1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Ben Cousins is on Dancing with the Stars and he's 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: joining us now. 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 2: Good morning, ben mate. 4 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 3: Good morning. 5 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 2: How are we good? Good? We got Baron here still, 6 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 2: so I'm good, great man. 7 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 4: They couldn't get rid of me, mate, straight off the 8 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 4: top of it, all right, least old Australian Ben Ben. 9 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,319 Speaker 2: I'm so proud of you, my friend. One. 10 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 4: Exposing yourself like that is super uncomfortable. But I know 11 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 4: the two years of hard work you've done, and I 12 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 4: can tell you I've just seen the ratings and it rated. 13 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 2: Through the roof in Western Australia. Dancing with the Stars. Mate, 14 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 2: for all the. 15 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 3: Wrong reasons, I do appreciate that. I'll be hitting you 16 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 3: up for a heart when I see a long one, 17 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 3: A long one. 18 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 4: I was just going to mention the lease. You seemed 19 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 4: a bit uncomfortable in that suit and tye and dancing. 20 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 4: What about coming out next week in your footy gear 21 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 4: or something? 22 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 3: Oh, this is my problems. Didn't start and finish with wardrobe. 23 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 3: But I do think they hitched me up with the fruit. 24 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 3: I don't think it was doing any. 25 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 5: Favorite Hi was yeah, the colors strange? 26 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 3: Well anyway, it was it was hard to watch. 27 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: I must have and what possessed you to say yes 28 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: to do dancing with the stars. 29 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,119 Speaker 3: I'm not one hundred percent, so I still I still 30 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 3: am surprised when I think about it. It was probably 31 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 3: an invitation of just a different space that I've been in. 32 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 3: I probably wouldn't seriously, you know, thought about going on 33 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 3: one of the reality shows in the past, although I 34 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 3: probably have been approached at different times. But yeah, just 35 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 3: in a happy, sort of ambitious space where looking to 36 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 3: take on a bit of a different challenge. I have 37 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 3: never been exposed to doing any dance ever, really, and 38 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 3: I guess maybe I'd entertain the idea that if I 39 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 3: had a partner or was married with someone that was 40 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 3: keen to learn how to dance, that I might go 41 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 3: and learn how to do some dancing. But that hadn't 42 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 3: happened up until now. So I thought that if something 43 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 3: like this didn't come along and I took on the opportunity, 44 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 3: that it may never have and that sort of you know, 45 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 3: I wasn't happy with that thought. 46 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:30,119 Speaker 1: So, yeah, point of view, interested of just stepping outside 47 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: the old comfort zone was you know, a good thing 48 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 1: to take a lot of guts, keep your on your toes. 49 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: If your pardon the pun. 50 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 3: Yeah it was. It was a big stretch, it really was, 51 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 3: and it was really hard. There was so much time 52 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 3: and commitment that was required. But that being said, I 53 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 3: couldn't have enjoyed it anymore. I did. I did love it, 54 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 3: which which really surprised me. 55 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,959 Speaker 5: Matead You've got this incredible partner dancing with you, Chevon Power. 56 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 5: Well done, Mae. 57 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:02,239 Speaker 2: But she she was. 58 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 5: She pretty tough with you as well. 59 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 3: Well she was. But you know, I think that the 60 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 3: great thing about my training and the show for me 61 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 3: was that it was ninety five percent of it was 62 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 3: done either in Melbourne or Sydney, so I wasn't I 63 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 3: wasn't in Perth where work and the kids and all 64 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 3: these other commitments to get to me. So I really 65 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 3: when I was doing the show and training, I was 66 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 3: just dancing or eating and sleeping really and that was great. 67 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 3: She was an incredible she is she is an incredible dancer. 68 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 3: I fell in love with the way she and the 69 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 3: other pro dances moved. But so patient as well. You know, 70 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 3: we would spend eight hours on the dance floor on 71 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 3: any given day and never once, you know, did she 72 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 3: did it all get too or too hard? Or did 73 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 3: she want to finish early, which was amazing her. 74 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 4: Patient, unlike me, Benny, who was saying, mate, can you 75 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 4: get out of the makeup room? 76 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 2: Stop dancing around the makeup room? Work at Channel. 77 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 4: Seven the other thing it was like, I think it 78 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 4: was a toss up between says Australia and dancing with 79 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 4: the Star. 80 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 2: So I reckon, you've gone down the right path, my friend. Now, yeah, now, 81 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:27,559 Speaker 2: how's this? I reckon? 82 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 4: I reckon a little bit of Timmy that Ben is 83 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 4: still dancing and he loves he actually loves it. 84 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 2: Is that true, my friend? Is that guilty in the studio? 85 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 5: A little bit? 86 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 3: It might there might be a little bit of truth 87 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 3: in that. I would like to think that my best 88 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 3: dancing is still ahead of. 89 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 2: I. 90 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 3: You know, I really enjoyed the fitness component and using 91 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 3: different muscles and parts of my body that I hadn't 92 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 3: done for a long time or ever really, And you know, 93 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 3: I was in the time of my life where I 94 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 3: was I was going to be looking to throw myself 95 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 3: into a bit of a fitness campaign anyway, And if 96 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 3: it wasn't dancing, it probably just would have been the 97 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 3: mundane training that I've been doing for years so this 98 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 3: was something different and it got me really fit and 99 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 3: I love that about it. 100 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: Ben, Now that you've done it, can you understand why 101 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: they've been trying to get ballroom dancing into the Olympics 102 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: for years. 