July 4, 2025 • 5 mins
Shaun Micallef joins Britt & Laura to chat about this season of Dancing With The Stars, his wife's thoughts on his dancing ability and how he intends to wow the judges.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
I Heart Podcasts, heem More Kiss podcast playlist and listen
live on the free iHeart app. Now, Laura, I'm not
one to usually want to highlight my competition. I am
currently on Dancing with the Stars. But if there's one
person I'm going to get on this show to have
a chat to, it's Sean mccaliff. Now, if you don't
know Sean mccalliff, he's been in Australian TV for a
(00:31):
very long time. He's a comedian, actor, writer, presenter, he's
a lawyer. There's not a lot the man can't do,
and he can now add dancer to his repertoire Sean mccaliff,
my competition on Dancing with the Stars. Welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Ah, yes, Bruce, my nemesis, speak to you too nice,
I think to you.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I do like that we rattled off all the successes.
I saw the quick step that you did. It was
very impressive. Do you think that you can dance now
and add dancer to this long list of success.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
No, I, in all conscience, I don't think I could
add that to my CV. I think it's like a
like a freak lightning storm, you know, it lights up
the sky. Quite impressive and awesome, but then you know
it's gone in the blink of an eye, and then
you forget about it.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Su and I we were like doing our dance practice
in the same studios, and sometimes I don't know if
you know this, but I'd pick my head around and
what you practice because I was like, I want to
check what the competition is. I'm not gonna light. I
thought I was going to be safe. I thought I
was pretty good. And then first first week you beat me.
You got twenty four. I only got twenty one, and
I thought, Wow, this guy's pulling out some secrets. You're
(01:41):
bringing a lot of comedy to your dance, Like, are
you banking on that to get you through or do
you have some secret dance skills you're gonna pull out?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
No, I have no secrets, no at all that I
think that very first dance that I did was probably it.
Everything else that follows will be such some refold. It's
o GAMMI. It's an a four piece of paper. We
folded it into a swan, and that's what you saw
in the first show, and then the next thing it'll
be slightly more limp looking opera house, and then it'll
(02:08):
be a and we won't know what it is. I
got nothing less. This is the problem though. On the
other hand, I can always tell because when Britt did
look around the corner, I made sure I was really bad,
just to give her a sent she got too much confidence. Yeah, yeah,
I well I.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Was humbled, you know. But this is the thing that
people don't realize unless you've done it. So you get
so much time to practice the first dance. So often
a lot of the celebs have the first dance down
pat and then the wheels just stuff falling off the
bandwagon as you get further into the competition.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Yeah, quite right. It's diminishing returns because you're guaranteed at
least one appearance. You guarantee two appearances, so the first
two are usually okay. And then as the Britain, I
will experience you know this Sunday, you know someone's got
to go. Yeah, it stares to get too serious.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Then what I will say is I'm taking a piece
a little bit. You were a delight to work with
and watch, and you are actually such a good dancer.
But why now, because I'm sure you've been lassed many
times over the years. What's happening in your life and
you're like, oh, I'm gonna put the tap shoes on. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Look, I think, in all seriousness, I think I probably
hit the point where it didn't matter anymore. I had
done I had nothing to lose by doing it. It
seemed like something that if I didn't do it now.
I remember reading about Christopher Walken, you know, and Christopher
Walken did that dance routine in Weapons of Choice. He
was about my age, he was about sixty, and he
(03:31):
actually had trained as a dancer in his early years,
and he said, look, if I don't do it, if
I get it on a film now, I'll be too old.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
To do it.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
So there was a little bit of that in me.
I thought, well, if I can do it, it'd be
good just to see if I can anyway and have
it done on probably the biggest dance stage on television
to do it. In fact, I reckon within two weeks
of the show finishing, I wouldn't have been able to
do it. So I'm done and dust it. There's no
way I'm ever going to do it again. It's as
(03:59):
good as it.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Gets, and you have to ask yourself why not. I
think when an opportunity presents itself. It's not like, don't
write the reasons why? Maybe say why not? You've probably thought, well,
what else got gone on?
