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Hey guys, welcome back to BirkenConner Makeup Podcast, it's a brand new day. What are you doing? What am I doing? For the audio only listeners, Brooke is giving someone a mammogram. Nope. What are you doing? Six-seven. Oh, six-seven. Okay. Because you're my seven-six-seven king. Oh, thank you. Okay, so we're going to get, we'll get right into the, I mean, what else is there to do? Well, then we'll just segment it, and I'll cut us off. I want to say something. I don't, no one wants you to cut me off. I'm going to cut myself off. I'm going to win a reverse. I don't want anyone to get tired of this stuff. No, Conner. This is a once in a lifetime. That's true. This is once in a lifetime. Okay. Every single person is watching. Like, we'll never get to do that again. You know? Oh my God. That's sad. That's all on the same boat and in it, too. We're in the same boat. On it. We're in it. I hope you have your sea legs. Oh. I put my sea legs on this morning. Did you? Yeah. Wow. What are sea legs? I don't know. Just being used to be on the poop deck, which I know you know you're wearing. Girl. Come on, poop deck. Girl. Oh, I have to tell you something housekeeping related, really good. Hit me with the housekeeping. I know your birthday was like a long time ago, but I've been working on something. Yeah. And I'm hoping that it will be ready by next week and it's something that we can all experience. Oh, fun. Yeah. So that's something to look forward to. Wow. I'm getting a little bit antsy. Fingers crossed for next week. That's exciting for everyone. That's all I have to say. Cool. I didn't want to think I didn't get you anything for your birthday. I forgot about that. I even have a birthday. But thank you. I'm excited. Yeah. I'm excited too. I'm a little bit nervous. Okay. Yeah. Can I be honest about something? Yeah. I came in a little bit heated rivalry because I didn't get your birthday birthday. Yeah, because of the birthday, but no, because I was making a turn into a parking structure. That'll happen. And slowly inching my way because there was so much traffic, but they were letting me through. And a biker runs through the thing and like yells at me. And then pulls his bike to the curb and just continues to yell at me. And like I understand, like, as a biker, you're, you're constantly fighting an uphill battle because it seems like everyone against you because we are. But like one infrastructure needs to be better for biker so that they can say the hell away from everybody. All for like carless cities and walkable cities, but like this is not the world we live in right now. Okay. Even though like I understand like this person in their completely skin type adult man skin type outfit as a hobby, me and my pinks just talks last night, Mollett, um, just yelling at me. I'm like, you're putting, this is a choice you made this morning. Someone yelled at me last week, but I couldn't see what he was saying. And he just kept saying the same thing over and over again. And I was like so upset beyond belief. And I thought I think he was saying line because he was crossing the crosswalk. And like I think he was suggesting that I was like blocking it, but I wasn't. And then I realized like five minutes later that my lights were off. Oh lights. He was saying lights. And I had spent so much time being angry at him. And really he didn't deserve it. So maybe the situation is different in a way like that. Maybe we maybe he was telling you congratulations on your seven six seven. Oh my gosh, you're right. Yeah. Hmm. But perspective is everything. Yeah. He probably recognized you. Thank you for that. Yeah. That's really sweet. Perspective is a good thing to have. Mm hmm. Well, yeah. So last night we our scores were like the best. Obviously, we've ever we've ever had out of the three. Yeah. It feels like I've been doing this for two and a half years. I mean, you did amazing. Thank you. Really? You mean that? Of course, I would have loved to see more of you, but the camera was like not showing me your feet. Yeah. Obviously, like I can't watch it. So, but like the camera guy was kind of flamed in the comments section and see you. Yeah. So there was like a solid five seconds where it was just like zoomed in on your mullet, which like awesome. I love the mullet, but like I want to see my friends feet as he is dancing. So that was hard, but like you, you looked amazing and I know you were amazing. Oh, thanks. Yeah. You were completely incredible. I thought you were going to get three sevens. And might I say, I was surprised that it was Derek that gave you the six. Not that the six is bad by any means, the six is freaking fabulous, but he seemed really excited. So I was confused by that. Yeah. The one piece of feedback he actually came out to me after and was just like the shoot was an oversized shoot for 80s themes because it was like, yeah, rock. And there was too much fabric on the shoulders. So when I was in frame, which frame everyone has had an opinion on frame. I totally, I had dropped my elbow a little bit, which sucks because I've been putting grocery bags on my, on my crevices of my elbows in my apartment so that I can hold and I put like candles and like bottles of shampoo in them to so that it waits. Yeah, I could get like weighted bracelets, ball of bracelets, but I had forgotten about those. So I've been walking around in frame in my apartment. Of course, the one time I dropped my elbow a little bit is Show Day. And then I think that there was like, you were so good that now we're focused on those little technical. And my butt, like Bruno, Bruno's comment was about tucking my butt, keeping my butt in. It was so nice to get like Bruno, like the Bruno that I know, he like, oh my gosh, Bruno is here. And then the leading man comment, I, you know, wow, how'd you feel about that? Congratulations to my mom. Yeah. That's what I want to say. Like, yeah, my scores were good. Congrats to my mom. But like, and, and you know, I'll give Karen credit when she earns it. Like she, she flipped that into something positive, you know, like you might not have been leading, which is fine. Not everyone has to lead all the time, by the way, what would you say to us for followers breaking, breaking gender norms, etc. But you are supporting and supporting