October 28, 2024 • 37 mins
We have more stars dancing into the O.R.! Witney Carson and her Dancing with the Stars partner Danny Amendola are here to reveal all the secrets from this season!
Danny gets real about his dating life and we HAVE to ask him about all the thirst Tik Toks that people are posting about him!
Plus, we hear why a Bachelor star might stand in the way of their Mirrorball, and Tanya has a shocking admission to share with Danny!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Scrubbing In with Becca Tilly and Tanya rat An iHeartRadio podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Hello everybody, we are scrubbing.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
In, scrub dub dumb.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
We have two weeks back to back with two dancing.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
Couples, ballroom dancers.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
We're just like scrubbing in with ballroom dancers. Yeah, but
I am so excited about today's guests me.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
Too, for probably very different reasons.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Why have different reasons because I've been like, well, I
love Whitney Whitney Carson, and we're talking about and I
have been following Danny Emmondola for a very long time.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Well, you have some you have some truths you want
to share with him. I do.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
It's been a rollercoaster of a relationship that I've had
with this man that I'm about to meet for the
first time.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Well, you know, and love a Whitney Carson from Dancing
with the Stars. She's like truly one of the best
humans ever. We've had her on the podcast before and
this season her partner is is former NFL wide receiver
Danny and Mondola, and we have so much to talk
to them about. So, without further ado, Whitney and Danny,
(01:14):
I'm so excited.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
Yeah, I don't really know where to start.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Well, first of all, Whitney has been here multiple times. Yeah,
welcome back, Yeah, welcome back. Ye feels like home and
welcome newly. Welcome to Danny.
Speaker 5 (01:30):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
We're so happy to have y'all here.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
Good to be here.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yeah, we we actually met. We were just discussing like
ten years ago. Okay, this is so I have I
think trauma from when you.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Oh my god, don't We did a podcast.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
With someone that Tanya met like almost ten years ago. Yeah,
and he didn't remember yea. Yeah, So I was like,
I'm not gonna I'm not going to say, oh, like
we met, remember we met, because I didn't want that
awkward moment of him trying to be like, oh, yeah,
I have no idea who you are. And then he
brought it up and I was like, what a guy
he remembers. But do you know what he remembered about me?
Speaker 3 (02:08):
What?
Speaker 6 (02:08):
She's an amazing ping pong player, one of the best,
Like I'll never forget it, unbelievable. I think I love
ping pong. I play a lot of ping pong with
my friends, and I think she smoked me.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
That is no surprise.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
There's like a big rivalry between Becca and my fiance.
He was like the better ping ponger, right, yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Non, so where did you guys meet?
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Then?
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Where was this?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
So I was hammy from showing your movement and you.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Guys were doing the ping the ping pong.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Oh no, we were out and it was like it
was just a random Yeah it was me, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
We went out to the brig and then we went out.
Speaker 6 (02:55):
We found ourselves in some sketchy place with the ping
pong table.
Speaker 5 (02:58):
We're like, perfect, let's.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Real perfect, do this and then yeah, it was cree
so funny.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
And what was your first impression of Danny?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
So kind, so nice, so normal. I was also kind
of fresh off the Bachelor, so this world would like
meeting celebrities and athletes. I was kind of like, whoa,
how am I in this right now? So I just
had to pull out the ping pong and make myself comfortable.
Speaker 5 (03:28):
Uncomfortable. That was awesome. She just smoked me.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
That's hot.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
One of those skills that you know, bring out when
you need. Tanya has been dying to have you because
she's been obsessed with you since well, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
She was complicated, So it's a complicated relationship because I
don't watch football, but I have a lot of questions
about football that I'd like to ask at some point anytime.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
So I didn't know you as like a football player.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
I knew you, I knew somebody that you had dated
in the past, and then it was like a book relationship.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
And then you broke up and I did not love
you after that.
Speaker 5 (04:04):
Yeah, probably rightfully.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
So okay, so I didn't know you after that.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Then you go on Special Forces, which is like one
of my favorite shows.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
Yeah, and that's all I knew you as. I didn't
know you as this football player.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
And my fiance was like, no, he's amazing. He was
like this amazing football player. And then I watched you
on Special Forces and I was like, oh my gosh,
I love this guy. Like you really turned me over
on that show. And then watching you on Dancing with
the Stars, it like turned me even more onto you.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
So now I like love.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
You a roller coaster that I went on by a roller.
Do you feel like other people have had that same
reaction as they like seeing you kind of evolved?
Speaker 6 (04:41):
Yeah, I think, you know, just doing stuff outside the
box of football, it just opens up, you know, different
avenues to see people in different lights, you know. I mean,
I'm definitely like a warrior mentality on the football field,
and you know a lot of times that's kind of
portrayed in a different way because I have to you know, mentally,
you know, in a different space to perform at a
(05:02):
high level in the NFL. So it's hurt me in
some ways, but in other ways it's it's helped me.
Uh And then just doing fun stuff like this really
kind of you get to see me in a different
light and more this is me.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
You know, this is normal Danny.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
So it's so it's like it's true because I would
never I don't know, I just never saw you as that,
you know what I mean. And like even through these shows,
you see you at your like the most vulnerable, and
I'm like, wow, you are a warrior, Like you're so badass.
Speaker 5 (05:31):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (05:32):
Yeah, he is, and definitely in like rehearsals too, and
like you don't stop, Like he literally is like no breaks,
like just goes head on, like and I think that's
why the performance aspect is so tricky, because like he's
used to just putting his head down, getting it done,
getting the job done, and I'm like, Okay, well this
isn't Dancing with the Stars. Like you're gonna be in
(05:53):
rhyin stones and you're gonna have to smile a little
bit and we're gonna have to hear what you have
to say, and like you real feelings, you know, have
got to come out. And I think that's why our
Contemporary was such a breakout moment for us, because it like.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Showed a little bit of his personal story.
Speaker 7 (06:09):
You know, he'd get dedicated it to his former coach,
Mike Leach, who passed away, so it's kind of an
opportunity for him to like show his vulnerable side. And
that was kind of like a breakthrough moment where people
are like, oh, yeah, like Danny is a great, incredible athlete,
but he also can show, you know, some other sides
to him.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
So yeah, and I think you forget that like when
you especially people in the public eye, they just see
you as what they see you you, you know what
I mean, like your football player, and like you just
kind of have that like you associate that with something
else and then it's like we're all so multifaceted, you
know what I mean, Like we all have so much
in us, but by the way that contemporary dance. That
song by Ex Ambassadors is like my favorite song of
(06:50):
all time.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
It's so good, it's so beautiful.
Speaker 7 (06:53):
Yeah, you actually suggested it right like when we were
because what happens is we have a we have a
music to part and they kind of like pick the
celebrities brains before they get on the show, and we
kind of they talk about, like what's your favorite songs
and like who do you we have a dedication week,
like who would you want to dedicate it to? Yeah,
and so Danny actually came up with that with that song,
(07:15):
and I was like, that's perfect, Like it's so good,
it's so good.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yeah, I feel like it was so underappreciated, so I
appreciate that you brought it back to life again the song,
like the song just it all hits so perfectly.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Yeah, it was a good one, It really was. We
worked really hard on it.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Do you have a feeling like when you're like when
you're doing the choreography for a dance and you know
that like, Danny, you're such a great example of what
the show is about because you came in not having
I don't know your dance experience background, but it definitely
felt like it's been an adjustment for you. It's like
something a craft that you're learning. And I feel like
that's the point of the show is to watch someone
(07:53):
who has little to no dance experience become a dancer. Yea,
And I feel like you. I can't think of like
a better partner for someone or coach because I feel
like you're so tough.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
I hear that like the hardest I'm I feel like
you said that.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Actually I'm really not.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
I mean, I just I want them to do that.
Speaker 7 (08:15):
Like there's no yelling like at all, but there's definitely
like I definitely want to push us to be the
best because I'm used to being the best, so like
if I'm anything less, like I don't like it. So
I definitely push us for sure. But yeah, like you said,
like that's what the show is about, like taking someone
with no dance experience at all, And like I remember
(08:36):
our first rehearsal. I was like, Okay, what can you do,
like just show me anything, and it was like, yeah, nothing,
what you do?
Speaker 5 (08:51):
I don't know any dance moves?
Speaker 6 (08:52):
Like I can like break it down out of wedding
if I've had you know, a couple of glasses of mind.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
But I can't.
Speaker 5 (08:58):
Under the influence of the influence.
Speaker 6 (09:01):
Yeah, I'm a blank slate in terms of exactly in
terms of dancing.
Speaker 7 (09:05):
But and like definitely someone that I could just like
kind of mold like that was just like down for anything,
which was great, Like he's a sponge. He definitely wants
to get better, which is it's been awesome, it really has.
I mean we're working on the rhythm part and the
hips part.
