920
<v Speaker 1>Some work exactly. And the work that I did in

0:29:29.960 --> 0:29:34.719
<v Speaker 1>that year actually ended up being really great. It was

0:29:35.080 --> 0:29:38.280
<v Speaker 1>and I think it all prepared me to become a pro.

0:29:38.480 --> 0:29:40.960
<v Speaker 1>And I'm actually very grateful for that time off because

0:29:41.000 --> 0:29:44.000
<v Speaker 1>I think if I would have become a pro immediately

0:29:44.040 --> 0:29:46.720
<v Speaker 1>after Troop, I would have been too close to it.

0:29:46.760 --> 0:29:49.240
<v Speaker 1>I would have been like, I don't know. It gave

0:29:49.280 --> 0:29:52.800
<v Speaker 1>me a little bit of a fresh perspective and just

0:29:52.840 --> 0:29:53.720
<v Speaker 1>a breath.

0:29:53.440 --> 0:29:55.640
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, a breath of Yeah, a nice little breath away

0:29:55.640 --> 0:29:57.960
<v Speaker 2>from something which is also something you do and dance.

0:29:58.120 --> 0:30:01.080
<v Speaker 1>Yes, yes, you have to. Times you just have to

0:30:01.360 --> 0:30:04.840
<v Speaker 1>not practice, just need to. I call it marination. You

0:30:04.880 --> 0:30:08.400
<v Speaker 1>need to let it marinate and get some sleep sometimes. Yeah,

0:30:08.440 --> 0:30:11.400
<v Speaker 1>not always, not if you're just being lazy. Yeah, there's

0:30:11.440 --> 0:30:13.920
<v Speaker 1>a different there's a big difference. Yeah, yeah, yeah, difference.

0:30:15.880 --> 0:30:18.400
<v Speaker 1>So and then, of course in twenty twenty the world

0:30:18.440 --> 0:30:22.480
<v Speaker 1>shut down, so you know, I was also like we

0:30:22.480 --> 0:30:25.760
<v Speaker 1>were still isolated when I when I learned that I

0:30:25.800 --> 0:30:27.520
<v Speaker 1>was going to become a pown, did you learn that

0:30:27.560 --> 0:30:28.480
<v Speaker 1>you were going to become op?

0:30:28.680 --> 0:30:30.400
<v Speaker 2>This is now I want to hear the flip side,

0:30:30.400 --> 0:30:33.320
<v Speaker 2>because you had the conversation that started off with guess what,

0:30:33.840 --> 0:30:35.920
<v Speaker 2>this is bad news. I'm just warning you now it's

0:30:35.920 --> 0:30:39.120
<v Speaker 2>going to be a bad conversation. What was the flip

0:30:39.160 --> 0:30:40.200
<v Speaker 2>side of that conversation.

0:30:40.480 --> 0:30:45.080
<v Speaker 1>So Dina texted me and she just simply asked, can

0:30:45.120 --> 0:30:48.640
<v Speaker 1>you can you do a video call at this time?

0:30:49.360 --> 0:30:53.640
<v Speaker 1>And I was like, okay, okay, yeah, I guess of

0:30:53.640 --> 0:30:57.520
<v Speaker 1>course sure. I mean even if I wasn't in isolation,

0:30:57.560 --> 0:31:00.480
<v Speaker 1>I would have dropped everything too, Like when Dina text you,

0:31:00.800 --> 0:31:01.280
<v Speaker 1>when this.

0:31:01.320 --> 0:31:03.200
<v Speaker 2>Is Dina Cats for those of you who may not know,

0:31:03.280 --> 0:31:08.880
<v Speaker 2>Dina CAATs executive producer, casting, really very very very high

0:31:09.040 --> 0:31:12.760
<v Speaker 2>up head honcho, lots of decisions being made by Dina exactly.

0:31:14.080 --> 0:31:17.800
<v Speaker 1>And so I said yes, anytime, whatever. Yeah. So then

0:31:18.720 --> 0:31:21.320
<v Speaker 1>we get onto a zoom and she tells me that

0:31:21.960 --> 0:31:25.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm becoming a pro and I actually I was like,

0:31:26.240 --> 0:31:28.760
<v Speaker 1>I think I was in such shock. I was almost

0:31:28.800 --> 0:31:32.080
<v Speaker 1>emotionless because I was like just say yes, yeah, that

0:31:32.280 --> 0:31:37.960
<v Speaker 1>just happy and yes, yes. And then I called my mom.

0:31:38.000 --> 0:31:40.480
<v Speaker 1>I was like, I lost it when I called my mom.

0:31:40.560 --> 0:31:42.680
<v Speaker 1>Of course I lost it. Yeah, And I was just

0:31:42.760 --> 0:31:47.040
<v Speaker 1>filled with so much gratitude. And then after that, I

0:31:47.080 --> 0:31:51.040
<v Speaker 1>was like, oh my gosh, I'm not only is you know,

0:31:51.120 --> 0:31:54.040
<v Speaker 1>this dream of mine coming true, but now I'm becoming

0:31:54.600 --> 0:31:58.320
<v Speaker 1>you know, this representation that has not existed until now

0:31:58.600 --> 0:32:02.560
<v Speaker 1>tell you and you know it's the representation has been

0:32:02.600 --> 0:32:05.840
<v Speaker 1>in the celebrity Partners, but never as a dancer, which

0:32:05.880 --> 0:32:14.880
<v Speaker 1>is so important. And it was very overwhelming, very exciting.