can be even better than leading. I, when there, when I need, as a woman, sometimes I don't want most of the times, I don't want to be led. I want to be supported. And my dancer, no, but just in life, I love your support. And I'm sure Riley, the last night too, and Karen noticed that. Thank you. Karen. Karen, I, I really like appreciate her view back. I know that I like, and has thought it to be hard. And I like the way she delivers things. That's like the way that I deliver things. You like such a shame. It was, it was such a shame. We performed it and it wasn't at the best version of us performing it. Like, I, that made sense to me. See, the, I struggled to struggle with the delivery. She did something last night. I forget who it was. But it was akin to such a shame to me. Someone said it could have been Taylor. Yeah. Someone stepped on someone's foot or something like that. I liked it. It was Jenna Dewan. She stepped on her foot. Oh, maybe it was Jenna. I don't know. Someone's, yeah, she was like, it was something, and then she started off with like, are you okay? Like, I know, I know it really hurts when you like, and then just went into that fuckup. That didn't sit with me. Oh, there's Jenna Dewan. I don't care. He's going to be okay. She will be okay, but like, it's just like, to me. Yeah. Well, that's, yeah. That's the, that's the nature of the job, I guess. Eric doesn't do it that way. Did you see my face? Yeah, but like Simon Cowell also doesn't, you know, Simon Cowell, someone has to like put the hammer down. Simon Cowell is like nasty. Simon, yeah. Is a nasty individual. Yeah. What's going on with him? No, I don't think anything good. Did he have like something outside of American Idol that threw him into the deep end? Or was that? Yeah. He was definitely he was definitely going through. He was definitely under fire for a while. Did he? I think it was something to do with like working people too hard. I think like, it's something had happened with a, like a, a lot of people he worked with were like, either like, going through. You know what would be an, something, an incredible talent. What? What? Simon Cowell. Then like, Tyra Banks, Ellen DeGeneres, and it's just titled Welcome to Hell. Welcome to Hell. Who brought my mattress? I'll be nice. I'll be nice. I don't get the, I don't get the mattress part. I guess someone on LNC said that she needed to travel with her mattress, which like, you get to, I'm sure you would love to travel with your mattress. I'm sure I would. Like, travel on my mattress. Like a lot. Far away. Like a lot of it. I had a dream that of like a haunting and Connecticut last night, but it was like my child didn't. I had a horrible nightmare about you, but I can't tell you because this is about your birthday present. Okay. The calculator. Don't be scared about your birthday present. I also, I want to say two quick things. Could you see my face during the dance? Yeah. Because everyone's saying that like, my face, doesn't, my face needs work. I would never say that about your face. Holly would's taking a toll. They're saying my face needs work. What does that mean? Like, medical work? No, like, that was a fun dance I need to be smiling. Oh, I didn't notice anything off. The lighting is. So unfortunate in that room, unless you have a great bone structure like Ezra or Val. I think you look great. Thanks. I think that like the shading of the mullet did strip away my, granted it was part of the costume, it stripped away any form of like jawline so it was just kind of like a straight up thing. And I was getting a couple comments that I noticed. He looks like the actor from the last of us and someone said, Hey, Troll. Someone said, did you mean, um, Bella Ramsey? Yeah. Bella Ramsey. Next. He looks like my aunt. She smoked a lot of cigarettes in the 90s. And then someone just commented, my aunt's did wonderful tonight. I loved that. Did anyone say anything about coach beast? Who's coach beast? Did anyone say anything about that because if not, it's not even, well, no, last night I decided to unplug because it would be best. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not saying you looked like coach beast at all, but with the mullet, there was, there was a, uh, some, I was thinking of her. Can I see coach beast? No, no, no. We don't have to pull coach beast up. I think I want to see coach beast. I'm, the mullet's gone. I was going to wear it today, but oh god, okay, it was just the mullet. It was just the mullet that was giving a little bit. I loved the mullet though. Oh. You didn't look like coach beast. It was just something, something brought coach beast up for me. But I, I also, the mullet gave me a few different things. Like on one hand, I was like, I, I love it. I like it. I love it. And then on one hand, I was like, it's interesting. You know what I mean? Did it give you any good things? I just said I like it. I love it. Okay. Okay. Well, that's hard. I love coach beast. Right. Personality wise. No. And, and physically. I don't know anything about coach beast character. You look like coach beast. I don't know coach beast. But I do feel like that those photos weren't indicative of coach beast. I think definitely was rocking, maybe like a mullet at one point. Coach beast at a glance was more handsome woman. Yeah. That's fine. Yeah. I do think, you know, coach beast wasn't glee. I think that coach beast transitioned halfway through the season, but I don't know about real life. Okay. So. Hard. It's hard for me to say. I didn't see. I had no knowledge of me. Maybe you'll watch me now that you know Harry. Yeah. Harry looks good in his mustache. I saw it. He looks great in his mustache. Yeah. Everyone's saying that, well, when Kenzie and Carson came last week to the show, they said it was like bone chilling. How much we look like. You and Harry? Yeah. They were like it was freaking. I can see it. Okay. I can definitely see that now that you said that. Okay. Yeah. I don't want anyone to think I was insulting Connor. No, no. It's like, listen, I can take it. I can definitely take it. Okay. I love it. Now that I have this almost, I like, I'm cool to move on past dancing now. Oh, I'm not. I have so much to say, but about other, just a few other takes that I have about other people. Okay. Can I really quickly just knock these out really quick? Are they dance? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Harry I was miserable last week. That was my first note in this. It's funny to co from the show. And then the first people I talk to is this thing that everyone watches. So it's hard for me to shake my person out. You were miserable. I was very negative last week, which I didn't need to be. You were not. And I'm going to be a little bit negative this week because we talked about this when I first came in. I just like, as soon as I get off the stage after performing, I get like post not clarity of like, what did I do that? Like you got the dick from yourself. I totally, like you should not. Oh, like last time I got like really hyper because I was excited and then I was like, what do you do? Calm down. I have totally felt that way. Like I was going like this in the background and I saw and I was like, oh my gosh, no. I feel that way often. You know, and then I convinced myself that like we didn't deserve the scores that we got. And it's like they, we've seen historically that they are very comfortable giving scores that we deserve. So I need to get through that. And then we went. So the one kind of misstep that I had that wasn't like a literal misstep. It was just kind of like jumpy, which sucks is that's a really smooth dance. The fox rat was in the corner. We went back to the corner that I don't like. On the dance or the front left corner, we were in the corner. I was wearing new shoes like you have like PTSD from that. That corner. I really don't like that corner and like to get through it, I've been, we've been going to that corner. I'm familiar with the corner and there was actually other, the passive Glee was in that corner. It's incredible. I keep having like my friends from my life come and like I think I need to start having like some characters from Glee sit in my next to my parents. I wouldn't mind. I would honestly like to curate an invite list. I would like, and I would like to be seated there as well. Cool. If you could don't mind going through my contacts, happy to do and choose you. Who are your contacts that are on Glee? I don't have any. I'm saying, for example, like Harry to Glee, me too, people that I've made me be confronted with. Okay. I'll curate my like dream blunt rotation of your friends and put me in coach. Thank you. Yeah. So that sounds good to me. So next week, we're dancing to touch my body by Mariah Carey. And if you boot me from the ballroom next week, I will riot. No one's getting booted from the ballroom. I will be. I have to be there. Yes. Hey, guys, we want to take a break to thank a sponsor of today's episode, Warby Parker. 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And the way that my body is really refusing to roll at this time is interesting. You can roll. I know I can roll. You'll have to roll is the thing. You'll roll because you have to. I'll have to roll. As was written. Yeah. So, come time, I will be rolling, but as of now, I certainly, I can't, I'm not rolling, and I don't feel sexy in my roll, but I'll have to figure it out. How can we make you feel as sexy as possible? Yeah, that's the other thing is, I'm not fishing for other people to make me feel sexy. The sexy, so I could feel as if I get this dance. No, we need you to feel sexy. I know. - Yeah, I go to practice from now. - What will you wear while you're rolling around? - It's a very simple outfit.
-Are you showing skin? -Yeah, it's just the same shirt coming down, how far? -How far? Tell me when to stop. -Stop right there, like right below my nipples. But we'll have to tape it down because I had to wear spank sauce tonight because my nipples were showing and it was showing and it was like so nasty. It wasn't like my bra is showing. -Do you not call my friend's body nasty? -No, no, my body wasn't nasty. -No, I don't call my friend's spank's nasty. -They had to cut them down so they wouldn't show. -That's fine. -And it was just like cut spanks underneath my-- -Like body suit? Was it like bathing suit speedo on the bottom or-- -No, it was like a tank top. -Oh, okay. -But it was just nasty looking. It was like my skin color and they like cut it down, and it was just kind of like loose. -That's fine. Like a deep V. -Like a very deep loose V. -Yeah. -Like it looked like a loose V. -Okay, looser than you're comfortable with, typically. But leading man, that will be the true type of like, "I heard what you said about leading man, check this out." -I bet they like get so horny for like you really taking their feedback seriously. Like even if you mess up next week, if you do leading man, like I bet you'll get really high scores. -I sure hope so. -I sure know so. -But we'll see. It'll be a fun-- if we get two good weeks and ask that'd be fun. -Yeah. -Because that will be-- as of next week, that will be four full weeks of dancing with the stars, which I'm very, you know, like what do we come to do? We came here to have fun. That's the other thing about me, like getting like, "Oh my gosh, I did so much." I was talked about like, actors are so scared to get ugly. People are kind of-- I think this has become-- dancer stars has become so much pressure because there's so much commentary on it and everyone's an expert that like it has been a little bit stripped down of like, "I'm wearing a pink suit and I have a mullet on." This is not life or death. Like nothing here is serious. Please be so serious. I got here three weeks ago and I'm learning a fox heart. Like, this is pure fun. This should be fun to watch on TV. You should be watching with your kindergarten or you should be watching with your grandma. You should be giggling. You should be like, "Oh, that's cute." There should be nothing like, "Mm, no." My hot take is that he should be taken out back and shot. Mm-hmm. There's no room for that here. It's fun. We got to let her hair down and enjoy it and I've had to tell myself that. So that's why I feel so comfortable. Got it. Maybe I need to take that to heart because, you know, I get angry with with some of the judges. I know. With a few of the judges sometimes. Well, they're doing their job. I think that the scoring aspect comes in as like a-- Scoring makes no sense. I love it though. The additional fun piece. I think the coolest part now is that we went last year and I was like, "I'm