September 10, 2025 • 13 mins
While Gia juggles press days ahead of the "Special Forces" premiere this month, she takes a moment to fan-girl over the new 'Dancing with the Stars' cast announcement.
Find out who she'll be rooting for, who she would want as a dancing partner, and what she says happened to her mom when Teresa was on the show!
Plus, do child dancers have an upper hand on DWTS? Gia's answer may surprise you!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey guys, and welcome back to another week of geodiaries.
I am currently in la I just got to my hotel.
I am here for Special Forces Press. Special Forces is
airing on September twenty fifth. I am so so excited
for you guys to see me on Special Forces. They
even did another little teaser recently of me during my
(00:25):
confessional and they showed some clips that were captured throughout
filming the show. I am so happy to be here
with my Special Forces cast. We seriously just bonded so much,
so I'm so excited to be with them, go to
dinner with them, and just spend some time with them.
We really did become like a little family. When you
(00:49):
are on this show, you have no phone. You really
just get to know the people that you are with.
So it's so nice to be back with them. But
Dancing with the Stars partners were revealed. My mom was
on Dancing with the Stars and it is seriously such.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
An intense show.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
I don't know if it's as intense as Special Forces,
but I think it's a little different. Definitely, it's still intense.
You have long hours of rehearsals. My mom was rehearsing
basically every day for like four to five hours at
a time.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Her partner was Pasha, and she said that he was
so sweet and so patient with her.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
I definitely think that these are obviously trained professionals. They
are very good teachers, and they need to be patient
because they never know who they're gonna get and what
their skill level will be.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
So I definitely remember my.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Mom losing a lot of weight because she was constantly
moving and constantly exercising. So it's definitely a lot in
the body, and it's a lot of pressure you're performing
in front of an audience. It kind of reminds me
of when I was little dancing, getting excited performing at
competitions and recitals.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
It gives that feel.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
So I definitely give them a lot of credit and
I am super, super excited to watch this season. I
have always been a big fan of Dancing with the Stars.
I've watched it growing up, so I can't wait to
watch this season. So there are some Mormon Wives on
(02:31):
Dancing with the Stars. I know Mormon Wives has been
doing amazing. It is a show on Hulu. So we
have Jen Aflack, who is from the Secret Lives of
Mormon Wives and her partner is jan who is new
this season to Dancing with the Stars. He was Taylor
Swift's backup dancer, so that should definitely be interesting.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
I feel like the Mormon Wives are going to bring it.
Then we also have Whitney, who is also from the
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Her partner is Mark Vallas. I know Mark, if I
stand corrected. When he was dancing with Charlie Demillion on
Dancing with the Stars, it was debatedly going to be
his last season doing Dancing with the Stars. So the
fact that he's back, it's so exciting. He is such
(03:16):
an incredible dancer, and I know him and Charlie are
still so close to this day. But I feel like
when he's going to bring it to they're really good
in the TikTok world, so they get the gist of,
you know, moving and grooving and catching on to dances,
so I feel like they are definitely going to surprise us.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
And then we have Gleb.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Who we didn't know if he was going to come
back to Dancing with the Stars or not, especially after
all of that Brooks Nader drama, which you know he's
just not I guess ready for a relationship so Hilarius Baldwin,
who is married to Alec Baldwin. She is partners with Gleb.
(04:07):
I don't know, should be interesting.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Much about her, but I guess I'm excited to see
how Gleb will act this season because obviously last season
him and Brooks had a lot of sexual tension.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
H Emma.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I've been seeing some stuff about Emma and everyone has
been commenting that Emma always gets the old cast members
that come in on Dancing with the Stars, and I
think they really don't know who they're being paired with.
And I think Emma did clear that up in a
couple of TikTok comments. But she is such a sweet person.
(04:43):
I think she genuinely would be happy with whoever she
was paired with, and she makes the best out of it.