0:32:15.440 --> 0:32:18.880
<v Speaker 1>And then when I got there for the premiere, I

0:32:18.960 --> 0:32:23.080
<v Speaker 1>had a little baby like not freak out, but I

0:32:23.120 --> 0:32:26.239
<v Speaker 1>felt very overwhelmed, and I felt very much like I

0:32:26.280 --> 0:32:29.640
<v Speaker 1>was putting a ton of pressure on myself to be

0:32:30.560 --> 0:32:33.560
<v Speaker 1>perfect and to be right. Now. I have to be

0:32:33.640 --> 0:32:37.120
<v Speaker 1>at all. Now, I have to be at Allah. And

0:32:37.480 --> 0:32:40.640
<v Speaker 1>that season, I'm so grateful I was partnered with Johnny

0:32:40.640 --> 0:32:45.320
<v Speaker 1>that season. Johnny is so there is no other human

0:32:45.360 --> 0:32:49.200
<v Speaker 1>in this world that is like Johnny Weir, and he

0:32:49.680 --> 0:32:52.400
<v Speaker 1>taught me so much in that season. I always led

0:32:52.440 --> 0:32:57.160
<v Speaker 1>with authenticity, but sometimes in moments of fear or moments

0:32:57.200 --> 0:33:02.800
<v Speaker 1>of anxiety, I would I would just little myself, make

0:33:02.840 --> 0:33:05.720
<v Speaker 1>myself small. And I just learned in that moment that

0:33:05.760 --> 0:33:07.640
<v Speaker 1>all I have to do is show up as myself

0:33:08.000 --> 0:33:11.880
<v Speaker 1>and that would be the perfect representation because that's all

0:33:11.920 --> 0:33:14.400
<v Speaker 1>I have, is me. I don't need to do anything

0:33:14.440 --> 0:33:17.120
<v Speaker 1>other than just show up and be me exactly. And

0:33:17.200 --> 0:33:19.280
<v Speaker 1>so wonderful that you had a partner that was able

0:33:19.320 --> 0:33:21.680
<v Speaker 1>to recognize you doing it and to be able to

0:33:21.720 --> 0:33:23.640
<v Speaker 1>point it out to you and say, don't do that.

0:33:24.600 --> 0:33:27.760
<v Speaker 2>You know again, such a wonderful like the things that

0:33:27.840 --> 0:33:30.560
<v Speaker 2>happened that have happened for you in your life, Like

0:33:30.600 --> 0:33:33.880
<v Speaker 2>what a perfect first partner for you, What a gift. Yes,

0:33:34.160 --> 0:33:36.360
<v Speaker 2>probably a decision made by Dina, by the way, Yes

0:33:36.440 --> 0:33:36.880
<v Speaker 2>it was.

0:33:37.240 --> 0:33:39.960
<v Speaker 1>And yeah, he was like, just let your bruce, your

0:33:39.960 --> 0:33:43.120
<v Speaker 1>inner bruce fly, everybody, let your inner bruce out. Fine,

0:33:43.800 --> 0:33:46.560
<v Speaker 1>let your inner bruce go. I love it.

0:33:48.400 --> 0:33:51.920
<v Speaker 2>I ask every guest this because I know that there

0:33:51.960 --> 0:33:56.760
<v Speaker 2>are sort of two camps on the subject. One that is,

0:33:56.960 --> 0:34:00.440
<v Speaker 2>one camp is totally fine with celebrities coming in having

0:34:00.840 --> 0:34:04.320
<v Speaker 2>previous dance experience, and then the other camp, who think

0:34:04.640 --> 0:34:07.480
<v Speaker 2>the premise of the show should be to teach newbies.

0:34:07.840 --> 0:34:13.480
<v Speaker 1>Where do you fall on the subject. It is so interesting.

0:34:13.600 --> 0:34:17.120
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna say this, ooh, this is actually a little

0:34:17.120 --> 0:34:21.320
<v Speaker 1>bit difficult for me because I've actually, outside of Johnny, who,

0:34:21.480 --> 0:34:25.240
<v Speaker 1>even though he's a figure skater, never took a dance class,

0:34:25.760 --> 0:34:29.319
<v Speaker 1>I've actually never had a partner with previous dance experiences.

0:34:29.880 --> 0:34:36.080
<v Speaker 1>So I come from that side of it. I see

0:34:36.239 --> 0:34:39.840
<v Speaker 1>my peers with partners with dance experience, and they're able

0:34:39.880 --> 0:34:47.520
<v Speaker 1>to have like a lot of creative freedom. I'll say, yeah,

0:34:47.640 --> 0:34:51.919
<v Speaker 1>so that is I could see some people on one

0:34:51.960 --> 0:34:56.040
<v Speaker 1>side saying, Okay, like you can like really produce some things.

0:34:56.080 --> 0:34:59.279
<v Speaker 1>There's not as many like limitations or what have you.