103 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 3: I'd love to see. You know, I'm somebody that you know, 104 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 3: hadn't been exposed to this dance world at all, let 105 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 3: alone the ballroom and Latin dancing and it. I'm just 106 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 3: I'm just a big fan now and I have so 107 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 3: much appreciation for it and respect for them as. 108 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 2: It was physical. 109 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 3: They are incredible, and you know, I wish I'd been 110 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 3: exposed to it earlier. It's been one of the It 111 00:05:58,080 --> 00:05:59,799 Speaker 3: really has been one of the times of my life. 112 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 3: And I'd love to see more ballroom dancing. I think 113 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 3: if more people that hadn't been exposed to it like 114 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 3: I have do, I think that so many people would 115 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 3: fall in love with. 116 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,039 Speaker 2: It as I have. I agree. 117 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: You did the fox Trot last night, which is always 118 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: it always makes me kind. 119 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 2: Of laugh a little bit, such a funny little dab. 120 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 2: But do you have a favorite? 121 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: I mean, do you like one of those sexy ones, 122 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 1: you know, the tango or something. 123 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 3: What was your favorite? Well, you know, they were all 124 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 3: so different in their own in their own way. I 125 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 3: guess the hard thing about the show was that after 126 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 3: doing all this training for ten or twelve days for 127 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 3: a particular dance, then to let go of that dance 128 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 3: and then start with a new one. It was heartbreaking 129 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 3: to realize that anything that you've learned, or any sort 130 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 3: of progress that you've made over the last fortnight counts 131 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 3: for absolutely nothing. Coordinated, hopeless, you know, I can't put 132 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 3: one foot in front of the other. 133 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 2: That was hard. 134 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 3: So each one was you went through that experience and 135 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 3: it was emotionally quite a fair bit to get through. 136 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 3: But the one that I didn't like the most was 137 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 3: the Venes was like last time, on the first day, 138 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 3: we broke for lunch and I sort of was green. 139 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 3: I walked down to get some lunch in at the 140 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 3: cafe and I couldn't even order lunch, and I sort 141 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 3: of came back. But eventually I found some very strong 142 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 3: motion sickness tablets over that, and then that that became 143 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 3: the one that I loved the most. 144 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 2: What about the bit about releasing your hips? 145 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 4: Was she what was she saying, release your hips or 146 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 4: something you in and. 147 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 3: They're still my Dad's teachers are still saying that, Yeah, 148 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 3: I lot the hips. 149 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 5: It can be dangerous if you unlucky hips easy, I 150 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 5: said saw James Stewart. I thought Jim shirt was going 151 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 5: to dissolve because he was sweating so much. When you 152 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 5: got the suit on, you'd try to remember the steps 153 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 5: in your counting and the right lights. How bloody hot 154 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 5: is it on set? 155 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 3: Well, it's someone my dance partner sent me some with 156 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 3: eage last night of backstage, after my performance from that 157 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 3: from that night, and I take my jacket off and 158 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 3: I remember that, I remember it vividly, but the shirt 159 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 3: is as wet. I'm sweating as much, if not more, 160 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 3: than I ever sweated on a football. Yeah, and it's 161 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 3: quite remarkable. And you know that was a dance takes 162 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 3: I think roughly about a minute and a half. And 163 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 3: one of the things that I didn't know about the 164 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,319 Speaker 3: ballroom dances that compete at a high level is that 165 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 3: when they when they get on the floor to dance, 166 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 3: they do five dances where everyone's on the floor at once, 167 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 3: and they danced the five back to back a minute 168 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 3: and a half, thirty seconds off a minute and a half. 169 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 3: And this goes through for five dances, So the fitness 170 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 3: camponent component at that level, I've just got so much amazement. 171 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 3: Really is they're able to do it? Yeah? 172 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 5: Right, running in footy, that's amazing. 173 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, I reckon anything else. I think they're selling you 174 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 2: sweat this week as well. I believe that. I believe 175 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 2: I'll finish on some bad news for you. 176 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 4: I just heard from the boss Tellothon, I want you 177 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 4: to do the the Fox Shop Mate one this year, 178 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 4: maybe the Tang. Lisa's volunteer to do the Tang. Yeah, 179 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 4: you know, you know something, it out donating un fortunate. 180 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 4: If Lisa's dancing with you. 181 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 2: Dropping this, I'll bring the rose. I'll bring the rose 182 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 2: for you. 183 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 3: See. 184 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: Well, then we can't wait to see how you go 185 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 1: with the rest of it. Sundays I having clock on 186 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,439 Speaker 1: seven and seven plus Dancing with the Stars, having a 187 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 1: crack