00:00Wait, and speaking of Dancing with the Stars, what are your thoughts on Val and Jenna going home?
00:03Oh gosh, she's taking a sip.
00:06Oh gosh.
00:10So, I think it's, I think it is, I mean, first of all, obsessed with the show, love it, need
00:16to put it out there.
00:17Anything I say is from a place of tremendous, tremendous respect.
00:22And being a fan, yeah.
00:22And I'm a huge fan.
00:24So, I think, and also for myself as the experience, it's very difficult to be a dancer and going on
00:29to the show.
00:30And it's interesting because people would be like, oh, well, it's giving you a leg up.
00:33And you're like, well, at least in my case, I'm like, well, I don't have 12 million followers like this
00:38person.
00:39And ultimately, they're creating a show with, you know, people watching in fans and stuff like that.
00:46Exactly.
00:46So, I think that it really is about the whole package and less about who is going to be the
00:55best dancer on there.
00:56I mean, I went, I don't know, two, three weeks ago.
00:59And the week that Jenna was dancing with Alan.
01:04And she is an amazing dancer.
01:07Like, amazing.
01:07I just want to watch her dance all day.
01:08It was, they did so well together.
01:11And so, it was during dedication night.
01:14So, I got to see everybody up and close.
01:15I'm really enjoying Pasha and, oh, my gosh.
01:21Amber.
01:21Amber.
01:22Pasha and Amber.
01:23Can I tell you, the dedication night, I could feel the story.
01:28And I've known Pasha, I mean, I've known a lot of these people since I was younger.
01:31Because I used to dance with them when we were, like, kids.
01:34And Pasha is just such a good person.
01:35And his wife, Daniela, who's dancing with Ezra.
01:38Another one.
01:39Oh, my God.
01:40I mean, Ezra in person is just, I mean, I think you see it on TV as well.
01:46But you get goosebumps.
01:48I could see that.
01:48And his mom was there that night.
01:49And they talked about this story.
01:50Oh, no, no.
01:51It was so beautiful.
01:52So, those are two of my favorites.
01:56And, you know, Pasha and Daniela are married.
01:58So, I don't want to, like, pick one against the other.
02:01But they're just doing such an incredible job.
02:03Oh, I love.
02:04And do you feel, because, like, people were kind of, like, they were mad when Jenna Dewan
02:08got casted at first because of the experience.
02:11And she kind of was alluding to, after the elimination, maybe that some of the online noise
02:16following all the stuff with Val did not help her.
02:18I feel, I can't not think that also was part of it, probably.
02:21I mean, I think that people usually focus on the celebrity only.
02:26But, like, these dancers are celebs.
02:29Yeah.
02:30So, some of them are bigger celebs than the pros, you know.
02:33Yeah, yeah.
02:34And so, no, not than the pros.
02:35Than the stars.
02:36Oh, my gosh.
02:37Yeah.
02:38Than the stars.
02:38Than the stars.
02:39So, yeah, the pros sometimes are more famous than the stars.
02:41Yeah.
02:41I mean, people are obsessed with them.
02:43They have such a dedicated fandom.
02:44Such a dedicated fandom.
02:46So, I think that it's definitely, I think it's, like, a whole package thing.
02:52You know?
02:52But I've also known Val since Val was shorter than me.
02:56And I love Val so much.
02:59His older brother, Max, used to go to his birthday parties.
03:02Like, I love them.
03:03And he's got a heart of gold.
03:05And doesn't mean it's okay to say things that you should not say.
03:09But I do love him very much.
03:11And he, I hope that people understand, he was one of the best dancers that has ever existed in the
03:16world of Val.
03:16We used to be like, well, who's this kid that's coming up?
03:18He's also amazing at playing the violin.
03:20And he's an incredible, incredible person.
03:23Wow.
03:23Good dad.
03:24Good husband married to Jenna.
03:25The other Jenna.
03:26So, it's all going to be okay.
03:28I feel like it's what I know.
03:30I think it also gets to this point of the competition where you're like, everyone's so good.
03:35I don't want to send anybody home.
03:36But it's unfortunately that's when you're like, it's a show.
03:38Someone has to win.
03:40People have to lose, too.
03:41Ultimately, it's a reality show.