0:35:00.160 --> 0:35:02.360
<v Speaker 1>But I still go back in the heart of the

0:35:02.400 --> 0:35:05.680
<v Speaker 1>show is teaching someone how to dance? Yeah, and is

0:35:05.800 --> 0:35:10.560
<v Speaker 1>teaching someone the very beginning and what that journey is like,

0:35:13.239 --> 0:35:14.799
<v Speaker 1>you know, and some you know, if you go to

0:35:15.160 --> 0:35:18.359
<v Speaker 1>past season, some of those people that won that had

0:35:18.480 --> 0:35:21.839
<v Speaker 1>zero dance experience, Oh my gosh, how rewarding, I know,

0:35:22.160 --> 0:35:26.080
<v Speaker 1>how incredible to see them from their first days of

0:35:26.120 --> 0:35:29.279
<v Speaker 1>rehearsals and then at the finale doing their freestyle like

0:35:29.320 --> 0:35:33.600
<v Speaker 1>a proper dancer. Right, That is the heart of the show.

0:35:35.920 --> 0:35:38.400
<v Speaker 1>And I almost think it's like it's a little bit

0:35:38.440 --> 0:35:41.320
<v Speaker 1>more rewarding. Yeah in my eyes. Yeah, you're right. And

0:35:41.600 --> 0:35:42.880
<v Speaker 1>and certainly.

0:35:44.600 --> 0:35:48.000
<v Speaker 2>For you as the pro to be able to see

0:35:48.040 --> 0:35:51.880
<v Speaker 2>like I did that you know, of course the celebrity

0:35:51.880 --> 0:35:54.080
<v Speaker 2>had to put in the work, but like you were

0:35:54.120 --> 0:35:57.080
<v Speaker 2>able to figure out how to communicate to somebody in

0:35:57.160 --> 0:36:01.360
<v Speaker 2>a language they do not speak, to become fluent.

0:36:01.760 --> 0:36:04.680
<v Speaker 1>Yes, in this language in a short amount of time

0:36:04.800 --> 0:36:07.160
<v Speaker 1>and zero time, zero time.

0:36:07.320 --> 0:36:09.640
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I mean, I'm talking about how crazy the

0:36:09.640 --> 0:36:13.040
<v Speaker 2>schedule is. Four hours a day is just not enough

0:36:13.080 --> 0:36:17.239
<v Speaker 2>time to really get everything across. I mean, Pasha talks

0:36:17.239 --> 0:36:19.160
<v Speaker 2>a lot about teaching and layers. You know, like the

0:36:19.200 --> 0:36:21.960
<v Speaker 2>first day is really just you are in your brain

0:36:22.000 --> 0:36:24.319
<v Speaker 2>one hundred percent of the time making sure you can

0:36:24.360 --> 0:36:28.640
<v Speaker 2>try to remember the steps. That's day one goal, Day

0:36:28.640 --> 0:36:31.279
<v Speaker 2>one goal. Can you just remember the steps? And then

0:36:31.320 --> 0:36:34.920
<v Speaker 2>after that it's like, Okay, that's honestly going to end

0:36:34.960 --> 0:36:37.080
<v Speaker 2>up only being worth about ten percent.

0:36:36.800 --> 0:36:37.719
<v Speaker 1>Of this whole thing.

0:36:38.080 --> 0:36:40.520
<v Speaker 2>If that's all we got, we're not going to have much,

0:36:40.760 --> 0:36:42.680
<v Speaker 2>and that's crazy. So that you're like, now I gotta

0:36:42.680 --> 0:36:47.320
<v Speaker 2>start doing the steps bigger, wider, grander, more this, and now.

0:36:47.200 --> 0:36:48.920
<v Speaker 1>I got a twist while I'm doing them, and now

0:36:48.960 --> 0:36:50.400
<v Speaker 1>I gotta perform while I'm doing it.

0:36:50.400 --> 0:36:51.799
<v Speaker 2>Now I have to be in my heart and not

0:36:51.920 --> 0:36:54.560
<v Speaker 2>in my head. The fact that you guys are able

0:36:54.600 --> 0:36:59.600
<v Speaker 2>to do it with total dumb dums like myself. I

0:36:59.719 --> 0:37:02.719
<v Speaker 2>do not know how you do what you do, but

0:37:03.040 --> 0:37:06.239
<v Speaker 2>I will say my biggest takeaway so far, and only

0:37:06.280 --> 0:37:08.040
<v Speaker 2>however many weeks I've been a part of the show

0:37:08.600 --> 0:37:11.160
<v Speaker 2>is how truly remarkable.

0:37:10.640 --> 0:37:14.680
<v Speaker 1>You guys are you are. You are the stars of

0:37:14.800 --> 0:37:15.399
<v Speaker 1>Dancing with the.

0:37:15.320 --> 0:37:19.400
<v Speaker 2>Stars, and you keep spirits high and you are patient

0:37:19.640 --> 0:37:23.600
<v Speaker 2>and you don't I mean, I would be losing my

0:37:23.680 --> 0:37:26.920
<v Speaker 2>marbles if I would be losing my marbles.

0:37:26.920 --> 0:37:28.799
<v Speaker 1>I don't know how you guys do it, but you're incredible.

0:37:28.880 --> 0:37:31.960
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I will say I was so pleasantly surprised

0:37:32.120 --> 0:37:35.400
<v Speaker 1>that first time we did a show and tell with you, Okay,

0:37:35.800 --> 0:37:39.839
<v Speaker 1>I mean I thought you blew me away. Really, yes,

0:37:40.640 --> 0:37:44.560
<v Speaker 1>thank you. Yes, I would say, like, just just trust

0:37:44.560 --> 0:37:48.520
<v Speaker 1>in your process because it's it's paying off, like it

0:37:48.560 --> 0:37:51.840
<v Speaker 1>is to me to watch you go out on the

0:37:51.880 --> 0:37:54.960
<v Speaker 1>ballroom floor and do what you do with no previous

0:37:55.040 --> 0:38:00.160
<v Speaker 1>experience is absolutely remarkable, Like, thank you. I remember that

0:38:00.200 --> 0:38:02.359
<v Speaker 1>first show and Tell. I looked at you and I

0:38:02.440 --> 0:38:05.920
<v Speaker 1>was like, you are the epitome of this show, and

0:38:05.920 --> 0:38:08.120
<v Speaker 1>you gave all of us a very nice pep talk.