Speaker 6 (09:21):
I'm still trying to get down like the counting, Like
why do you count to eight?
Speaker 3 (09:28):
I don't know which is how the bars.
Speaker 7 (09:30):
The bars are in eights usually with music or sixes
with waltz, but that's how we kind of count. But
sometimes like choreographically, I like to choreograph to the music.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
So that's a little bit more helpful. Yeah, so I can.
Speaker 7 (09:44):
Say, like this word, you're stepping here, and this word
you're doing this, And so that's been better so that
the counts.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
Do you guys ever fight?
Speaker 3 (09:54):
No, really, I'm not a fighter. I'm really not.
Speaker 7 (09:57):
And like if he gets pissed, like yesterday he was
super mad.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Yeah, I'm just kidding this. He didn't get the steps right.
Speaker 6 (10:05):
Yeah, No, I just don't want to. I want I
don't want to waste her time in disappoint her. So
I'm like, all right, if I need to practice by
myself for five minutes, like I can, like give me
like five minutes and.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
I'll get it done.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
Because I mean, she's a professional. I know what it's
like being a professional and having like an amateur. Joe
walk in and be like all right, this is terrible.
But I'm like, all right, let me get this down
at least in my own mind for like two minutes
so we can.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
I don't waste your time.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Yeah, But like if he gets mad like that, like
I love it, Like I like.
Speaker 7 (10:30):
Smile and I'm like, this is good. This means you
want it, you know, Like, so it doesn't bother me
at all. It's not like it affects.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
No, I'm not mad at her.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
And that's what I know. It's you're not mad at me.
You're just like wanting to get it so badly that
I'm like, Okay, yeah, that's the passion we need. I
love it.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
So last week we were talking to Jenna and Joey
and I asked her if y'all have any say in
who your partner is but she was saying it's a
total surprise. So you've danced with professional athletes before, do
you feel like there's an advantage just because of the
mindset of wanting to win, Like there's that ingrained sense
of I'm ready to tap literally tackle this absolutely, So, like,
(11:24):
do you feel like there's an advantage there.
Speaker 7 (11:27):
I do feel like there's a little bit of an
advantage with an athlete because, like you said, they have
that mentality, and then when you get out on stage,
you never know how the celebrity is going to react
when it's game time, like when the lights are on,
so you can be perfect in rehearsals and they can
be perfect in rehearsals, and then when you get in
front of the camera and the lights and the music
(11:47):
comes on, like that's when people either you know, shy
away from it or they step up. So that's another
thing with athletes that you cannot teach is like game time,
and that's a huge advanta and huge advantage for sure.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Yeah, because I feel like having someone who should because
but I also feel like even in Special Forces, it
was kind of like just put just survive, like get
put your head down and do what they tell you.
To do. They're screaming at you, you're exhausted, but there
is the element of get it done, but also put
on a smile, yes, yeah, be a showman, right, and
don't mess up your steps. So there's this other added
(12:23):
element to it that you didn't have in football or
special forces.
Speaker 6 (12:27):
For me, I think even when I I think back
of going to playing in big games, like I've been
in a lot of playoff games and played in three
super Bowls, and like I would turn an opening kickoff
to a super Bowl like the most nerve wracking experience
of my entire life. But one thing that I've really
kind of honed in on is just being super prepared,
whether like going drilling everything one hundred times over and
(12:49):
then and just being super prepared for me takes the
anxiety away from getting in front of the camera. So
when it does come time for like live show night,
when we're dancing, it's like, all right, it's just practice,
Like stay in the pocket, like has she told me
last week, Like just don't overdo it. You don't have
to think outside your body, do anything crazy, just do
it as we as we trained. And that's very similar
to two athletics in football, in particular.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
So, yeah, that mentality I wish I had more of that.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
It's hard.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
No, I'm serious, Like that athlete mentality, it's so like,
it's so beneficial. I think you can take it into
so many different aspects of life, and I just don't
have that. Yeah, Like if I was trying to teach
me a dance and I couldn't get out, it'd.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
Be so frustrated.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
I try to teach her them. I don't even teach
me TikTok dances, not even a dance lip sync, And
it's just like I can't. I can't.
Speaker 5 (13:39):
I can't.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Yeah, And you can't be a perfectionist too.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
I know that I should be more like an athlete.
Speaker 5 (13:50):
I think again, with everything, it comes with experience, you know.
I mean yeah, for me.
Speaker 6 (13:56):
You know, my dad's a football coach, So I grew
up kind of playing in front of a lot of
people in Texas and then going to a big time college,
uh experience, and then playing in big games.
Speaker 5 (14:05):
The NFL is just.
Speaker 6 (14:06):
Like like even the biggest like Super Bowl games, like
like you get it's like you see the glitz and
the glamour and the spectacle of the whole thing. But
like once the you know, whistle to whistle, Once you
get hit the first time, it's like, all right, now
you kind of you you kind of folk, you're you
have laser focus after that, and it's just like basically
kind of goes back to your training, back to practice.
Speaker 7 (14:23):
And something that has been kind of hard is like
just like meshing the steps to like performing, like like
you gotta smile here, like you gotta look like you're
having fun. He's like, I am having fun. He's like
this is really fun. I'm like, you don't look like
it because he's focused. So it's like it's like.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
One of these.
Speaker 7 (14:44):
And so like that's been probably the biggest challenge. It's
just like you can't put your head down. We gotta like,
we gotta performance aspect.
Speaker 6 (14:51):
Of the whole thing. Is that's been the toughest part
for me. Yeah, but it's like hard at you bubblegum
and dance too. It's like God like two things that
want three things at once. Like so with the small
intangibles that you see the pro the male pros, you know,
with the head turns and kind of like the little
flicks and stuff in between, Like that's damn near impossible
for an amateur. So it's like I'm trying to take
(15:12):
as many notes as possible and ask Gleb and ask
you know, vow as many questions and Brandon all the
all the pro guys that help.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Maybe we just need some pads and help.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
Get out there.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Was the was the chin wave like part of the
choreo or did you just like throw that in?
Speaker 5 (15:34):
That was part of it. Yeah, we wanted to.
Speaker 6 (15:36):
We we love Deadpool, right and I'm sure you guys
have seen Deadpool Wolverine, but we wanted to break the
fourth wall and and kind of mess with the audience
or mess with the camera in some way like Ryan
Reynolds does as Wade.
Speaker 5 (15:48):
But that was That's kind of what we came up
with and threw it in there.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
Yeah, it was fun. I mean you kind of came
up with that.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
Was that man, as you coach, come on, She's like.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
You take it.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
You did have a move that went has gone fully viral,
which we are going to attempt after this podcast.
Speaker 4 (16:08):
No, we're not gonna attempt. We're gonna do it.
Speaker 5 (16:14):
We're gonna help you go.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Wow, Okay, we're gonna do the move. But it's it's
called the Archer and it was during your contemporary dance. Yes,
And I feel like you made it look very easy.
And I have seen some people at home doing it
and I'm like, oh wow, they are they a professional dancer?
Surely what's the catch here? But did you have any
(16:36):
idea when you did that? Have you done that in
a dance before?
Speaker 3 (16:38):
No, I have never done it in a dance before.
Speaker 7 (16:40):
I think there's been like similar versions of it, you know,
But I think we just kind of made.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
Something that worked for us, and that's kind of like
what we always do.
Speaker 7 (16:50):
But I had no idea that it would go as
viral as it has been. And some people have been
absolutely killing it and some people have been hurting herself fails,
please use caution. And we actually ended up doing a
tutorial because it was like so many people like getting
hurt and we're like, okay, just watch for tutorial so
you can have some pointers before you try it.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
But it's it's fairly easy.
Speaker 7 (17:14):
If you've ever done like a front walkover, So if
you've had any sort of like pastics, like background or
like any sort of dance experience, you can kind of
feel that. And then you also have to have like
kind of a stronger lead to pull that leg up.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
You have to be pretty strong. I mean, how hard
is that for you?
Speaker 6 (17:32):
You're I mean you're you're pretty light and you make
everything look so easy.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
Well is a board.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
I got to.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Say how easy it is?
Speaker 3 (17:45):
Once right, it's gonna be great.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
I tried it with a couple other people and and
it's hard. She makes it. She makes it look very easy.
Speaker 7 (17:56):
You tried it with a guy, Like, there's no flexibility there.
You have a little bit of flexibility and it's all
about like the anchor and then just the guy balance,
keeping your balance.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Yeah, yeah, we got this. You got it. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
Athlete's mentality, ye do or die. Yeah, we're always like
when we win the Mirror Ball. It's not if it's when.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Oh yeah, I was going to ask who, who is
your competition?
Speaker 6 (18:22):
Like who?
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Because you'll have a really stacked cast. It is so
stacked and just like beyond the dancing ability, it's like
likability and there's just it's a it's a really good
cast that you'll have this year. Who in terms of
getting to the Mirror Ball do you find to be
your biggest competition right now?