confused why they wouldn't do Tango Knight, Foxtrot Knight." You know, but now I get it. I don't. Can you try and explain it? One, they're definitely-- I guess everyone would get bored of the same dance. And it's two-- it's two identical-- if I had a salsa right after Harry show him does a salsa, it's just like going to be an unfortunate lineup. You know, like it is just going to be like, "Oh, he needs to go home tonight." Can you do a repeat? Like, if you already saw a set, can you saw a set again? In the finals. Okay. What kind of dances do you have left? A waltz. A waltz. Viennese waltz. Viennese? Viennese. I don't know, Viennese. I don't even know. Viennese. Oh, the Viennese. Yeah. I thought it was like Viennese. There's just like-- There's just like a Italian place. I thought it was more like Xenon from the future. Got it. I was thinking about the Italian place at the end of your street. People. People. See, other thing, my parents keep going to Italian every single night after dancing at the stretch. Yeah, I go into the same place every time. No, they've managed to find three separate Italian restaurants within one block actually. I know the ones. Yeah. One was like completely money laundering, but I was when I ordered food, they were like, what? Have you gone to the one next to me? I don't know. Probably not. Okay. Making our way that way, I'm sure. I would love-- I would love to have you. Viennese waltz. Salsa. Salsa. You wouldn't salsa yet? Salsa yet. No. Positoblée, which Jackson did last night. I have not-- I've never heard about the Positoblée. It's what Guillermo did last week, and then it's with the-- it's kind of like-- Obviously-- YMCA. That's kind of like YMCA, perhaps. And then Jive, again, quick step, and I'm sure there's more than I'm missing. So, so far, you've done a Foxtrot. And there's one that starts in the S. We're doing the Rumba. What was your first night? Samba. Samba. And you've done a Cha Cha. Cha Cha. We did Cha Cha Tango Foxtrot now. Or you've not done a drive. That's what-- Wait, Tyler Cameron either did a drive or a quick step last night. I can't remember. I struggle with like the dance part. Like, I really, like-- I don't know anything about dance. And also, like, when I-- like, I'll watch a dance, and I'll be like, shit, that was like-- they really fucked up. And it's like eights across the board. And then I'll watch one, and I'm like, wow, that moved me, fours. So, like, I'm really off. Maybe you're just more tuned into the performance piece because you love theater so much. I'm extremely tuned into the performance. Which is interesting that you didn't catch my face last night because I'm getting a lot of comments like, your dance was good. Your face is weird. Well, I obviously think you're amazing, but I wonder if there's an element of like, Susu to me, where I'm like, you are my movie star. You know? Or it's like, you are my Ryan Gosling. Like, everything you do is just. But that's good. Because it's like, I would want to be judge based off of, like, me and my performance. I don't know. I think you're amazing, you know that. I have nothing bad to say about you. Oh, Brooke. I'm turning into Susu. I'll take it. That's fun. But I do want to-- It's also one of these. You're a good dancer, though, even though I don't know what that means. I want to earn the scores, you know? I want to be good at the dance. You are. I definitely think you are. Oh, my gosh. Tuck my butt. Like, I don't even have-- I did see, like, when they've replayed your butt, I was like, I can see that's poking out there. That's valid. Okay. Good. So tuck your butt in. It's just like always something, you know? Hey, tuck your butt in. I'd love a bi-week. Bisexual? I honest to God, I don't know what that is. Yeah, or instead of the trio, night, we're doing a bisexual night. I want to be in bisexual night. You're in the-- yeah, you're a little bit friend center, friends of family. Fab. Bi-week would be just like a-- we don't play that week. Oh, I thought you only have bi people on. Legendary. Oh, you'd be living bicariously through me. I want to. Well, anyway, that's all I got. Well, I'll-- I'll-- all else I have to say is that I love my favorite dance beside you was Tatiana. I thought she did so amazing and what a redemption arc she's having. I love her. I have someone I need to go, but like, I'm not going to be mean, but there's someone that needs to go. I wouldn't even know. Yes, you would. It's like spoken about it like privately, but I will not say it publicly. Well, I just like-- I wouldn't-- I don't have any-- like, at truly every single person when I watch a dance, so I'm like, that is-- I don't know who could go home. Like, when Taylor and Brent went home, I was like, wow. Oh, that's what I wanted to say. That's fucked up. Oh. I love Britt. Taylor's great too, but like-- I love Taylor. As I get more into the dancing with the stars community and the lore, like, Britt's one of my favorite friends. I just-- Britt is completely robbed every season. And even when she made it to fifth place with Daniel, you know, who's now her husband, that fifth wasn't even considered the finalist then. And now it would be. And now it would be. I don't think. I think. Yeah, we-- Britt and I connect-- I love Taylor and Brent separately. Yeah. Connected with a lot since I've been there. I love them both. I know. They really didn't serve to go. I know, I agree. And it was really tough to watch because I feel like the first two episodes, like, the people went home. They like had an idea that was a possibility. And I feel like Britt and Taylor really weren't expecting it because they shouldn't have expected it because that wasn't the right call. Which really sucked. So I'm-- I mean, I'm rooting for them. I love Brent. I really hope she can't-- we'll see her again next year. And I would want her to be my partner. I would never go, be asked to go on or go on, but if I would, I would want Britt. So watch-- Good. Do you think you would do it? Never. Really? Like, opportunity of a damn life. If I get, like, really famous and they're like, we will pay you so much money. Still now? It's just like-- Just anxiety or what? I mean, I can't imagine living in that state. I mean, I would die. My body would go into shock. Like, you can't-- I don't think the body can function with that much cortisol. Like, I would be puking for weeks and weeks so sick. Like, I would have diarrhea all over the bottom floor. Like, think of the girl running the marathon. Like me in the bottom. Me in the bottom. Being spun around. Everyone moved. Like, it's not. It just is like the, it's just like the worst. And you know what makes me even more nervous than the dancing? What? Because you know how I get sage right for other people? The post interview for whatever reason? Oh, let's talk about my post interview.