0:38:08.160 --> 0:38:10.320
<v Speaker 2>It was, And I went home and I specifically told

0:38:10.360 --> 0:38:12.919
<v Speaker 2>my husband, I said, britt.

0:38:12.640 --> 0:38:14.120
<v Speaker 1>Just gave us the nicest talk.

0:38:14.280 --> 0:38:18.279
<v Speaker 2>You know, because every we all pretty much nailed that

0:38:18.440 --> 0:38:19.359
<v Speaker 2>first Show and Tell.

0:38:19.719 --> 0:38:20.640
<v Speaker 1>We were all nervous.

0:38:20.640 --> 0:38:22.400
<v Speaker 2>We had never done this before we're about ready to

0:38:22.400 --> 0:38:24.640
<v Speaker 2>show our dances for the first time. And even though,

0:38:24.640 --> 0:38:26.480
<v Speaker 2>of course were there are things we all could have

0:38:26.480 --> 0:38:28.640
<v Speaker 2>done better or little things that were missed. Sure, but

0:38:28.719 --> 0:38:31.759
<v Speaker 2>nobody fell apart, which is kind of the expectation is like,

0:38:31.840 --> 0:38:34.000
<v Speaker 2>let's do this so that you get your fall apart

0:38:34.040 --> 0:38:37.319
<v Speaker 2>moment now, and nobody really fell apart. And then we

0:38:37.320 --> 0:38:39.920
<v Speaker 2>were all just looking at each other like we just

0:38:40.120 --> 0:38:42.440
<v Speaker 2>did that. And at the end of it, you were like,

0:38:42.560 --> 0:38:45.000
<v Speaker 2>I just have to give I have to tell you,

0:38:45.000 --> 0:38:46.839
<v Speaker 2>you guys are what the heart of.

0:38:46.840 --> 0:38:47.839
<v Speaker 1>This show is.

0:38:47.960 --> 0:38:50.080
<v Speaker 2>And it meant a lot to us who were in

0:38:50.080 --> 0:38:52.680
<v Speaker 2>that room, and so thank you. It's just it goes

0:38:52.719 --> 0:39:07.880
<v Speaker 2>to show what a special person you are. So in

0:39:07.920 --> 0:39:11.080
<v Speaker 2>season thirty one, let's talk about the fact that you

0:39:11.120 --> 0:39:15.919
<v Speaker 2>were paired with actor Daniel Durant. You place fifth, your

0:39:15.960 --> 0:39:19.719
<v Speaker 2>best showing to date. But most importantly, did you ever

0:39:19.800 --> 0:39:24.200
<v Speaker 2>say I will never have a showmance on Dancing.

0:39:23.880 --> 0:39:27.120
<v Speaker 1>With the Stars And did you actually believe that? I

0:39:27.200 --> 0:39:30.840
<v Speaker 1>actually believe you did. Yes, I you know. And no

0:39:30.960 --> 0:39:33.200
<v Speaker 1>judgment too, I mean I can't obviously I can't judge

0:39:33.239 --> 0:39:36.960
<v Speaker 1>because I had a show. We know that judgment I mean, yeah,

0:39:37.360 --> 0:39:40.840
<v Speaker 1>but I just you know, I think also starting in

0:39:40.880 --> 0:39:43.080
<v Speaker 1>the industry at such a young age, at fifteen, I

0:39:43.160 --> 0:39:45.640
<v Speaker 1>think I saw a lot of showmances, right, and I

0:39:45.719 --> 0:39:47.480
<v Speaker 1>kind of know that that's not for me. That's not

0:39:47.600 --> 0:39:50.200
<v Speaker 1>for me. I like to keep my work and my

0:39:50.280 --> 0:39:55.120
<v Speaker 1>love separate totally. And funny with Daniel, he's the same way,

0:39:55.160 --> 0:39:57.600
<v Speaker 1>because you know, you can have an intimate scene or

0:39:57.680 --> 0:40:00.239
<v Speaker 1>a love scene, or a character or whatever, but then

0:40:00.239 --> 0:40:03.440
<v Speaker 1>you go home and you that was your character. You

0:40:03.520 --> 0:40:05.759
<v Speaker 1>left that at home totally, or you left that at

0:40:05.760 --> 0:40:08.560
<v Speaker 1>the studio, whatever it is. And so we both had

0:40:08.560 --> 0:40:12.720
<v Speaker 1>the same mindset entering into work.

0:40:13.000 --> 0:40:15.359
<v Speaker 2>Right, this is a business. It's a business, and we're

0:40:15.360 --> 0:40:17.720
<v Speaker 2>gonna be friends. Of course we have to have chemistry, yes,

0:40:17.960 --> 0:40:19.200
<v Speaker 2>but that's where it ends.