Speaker 5 (18:40):
Well, there's a couple of different ways I think about this.
You want to on a tip of her time in
I'll chime in, just go ahead.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
I want to hear what you have to say.
Speaker 6 (18:52):
Well for me, I mean honestly, like, Okay, we're not
like going against anybody, like physically, Like it's not a game, right,
So in my mind, like I'm I'm going against myself,
Like I want to put the best dance out there
as possible, and I don't.
Speaker 5 (19:07):
I can't worry about the judges scores. I can't worry.
Speaker 6 (19:09):
About, you know, anybody else's dances. I'm low key like
rooting for everybody, like I want them to kill every
dance do they're good and I want to. I want
to at the end of the night, I want to
do the best I can and have the highest scores
I can possibly get. But I mean there's there's great competition,
there's you know, everybody's having fun, everybody's growing, everybody's loving it.
So at the end of the day, like I got
(19:30):
to look myself in the mirror and say, okay, this
is I got to beat me yesterday.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
So yeah, I.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Know, I'm always trying to get him to like give
me something.
Speaker 7 (19:39):
Like like anything, any tea, nothing. He's just like, I
just got to get better. I'm like, Okay, you're so boring.
Everybody's so boring nothing, everybody's I think that, Yeah, it
comes down to like obviously likability, but you have to
be somewhat of a good dancer.
Speaker 3 (19:58):
Like there's got to be both of that.
Speaker 7 (20:01):
Like we had Bobby Bones whin and he wasn't the
best dancer on that on that season. So I think
it's just like making sure you show your personality and
you know, making sure that the people love what you're
doing and you're trying hard.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
I think right now people are kind of.
Speaker 7 (20:17):
Putting you and Joey in kind of the same I
could see that, I think just because joe is, you know,
very likable, Danny's very lit there, like around the same age. Like,
so I think that they're kind of been being pinned
against each other, but you know, it could always change.
I feel like week by week it kind of always changes.
Chandler's also really good.
Speaker 5 (20:39):
She's a pro.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
She's a pro. Yeah, she's so good.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
A lot of people have been talking about the judge
of scores. Yeah, seem to be like it's they're really
making it hard to get to the ten.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
I know what's hard seasons where they throw out those
tens loosely.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
So it's like, yes, I don't know what goes on
with the scores. I really don't.
Speaker 7 (21:14):
I don't know if they're if the producers are back,
they're like.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
Don't give out a ten. Yeah, Like, I don't know
what they're saying.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
But it's hard to score because each celebrity is so
different in their own right. So it's like people are saying,
you know, Joey got a lower score than Chandler, and
then they're comparing the two, but really the judges are
just trying to score what they're seeing in that moment,
and they're not comparing to the one before. They're trying
(21:41):
not to. And I think that's what's hard, is because
there are no comparisons because everybody is so different. They're
on different levels, you know, so it's hard to kind
of I don't know, it's hard to judge.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
I would have given us a ten.
Speaker 7 (21:54):
Yeah, the contemporary deserved at least one ten.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
And it's halfway through the season.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Yeah, you're at the beginning anymore.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
That's notice.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Maybe you didn't get a ten on the scoreboard, but
you got a ten in.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
Your heart America in America's yeah, all that matters.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
I'm waiting.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
I want to talk about kind of the your role
as like a pro dancer, how it's evolved, because like
you are a mom now, like is it how is
your how do you allocate your time?
Speaker 3 (22:26):
It's it's really hard.
Speaker 7 (22:29):
It's really hard because a season during the season, Yeah,
like I'm all about like balance, like if if things
aren't balanced, like I kind of go crazy. And there's
just really no balance right now at all, just because
it's so I mean, it's a live show. It's very intense.
We're working every single day. There's no days off, no, no, nope,
(22:51):
we are.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
Every single day.
Speaker 7 (22:53):
And then now it's getting harder because they're adding another dance,
so now we have two dances this week instead of
just one.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
So it's it's really hard.
Speaker 7 (23:02):
But I think you always have to keep a good
perspective like Okay, this will be over and like at
the end of the day, like what is most important
and that is my family and so making time making
sure that I go home and I disconnect from everything
at work, and like prioritize them and put my energy
into them as much as possible. So, I mean I try.
(23:24):
I think every working mom can relate. It's it's really hard,
but you just have to kind of compartmentalize. You know,
when you're there, you're there, and when you're at work,
you're at work.
Speaker 4 (23:33):
How do you like keep your energy up? Like give
you the tips and the tricks.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
Some tea, some caffeine, Like we're getting good.
Speaker 7 (23:41):
Make sure you're in bed, make sure you're getting your sleeps.
We're talking ten to seven, ten to seven, that's what
I get.
Speaker 6 (23:49):
I mean I should be getting.
Speaker 7 (23:59):
Ten Yeah, yeah, okay, yeah, solid, Like I have.
Speaker 5 (24:05):
To watch Netflix till one am.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
A single life.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
I was just about to ask I was about to
transition into the are you watching Netflix alone?
Speaker 3 (24:22):
It's okay, your sisters.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
I'm just one hundred percent dance right now. I go
home and I think about dance. I wake up, and
are you.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Practicing at home? Like practicing your moves at home.
Speaker 6 (24:31):
I'm watching we film everything, so you know, I'm even
watching tape, watching tape, breaking it down. So I can't
wait to get in the studio today. I'm in see
coach and show coach what I've been working on last night?
Have you been working I got some, I got some,
I got.
Speaker 5 (24:45):
Some steps for you. Got that lunch coming? That lunch is.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Lunch is coming for me? God, are you pointing your feet?
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Yeah, it's funny.
Speaker 7 (24:54):
He's like a robot, Like I'll be like, point your foot.
He's like, I literally can't. It's metal, so you're broken.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
Like put your chest out. I can't. I have a
metal plate.
Speaker 6 (25:04):
Okay, just old football injuries creep up and kind of
get in the way of dance. It's yeah, it's I
don't bend certain ways, and some things are fused and
other things aren't.
Speaker 7 (25:15):
But you broke your sternum right or collar.
Speaker 6 (25:19):
Bone or something separated my s C joint in my chest,
so my chest like collapse so they had to like
fuse it together.
Speaker 5 (25:26):
And then I have rod. I have a rod in
my leg. That kind of my.
Speaker 6 (25:30):
Ankle flexibility is trash. So it's like it's hard to
point and stuff like that. But you know, you gotta
you gotta function. Yeah, it's dance.
Speaker 4 (25:38):
Life is the answer. Are you you're single? Do you
like to date?
Speaker 5 (25:48):
I mean I've been single now.
Speaker 6 (25:50):
I got out of a relationship like a year and
a half ago, and it's been amazing. Like you know,
I'm just focused on being happy, being peaceful and doing
what I love to do and and just hanging out
with friends, stress free life.
Speaker 5 (26:03):
It's really nice, really nice.
Speaker 4 (26:05):
I mean, I get it.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
I like I I actually as much as I I
always knew I wanted to be married and I wanted
to have a family, but like I really did enjoy
my single life.
Speaker 5 (26:16):
Yeah what.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
Yeah, I was thriving.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
No, even like I feel.
Speaker 7 (26:24):
Like you've just always wanted to be married. I feel
it's been like you've always just wanted that, I know.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
But the problem is like dating the wrong people can
suck you know exactly. It can like suck the life
out of you exactly. And so it was like those
pockets of moments when I wasn't dating anyone that it was.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
Like I love you love those pockets.
Speaker 4 (26:45):
Those pockets they're few and far between, but the pockets
were good.
Speaker 5 (26:49):
Yeah for sure.
Speaker 6 (26:50):
Right now, I'm just kind of protecting my piece and
it's all about respect and like it's not peace or
respect then, and I don't I just don't mess with it.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Do you see the thirst traps made of you though?
On TikTok?
Speaker 5 (26:59):
Have you seen any of that No, not really.
Speaker 4 (27:02):
Made of him. What does that mean?
Speaker 2 (27:03):
They're just like dancing him dancing but like you know,
they'll throw in a slow mo or.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
Like going faral over him.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
Yeah, dancing with the Stars couple they've ever like pair
they've ever had. When he's like I seen him, he
doesn't have time.
Speaker 7 (27:24):
I know, I'm like, I feel like I'm not even
scrolling anymore.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
Yeah, I have a question about when you are choreographing
a dance. How long does it take?
Speaker 7 (27:33):
It takes like, m I think all in all, maybe
like four hours. Like I'll think about it and like
I'll mess with the edit and like I'll like think
about it in my head for a while and then
I'll actually put steps to it and that usually takes
about two hours, and then we'll like be changing things.