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Yeah? Exactly, Well, I mean I've done everything in my
glittering career, and you know, never terribly well. I think
that one of his daughters being mediocre, Like I am,
that's absolutely untrue. You get a chance, no.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
But you Yeah, I didn't mean that the right way.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Sorry, the same thing forever.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
I didn't mean what am I got going on?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I was?
Speaker 1 (04:27):
I took that too personally. Sewan and I were talking
on the show about the shows he's got upcoming and
stuff like that, and then he had a time frame.
I said that wrong. He had space in his schedule
to do dance Bigger Brittany. The way I said that,
I was like, Wow, that came across like he's not
doing anything. He had time in his schedule.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
But also, Sean, what did your wife think of the
whole thing when you were like, do you know what,
I'm going to go away for thirteen hours a day
and start dancing? Did like? Was it well received? Was
it a moment of like really, how did that go down? Well?
Speaker 2 (04:55):
She knew that i'd loved because I love those old
MGM musicals and she kind of knew that I'm into
that anyway. So she's always been very encouraging. In fact,
she's the one who who said to me when I
was a lawyer many years ago, she said, look, you
know you keep talking about comedy and comedy shows, and
you know, having all these opinions, why don't you just
take a year off and do it. I wouldn't have
done it had she not said so, it's all her fault.
(05:17):
And she was equally supportive, equally supportive of this.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Well, we can't wait to watch you on Sunday. And
I mean, although it might have been said that you
were technically rubbish, that was one of the comments of No, sure,
the judges you were amazing. And honestly I watched on
the I watched on the couch with my mother in
law and we both sat there and looked at each
other and we were like, yeah, it was fantastic, Sean.
We were your biggest fans. He's the one to watch.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
I'm looking forward to Sunday too, and it's one of
BRIT's Hurricane dancers. That's how she describes as all of
them are hurricanes.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Thanks Shaan, You're an absolute delight and I absolutely loved
working with you and if anyone wants to check it out,
Dancing the Stars continue seven pm Sunday on seven and
seven Plus.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Thank you, Thank you, Laura,
I Heart Podcasts, heem More Kiss podcast playlist and listen
live on the free iHeart app. Now, Laura, I'm not
one to usually want to highlight my competition. I am
currently on Dancing with the Stars. But if there's one
person I'm going to get on this show to have
a chat to, it's Sean mccaliff. Now, if you don't
know Sean mccalliff, he's been in Australian TV for a
(00:31):
very long time. He's a comedian, actor, writer, presenter, he's
a lawyer. There's not a lot the man can't do,
and he can now add dancer to his repertoire Sean mccaliff,
my competition on Dancing with the Stars. Welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Ah, yes, Bruce, my nemesis, speak to you too nice,
I think to you.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I do like that we rattled off all the successes.
I saw the quick step that you did. It was
very impressive. Do you think that you can dance now
and add dancer to this long list of success.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
No, I, in all conscience, I don't think I could
add that to my CV. I think it's like a
like a freak lightning storm, you know, it lights up
the sky. Quite impressive and awesome, but then you know
it's gone in the blink of an eye, and then
you forget about it.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Su and I we were like doing our dance practice
in the same studios, and sometimes I don't know if
you know this, but I'd pick my head around and
what you practice because I was like, I want to
check what the competition is. I'm not gonna light. I
thought I was going to be safe. I thought I
was pretty good. And then first first week you beat me.
You got twenty four. I only got twenty one, and
I thought, Wow, this guy's pulling out some secrets. You're
(01:41):
bringing a lot of comedy to your dance, Like, are
you banking on that to get you through or do
you have some secret dance skills you're gonna pull out?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
No, I have no secrets, no at all that I
think that very first dance that I did was probably it.