03:42And that's, you know, getting into all the stuff that you always are diving into here.
03:48It's a reality show.
03:49There's going to be drama.
03:50And there's going to be people saying the wrong thing.
03:52And people saying the right thing.
03:53And people crying.
03:54I cried dressed up like Princess Leia when I got eliminated.
03:57And I was like, but you don't understand.
03:59It was so embarrassing.
04:00But at the same time, I always embrace my cringe.
04:03You have to.
04:03So, Adam, I feel like it's kind of crazy that Conor Wood is coming for the win, it seems.
04:09Or no?
04:11I mean, maybe.
04:13Oh.
04:14You think so?
04:14I don't know.
04:15I feel like he's like really coming in from the back.
04:18Definitely coming in from the back.
04:20Okay.
04:20And maybe.
04:21Hey, like you never know.
04:23But I really think that.
04:25Whose name is it?
04:26No, I think it's going to be in and out.
04:27Again, I'm saying the pro names because I've known them forever.
04:31They're your pros, yeah.
04:32Yeah, Pasha and Daniella.
04:32I really think, again, just from seeing them.
04:35And again, you know, dancing is subjective.
04:37Like what I like doesn't necessarily have to be what you like or anybody else likes.
04:41I really think that those, the story, the package, everything.
04:46The story is really awesome.
04:46And did you see that Pasha was the sexiest man?
04:49Yeah?
04:50Hmm.
04:51Hmm.
04:52I can see what?
04:53Yeah.
04:53Daniela knows what's good.
04:55She's good too, though.
04:56She is good, yeah.
04:57Oh my God.
04:57But that was a, I feel like that also was a fun little bump in the middle of the voting
05:00and everything to be the sexiest.
05:01Well, and also he's like the most humble person in the world and has always been like
05:06that.
05:06Oh my God.
05:06Like he's such a good person.
05:08Oh.
05:09And so it's like, just to have that to be the guy who's being like, wait, who, me?
05:13Mm-hmm.
05:13Like that's literally what I'm doing.
05:14Yeah.
05:14Oh.
05:15It was so sweet.
05:16I love, and also I was like, shook at Maura's dance when she was like spinning with her
05:20head upside down.
05:21Wait, what?
05:22Maura Higgins.
05:23She, she danced the thong song.
05:24As one does.
05:25I missed, okay.
05:25I missed this.
05:26Oh my God.
05:26And there's like a moment where I don't even, you would know what the move is.
05:31Spinning on your head?
05:31Or like, he's holding her upside down and she's like spinning.
05:35Oh, this is where the, this is them starting it.
05:36Okay.
05:36Wait.
05:37Okay.
05:37Okay.
05:38And it's like.
05:38Oh, they're doing Argentine tango?
05:39Okay.
05:39Yes.
05:40Okay.
05:40And then that happens once and then he does it again and they just keep on doing that,
05:45spinning all around.
05:46It seems like.
05:47So she's not like spinning on her head.
05:49No, not breaking it.
05:50Okay.
05:50Okay.
05:50No, I'm like thinking, I was like, I did not see this, but she's wearing like a.
05:54Oh, wait, here it is.
05:55This thing.
05:55Oh, this.
05:55Yes.
05:56I mean, well, also, by the way, Mark is, that's gorgeous.
06:01No.
06:01Oh, absolutely amazing.
06:03Oh, look at them.
06:03Oh my God.
06:04Oh, I'm so good.
06:06I know.
06:06So Mark also like was a world champion.
06:09And danced with Julianne.
06:11Yes.
06:12So when there were kids, they like all.
06:14It's crazy.
06:15They all like know each other.
06:16Yeah.
06:16It's a very, very, very small world.
06:18And then his mom is Shirley Ballas.
06:19Oh.
06:20Who is queen.
06:21Queen.
06:22But also I would never want her to judge me on anything in my life.
06:25Yeah.
06:27I mean, Mark turned out okay.
06:28And she was his mommy.
06:32No, I love her, but she is like, she walks in and you're just like, oh my gosh, the queen
06:37has arrived.
06:37That is so true.
06:38You know, she probably got Mark to get, that's why he's such a great dancer.
06:43And also he's a very polite boy whenever I've met him.