So then i'll like put it on him and then
(27:56):
I'll see what works, and then we'll change some things
and we'll change some lifts, have some usually like plan B. Yeah,
so it's kind of a whole it's a whole process, Yeah,
throughout the whole week.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
So now when they add two dances in, that's eight
hours that you're having to spend creating a dance.
Speaker 7 (28:13):
Kind yeah, this, this one's not as bad because we've
already done this dance style. Like the second routine that
they've added this week, we've already done it, so we're
just taking things that we've already done.
Speaker 3 (28:23):
So choreographically it doesn't take that much time.
Speaker 7 (28:25):
But like rehearsal, we'll have to split up our time now,
which is a little frustrating, but just the name of
the game, that's what we gotta do.
Speaker 2 (28:32):
I'm just like amazed that your brain comes up with
these dances and then you put it into play and
that that only takes you four hours. I'm just like
mesmerized by that.
Speaker 3 (28:42):
It's crazy.
Speaker 7 (28:43):
It's like all about the song. And if I get
excited about the song, like it always kind of inspires
me here and then I'll just kind of like think
of it there and then once I start dancing, I'll
just do what like feels good. So it's not really
it doesn't feel like it's super exhausting work, you know
what I mean, Like it just kind of feels like
it goes. And then like with ballroom, there's sequences of
(29:07):
dance moves, right, so like the Jive has like you know,
fifteen sequences of steps that you can do, so you
kind of just place them where and then the little tidbits,
the character moments or like the leg lift or whatever,
then you kind of just filter those through, if that
makes sense.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
It's kind of very different line I have.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
Okay, pardon my my naivete of football, but I understand
that you retire from football because like it just gets
to a point where, like it's too physical.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
You can't do it anymore. Yeah, when you retire from football,
what do you do after that?
Speaker 5 (29:45):
Yeah, that's a great question.
Speaker 6 (29:47):
I went into real estate before I retired, So I
build custom homes in Austin. I've been doing that for
about four or five years, either remodeling or I just
finished my last project a couple months ago. So getting in,
I wanted to kind of build a bridge from you know,
the football life into the real world.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
And at least a lot of people stay in the
football thing and they'll do commentating and like.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
All that stuff.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
But I feel like you took a very different route.
Speaker 6 (30:11):
Yeah, I mean, I just I'm I just I wanted
some I wanted to stay busy. I love to stay
busy and have meetings or have routine and have you know,
something to always work on. I did coach for the
Raiders last year in Las Vegas, which it was a
great experience, good perspective to get, but it just wasn't
for me with hours and then you know, if I
wanted to see my life going a certain direction, that
(30:32):
it just wasn't going to be conducive. So got out
of coaching and I'm just kind of doing fun things now.
Speaker 5 (30:37):
And then you know, the real estate things always going
to be there.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
So so after you in the mirror ball, you're gonna
go back into real estate.
Speaker 2 (30:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (30:44):
Yeah, just find more, buy more land, build more stuff,
develop and and just it's always you know, I love
little projects like that.
Speaker 4 (30:51):
No, it's good.
Speaker 5 (30:52):
Yeah, it's fun.
Speaker 4 (30:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (30:53):
Yeah, so it's keeps you busy.
Speaker 6 (30:55):
She's actually building a house too, so at like half
of our rehearsals are like we're going over cabinet. It's
in marble and like, yeah, we're kind of textures and
like every.
Speaker 7 (31:03):
Break or like would I think, yeah, which is it's fun?
Speaker 3 (31:07):
Yeah, it's fun. The renovating process is fun.
Speaker 5 (31:10):
Yeah, No, I love it. Yeah, I'm obsessed with it.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Do you have a vision when you talk about seeing
the direction of your life goes, and you were saying,
like the hours of coaching, Yeah, what does that look like?
Speaker 5 (31:20):
What are Yeah?
Speaker 6 (31:21):
So I mean I when I coach in Vegas, right,
And I mean, you know, I'm single, I don't have
a family, and if I were to be working in
the office for seventeen hours a day, like sixteen hours
a day, like, it's not really conducive to finding a
wife and having kids and kind of progressing. And I
don't need to, Like I played football for as long
as I wanted to, really like I'm invested, like I have,
(31:41):
you know, other means of income. I was just kind
of doing it to see what I felt about going
staying in football, and.
Speaker 5 (31:49):
You know it's just hours really wouldn't work it out.
So it uh just.
Speaker 6 (31:53):
You know, I want to kind of, you know, use
the other half of my brain and do other cool things.
Travel see the world, meet cool people and and do
fun things. So luckily I got I've lived my dream.
So it's like, now, what what do you do? I
feel like a child actor that's done acting.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
I know, I think it's really cool that you still,
like I think that you have that kind of aspiration
in you and that you want to keep doing something
because I mean, and I don't want to like take
it to a place, but like I feel like you
did very well in your football career, like you don't
have to do anything more, you know what I mean,
Like just like chill and I feel like the fact
that you do want to get up and you want
to do something and you want to keep doing stuff
(32:31):
like says a lot about you.
Speaker 5 (32:32):
Thank you.
Speaker 6 (32:32):
Yeah, I have a little bit of add two, So
I'm always I always got to have something to do.
Speaker 4 (32:40):
You literally like sitting at home playing video games.
Speaker 5 (32:42):
I want to rematch.
Speaker 2 (32:49):
To the studio. What have you found to be harder?
But a football season Special Forces with the Stars.
Speaker 6 (32:59):
I think the football season really related to Special Forces
training camp wise, and and for me it was just
like I went into the mentality and I was in
good condition, so I was going to be healthy. And
then I kind of went into training camp mode and
I was like, all right, listen, this is going to
suck for ten days. We're going to get through it.
Every day is going to be groundhog day. It's going
(33:21):
to be all day affair. And it's a lot like
training camp actually for the for the NFL. So I
was used to that for Dancing with Stars, it's a
whole new box, Like you got to show vulnerability. You
really have to dance, you have to perform something, and
it's not just like all right, let's go and be
an athlete. Like you can't just go athlete your way
through this stuff. So that's been the biggest transition for this.
(33:43):
This is definitely outside my comfort zone, which I love
to be in, and I feel like that offers, yeah,
offers a lot of growth and I'm definitely I feel like,
you know, I learned a lot from football, obviously, I
learned a lot from Special Forces and kind of the
vulnerability there and then all so this is completely different
on a more emotional aspect and more of a performance aspect.
Speaker 4 (34:06):
So I just I really love you. I think you're
so great.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
No, like really, it's really.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
This evolution that I had just like totally fallen for you.
And I hope that, like I hope that you win
this season, and I hope that you really just get
what you want and you too, Whitney, I'm like obsessed
with you.
Speaker 4 (34:20):
But I've just loved you forever. It was a roller coaster.
It was always kind of.
Speaker 1 (34:26):
Yeah, I really like, I love you both, and I
just I wish you the most success and please come
back here.
Speaker 4 (34:33):
We love having you. Everybody listening, please vote for Whitney
and Danny.
Speaker 2 (34:38):
Where can they follow y'all? Where can they see it too?
Speaker 7 (34:42):
So you guys can vote for us on Tuesdays and
you can watch us on Disney Plus Hulu the next day.
Speaker 3 (34:49):
Text Danny to two on five two three you love that?
I know that?
Speaker 5 (34:53):
Wow?
Speaker 7 (34:53):
Yeah, by heart, and then you can follow me at
Whitney Carson and Dannynla.
Speaker 6 (35:01):
Okay easy, I just got a TikTok too, So yeah,
it's all Whitney really like real estate.
Speaker 2 (35:13):
I love like a house flip t ship. I'm very
invested in your your home renovating process.
Speaker 3 (35:19):
Okay, good, Well we've got some good as.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
Carson is just so much. He's so awesome coming into
the stars. And I was in the car with him
and name Roxy Roxy and we're just like on the
way and he was so sweet and picked me up
to go, I know, and he like built your whole
TV console situation like this.
Speaker 3 (35:42):
He's a handyman.
Speaker 7 (35:43):
He's a little bit of an A D D personality too,
where it's like he has to be doing something at
all times, but.
Speaker 3 (35:49):
He loves it, like he I have to like.
Speaker 7 (35:52):
Try and tie him down here because I'm like, don't
go back because he'll be there for all can do.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
Like renovation the baby. Is he a football fan? He
is a football was he excited?
Speaker 3 (36:09):
I was super excited.
Speaker 7 (36:10):
And my brothers too, like my dad and my brothers
are really big football fans and so like I FaceTime
my brothers and I was like, yeah, I have Danny
and Adula.
Speaker 3 (36:22):
His last name, and they're like, shut up, shut up
right now. I'm like, yeah, they were super super bumped.
Speaker 2 (36:30):
That's so fun.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
I know it's fun.