0:40:19.320 --> 0:40:22.399
<v Speaker 1>Yes, And I knew we had chemistry. We both knew

0:40:22.400 --> 0:40:24.719
<v Speaker 1>that we had chemistry from the beginning. But it wasn't

0:40:25.400 --> 0:40:30.040
<v Speaker 1>it wasn't really like, it wasn't romantic romantic, it wasn't

0:40:30.080 --> 0:40:32.520
<v Speaker 1>like intimate in that sort of way. And it's so

0:40:32.640 --> 0:40:37.440
<v Speaker 1>funny the way Daniel says it is hilarious, Like American

0:40:37.440 --> 0:40:41.640
<v Speaker 1>sign language is extremely expressive and sometimes like if I

0:40:41.719 --> 0:40:44.719
<v Speaker 1>was to interpret what he was signing, it'd be like, oh,

0:40:44.880 --> 0:40:46.879
<v Speaker 1>I did it. I was not attracted to her at all.

0:40:47.200 --> 0:40:50.640
<v Speaker 1>I didn't even I didn't even I didn't even never

0:40:50.640 --> 0:40:53.200
<v Speaker 1>even that. I'm like, whoa easy settle down, settle down,

0:40:53.480 --> 0:41:00.719
<v Speaker 1>you can still appreciate, yes, exactly. But we really just

0:41:00.800 --> 0:41:06.440
<v Speaker 1>in that process we became teammates. First, like we just

0:41:06.520 --> 0:41:09.160
<v Speaker 1>had this goal and we just we we wanted to

0:41:09.680 --> 0:41:13.120
<v Speaker 1>have a great team have fun together. And you know,

0:41:13.480 --> 0:41:15.840
<v Speaker 1>I'm way more competitive than he is, but he was

0:41:15.880 --> 0:41:21.000
<v Speaker 1>still very competitive. Yeah, and then we actually became legitimately

0:41:21.040 --> 0:41:24.960
<v Speaker 1>friends and we would go get ivs and with his interpreter,

0:41:25.000 --> 0:41:29.120
<v Speaker 1>we were like to do, yes, we don't. Who doesn't

0:41:29.120 --> 0:41:31.560
<v Speaker 1>go get IV's with their friends anyone not in LA.

0:41:32.560 --> 0:41:35.480
<v Speaker 1>That sounds very weird to anyone not here, but for us.

0:41:35.520 --> 0:41:40.239
<v Speaker 1>We did a cold plunge contrast therapy IV's red light.

0:41:41.280 --> 0:41:45.799
<v Speaker 1>I said, you know, a casual friend date. And then

0:41:46.160 --> 0:41:51.640
<v Speaker 1>we got eliminated and we didn't see each other, and

0:41:51.800 --> 0:41:56.319
<v Speaker 1>we started texting, and then one day he was it

0:41:56.360 --> 0:41:58.520
<v Speaker 1>was actually in his trailer. He was just it was

0:41:58.560 --> 0:42:01.560
<v Speaker 1>it was after we got eliminated and his interpreter stepped

0:42:01.600 --> 0:42:03.759
<v Speaker 1>out and he was like staring at me. And I

0:42:03.800 --> 0:42:05.319
<v Speaker 1>looked at him and I was like, why are you

0:42:05.400 --> 0:42:08.920
<v Speaker 1>looking at me like that? And all he signed was

0:42:09.200 --> 0:42:11.279
<v Speaker 1>I think you know exactly why I'm looking at you,

0:42:11.760 --> 0:42:17.080
<v Speaker 1>and I said I do and same but and then

0:42:17.200 --> 0:42:18.759
<v Speaker 1>and then we were like and I was like, I

0:42:18.760 --> 0:42:21.799
<v Speaker 1>gotta go figure out my life. And then we went

0:42:21.840 --> 0:42:24.719
<v Speaker 1>to dinner and then nothing happened. And then I think

0:42:24.760 --> 0:42:28.480
<v Speaker 1>both of us were so hesitant because we had been

0:42:28.520 --> 0:42:30.520
<v Speaker 1>with each other every single day. Dancing with the Stars

0:42:30.560 --> 0:42:33.520
<v Speaker 1>is extremely intense. I don't know if we thought it was.

0:42:33.560 --> 0:42:37.239
<v Speaker 2>Real right, You're like, was that because we were kind

0:42:37.239 --> 0:42:40.160
<v Speaker 2>of forced to be in a room together for that

0:42:40.200 --> 0:42:40.800
<v Speaker 2>many hours?

0:42:40.960 --> 0:42:44.160
<v Speaker 1>Or is this legitimate? Will it survive outside of the

0:42:44.200 --> 0:42:47.800
<v Speaker 1>pressure cooker? Yes? And then he the first time he

0:42:47.880 --> 0:42:51.719
<v Speaker 1>kissed me, he asked, oh so sweet, like can I

0:42:51.840 --> 0:42:55.160
<v Speaker 1>kiss you? And then we kiss and both of us

0:42:55.160 --> 0:42:55.719
<v Speaker 1>were like this.