I remember her on my mom's season of Dancing with
the Stars and she was seriously the sweetest person. Emma
did leave a comment and also on TikTok saying thank
you Dancing with the Stars for the journey.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Of a lifetime.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
You never know when your time is up, so I'm
gonna love it every single day.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
I feel like.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
She's honestly, probably just really grateful for her journey. She's
been there for twenty years. Obviously that's a long time
as a dancer and being in the industry, but who knows.
I feel like it's kind of nice to have some
people that have been there for a long time, just
to have that guidance and kind of like seniority vibe.
(05:34):
So who knows if she's sleeping. I feel like this
is obviously a passion for all of them. Then we
also have Alex Earle and Val. I know a lot
of people were saying that they were so happy that
alex Earl wasn't with Gleb, and I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
She probably requested not to be. I mean, she's a
beautiful girl.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Gleb obviously still thinks he's twenty and flirts with a
lot of his cast members, so honestly, she probably wanted
to be with somebody who's married, and Val adores his wife.
I love watching their tiktoks. Jenna is absolutely stunning. So honestly,
(06:13):
if I went on Dancing with the Stars and I
had a boyfriend, I would want to be with a
married partner as well, or a gay partner, because that
would just make me feel so much more comfortable and
honestly not distracted in any way. You don't want to
feel like your dance partner is hitting on you, like
that's just uncomfortable. But if you're both in a single
(06:33):
state in your life and wanting to go down that path,
that's totally fine. Obviously. I'm sure Alex doesn't want that attention,
and neither just vow. So I felt like that was
a really good pairing. And I don't know, I think
a lot of stars are shocked because I know Alex
(06:54):
is actually getting some backlash because people were like, oh,
this is so unfair. She was a dancer growing up,
and I mean, nobody really said that about Charlie d'milio,
And Charlie demilio is a professional dancer who is now
on Broadway and her passion was dance. Alex Earl danced
as a little girl like the rest of us. I
(07:14):
danced when I was a little girl. What I say
I'm a professional dancer now, No, absolutely not. I dance
in the clubs just like Alex does, and I.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Don't think they're dancing with the stars dance moves.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
So it's definitely a challenge for anybody and you definitely
are shocked with what your body can do, what you
can't do, and kind of just testing your limits.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Then we also have Danielle Fischel. She is partners with Pasha,
who was partnered with my mom.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
I think she is going to have a blast with Pasha.
He was so patient, so understanding, and such a good teacher.
My mom had nothing but amazing things to say about him,
so this should definitely be an exciting time for him.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Dylan Efron zac Efron's little brother. I never knew Zac.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Efron had a little brother until Traders when Dolores was
on Traders and her and Dylan Efron, and she.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Had nothing but amazing things to.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Say about Dylan, that he was so sweet and they really.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Did get along so well.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
So Dylan Efron is partnered with Daniella, who is Pasha's wife.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
She is also amazing.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
She is so sweet, so talented, sick body, and she
really is such an amazing dancer. So I'm excited to
see that as well. It's known that Corey Feldman, who
is Jenna Johnson's partner, they have not been seen together
since the reveal of the Dancing with the Stars partners.
(08:55):
I really hope that he's okay and that everything is
okay with him. I know leading up to obviously the
first episode of Dancing with the Stars, a lot of
preparation goes into it. It's long days, long nights, a
lot of press, and a lot of practicing. So I
really hope that he's okay, and I hope Jenna gets
(09:16):
her partner, because wherever your partner is, your dancer, your professional.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Dancer has to go with you. So Pasha would.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Come to Jersey to train with my mom. They go
everywhere that you are to accommodate your schedule and your
work schedule while also fitting in dances and rehearsing for
Dancing with the Stars. So maybe Jenna is with Corey,
and I really hope that he's okay. Oh my god.
Elaine Hendricks, she's from The Parent Trap. When I saw
(09:48):
her because I love The Parent Trap. It is a
childhood movie that I am obsessed with. And obviously, while
watching The Parent Trap you hated her because she was
the evil stepmother and you just wanted the girl's parents
to get back together in the end.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
But she was hilarious. She was such a funny character
on The Parent Trap.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
So I am really excited to actually see her on
Dancing with the.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Stars, and her partner is Alan.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Alan is so sweet and so cute, so I think
that they're going to have an amazing time together.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
But I am actually very excited to see her as well.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
So I'm just going to kind of run through the
rest of the partners that are on Dancing with the Stars.