Speaker 2 (36:32):
Well, thank you'all so much for taking time. I know
that y'all have rehearsal to get to dance. We have
to tackle our our moves with y'all. Oh my gosh,
operation archer, Operation archer, and that will be up on
someone's TikTok unless it goes horribly wrong. So even if
Speaker 3 (36:53):
Thank you guys, guys, thank you
Scrubbing In with Becca Tilly and Tanya rat An iHeartRadio podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Hello everybody, we are scrubbing.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
In, scrub dub dumb.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
We have two weeks back to back with two dancing.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
Couples, ballroom dancers.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
We're just like scrubbing in with ballroom dancers. Yeah, but
I am so excited about today's guests me.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
Too, for probably very different reasons.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Why have different reasons because I've been like, well, I
love Whitney Whitney Carson, and we're talking about and I
have been following Danny Emmondola for a very long time.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Well, you have some you have some truths you want
to share with him. I do.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
It's been a rollercoaster of a relationship that I've had
with this man that I'm about to meet for the
first time.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Well, you know, and love a Whitney Carson from Dancing
with the Stars. She's like truly one of the best
humans ever. We've had her on the podcast before and
this season her partner is is former NFL wide receiver
Danny and Mondola, and we have so much to talk
to them about. So, without further ado, Whitney and Danny,
(01:14):
I'm so excited.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
Yeah, I don't really know where to start.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Well, first of all, Whitney has been here multiple times. Yeah,
welcome back, Yeah, welcome back. Ye feels like home and
welcome newly. Welcome to Danny.
Speaker 5 (01:30):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
We're so happy to have y'all here.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
Good to be here.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yeah, we we actually met. We were just discussing like
ten years ago. Okay, this is so I have I
think trauma from when you.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Oh my god, don't We did a podcast.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
With someone that Tanya met like almost ten years ago. Yeah,
and he didn't remember yea. Yeah, So I was like,
I'm not gonna I'm not going to say, oh, like
we met, remember we met, because I didn't want that
awkward moment of him trying to be like, oh, yeah,
I have no idea who you are. And then he
brought it up and I was like, what a guy
he remembers. But do you know what he remembered about me?
Speaker 3 (02:08):
What?
Speaker 6 (02:08):
She's an amazing ping pong player, one of the best,
Like I'll never forget it, unbelievable. I think I love
ping pong. I play a lot of ping pong with
my friends, and I think she smoked me.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
That is no surprise.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
There's like a big rivalry between Becca and my fiance.
He was like the better ping ponger, right, yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Non, so where did you guys meet?
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Then?
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Where was this?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
So I was hammy from showing your movement and you.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Guys were doing the ping the ping pong.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Oh no, we were out and it was like it
was just a random Yeah it was me, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
We went out to the brig and then we went out.
Speaker 6 (02:55):
We found ourselves in some sketchy place with the ping
pong table.
Speaker 5 (02:58):
We're like, perfect, let's.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Real perfect, do this and then yeah, it was cree
so funny.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
And what was your first impression of Danny?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
So kind, so nice, so normal. I was also kind
of fresh off the Bachelor, so this world would like
meeting celebrities and athletes. I was kind of like, whoa,
how am I in this right now? So I just
had to pull out the ping pong and make myself comfortable.
Speaker 5 (03:28):
Uncomfortable. That was awesome. She just smoked me.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
That's hot.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
One of those skills that you know, bring out when
you need. Tanya has been dying to have you because
she's been obsessed with you since well, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
She was complicated, So it's a complicated relationship because I
don't watch football, but I have a lot of questions
about football that I'd like to ask at some point anytime.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
So I didn't know you as like a football player.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
I knew you, I knew somebody that you had dated
in the past, and then it was like a book relationship.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
And then you broke up and I did not love
you after that.
Speaker 5 (04:04):
Yeah, probably rightfully.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
So okay, so I didn't know you after that.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Then you go on Special Forces, which is like one
of my favorite shows.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
Yeah, and that's all I knew you as. I didn't
know you as this football player.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
And my fiance was like, no, he's amazing. He was
like this amazing football player. And then I watched you
on Special Forces and I was like, oh my gosh,
I love this guy. Like you really turned me over
on that show. And then watching you on Dancing with
the Stars, it like turned me even more onto you.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
So now I like love.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
You a roller coaster that I went on by a roller.
Do you feel like other people have had that same
reaction as they like seeing you kind of evolved?
Speaker 6 (04:41):
Yeah, I think, you know, just doing stuff outside the
box of football, it just opens up, you know, different
avenues to see people in different lights, you know. I mean,
I'm definitely like a warrior mentality on the football field,
and you know a lot of times that's kind of
portrayed in a different way because I have to you know, mentally,
you know, in a different space to perform at a
(05:02):
high level in the NFL. So it's hurt me in
some ways, but in other ways it's it's helped me.
Uh And then just doing fun stuff like this really
kind of you get to see me in a different
light and more this is me.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
You know, this is normal Danny.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
So it's so it's like it's true because I would
never I don't know, I just never saw you as that,
you know what I mean. And like even through these shows,
you see you at your like the most vulnerable, and
I'm like, wow, you are a warrior, Like you're so badass.
Speaker 5 (05:31):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (05:32):
Yeah, he is, and definitely in like rehearsals too, and
like you don't stop, Like he literally is like no breaks,
like just goes head on, like and I think that's
why the performance aspect is so tricky, because like he's
used to just putting his head down, getting it done,
getting the job done, and I'm like, Okay, well this
isn't Dancing with the Stars. Like you're gonna be in
(05:53):
rhyin stones and you're gonna have to smile a little
bit and we're gonna have to hear what you have
to say, and like you real feelings, you know, have
got to come out. And I think that's why our
Contemporary was such a breakout moment for us, because it like.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Showed a little bit of his personal story.
Speaker 7 (06:09):
You know, he'd get dedicated it to his former coach,
Mike Leach, who passed away, so it's kind of an
opportunity for him to like show his vulnerable side. And
that was kind of like a breakthrough moment where people
are like, oh, yeah, like Danny is a great, incredible athlete,
but he also can show, you know, some other sides
to him.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
So yeah, and I think you forget that like when
you especially people in the public eye, they just see
you as what they see you you, you know what
I mean, like your football player, and like you just
kind of have that like you associate that with something
else and then it's like we're all so multifaceted, you
know what I mean, Like we all have so much
in us, but by the way that contemporary dance. That
song by Ex Ambassadors is like my favorite song of
(06:50):
all time.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
It's so good, it's so beautiful.
Speaker 7 (06:53):
Yeah, you actually suggested it right like when we were
because what happens is we have a we have a
music to part and they kind of like pick the
celebrities brains before they get on the show, and we
kind of they talk about, like what's your favorite songs
and like who do you we have a dedication week,
like who would you want to dedicate it to? Yeah,
and so Danny actually came up with that with that song,
(07:15):
and I was like, that's perfect, Like it's so good,
it's so good.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yeah, I feel like it was so underappreciated, so I
appreciate that you brought it back to life again the song,
like the song just it all hits so perfectly.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Yeah, it was a good one, It really was. We
worked really hard on it.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Do you have a feeling like when you're like when
you're doing the choreography for a dance and you know
that like, Danny, you're such a great example of what
the show is about because you came in not having
I don't know your dance experience background, but it definitely
felt like it's been an adjustment for you. It's like
something a craft that you're learning. And I feel like
that's the point of the show is to watch someone
(07:53):
who has little to no dance experience become a dancer. Yea,
And I feel like you. I can't think of like
a better partner for someone or coach because I feel
like you're so tough.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
I hear that like the hardest I'm I feel like
you said that.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Actually I'm really not.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
I mean, I just I want them to do that.
Speaker 7 (08:15):
Like there's no yelling like at all, but there's definitely
like I definitely want to push us to be the
best because I'm used to being the best, so like
if I'm anything less, like I don't like it. So
I definitely push us for sure. But yeah, like you said,
like that's what the show is about, like taking someone
with no dance experience at all, And like I remember
(08:36):
our first rehearsal. I was like, Okay, what can you do,
like just show me anything, and it was like, yeah, nothing,
what you do?
Speaker 5 (08:51):
I don't know any dance moves?
Speaker 6 (08:52):
Like I can like break it down out of wedding
if I've had you know, a couple of glasses of mind.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
But I can't.
Speaker 5 (08:58):
Under the influence of the influence.
Speaker 6 (09:01):
Yeah, I'm a blank slate in terms of exactly in
terms of dancing.
Speaker 7 (09:05):
But and like definitely someone that I could just like
kind of mold like that was just like down for anything,
which was great, Like he's a sponge. He definitely wants
to get better, which is it's been awesome, it really has.
I mean we're working on the rhythm part and the
hips part.
Speaker 6 (09:21):
I'm still trying to get down like the counting, Like
why do you count to eight?
Speaker 3 (09:28):
I don't know which is how the bars.