you. Can we? Yeah, I'd love to. You're so endearing. I keep forgetting that's where I need to tell my story. I go up and she goes, how do you feel? I'm in a wig. And I think, you know what? Sometimes we'll get your story and sometimes we'll get you and we'll be ready for both. Julian and I are like I'll talk about jewels. Jewels. I really like her. Like we are I think we're friends unless unless I'm mystery post to you on her story. I know we were having really fun. I want to talk about that too. I kind of like really like them. I feel like they got a lot of heat, the huffs. Oh, I really like Derek. Yeah. I like them both a lot. Yeah. And they're very friendly. I mean, everyone's really friendly. But Derek like comes out makes goes out of his way to like find me and talk to me. So it's all Fonzo. Julian too. But my post game interview where I'm supposed to go out there and tell our story. I think we were going to talk about like my mom's comments and whatever. And so when I got the question about like, was this redemption? I was like, yeah, redemption can look like anything. Yeah. And I was trying to get to that really quick. And I was like, you know, sometimes it looks like that. I love when Julian just like, it's like, how did it feel to hear like, oh, that was horrible. Oh, you did terribly. Walk me through what you felt when that was said. Love that bullshit. I like that too. The redemption thing, I was like, oh, yeah, I do feel I feel good. I feel redeemed. And I was waiting for the next question. It was like, all right, time for the score. So I was like, oh, my God, I didn't get to do any like story stuff. Because it was. It was like truly leading up after you mess up. One that should be like, okay, I already did worst case scenario. Like it can't get worse than last week when that feeling of like, okay, I just messed up time to get feedback. Like, I'm already aware. Like, I would literally like if I were in a situation situation where I messed up, I would just, if we get we get to the feedback, I'd say, let's pass this week. Let's pass this week, put it in an email. I like, I don't think I'd be able to receive it, which is another reason. Yeah. It's not a match. Yeah. So like, that was bad. And then, but you know, it's worse than that. Why? Leading up mean like, what if I did it two weeks in a row? Yeah, I imagine that's really stressful. And so, so I wanted to talk about like, that was my trying to shake that this week was like the biggest roadblock for me to be like, okay, like something about what happened last week. It's this week. And just like working on this distance and like, not thinking about that. And then like, starting on next week's dance and like, oh my gosh, like, what if we don't, you know, whatever. But then that didn't, I wasn't able to share that. The other thing. And then this is the last thing I'm saying. This is like, I'm unplugging. I'm gonna start treating this like traders. Like, I don't have my phone. I don't know what's happening. I'm gonna get off the island and I'll check in on my socials, you know, me when I lie. But cannot wait to look at my phone. But one thing I said, everyone is like, he's so anxious. He's so anxious. Give him a Xanax, put him on a beta blocker. You feel something. Why is it such a shame for me to feel something? Like, this is still fun. Even though I'm so anxious. Like, it's a rewarding feeling to be anxious and then feel relieved or like work at something and then have performance. If I was never anxious. Yeah. It's like, why is everyone so concerned about me being like, completely biting my fingernails and like looking nervous on TV? It's TV. It's fun. That's what you want. If I was sitting there just kind of like, I'd be so boring. Completely. Whatever happened to feeling stuff and being raw and doing things unmedicated. Yeah. 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Like dancing was like doing that every week just seems crazy to me. And that's part of why I'm so proud of you. It just seems like the craziest thing to put yourself through and such a challenge. I think you could do it. I would love to watch a season of you on the answer to the stars. I'm sure you, I'm sure everyone would be good entertainment. Oh my god. To watch someone die on live television. I ain't going to happen. My lovely. Oh, it'd be funny. Oh my gosh. If you got Val and he's just spinning like up in the air, God, I pray for that day. That would hate my ass. No. I do four seconds in. I'd be like, I'm so tired. Yeah. Lucky I got rightly because we are both equally tired. She gets tired. She gets tired. She looked.
stunning last night. -She always looks stunning. -She does always look stunning, but like last night, I was like, "Mom." -Someone said, "Riley's walking looking like an absolute princess next to Lord Farquad." -That's mean. -I can take it. I am there. I said I will do anything. -I know. I mean, saying that's mean, I just called Coach Beast, but I want to look ridiculous. That's the point. This is fun. -I know. I'm having the time of my life. -Anyway. -Watching you. -Rumba next week. Sexy day. -I will be there. I'm saying that now so you can't take it away. -No, you got it. Verbal claim. I think that there's just this ridiculous thing where like the fact that we had the show last night, I'm going to practice tonight or like right that from here to learn the rumba. -Have you already started learning the rumba? You didn't say what song you're doing. -Yeah, he did. -Did he? Oh. -What's funny is when Riley does the counts of the song. So we learn it with the one, two, three, and then she starts using the lyrics. So she'll be like, "Touch my body, throw me on the floor." And it's like, it's just like ridiculous. Okay, and this one's step back. Okay, you're going to do a satellite turn. Okay, now touch my