So we have Baron Davis and his partner is Brett Stewart.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
So then we have Scott from Pantonics and his partner
is Riley Arnold.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
She is adorable and I'm so excited to see her
shine on this season of Dancing with the Stars. Then
we have Jordan, she's an Olympic gold medalist and her
partner is Ezra. He was partnered last year with Anna Delvey,
which finily was controversial.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
She was a little harsh and for being on house arrest,
she seemed very ungrateful. Then we have Robert Irwin and Whitney.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Whitney is gorgeous. I love her so much and her
body is insane. And then we have Lauren from Fifth
Harmony and her partner is Brandon.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
He is so sweet.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
I'm so excited to see him also He's just like
a light, Like he's just such a happy light in
the room. So really excited to see them on Dancing
with the Stars too. I would love to be on
Dancing with the Stars one day.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
If I would be the best, but I love doing
things that, you know, test my limits and test my
capability of doing things.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
I feel like Val.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Would be such a good partner. I just feel like
he is with it and he doesn't mess around as
much as he is super funny. I feel like he's
also like, let's get our stuff done, but like a
fun part I feel like it would be like Alan.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Or Alan or Brandon.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Honestly, I feel like they're like super fun and super funny.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
But I don't know. I guess that's like my top three.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
And then if I had a girl partner, Jenna, Daniella
and Whitney for sure. I mean Whitney killed it last
season with Danny Amendola, so she was really really good
and their dances were insane. Then Alan and Alana were
(12:35):
together last season and they went really far.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
And the reason why I.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Say Alan is because they just looked like they had
so much fun together and bonded so much so top
three for guys.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Would be val Alan and Brandon.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
And then for girls, Whitney, Daniella, and Jenna. All Right,
so maybe one day I'll be on Dancing with the Stars,
maybe being in La It'll bring some good juju my way.
But that is it for this week of geodiaries. I'll
see you guys next week. Love you guys.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Bye,
Hey guys, and welcome back to another week of geodiaries.
I am currently in la I just got to my hotel.
I am here for Special Forces Press. Special Forces is
airing on September twenty fifth. I am so so excited
for you guys to see me on Special Forces. They
even did another little teaser recently of me during my
(00:25):
confessional and they showed some clips that were captured throughout
filming the show. I am so happy to be here
with my Special Forces cast. We seriously just bonded so much,
so I'm so excited to be with them, go to
dinner with them, and just spend some time with them.
We really did become like a little family. When you
(00:49):
are on this show, you have no phone. You really
just get to know the people that you are with.
So it's so nice to be back with them. But
Dancing with the Stars partners were revealed. My mom was
on Dancing with the Stars and it is seriously such.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
An intense show.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
I don't know if it's as intense as Special Forces,
but I think it's a little different. Definitely, it's still intense.
You have long hours of rehearsals. My mom was rehearsing
basically every day for like four to five hours at
a time.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Her partner was Pasha, and she said that he was
so sweet and so patient with her.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
I definitely think that these are obviously trained professionals. They
are very good teachers, and they need to be patient
because they never know who they're gonna get and what
their skill level will be.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
So I definitely remember my.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Mom losing a lot of weight because she was constantly
moving and constantly exercising. So it's definitely a lot in
the body, and it's a lot of pressure you're performing
in front of an audience. It kind of reminds me
of when I was little dancing, getting excited performing at
competitions and recitals.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
It gives that feel.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
So I definitely give them a lot of credit and
I am super, super excited to watch this season. I
have always been a big fan of Dancing with the Stars.