Speaker 7 (09:30):
The bars are in eights usually with music or sixes
with waltz, but that's how we kind of count. But
sometimes like choreographically, I like to choreograph to the music.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
So that's a little bit more helpful. Yeah, so I can.
Speaker 7 (09:44):
Say, like this word, you're stepping here, and this word
you're doing this, And so that's been better so that
the counts.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
Do you guys ever fight?
Speaker 3 (09:54):
No, really, I'm not a fighter. I'm really not.
Speaker 7 (09:57):
And like if he gets pissed, like yesterday he was
super mad.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Yeah, I'm just kidding this. He didn't get the steps right.
Speaker 6 (10:05):
Yeah, No, I just don't want to. I want I
don't want to waste her time in disappoint her. So
I'm like, all right, if I need to practice by
myself for five minutes, like I can, like give me
like five minutes and.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
I'll get it done.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
Because I mean, she's a professional. I know what it's
like being a professional and having like an amateur. Joe
walk in and be like all right, this is terrible.
But I'm like, all right, let me get this down
at least in my own mind for like two minutes
so we can.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
I don't waste your time.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Yeah, But like if he gets mad like that, like
I love it, Like I like.
Speaker 7 (10:30):
Smile and I'm like, this is good. This means you
want it, you know, Like, so it doesn't bother me
at all. It's not like it affects.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
No, I'm not mad at her.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
And that's what I know. It's you're not mad at me.
You're just like wanting to get it so badly that
I'm like, Okay, yeah, that's the passion we need. I
love it.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
So last week we were talking to Jenna and Joey
and I asked her if y'all have any say in
who your partner is but she was saying it's a
total surprise. So you've danced with professional athletes before, do
you feel like there's an advantage just because of the
mindset of wanting to win, Like there's that ingrained sense
of I'm ready to tap literally tackle this absolutely, So, like,
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do you feel like there's an advantage there.
Speaker 7 (11:27):
I do feel like there's a little bit of an
advantage with an athlete because, like you said, they have
that mentality, and then when you get out on stage,
you never know how the celebrity is going to react
when it's game time, like when the lights are on,
so you can be perfect in rehearsals and they can
be perfect in rehearsals, and then when you get in
front of the camera and the lights and the music
(11:47):
comes on, like that's when people either you know, shy
away from it or they step up. So that's another
thing with athletes that you cannot teach is like game time,
and that's a huge advanta and huge advantage for sure.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Yeah, because I feel like having someone who should because
but I also feel like even in Special Forces, it
was kind of like just put just survive, like get
put your head down and do what they tell you.
To do. They're screaming at you, you're exhausted, but there
is the element of get it done, but also put
on a smile, yes, yeah, be a showman, right, and
don't mess up your steps. So there's this other added
(12:23):
element to it that you didn't have in football or
special forces.
Speaker 6 (12:27):
For me, I think even when I I think back
of going to playing in big games, like I've been
in a lot of playoff games and played in three
super Bowls, and like I would turn an opening kickoff
to a super Bowl like the most nerve wracking experience
of my entire life. But one thing that I've really
kind of honed in on is just being super prepared,
whether like going drilling everything one hundred times over and
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then and just being super prepared for me takes the
anxiety away from getting in front of the camera. So
when it does come time for like live show night,
when we're dancing, it's like, all right, it's just practice,
Like stay in the pocket, like has she told me
last week, Like just don't overdo it. You don't have
to think outside your body, do anything crazy, just do
it as we as we trained. And that's very similar
to two athletics in football, in particular.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
So, yeah, that mentality I wish I had more of that.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
It's hard.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
No, I'm serious, Like that athlete mentality, it's so like,
it's so beneficial. I think you can take it into
so many different aspects of life, and I just don't
have that. Yeah, Like if I was trying to teach
me a dance and I couldn't get out, it'd.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
Be so frustrated.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
I try to teach her them. I don't even teach
me TikTok dances, not even a dance lip sync, And
it's just like I can't. I can't.
Speaker 5 (13:39):
I can't.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Yeah, And you can't be a perfectionist too.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
I know that I should be more like an athlete.
Speaker 5 (13:50):
I think again, with everything, it comes with experience, you know.
I mean yeah, for me.
Speaker 6 (13:56):
You know, my dad's a football coach, So I grew
up kind of playing in front of a lot of
people in Texas and then going to a big time college,
uh experience, and then playing in big games.
Speaker 5 (14:05):
The NFL is just.
Speaker 6 (14:06):
Like like even the biggest like Super Bowl games, like
like you get it's like you see the glitz and
the glamour and the spectacle of the whole thing. But
like once the you know, whistle to whistle, Once you
get hit the first time, it's like, all right, now
you kind of you you kind of folk, you're you
have laser focus after that, and it's just like basically
kind of goes back to your training, back to practice.
Speaker 7 (14:23):
And something that has been kind of hard is like
just like meshing the steps to like performing, like like
you gotta smile here, like you gotta look like you're
having fun. He's like, I am having fun. He's like
this is really fun. I'm like, you don't look like
it because he's focused. So it's like it's like.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
One of these.
Speaker 7 (14:44):
And so like that's been probably the biggest challenge. It's
just like you can't put your head down. We gotta like,
we gotta performance aspect.
Speaker 6 (14:51):
Of the whole thing. Is that's been the toughest part
for me. Yeah, but it's like hard at you bubblegum
and dance too. It's like God like two things that
want three things at once. Like so with the small
intangibles that you see the pro the male pros, you know,
with the head turns and kind of like the little
flicks and stuff in between, Like that's damn near impossible
for an amateur. So it's like I'm trying to take
(15:12):
as many notes as possible and ask Gleb and ask
you know, vow as many questions and Brandon all the
all the pro guys that help.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Maybe we just need some pads and help.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
Get out there.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Was the was the chin wave like part of the
choreo or did you just like throw that in?
Speaker 5 (15:34):
That was part of it. Yeah, we wanted to.
Speaker 6 (15:36):
We we love Deadpool, right and I'm sure you guys
have seen Deadpool Wolverine, but we wanted to break the
fourth wall and and kind of mess with the audience
or mess with the camera in some way like Ryan
Reynolds does as Wade.
Speaker 5 (15:48):
But that was That's kind of what we came up
with and threw it in there.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
Yeah, it was fun. I mean you kind of came
up with that.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
Was that man, as you coach, come on, She's like.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
You take it.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
You did have a move that went has gone fully viral,
which we are going to attempt after this podcast.
Speaker 4 (16:08):
No, we're not gonna attempt. We're gonna do it.
Speaker 5 (16:14):
We're gonna help you go.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Wow, Okay, we're gonna do the move. But it's it's
called the Archer and it was during your contemporary dance. Yes,
And I feel like you made it look very easy.
And I have seen some people at home doing it
and I'm like, oh wow, they are they a professional dancer?
Surely what's the catch here? But did you have any
(16:36):
idea when you did that? Have you done that in
a dance before?
Speaker 3 (16:38):
No, I have never done it in a dance before.
Speaker 7 (16:40):
I think there's been like similar versions of it, you know,
But I think we just kind of made.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
Something that worked for us, and that's kind of like
what we always do.
Speaker 7 (16:50):
But I had no idea that it would go as
viral as it has been. And some people have been
absolutely killing it and some people have been hurting herself fails,
please use caution. And we actually ended up doing a
tutorial because it was like so many people like getting
hurt and we're like, okay, just watch for tutorial so
you can have some pointers before you try it.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
But it's it's fairly easy.
Speaker 7 (17:14):
If you've ever done like a front walkover, So if
you've had any sort of like pastics, like background or
like any sort of dance experience, you can kind of
feel that. And then you also have to have like
kind of a stronger lead to pull that leg up.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
You have to be pretty strong. I mean, how hard
is that for you?
Speaker 6 (17:32):
You're I mean you're you're pretty light and you make
everything look so easy.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
Well is a board.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
I got to.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Say how easy it is?
Speaker 3 (17:45):
Once right, it's gonna be great.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
I tried it with a couple other people and and
it's hard. She makes it. She makes it look very easy.
Speaker 7 (17:56):
You tried it with a guy, Like, there's no flexibility there.
You have a little bit of flexibility and it's all
about like the anchor and then just the guy balance,
keeping your balance.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Yeah, yeah, we got this. You got it. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
Athlete's mentality, ye do or die. Yeah, we're always like
when we win the Mirror Ball. It's not if it's when.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Oh yeah, I was going to ask who, who is
your competition?
Speaker 6 (18:22):
Like who?
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Because you'll have a really stacked cast. It is so
stacked and just like beyond the dancing ability, it's like
likability and there's just it's a it's a really good
cast that you'll have this year. Who in terms of
getting to the Mirror Ball do you find to be
your biggest competition right now?
Speaker 5 (18:40):
Well, there's a couple of different ways I think about this.