0:42:57.400 --> 0:43:04.000
<v Speaker 2>Yes, oh so well, you guys, I mean, you've started

0:43:04.120 --> 0:43:06.160
<v Speaker 2>the falling in love process on the show, but you

0:43:06.200 --> 0:43:08.160
<v Speaker 2>didn't technically fall in love on the show. It's not

0:43:08.200 --> 0:43:10.040
<v Speaker 2>like the cameras were around and you were like, pretend

0:43:10.040 --> 0:43:14.520
<v Speaker 2>we're just friends. You guys really were just partners with

0:43:14.640 --> 0:43:17.759
<v Speaker 2>the same goal in mind. Who became legitimate friends, and

0:43:17.800 --> 0:43:21.239
<v Speaker 2>then after you were eliminated, actually fell in love. Yeah,

0:43:22.520 --> 0:43:26.719
<v Speaker 2>oh gosh, I love your love stories so much. For

0:43:26.800 --> 0:43:29.720
<v Speaker 2>your wedding, were people intimidated to get on the dance floor?

0:43:29.840 --> 0:43:32.120
<v Speaker 1>I thought about that the minute. The minute I knew

0:43:32.120 --> 0:43:32.960
<v Speaker 1>you were getting married.

0:43:32.800 --> 0:43:36.200
<v Speaker 2>I was like, how do normal people dance at a wedding?

0:43:36.520 --> 0:43:38.520
<v Speaker 2>For incredible dancers?

0:43:38.640 --> 0:43:40.480
<v Speaker 1>I would, I'd be like, I'm just gonna set this

0:43:40.520 --> 0:43:42.920
<v Speaker 1>one out, you know, It's so funny. It was actually

0:43:42.960 --> 0:43:45.880
<v Speaker 1>our family and friends that weren't dancers that were dancing

0:43:45.920 --> 0:43:49.120
<v Speaker 1>the most. Wow, which is hilarious. That's great. I also

0:43:49.160 --> 0:43:51.279
<v Speaker 1>think Daniel and I for our first dance, we didn't

0:43:51.320 --> 0:43:54.200
<v Speaker 1>do anything like choreographed or anything. We just slow danced.

0:43:54.320 --> 0:43:56.359
<v Speaker 1>We just went out there, and so I think we

0:43:56.400 --> 0:43:59.439
<v Speaker 1>set the tone pretty like this is gonna be chill.

0:43:59.480 --> 0:44:01.279
<v Speaker 1>It's going to be We're not gonna put on a

0:44:01.280 --> 0:44:01.920
<v Speaker 1>whole thing. No.

0:44:02.239 --> 0:44:05.120
<v Speaker 2>A lot of the fans of the show feel like

0:44:07.120 --> 0:44:11.279
<v Speaker 2>some of the pros get regularly paired with celebrities that

0:44:11.480 --> 0:44:15.280
<v Speaker 2>maybe on the outside, don't seem as though they're gonna

0:44:15.320 --> 0:44:21.120
<v Speaker 2>go as far. Do you feel like the sharing of

0:44:21.480 --> 0:44:27.320
<v Speaker 2>celebrity talent is generally fair or how It's such a

0:44:27.360 --> 0:44:30.120
<v Speaker 2>hard question to ask because I know the casting process

0:44:30.160 --> 0:44:32.799
<v Speaker 2>has so many factors that go into it. But when

0:44:32.840 --> 0:44:36.560
<v Speaker 2>you hear fans say like, come on, how come some

0:44:36.680 --> 0:44:40.719
<v Speaker 2>people seem to get ringers year after year and other

0:44:40.840 --> 0:44:44.040
<v Speaker 2>people seem to get whatever the opposite of a ringer

0:44:44.120 --> 0:44:44.719
<v Speaker 2>is here after you?

0:44:44.960 --> 0:44:51.680
<v Speaker 1>What are your thoughts on that. I do think that

0:44:53.120 --> 0:44:57.040
<v Speaker 1>when pairing comes that Honestly, that's kind of a hard question.

0:44:57.200 --> 0:45:01.240
<v Speaker 1>But I do think, you know, when parings do happen,

0:45:01.520 --> 0:45:07.080
<v Speaker 1>I think everything is considered. I can only speak for myself,

0:45:07.160 --> 0:45:09.680
<v Speaker 1>and I don't know if I've I don't actually I know,

0:45:09.800 --> 0:45:13.279
<v Speaker 1>I don't think I've had a ringer, and I do

0:45:13.520 --> 0:45:17.400
<v Speaker 1>feel like I want that chance, you know, I don't

0:45:17.400 --> 0:45:20.680
<v Speaker 1>know if I've had that chance. I do think Baron

0:45:20.840 --> 0:45:25.239
<v Speaker 1>could have been a dark horse. Again, if we he

0:45:25.320 --> 0:45:28.520
<v Speaker 1>could have potentially been a dark horse, But again, it

0:45:28.640 --> 0:45:34.840
<v Speaker 1>was very very competitive. I would actually argue that Daniel

0:45:35.000 --> 0:45:38.040
<v Speaker 1>was a bit of a dark horse. They are, you know,

0:45:38.160 --> 0:45:42.880
<v Speaker 1>if we're he had an incredible story, but you know,

0:45:43.120 --> 0:45:49.799
<v Speaker 1>he the challenge of dancing when you're deaf can be

0:45:50.040 --> 0:45:53.160
<v Speaker 1>and for Daniel, he's profoundly deaf, so deaf is very

0:45:53.440 --> 0:45:56.280
<v Speaker 1>vast in what the community is. You can be like doctory.

0:45:56.360 --> 0:46:00.080
<v Speaker 1>It's a huge spectrum and Daniel's profoundly deaf. So he

0:46:00.280 --> 0:46:02.720
<v Speaker 1>People don't realize how hard he worked on the show

0:46:02.800 --> 0:46:04.920
<v Speaker 1>because he had to learn everything. He had to learn

0:46:04.960 --> 0:46:07.320
<v Speaker 1>the choreography, but then he had to learn the rhythm.