Everything else that follows will be such some refold. It's
o GAMMI. It's an a four piece of paper. We
folded it into a swan, and that's what you saw
in the first show, and then the next thing it'll
be slightly more limp looking opera house, and then it'll
(02:08):
be a and we won't know what it is. I
got nothing less. This is the problem though. On the
other hand, I can always tell because when Britt did
look around the corner, I made sure I was really bad,
just to give her a sent she got too much confidence. Yeah, yeah,
I well I.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Was humbled, you know. But this is the thing that
people don't realize unless you've done it. So you get
so much time to practice the first dance. So often
a lot of the celebs have the first dance down
pat and then the wheels just stuff falling off the
bandwagon as you get further into the competition.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Yeah, quite right. It's diminishing returns because you're guaranteed at
least one appearance. You guarantee two appearances, so the first
two are usually okay. And then as the Britain, I
will experience you know this Sunday, you know someone's got
to go. Yeah, it stares to get too serious.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Then what I will say is I'm taking a piece
a little bit. You were a delight to work with
and watch, and you are actually such a good dancer.
But why now, because I'm sure you've been lassed many
times over the years. What's happening in your life and
you're like, oh, I'm gonna put the tap shoes on. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Look, I think, in all seriousness, I think I probably
hit the point where it didn't matter anymore. I had
done I had nothing to lose by doing it. It
seemed like something that if I didn't do it now.
I remember reading about Christopher Walken, you know, and Christopher
Walken did that dance routine in Weapons of Choice. He
was about my age, he was about sixty, and he
(03:31):
actually had trained as a dancer in his early years,
and he said, look, if I don't do it, if
I get it on a film now, I'll be too old.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
To do it.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
So there was a little bit of that in me.
I thought, well, if I can do it, it'd be
good just to see if I can anyway and have
it done on probably the biggest dance stage on television
to do it. In fact, I reckon within two weeks
of the show finishing, I wouldn't have been able to
do it. So I'm done and dust it. There's no
way I'm ever going to do it again. It's as
(03:59):
good as it.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Gets, and you have to ask yourself why not. I
think when an opportunity presents itself. It's not like, don't
write the reasons why? Maybe say why not? You've probably thought, well,
what else got gone on?
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Yeah? Exactly, Well, I mean I've done everything in my
glittering career, and you know, never terribly well. I think
that one of his daughters being mediocre, Like I am,
that's absolutely untrue. You get a chance, no.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
But you Yeah, I didn't mean that the right way.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Sorry, the same thing forever.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
I didn't mean what am I got going on?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I was?
Speaker 1 (04:27):
I took that too personally. Sewan and I were talking
on the show about the shows he's got upcoming and
stuff like that, and then he had a time frame.
I said that wrong. He had space in his schedule
to do dance Bigger Brittany. The way I said that,
I was like, Wow, that came across like he's not
doing anything. He had time in his schedule.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
But also, Sean, what did your wife think of the
whole thing when you were like, do you know what,
I'm going to go away for thirteen hours a day
and start dancing? Did like? Was it well received? Was
it a moment of like really, how did that go down? Well?
Speaker 2 (04:55):
She knew that i'd loved because I love those old
MGM musicals and she kind of knew that I'm into
that anyway. So she's always been very encouraging. In fact,
she's the one who who said to me when I
was a lawyer many years ago, she said, look, you
know you keep talking about comedy and comedy shows, and
you know, having all these opinions, why don't you just
take a year off and do it. I wouldn't have
done it had she not said so, it's all her fault.
(05:17):
And she was equally supportive, equally supportive of this.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Well, we can't wait to watch you on Sunday. And
I mean, although it might have been said that you
were technically rubbish, that was one of the comments of No, sure,
the judges you were amazing. And honestly I watched on
the I watched on the couch with my mother in
law and we both sat there and looked at each
other and we were like, yeah, it was fantastic, Sean.
We were your biggest fans. He's the one to watch.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
I'm looking forward to Sunday too, and it's one of
BRIT's Hurricane dancers. That's how she describes as all of
them are hurricanes.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Thanks Shaan, You're an absolute delight and I absolutely loved
working with you and if anyone wants to check it out,
Dancing the Stars continue seven pm Sunday on seven and
seven Plus.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Thank you, Thank you, Laura,
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