You want to on a tip of her time in
I'll chime in, just go ahead.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
I want to hear what you have to say.
Speaker 6 (18:52):
Well for me, I mean honestly, like, Okay, we're not
like going against anybody, like physically, Like it's not a game, right,
So in my mind, like I'm I'm going against myself,
Like I want to put the best dance out there
as possible, and I don't.
Speaker 5 (19:07):
I can't worry about the judges scores. I can't worry.
Speaker 6 (19:09):
About, you know, anybody else's dances. I'm low key like
rooting for everybody, like I want them to kill every
dance do they're good and I want to. I want
to at the end of the night, I want to
do the best I can and have the highest scores
I can possibly get. But I mean there's there's great competition,
there's you know, everybody's having fun, everybody's growing, everybody's loving it.
So at the end of the day, like I got
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to look myself in the mirror and say, okay, this
is I got to beat me yesterday.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
So yeah, I.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Know, I'm always trying to get him to like give
me something.
Speaker 7 (19:39):
Like like anything, any tea, nothing. He's just like, I
just got to get better. I'm like, Okay, you're so boring.
Everybody's so boring nothing, everybody's I think that, Yeah, it
comes down to like obviously likability, but you have to
be somewhat of a good dancer.
Speaker 3 (19:58):
Like there's got to be both of that.
Speaker 7 (20:01):
Like we had Bobby Bones whin and he wasn't the
best dancer on that on that season. So I think
it's just like making sure you show your personality and
you know, making sure that the people love what you're
doing and you're trying hard.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
I think right now people are kind of.
Speaker 7 (20:17):
Putting you and Joey in kind of the same I
could see that, I think just because joe is, you know,
very likable, Danny's very lit there, like around the same age. Like,
so I think that they're kind of been being pinned
against each other, but you know, it could always change.
I feel like week by week it kind of always changes.
Chandler's also really good.
Speaker 5 (20:39):
She's a pro.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
She's a pro. Yeah, she's so good.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
A lot of people have been talking about the judge
of scores. Yeah, seem to be like it's they're really
making it hard to get to the ten.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
I know what's hard seasons where they throw out those
tens loosely.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
So it's like, yes, I don't know what goes on
with the scores. I really don't.
Speaker 7 (21:14):
I don't know if they're if the producers are back,
they're like.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
Don't give out a ten. Yeah, Like, I don't know
what they're saying.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
But it's hard to score because each celebrity is so
different in their own right. So it's like people are saying,
you know, Joey got a lower score than Chandler, and
then they're comparing the two, but really the judges are
just trying to score what they're seeing in that moment,
and they're not comparing to the one before. They're trying
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not to. And I think that's what's hard, is because
there are no comparisons because everybody is so different. They're
on different levels, you know, so it's hard to kind
of I don't know, it's hard to judge.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
I would have given us a ten.
Speaker 7 (21:54):
Yeah, the contemporary deserved at least one ten.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
And it's halfway through the season.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Yeah, you're at the beginning anymore.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
That's notice.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Maybe you didn't get a ten on the scoreboard, but
you got a ten in.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
Your heart America in America's yeah, all that matters.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
I'm waiting.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
I want to talk about kind of the your role
as like a pro dancer, how it's evolved, because like
you are a mom now, like is it how is
your how do you allocate your time?
Speaker 3 (22:26):
It's it's really hard.
Speaker 7 (22:29):
It's really hard because a season during the season, Yeah,
like I'm all about like balance, like if if things
aren't balanced, like I kind of go crazy. And there's
just really no balance right now at all, just because
it's so I mean, it's a live show. It's very intense.
We're working every single day. There's no days off, no, no, nope,
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we are.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
Every single day.
Speaker 7 (22:53):
And then now it's getting harder because they're adding another dance,
so now we have two dances this week instead of
just one.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
So it's it's really hard.
Speaker 7 (23:02):
But I think you always have to keep a good
perspective like Okay, this will be over and like at
the end of the day, like what is most important
and that is my family and so making time making
sure that I go home and I disconnect from everything
at work, and like prioritize them and put my energy
into them as much as possible. So, I mean I try.
(23:24):
I think every working mom can relate. It's it's really hard,
but you just have to kind of compartmentalize. You know,
when you're there, you're there, and when you're at work,
you're at work.
Speaker 4 (23:33):
How do you like keep your energy up? Like give
you the tips and the tricks.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
Some tea, some caffeine, Like we're getting good.
Speaker 7 (23:41):
Make sure you're in bed, make sure you're getting your sleeps.
We're talking ten to seven, ten to seven, that's what
I get.
Speaker 6 (23:49):
I mean I should be getting.
Speaker 7 (23:59):
Ten Yeah, yeah, okay, yeah, solid, Like I have.
Speaker 5 (24:05):
To watch Netflix till one am.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
A single life.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
I was just about to ask I was about to
transition into the are you watching Netflix alone?
Speaker 3 (24:22):
It's okay, your sisters.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
I'm just one hundred percent dance right now. I go
home and I think about dance. I wake up, and
are you.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Practicing at home? Like practicing your moves at home.
Speaker 6 (24:31):
I'm watching we film everything, so you know, I'm even
watching tape, watching tape, breaking it down. So I can't
wait to get in the studio today. I'm in see
coach and show coach what I've been working on last night?
Have you been working I got some, I got some,
I got.
Speaker 5 (24:45):
Some steps for you. Got that lunch coming? That lunch is.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Lunch is coming for me? God, are you pointing your feet?
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Yeah, it's funny.
Speaker 7 (24:54):
He's like a robot, Like I'll be like, point your foot.
He's like, I literally can't. It's metal, so you're broken.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
Like put your chest out. I can't. I have a
metal plate.
Speaker 6 (25:04):
Okay, just old football injuries creep up and kind of
get in the way of dance. It's yeah, it's I
don't bend certain ways, and some things are fused and
other things aren't.
Speaker 7 (25:15):
But you broke your sternum right or collar.
Speaker 6 (25:19):
Bone or something separated my s C joint in my chest,
so my chest like collapse so they had to like
fuse it together.
Speaker 5 (25:26):
And then I have rod. I have a rod in
my leg. That kind of my.
Speaker 6 (25:30):
Ankle flexibility is trash. So it's like it's hard to
point and stuff like that. But you know, you gotta
you gotta function. Yeah, it's dance.
Speaker 4 (25:38):
Life is the answer. Are you you're single? Do you
like to date?
Speaker 5 (25:48):
I mean I've been single now.
Speaker 6 (25:50):
I got out of a relationship like a year and
a half ago, and it's been amazing. Like you know,
I'm just focused on being happy, being peaceful and doing
what I love to do and and just hanging out
with friends, stress free life.
Speaker 5 (26:03):
It's really nice, really nice.
Speaker 4 (26:05):
I mean, I get it.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
I like I I actually as much as I I
always knew I wanted to be married and I wanted
to have a family, but like I really did enjoy
my single life.
Speaker 5 (26:16):
Yeah what.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
Yeah, I was thriving.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
No, even like I feel.
Speaker 7 (26:24):
Like you've just always wanted to be married. I feel
it's been like you've always just wanted that, I know.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
But the problem is like dating the wrong people can
suck you know exactly. It can like suck the life
out of you exactly. And so it was like those
pockets of moments when I wasn't dating anyone that it was.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
Like I love you love those pockets.
Speaker 4 (26:45):
Those pockets they're few and far between, but the pockets
were good.
Speaker 5 (26:49):
Yeah for sure.
Speaker 6 (26:50):
Right now, I'm just kind of protecting my piece and
it's all about respect and like it's not peace or
respect then, and I don't I just don't mess with it.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Do you see the thirst traps made of you though?
On TikTok?
Speaker 5 (26:59):
Have you seen any of that No, not really.
Speaker 4 (27:02):
Made of him. What does that mean?
Speaker 2 (27:03):
They're just like dancing him dancing but like you know,
they'll throw in a slow mo or.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
Like going faral over him.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
Yeah, dancing with the Stars couple they've ever like pair
they've ever had. When he's like I seen him, he
doesn't have time.
Speaker 7 (27:24):
I know, I'm like, I feel like I'm not even
scrolling anymore.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
Yeah, I have a question about when you are choreographing
a dance. How long does it take?
Speaker 7 (27:33):
It takes like, m I think all in all, maybe
like four hours. Like I'll think about it and like
I'll mess with the edit and like I'll like think
about it in my head for a while and then
I'll actually put steps to it and that usually takes
about two hours, and then we'll like be changing things.
So then i'll like put it on him and then
(27:56):
I'll see what works, and then we'll change some things
and we'll change some lifts, have some usually like plan B. Yeah,
so it's kind of a whole it's a whole process, Yeah,
throughout the whole week.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
So now when they add two dances in, that's eight
hours that you're having to spend creating a dance.