body and throw me on the floor. -It sounds like Ben Shapiro walking me through dance steps. -That's how I had to sing in chorus as an alto. -Throw me on the floor. -Need a little Christmas now. Hall out the hallie. I never got to do the melody. -Why were you doing Christmas songs as a Jewish woman? -I went to a Quaker school. We did everything. -Nothing. I don't know if we did any Hanukkah songs. -You guys were. -Quaker is. I technically went to a Christian school. It was 60% Jewish, but technically Quakerism is part of Christianity in a way. -And oats. -Yes. But, oh, yeah. I threw up during we need a little Christmas now during the chorus concert. -During what part? -It's time we hung some tinsel on that babe. I ran off, but it's so hot. -The show must go on. -Speaking of me throwing up during that because it was too high stakes, I'll be dancing with the stars. Me throwing up in a room of 30 parents. -Sometimes that's worse. I was talking to Bryce this weekend. -King. -King. And he has to, he's ordaining his brother's wedding, and he's like, "I'm freaking out." -Yeah. -And that was actually the worst stage I've ever had was for 150 people. Both of my friends, parents and grandparents in the front row, I was shaking, turning my fingers with my thing. -I have to give a speech at my brother's wedding this year as the best man. I guess I'll be nervous. -I think you'll be okay. -I'm doing tonight. I'm moderating my first author event. You know how I'm moderated in New York when I'm doing that for my friend Lila, who's a very big author and I'm sure it will be very scary for me and so I'm very scared. -Where is it going to be? -The ripped bodice. It's her book launch. -I wonder if you'll feel less pressure. -I'm wondering about how you felt at yours. I mean, oh my gosh, it's my book. That's how she probably felt. -I'm wondering, it could either be a lot less pressure because not my book or more because it's like, these people aren't here for me. They don't like me or fuck with, you know? Because the piece that I felt a moment of peace during my shows, because I was like, these people are here for me. They don't care if I pass out. But maybe Lila's fans would care if I passed out. -Not in a bad way. They would probably be concerned for your help. -I think it'll be okay, especially now that I feel comfortable with my beta blockers, but I'm definitely a little bit nervous. -You know, you can't take beta blockers and do something strenuous, so that's another reason why I'm like- -Oh, I didn't know that. -Yeah, it slows your heart rate so much. I think you just could pass. -You can't take beta blockers and do drugs. -Okay. -Or you will die. -Good to know. -That's what I've heard. -I'm really nervous to do drugs. I'm going to take a beta blocker to calm down. -Well, I'm just saying if you had an event where you took a beta blocker and then had an event where you're like, I'm going to do drugs, you can't. -Great to know. -Yeah. -Movie forward. -Just say no. -I have so many things to talk to you about. I want to show you my new toy. Is there anything dancing else? -No, I wanted to be done with dancing 20 minutes ago. -Okay. No, you did not. -Yes, I did. -No, you did not. -I'm going to an ideal world. Yeah, I did. -You think you did, but you, oh, no, you did not. You like to dance. -I love to dance. -You like to talk about dancing on our podcast, too. -Are you trying to hypnotize me? -No. -I got a toy. -Okay. -Well, it's not really a toy, it's actually a very expensive piece of machinery. -Yeah. -But I got a word processor, which is like kind of like the toy laptops that you would have as a kid. So it's like you basically just like write on it and you have no access to the internet. So like I can leave the house with my word processor, no laptop, no phone. And I would have absolutely like zero distractions and be able to write on like my typewriter. Do you want to see it? -Yeah. -Are you broad? -Oh, absolutely. Oh, I don't go anywhere without my word processor, by the way. -Let me see it. -And I could bring this on traders. -So just just have that. -Traders check. -Just have to have traders. -40 minutes. -I could absolutely still write if I went on traders, because now that I have my word processor. -I don't know if you could bring your-- -I don't know if you could bring your-- -Time you have on traders. -I think everything-- -I think none. -I think none. -Reading a book. -But in theory could totally bring my word processor on traders. -Like I'm finally getting back into painting now that I'm on traders. -This is the travel. -Oh, that's sleep. -The travelers were free, right? -It's a lot of fingers on it. -When did you get this? -A few days ago. -It's covered in Greece. -All of my gadgets are covered in Greece. -I'm sorry, I haven't really opened a laptop in a while. -Isn't that fun? -Oh, yeah. -I put stickers on these. -Can I cut-- -Yes. -How fun is that? -Oh, it's greasy. -It's really greasy, bro. -Nice. -Oh. -And then it just goes-- -Wait, is this your-- -Oh, don't look at it. -Writing something? -Well, yeah, I'm writing, I have to write another book. But don't read it. It's like literal brain, like dump. And don't please don't read it. -I'm just looking at the names because I really like one of these names in here. -Which name? Just say it. Oh, okay, you can say that. But it just blasts out to my Google Drive. -Wow, that's really cool. -So it's not connected to Wi-Fi? -It's connected to Wi-Fi. -Are you nervous? They'll be a family emergency if you go to the coffee shop with no phone? -Yes. -Okay. -But it's a risk that sometimes you have to take if you need to write another book and you're having a really hard time. -The family emergency happens while you're at the coffee shop and you don't have your phone, did it happen at all? -Valent. -Yeah, it did. -Yeah. -But like, how would you have-- That wouldn't have-- at least, you know, were productive, didn't it? -So I'm super excited. I got it a few days ago. I have been pretty busy, so haven't really, like, been able to give it all the attention that I want to. But this is about to change my life. Who are you showing me? -Who is that? -I don't know. Who is that? -I don't know. Someone just died. Like, which is-- -Someone just died? Let me see. -From Spider-Man? -Which Spider-Man, the newer. I haven't seen any of the Tom