0:46:07.480 --> 0:46:09.640
<v Speaker 1>He had to memorize when something was fast and when

0:46:09.680 --> 0:46:12.480
<v Speaker 1>something was slow. Wow, I didn't even think about any

0:46:12.560 --> 0:46:15.920
<v Speaker 1>of that stuff. Yeah, but he does have this like

0:46:16.080 --> 0:46:19.160
<v Speaker 1>very I always call it an internal metronome that for

0:46:19.200 --> 0:46:22.520
<v Speaker 1>some reason, he shocked me every single week. But you know,

0:46:22.600 --> 0:46:25.799
<v Speaker 1>he in his season he came on. If we're talking

0:46:25.840 --> 0:46:30.040
<v Speaker 1>about just social media, just numbers, yeah, he came onto

0:46:30.080 --> 0:46:34.640
<v Speaker 1>that season which was stacked with Charlie Demilio, Wayne Brady,

0:46:35.920 --> 0:46:39.960
<v Speaker 1>Chandela has a huge social social media following. I know

0:46:40.040 --> 0:46:44.680
<v Speaker 1>I'm missing some other people, Oh Jordan's sparks, like Selma Blair.

0:46:46.160 --> 0:46:50.600
<v Speaker 1>He came in with fifty thousand Instagram followers and we

0:46:50.680 --> 0:46:53.239
<v Speaker 1>made it fifth to fifth place, so he I would

0:46:53.280 --> 0:46:58.000
<v Speaker 1>actually consider Daniel to be a underdog for horse for sure,

0:46:59.120 --> 0:47:00.920
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, I don't. I don't know if I have

0:47:00.960 --> 0:47:03.759
<v Speaker 1>gotten a ringer yet. Actually I know you have not

0:47:03.880 --> 0:47:06.840
<v Speaker 1>gotten a ring and you're ready for them. My gosh,

0:47:06.920 --> 0:47:11.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm so ready. Yeah, I'm so ready. Yeah, I'm ready

0:47:11.200 --> 0:47:12.160
<v Speaker 1>for you to have that too.

0:47:12.640 --> 0:47:14.399
<v Speaker 2>I'm ready for you to be like you know what,

0:47:14.480 --> 0:47:17.520
<v Speaker 2>I actually like having somebody with a little dance experience.

0:47:17.800 --> 0:47:21.880
<v Speaker 2>It's uh feels pretty good. I mean, maybe I'd just

0:47:21.960 --> 0:47:24.400
<v Speaker 2>like to pitch that maybe for season thirty five you

0:47:24.440 --> 0:47:25.720
<v Speaker 2>get like Usher.

0:47:26.320 --> 0:47:28.760
<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know, it's crazy. One of my friends

0:47:28.760 --> 0:47:30.200
<v Speaker 1>had a dream that I would that I was going

0:47:30.239 --> 0:47:32.880
<v Speaker 1>to be paired with Usher, And that's really weird that

0:47:32.920 --> 0:47:35.759
<v Speaker 1>you just said that. It's that's wild. I don't think

0:47:35.880 --> 0:47:39.440
<v Speaker 1>Esher would ever do the show, but maybe maybe what

0:47:39.600 --> 0:47:44.440
<v Speaker 1>I bet I don't know him. I bet you everybody

0:47:44.520 --> 0:47:47.040
<v Speaker 1>we are calling baron the minute we leave here. One

0:47:47.280 --> 0:47:48.760
<v Speaker 1>to figure out when he can get in a rehearsal

0:47:48.760 --> 0:47:50.640
<v Speaker 1>space with you for this dedication week dance that I'm

0:47:50.640 --> 0:47:54.239
<v Speaker 1>gonna somehow facilitate, and two to see if he knows Usher.

0:47:54.360 --> 0:47:55.839
<v Speaker 1>Also side note, do you know.

0:47:58.800 --> 0:48:01.960
<v Speaker 2>Okay I am going to ask for I'm not asking

0:48:02.000 --> 0:48:04.440
<v Speaker 2>for any sort of leg up here because all of

0:48:04.440 --> 0:48:07.759
<v Speaker 2>my competition could listen to this podcast, But if you

0:48:08.080 --> 0:48:12.480
<v Speaker 2>had to reveal the biggest strategy that you have learned

0:48:12.600 --> 0:48:15.600
<v Speaker 2>over the last six seasons of Dancing with the Stars,

0:48:16.000 --> 0:48:16.600
<v Speaker 2>what would it.

0:48:16.560 --> 0:48:25.840
<v Speaker 1>Be, I would actually putting dancing scores, you know, social

0:48:25.880 --> 0:48:29.360
<v Speaker 1>media trends, all of that aside. I think it's actually

0:48:29.440 --> 0:48:32.640
<v Speaker 1>the connection with your partner. I think if you can

0:48:32.760 --> 0:48:38.759
<v Speaker 1>find that that connection, which I believe you and Pasha have.

0:48:39.000 --> 0:48:43.680
<v Speaker 1>You guys, you have an amazing camaraderie with each other

0:48:43.840 --> 0:48:46.680
<v Speaker 1>yea and support and it's also very cute to see.

0:48:46.440 --> 0:48:46.600
<v Speaker 2>Like.