Speaker 7 (28:13):
Kind yeah, this, this one's not as bad because we've
already done this dance style. Like the second routine that
they've added this week, we've already done it, so we're
just taking things that we've already done.
Speaker 3 (28:23):
So choreographically it doesn't take that much time.
Speaker 7 (28:25):
But like rehearsal, we'll have to split up our time now,
which is a little frustrating, but just the name of
the game, that's what we gotta do.
Speaker 2 (28:32):
I'm just like amazed that your brain comes up with
these dances and then you put it into play and
that that only takes you four hours. I'm just like
mesmerized by that.
Speaker 3 (28:42):
It's crazy.
Speaker 7 (28:43):
It's like all about the song. And if I get
excited about the song, like it always kind of inspires
me here and then I'll just kind of like think
of it there and then once I start dancing, I'll
just do what like feels good. So it's not really
it doesn't feel like it's super exhausting work, you know
what I mean, Like it just kind of feels like
it goes. And then like with ballroom, there's sequences of
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dance moves, right, so like the Jive has like you know,
fifteen sequences of steps that you can do, so you
kind of just place them where and then the little tidbits,
the character moments or like the leg lift or whatever,
then you kind of just filter those through, if that
makes sense.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
It's kind of very different line I have.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
Okay, pardon my my naivete of football, but I understand
that you retire from football because like it just gets
to a point where, like it's too physical.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
You can't do it anymore. Yeah, when you retire from football,
what do you do after that?
Speaker 5 (29:45):
Yeah, that's a great question.
Speaker 6 (29:47):
I went into real estate before I retired, So I
build custom homes in Austin. I've been doing that for
about four or five years, either remodeling or I just
finished my last project a couple months ago. So getting in,
I wanted to kind of build a bridge from you know,
the football life into the real world.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
And at least a lot of people stay in the
football thing and they'll do commentating and like.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
All that stuff.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
But I feel like you took a very different route.
Speaker 6 (30:11):
Yeah, I mean, I just I'm I just I wanted
some I wanted to stay busy. I love to stay
busy and have meetings or have routine and have you know,
something to always work on. I did coach for the
Raiders last year in Las Vegas, which it was a
great experience, good perspective to get, but it just wasn't
for me with hours and then you know, if I
wanted to see my life going a certain direction, that
(30:32):
it just wasn't going to be conducive. So got out
of coaching and I'm just kind of doing fun things now.
Speaker 5 (30:37):
And then you know, the real estate things always going
to be there.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
So so after you in the mirror ball, you're gonna
go back into real estate.
Speaker 2 (30:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (30:44):
Yeah, just find more, buy more land, build more stuff,
develop and and just it's always you know, I love
little projects like that.
Speaker 4 (30:51):
No, it's good.
Speaker 5 (30:52):
Yeah, it's fun.
Speaker 4 (30:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (30:53):
Yeah, so it's keeps you busy.
Speaker 6 (30:55):
She's actually building a house too, so at like half
of our rehearsals are like we're going over cabinet. It's
in marble and like, yeah, we're kind of textures and
like every.
Speaker 7 (31:03):
Break or like would I think, yeah, which is it's fun?
Speaker 3 (31:07):
Yeah, it's fun. The renovating process is fun.
Speaker 5 (31:10):
Yeah, No, I love it. Yeah, I'm obsessed with it.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Do you have a vision when you talk about seeing
the direction of your life goes, and you were saying,
like the hours of coaching, Yeah, what does that look like?
Speaker 5 (31:20):
What are Yeah?
Speaker 6 (31:21):
So I mean I when I coach in Vegas, right,
And I mean, you know, I'm single, I don't have
a family, and if I were to be working in
the office for seventeen hours a day, like sixteen hours
a day, like, it's not really conducive to finding a
wife and having kids and kind of progressing. And I
don't need to, Like I played football for as long
as I wanted to, really like I'm invested, like I have,
(31:41):
you know, other means of income. I was just kind
of doing it to see what I felt about going
staying in football, and.
Speaker 5 (31:49):
You know it's just hours really wouldn't work it out.
So it uh just.
Speaker 6 (31:53):
You know, I want to kind of, you know, use
the other half of my brain and do other cool things.
Travel see the world, meet cool people and and do
fun things. So luckily I got I've lived my dream.
So it's like, now, what what do you do? I
feel like a child actor that's done acting.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
I know, I think it's really cool that you still,
like I think that you have that kind of aspiration
in you and that you want to keep doing something
because I mean, and I don't want to like take
it to a place, but like I feel like you
did very well in your football career, like you don't
have to do anything more, you know what I mean,
Like just like chill and I feel like the fact
that you do want to get up and you want
to do something and you want to keep doing stuff
(32:31):
like says a lot about you.
Speaker 5 (32:32):
Thank you.
Speaker 6 (32:32):
Yeah, I have a little bit of add two, So
I'm always I always got to have something to do.
Speaker 4 (32:40):
You literally like sitting at home playing video games.
Speaker 5 (32:42):
I want to rematch.
Speaker 2 (32:49):
To the studio. What have you found to be harder?
But a football season Special Forces with the Stars.
Speaker 6 (32:59):
I think the football season really related to Special Forces
training camp wise, and and for me it was just
like I went into the mentality and I was in
good condition, so I was going to be healthy. And
then I kind of went into training camp mode and
I was like, all right, listen, this is going to
suck for ten days. We're going to get through it.
Every day is going to be groundhog day. It's going
(33:21):
to be all day affair. And it's a lot like
training camp actually for the for the NFL. So I
was used to that for Dancing with Stars, it's a
whole new box, Like you got to show vulnerability. You
really have to dance, you have to perform something, and
it's not just like all right, let's go and be
an athlete. Like you can't just go athlete your way
through this stuff. So that's been the biggest transition for this.
(33:43):
This is definitely outside my comfort zone, which I love
to be in, and I feel like that offers, yeah,
offers a lot of growth and I'm definitely I feel like,
you know, I learned a lot from football, obviously, I
learned a lot from Special Forces and kind of the
vulnerability there and then all so this is completely different
on a more emotional aspect and more of a performance aspect.
Speaker 4 (34:06):
So I just I really love you. I think you're
so great.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
No, like really, it's really.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
This evolution that I had just like totally fallen for you.
And I hope that, like I hope that you win
this season, and I hope that you really just get
what you want and you too, Whitney, I'm like obsessed
with you.
Speaker 4 (34:20):
But I've just loved you forever. It was a roller coaster.
It was always kind of.
Speaker 1 (34:26):
Yeah, I really like, I love you both, and I
just I wish you the most success and please come
back here.
Speaker 4 (34:33):
We love having you. Everybody listening, please vote for Whitney
and Danny.
Speaker 2 (34:38):
Where can they follow y'all? Where can they see it too?
Speaker 7 (34:42):
So you guys can vote for us on Tuesdays and
you can watch us on Disney Plus Hulu the next day.
Speaker 3 (34:49):
Text Danny to two on five two three you love that?
I know that?
Speaker 5 (34:53):
Wow?
Speaker 7 (34:53):
Yeah, by heart, and then you can follow me at
Whitney Carson and Dannynla.
Speaker 6 (35:01):
Okay easy, I just got a TikTok too, So yeah,
it's all Whitney really like real estate.
Speaker 2 (35:13):
I love like a house flip t ship. I'm very
invested in your your home renovating process.
Speaker 3 (35:19):
Okay, good, Well we've got some good as.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
Carson is just so much. He's so awesome coming into
the stars. And I was in the car with him
and name Roxy Roxy and we're just like on the
way and he was so sweet and picked me up
to go, I know, and he like built your whole
TV console situation like this.
Speaker 3 (35:42):
He's a handyman.
Speaker 7 (35:43):
He's a little bit of an A D D personality too,
where it's like he has to be doing something at
all times, but.
Speaker 3 (35:49):
He loves it, like he I have to like.
Speaker 7 (35:52):
Try and tie him down here because I'm like, don't
go back because he'll be there for all can do.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
Like renovation the baby. Is he a football fan? He
is a football was he excited?
Speaker 3 (36:09):
I was super excited.
Speaker 7 (36:10):
And my brothers too, like my dad and my brothers
are really big football fans and so like I FaceTime
my brothers and I was like, yeah, I have Danny
and Adula.
Speaker 3 (36:22):
His last name, and they're like, shut up, shut up
right now. I'm like, yeah, they were super super bumped.
Speaker 2 (36:30):
That's so fun.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
I know it's fun.
Speaker 2 (36:32):
Well, thank you'all so much for taking time. I know
that y'all have rehearsal to get to dance. We have
to tackle our our moves with y'all. Oh my gosh,
operation archer, Operation archer, and that will be up on
someone's TikTok unless it goes horribly wrong. So even if
Speaker 3 (36:53):
Thank you guys, guys, thank you
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