I've watched it growing up, so I can't wait to
watch this season. So there are some Mormon Wives on
(02:31):
Dancing with the Stars. I know Mormon Wives has been
doing amazing. It is a show on Hulu. So we
have Jen Aflack, who is from the Secret Lives of
Mormon Wives and her partner is jan who is new
this season to Dancing with the Stars. He was Taylor
Swift's backup dancer, so that should definitely be interesting.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
I feel like the Mormon Wives are going to bring it.
Then we also have Whitney, who is also from the
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Her partner is Mark Vallas. I know Mark, if I
stand corrected. When he was dancing with Charlie Demillion on
Dancing with the Stars, it was debatedly going to be
his last season doing Dancing with the Stars. So the
fact that he's back, it's so exciting. He is such
(03:16):
an incredible dancer, and I know him and Charlie are
still so close to this day. But I feel like
when he's going to bring it to they're really good
in the TikTok world, so they get the gist of,
you know, moving and grooving and catching on to dances,
so I feel like they are definitely going to surprise us.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
And then we have Gleb.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Who we didn't know if he was going to come
back to Dancing with the Stars or not, especially after
all of that Brooks Nader drama, which you know he's
just not I guess ready for a relationship so Hilarius Baldwin,
who is married to Alec Baldwin. She is partners with Gleb.
(04:07):
I don't know, should be interesting.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Much about her, but I guess I'm excited to see
how Gleb will act this season because obviously last season
him and Brooks had a lot of sexual tension.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
H Emma.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I've been seeing some stuff about Emma and everyone has
been commenting that Emma always gets the old cast members
that come in on Dancing with the Stars, and I
think they really don't know who they're being paired with.
And I think Emma did clear that up in a
couple of TikTok comments. But she is such a sweet person.
(04:43):
I think she genuinely would be happy with whoever she
was paired with, and she makes the best out of it.
I remember her on my mom's season of Dancing with
the Stars and she was seriously the sweetest person. Emma
did leave a comment and also on TikTok saying thank
you Dancing with the Stars for the journey.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Of a lifetime.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
You never know when your time is up, so I'm
gonna love it every single day.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
I feel like.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
She's honestly, probably just really grateful for her journey. She's
been there for twenty years. Obviously that's a long time
as a dancer and being in the industry, but who knows.
I feel like it's kind of nice to have some
people that have been there for a long time, just
to have that guidance and kind of like seniority vibe.
(05:34):
So who knows if she's sleeping. I feel like this
is obviously a passion for all of them. Then we
also have Alex Earle and Val. I know a lot
of people were saying that they were so happy that
alex Earl wasn't with Gleb, and I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
She probably requested not to be. I mean, she's a
beautiful girl.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Gleb obviously still thinks he's twenty and flirts with a
lot of his cast members, so honestly, she probably wanted
to be with somebody who's married, and Val adores his wife.
I love watching their tiktoks. Jenna is absolutely stunning. So honestly,
(06:13):
if I went on Dancing with the Stars and I
had a boyfriend, I would want to be with a
married partner as well, or a gay partner, because that
would just make me feel so much more comfortable and
honestly not distracted in any way. You don't want to
feel like your dance partner is hitting on you, like
that's just uncomfortable. But if you're both in a single
(06:33):
state in your life and wanting to go down that path,
that's totally fine. Obviously. I'm sure Alex doesn't want that attention,
and neither just vow. So I felt like that was
a really good pairing. And I don't know, I think
a lot of stars are shocked because I know Alex
(06:54):
is actually getting some backlash because people were like, oh,
this is so unfair. She was a dancer growing up,
and I mean, nobody really said that about Charlie d'milio,
And Charlie demilio is a professional dancer who is now
on Broadway and her passion was dance. Alex Earl danced
as a little girl like the rest of us. I
(07:14):
danced when I was a little girl. What I say
I'm a professional dancer now, No, absolutely not. I dance
in the clubs just like Alex does, and I.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Don't think they're dancing with the stars dance moves.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
So it's definitely a challenge for anybody and you definitely
are shocked with what your body can do, what you
can't do, and kind of just testing your limits.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Then we also have Danielle Fischel. She is partners with Pasha,
who was partnered with my mom.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
I think she is going to have a blast with Pasha.