Holland ones, except-- -Well, when it was like a-- -I don't know him, but that's sad. -Like, since when do I get Snapchat news article notifications? This is the first time I've gotten that. It's anyways. Well, that's exciting. I like that. -That's what's going on in my life. -We are slowly advancing our way to get our screen time down, and I think it's very healthy. Yes. It was really expensive, though, which is interesting. -How much was it? -Like, it was much just the new laptop. -What? -Yeah, I don't get it, but it was the bad ones that I needed to make. -That seems like a step backwards because they're like, "You hungry pigies went Wi-Fi, so we're going to make no Wi-Fi more expensive." -I think there are deals where you could-- I know people have gotten it for 250 or something, but I'm extremely impatient, so I needed to get it full price. Damn. That just reminded me of my dad flew here with a GameCube. So now I have two GameCubes. I have to return the one I bought. -They come in every week. -Yeah. They flew in Monday. They left. -They really liked it this morning. -That's kind of nuts. -They're being show parents, which I really like. -Yeah. I know. I wasn't able to-- -Mimi will ever come? Yes, she wants to. -I want her to come next week. Oh, maybe she will. Maybe my Mimi will come see me sexy dads. She will love that. -I think she will too. I have a random offshoot, dang, that I want to say. And I kind of went on a rant about this, but I think that you might feel similarly. Okay, let me just see how I should start this. Okay. I think we should stop making Instagram accounts for movies coming out. -That feels good to me. -You have nothing? Unless it's a movie I like. -Why are you following the Instagram account for a movie? -And then what happens when the movie comes out? -What happens when the movie comes out? -I agree with you. -I agree with you. -You used to follow something because you feel passionately about it. I found out in college that one of my friends was following the Walgreens Instagram account, and I was like, "Why are you following Walgreens?" -You know what it is, though? -I was like uncomfortable.
being around them. I was like, "What made you click that follow button? I want to follow Walgreens?" I can tell you what it is. It's that the actors in the movies like don't want to crowd their feeds with promotion. So like someone has to just make a new account. Because even I got like that with Phoebe, like I was like really, I was like, "I don't want to bother anyone or like bombard anyone." And I guess actors feel that way about their projects. I don't know. I feel like getting, convincing people to follow an account for that and then like throwing it away. It's like, "Wow, you really just like used it?" You're like, "You can't use it." I guess it's like they need to, they want to go viral, right? And so they need to make a place where they can post things that might go viral. Like they need a post, you know? We're also going to do it. I can't do any devil's advocate for movies. But maybe, no, I'm not necessarily, but it's like they have to post somewhere. Should it be maybe they should just be doing it on the studios account. Correct. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know why that made me like so. Yeah, it felt like, I don't know. It felt like somehow she ends fault that there's Instagram accounts for movies. Over production. We're doing too damn much. Yeah. Just on the side note too. So I know this is like the current thing. I'm so overstimulated with actors going on. I know I said this with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, but like how many times are we going to get an actor duo like faking like a bizarre love affair? Like every single day, it's a new two actors and they're like, oh my gosh, tell them about the story from your trailer when you picked up my socks and thought they were like, how long can you do that? Do you? Like Sandra Nicole and like their sisters? I don't know. Maybe it's like, I don't know. There was who was it really that I'm back like being a hater today. That's fine. Who was it recently that was like this isn't working? I don't know. I'd love to see two actors that hate each other again. That's the good stuff that I like. Yeah, I get when there's so like put Shaline Woodley in a room with literally anyone else. I want to see that. Oh my god, her with that one interviewer where she was like, are you hungry? No, no. I'm hungry. You should eat then. Yeah. That was bad. If that if I was the interviewer, I would just never. Shaline is a lot on her plate right now. So does she? I don't it seems like it. I don't know what she's what's going on. Um, I wish what was he going to say? Oh, there's just Scooby Doo movie coming out. And there's like a whole batch of like young act like going to be like, it's just weird saying a batch of young actors being that like looking, we're looking at like the new faces of Hollywood Scooby Doo franchise is going to be massive. That's going to be one that happens over and over again. A line action. Yeah. I haven't even heard of it. I have an idea by the way. What? Like bone-chillingly brilliant. What? Remind me that I have an idea. But like look at these people. I have no idea. That's what Kenny Grace. I don't know any of the other, the second from the top of the Kenny Grace. But like, look at them. They look like Scooby Doo. Yeah, I have not seen anything about this. Well, they're like young, young, young, young, young. It's crazy. That makes sense. That almost seems to be about six years old. Like not a day over. Can we just see? I'm just giving you 18. Okay. But the imagery showcased. I agree. She's six. We always talk about, well, we talked out of the four, but it's it is crazy that like you legally can't start working a job until you're like in some states like 16, but like child actors like start pumping out millions of dollars of work at like 11. Definitely controversial. Is it? Oh, absolutely. I know. Who was Stavros was on Drew Barrymore show like interviewing her and was like, when did you share working? She's like 11 months old. Yeah, that's it's pretty crazy. She deserves a daytime talk show. You know, when you hear my live action idea. Yeah. We do so many live actions. It's so good. Brooke, are you ready? Yes. Hold on to your