0:48:48.040 --> 0:48:50.879
<v Speaker 1>Danny and Dylan and the four of you. And if

0:48:50.920 --> 0:48:55.320
<v Speaker 1>you can find that essence, I feel like that people

0:48:55.400 --> 0:48:57.759
<v Speaker 1>fall in love with that, people want to root for

0:48:57.800 --> 0:49:01.400
<v Speaker 1>that as well. You know, talking from experience, you know,

0:49:01.520 --> 0:49:05.080
<v Speaker 1>my best seasons have been with people that I also

0:49:05.200 --> 0:49:09.160
<v Speaker 1>have a big connection with Johnny Johnny Daniel and that

0:49:09.239 --> 0:49:12.680
<v Speaker 1>grew within the show. Yeah, so that would be my

0:49:12.719 --> 0:49:15.920
<v Speaker 1>one big advice to you, which I think that you're

0:49:16.000 --> 0:49:19.799
<v Speaker 1>already doing. I feel like again I said it you.

0:49:20.080 --> 0:49:26.359
<v Speaker 1>I think casting you is incredible for the show, and

0:49:26.680 --> 0:49:31.279
<v Speaker 1>you're pleasantly surprising on the dance floor. You're dynamic, and

0:49:33.640 --> 0:49:35.600
<v Speaker 1>what's so exciting about you is you're going to see

0:49:35.600 --> 0:49:36.520
<v Speaker 1>your growth.

0:49:36.680 --> 0:49:39.439
<v Speaker 2>I hope, so I really, I desperately need to start

0:49:39.440 --> 0:49:41.799
<v Speaker 2>getting better every week. And you know, we're doing such

0:49:41.880 --> 0:49:45.359
<v Speaker 2>drastically style different styles of dance that it's hard to go.

0:49:45.920 --> 0:49:48.080
<v Speaker 2>You know, well, if maybe if I were to do

0:49:48.120 --> 0:49:50.440
<v Speaker 2>a tango again in week four, I'd be like, oh,

0:49:50.480 --> 0:49:52.839
<v Speaker 2>look at the difference in tango week one versus week four.

0:49:53.239 --> 0:49:56.000
<v Speaker 2>But I'm struggling to be like, you know, they're all

0:49:56.040 --> 0:50:00.399
<v Speaker 2>so different. But I do think it'll start, It'll start

0:50:00.440 --> 0:50:04.640
<v Speaker 2>to be more apparent that I'm growing and learning.

0:50:04.480 --> 0:50:07.960
<v Speaker 1>So so close to it. Yeah, you're staring at yourself

0:50:08.000 --> 0:50:09.879
<v Speaker 1>for four hours as your day.

0:50:09.960 --> 0:50:11.960
<v Speaker 2>I don't even like to look at myself for two minutes,

0:50:12.160 --> 0:50:13.400
<v Speaker 2>much less for four hours.

0:50:13.440 --> 0:50:15.680
<v Speaker 1>And I'm like, welcome to a dancer's brain. This is

0:50:15.680 --> 0:50:16.760
<v Speaker 1>why we have so many problems.

0:50:16.760 --> 0:50:20.000
<v Speaker 2>No, seriously, Like every now and then, Pasha's like, okay,

0:50:20.040 --> 0:50:20.960
<v Speaker 2>let's do it toward the mirror, and.

0:50:20.960 --> 0:50:24.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, really do we have to? No? Please, don't know.

0:50:24.920 --> 0:50:27.359
<v Speaker 1>But imagine our audience. They get to see you once

0:50:27.400 --> 0:50:29.600
<v Speaker 1>a week, I know, and so they you know, you're

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<v Speaker 1>so close to it. Yeah, So the audience's perspective is

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<v Speaker 1>we're seeing your like major big shifts each week. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and I appreciate your advice also because I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like it's so perfect coming from you, because you are

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<v Speaker 2>such a person who, as you have said, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>very clear to anybody who meets you, you really do

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<v Speaker 2>truly lead with authenticity and that your advice about the

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<v Speaker 2>connection with your partner is something you can't fake. It's

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<v Speaker 2>something you have, it's some thing you nurture, it's something

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<v Speaker 2>if you have it, you use it to your advantage,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is it's such a It's about connecting authentically

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<v Speaker 2>with the other person in the room with you, who

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<v Speaker 2>you're creating with, and your storytelling with you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>I've also I've been so surprised by how much dance

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<v Speaker 2>is just a story telling element. I had never thought

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<v Speaker 2>of in this in the entertainment industry, and now that

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<v Speaker 2>I get to be a part of it, it's such

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<v Speaker 2>a fun new thing to play with. And I know,

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<v Speaker 2>I already know I'm going to be not just a

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<v Speaker 2>better dancer at the end of this, but I really

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<v Speaker 2>believe I'm going to be a better person at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of this. I already am, and so much of

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<v Speaker 2>that has been because of you and your advice and

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<v Speaker 2>getting to know you, and I am so grateful that

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<v Speaker 2>you came and spent your time with me on this

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<v Speaker 2>podcast today.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much. Brit Oh, my goodness, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you're such a ray of light like you

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<v Speaker 1>just beam and so I'm so happy that I'm here.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope this is this is not the end of

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<v Speaker 2>our journey. I can't wait to spend more time with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes please, Okay, thank you all for listening to this

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<v Speaker 2>episode of Danielle with the Stars. I'll see you next time.

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