He was so patient, so understanding, and such a good teacher.
My mom had nothing but amazing things to say about him,
so this should definitely be an exciting time for him.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Dylan Efron zac Efron's little brother. I never knew Zac.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Efron had a little brother until Traders when Dolores was
on Traders and her and Dylan Efron, and she.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Had nothing but amazing things to.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Say about Dylan, that he was so sweet and they really.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Did get along so well.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
So Dylan Efron is partnered with Daniella, who is Pasha's wife.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
She is also amazing.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
She is so sweet, so talented, sick body, and she
really is such an amazing dancer. So I'm excited to
see that as well. It's known that Corey Feldman, who
is Jenna Johnson's partner, they have not been seen together
since the reveal of the Dancing with the Stars partners.
(08:55):
I really hope that he's okay and that everything is
okay with him. I know leading up to obviously the
first episode of Dancing with the Stars, a lot of
preparation goes into it. It's long days, long nights, a
lot of press, and a lot of practicing. So I
really hope that he's okay, and I hope Jenna gets
(09:16):
her partner, because wherever your partner is, your dancer, your professional.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Dancer has to go with you. So Pasha would.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Come to Jersey to train with my mom. They go
everywhere that you are to accommodate your schedule and your
work schedule while also fitting in dances and rehearsing for
Dancing with the Stars. So maybe Jenna is with Corey,
and I really hope that he's okay. Oh my god.
Elaine Hendricks, she's from The Parent Trap. When I saw
(09:48):
her because I love The Parent Trap. It is a
childhood movie that I am obsessed with. And obviously, while
watching The Parent Trap you hated her because she was
the evil stepmother and you just wanted the girl's parents
to get back together in the end.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
But she was hilarious. She was such a funny character
on The Parent Trap.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
So I am really excited to actually see her on
Dancing with the.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Stars, and her partner is Alan.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Alan is so sweet and so cute, so I think
that they're going to have an amazing time together.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
But I am actually very excited to see her as well.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
So I'm just going to kind of run through the
rest of the partners that are on Dancing with the Stars.
So we have Baron Davis and his partner is Brett Stewart.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
So then we have Scott from Pantonics and his partner
is Riley Arnold.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
She is adorable and I'm so excited to see her
shine on this season of Dancing with the Stars. Then
we have Jordan, she's an Olympic gold medalist and her
partner is Ezra. He was partnered last year with Anna Delvey,
which finily was controversial.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
She was a little harsh and for being on house arrest,
she seemed very ungrateful. Then we have Robert Irwin and Whitney.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Whitney is gorgeous. I love her so much and her
body is insane. And then we have Lauren from Fifth
Harmony and her partner is Brandon.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
He is so sweet.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
I'm so excited to see him also He's just like
a light, Like he's just such a happy light in
the room. So really excited to see them on Dancing
with the Stars too. I would love to be on
Dancing with the Stars one day.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
If I would be the best, but I love doing
things that, you know, test my limits and test my
capability of doing things.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
I feel like Val.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Would be such a good partner. I just feel like
he is with it and he doesn't mess around as
much as he is super funny. I feel like he's
also like, let's get our stuff done, but like a
fun part I feel like it would be like Alan.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Or Alan or Brandon.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Honestly, I feel like they're like super fun and super funny.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
But I don't know. I guess that's like my top three.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
And then if I had a girl partner, Jenna, Daniella
and Whitney for sure. I mean Whitney killed it last
season with Danny Amendola, so she was really really good
and their dances were insane. Then Alan and Alana were
(12:35):
together last season and they went really far.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
And the reason why I.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Say Alan is because they just looked like they had
so much fun together and bonded so much so top
three for guys.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Would be val Alan and Brandon.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
And then for girls, Whitney, Daniella, and Jenna. All Right,
so maybe one day I'll be on Dancing with the Stars,
maybe being in La It'll bring some good juju my way.
But that is it for this week of geodiaries. I'll
see you guys next week. Love you guys.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Bye,
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