06:45Very good, very good boy.
06:46That is true.
06:46Yeah.
06:46You don't want to mess with, yeah, that is true.
06:48Yeah.
06:49I don't think that, he wasn't getting sorry re-wrapped as a kid.
06:51He was just saying, I'm sorry on Christmas.
06:53Exactly.
06:54Shirley, I'm sorry.
06:57No, when she guest judged this season, I was like, holy s**t.
07:01Yeah.
07:01No, she went in to like, you know what?
07:06There's been drama.
07:07I'm coming in for order.
07:08Yeah, she did bring her.
07:09Like, I saw her on her Instagram.
07:10I don't know if you follow her.
07:10I follow her.
07:11I love all her things.
07:12I saw her getting on the plane and like, she's saying, what, she, she has like a skull
07:16with her.
07:17Oh, God.
07:17She like literally, or something.
07:18Oh, because it's Halloween.
07:19Halloween, maybe.
07:20I don't even know.
07:20Wait, wait, where's her like, and then also like little shoes, like little like, there was
07:25something that was like so intimidating and it was, you know, I mean, look at her.
07:29She's giving fours.
07:31That's what I was like.
07:31They didn't, I think she was given the first fours of the season.
07:33But by the way, because, let's see, so Derek is the only ballroom dancer on the judge
07:40panel.
07:40And I think also for the pros who, again, these pros, like Dina Katz has taken, Dina
07:48Katz, another queen, has taken the best dancers in the world and then they're there in front
07:53of judges sometimes that they're like, hmm, I think I know better.
07:57I mean, not Derek.
07:58Derek, again, also one of the best dancers that has ever been around.
08:01But I know what you mean for like also random guest judges they have and everything.
08:04But like Shirley comes in, like if I got a four from Shirley, I think I would hate it,
08:08but I would also like love it.
08:09Because you're like, yes, rip me apart because you know what's best.
08:11Because you know what's best.
08:13And it'd be like, oh, okay.
08:14Whereas like sometimes like some of the comments I got, I was like, um, okay.
08:18Hmm.
08:19Some of the like guest judges or just from the judges in general?
08:22No, just from the judges.
08:23Like something about like musicality.
08:24And I was like, okay.
08:25Wait, who said that to you?
08:27Oh gosh.
08:28Oh no.
08:30We're going to have to re-watch that Caesar Dancer with the Stars.
08:34I would like, like Levin and I afterwards we watched, we're like, it's perfectly on beat.
08:38And other than the thing that he had me do with the like this thing at the beginning.
08:42Oh yeah.
08:42But like I also, we were so focused on like the, there was like a move.
08:46I'm sure you guys know because everybody made fun of it.
08:49But it was like this thing.
08:50We were not interested.
08:51We actually even didn't get the okay to do it to that day.
08:54There was like zero practicing.
08:55I'm like, I don't know what this is.
08:56I'm focusing on my samba roles that Derek said were like the best samba roles they've
09:00ever seen there.
09:01Right?
09:02No, I know.
09:02Thanks Derek.
09:04But this whole thing.
09:05And I was like, Gleb, like this?
09:06And he's like, yeah.
09:08And then everybody made fun of me.
09:09And I love him so much.
09:11But he's also behind me going like this.
09:13And I'm like, because that looks so good.
09:16And it's me.
09:17And like, okay, I did this like thing that I thought was pretty good for a mother of seven.
09:20Yeah.
09:20Oh my God.
09:21In her 40s.
09:22For anybody.
09:23And then you guys are focused on this two second thing.
09:25And also because it was a TikTok night, right?
09:27So you had to do stuff or something?
09:28Yeah.
09:28But like you have to get like the okay from like the people.
09:31There it is.
09:31I know.
09:33I know.
09:34But like when we skip this part, it's also just like a very, it was very colorful.
09:40Yeah.
09:41I love the outfit.
09:42Yeah.
09:42See, this is the good part.
09:44Get to the good part.
09:46And like Kris Jenner came to watch me.
09:48I love her.
09:48She's another queen.
09:49Oh my God.
09:49She came to watch you?
09:50I love that.
09:52Like you and me.
09:52Oh, yes.
09:53Amen.