bridges. Holding. Where's Waldo live action? Thanks. And there's a deeper story here. Like him finding himself. Finding himself. Yeah. That's good. Why has no one written that? Stop. Please no one do it. Like I'm busy right now. But like keep in mind I cleared my schedule for the rest of the year for dancing with the stars, assuming I would make it that long and still we're here still. But like if I get off, I'm going to have so much time and I would love to do this project. Please don't take it from me. As an active good faith. Like verbal trademark. I would like to write the world's Waldo. If I could say it. I want that. Please thank you. Or if you're going to do it, can I just like be a part of it? Thanks. Where's Waldo? It's time. Everyone's looking for me while I was looking for myself. Oh my god. That's an amazing tagline. He had no arms or legs. He couldn't see here or speak. This is how he let a nation. Is that about Mr. Potato? No, that was a quote from the office. Oh. I love the office. Yeah, you do. I really do. Can I say can I tell you something? You met? I saved a tick-tock for you. You don't have to ask me for a mission to tell me something. Well, you were just about to open your mouth. So I just wanted to get in there first. When a woman speaks, I shut up and I sit down and it was. Called craziest overlaps in history. Yeah. Oh, book. Thank you. Because it's like things that were happening at the same time in different parts of the world that you just never would have thought were in the same time period. Love this bullshit. Ready? Yeah. George Washington didn't know dinosaurs existed because the first recording of a fossil was years later. That one doesn't really do. Write it on a scale of one to ten. I'm soft. Okay. This doesn't do it for me at all. Ancient Egyptians lasted so long that ancient Egyptians had their own historian studying their own ancient history. Oh, not so ancient, are we? Yeah. Okay. That one, I don't care about that one. I don't care. This one is, this one is great. Okay, I like it. Samurai's cowboys and the Victorian era all existed at the same time. That I love. That's kind of like a mind F. And I think that would be another good like meeting if there was a show about that. That's good TV. I think the person that wrote maybe Westworld, that one, which is also good show. I'd love to see that come back. Or like Yellowstone could do like a samurai meeting a cowboy because that like doesn't. And then like a Victorian. And yeah, all three of them existed at the same time. That is weird. And they had no forms. Another good book or movie. Yeah. Yeah, they probably didn't know the other existed. No, I'm sure they did. But okay, while Harvard University was already teaching students in 1636, the golden age of piracy was just beginning. So you could be a student at Harvard and across the pond, there were pirates. Or you could drop out of school to be a pirate. You could drop out of school to be a pirate. Wow. Imagine like your parents being like, yeah, our son dropped out of school really worried about him. What did he? Is he like doing drugs? No, he's a pirate. Similarly, you could have dropped out of Oxford University in 1325 to be a member of the Aztec Empire. Oxford University was already teaching students before the Aztec Empire was even founded in 1325. What? Isn't that crazy? So they weren't learning about the Aztecs and because the Aztecs were learning about themselves. Like Waldo? Exactly like Waldo. This one's beyond to me. The last execution by Guillotine in France happened in 1977, the same year the first Star Wars movie was released. Like beheading. Like someone's head was to the floorboards via the Guillotine while Star Wars was blasting out theaters. Oh wow. With Carrie and Fisher. Yeah. Just Carrie Fisher. Oh, I'm bringing on. Yeah. Okay. Well, I was confused for a second too. Coca-Cola was invented while the Ottoman Empire was still functioning. I don't know what the Ottoman is. I was literally going to ask you like, do the best you can to describe the Ottoman Empire. Like my feet would have nowhere to sit without them. Gun in my purse to your head. What's the Ottoman Empire? Wish them the best. I have another Ottoman Empire unfortunately. But this is there's something here. The Ottoman Empire was still a functioning world's power when the first tax machine was patented in 1843. That one doesn't like whatever. Tax machine. Facts that I say. Facts. Facts is to me. I'm like, that seems more high tech than like an iPhone. Me too. Like that's crazy. Same with record players. And like these things that are now like archaic actually seems to be more complex to me. How did you do that? Then an iPad. Yeah. What do you mean this needle and these ridges are playing a song? What do you mean this needle? What do you mean this? Well, I did use to think a fact machine was transporting the same piece of paper like teleportation. But like what do you mean? What do you mean? Yeah, that's why I could never be sent back to the past because I'd be like, we have facts machines and they'd be like, okay, how did you and I'd be like, I don't know. And then they would like tie stones to my feet and throw me in the lake. Maybe be headed. You ready for the last one? Oxford University had been open for over 400 years before anybody in Europe even knew what a potato was. I didn't even know there was like that was like the world existed without potatoes for so long.
I mean, I wouldn't look at a potato and be like, we could eat that. I'd be like, throw it up. - You would try anything, I think. - If you eat a raw potato, you could die. I think you do die. - No, you made that up. - Did I? - I think so, but let's see. I mean, maybe in the same way that like, anything raw could-- - You should avoid eating raw potatoes because they're hard to digest. Maybe if you choked on it. - Yeah. - Can you die for meeting? - Raw potatoes can dear to that. Lettically kill you in rare cases, but it's extremely uncommon. I don't know. - I think it's like the same. - I would avoid it. - Yup. - You know, when I hear a crazy thing that I also made up in my head, I thought at midnight, Cinderella was going to die if she didn't make it home. I didn't know her dress just turned ugly. - Yeah, I guess her dress turned ugly, but she backed her normal clothes, her pumpkin chariot, poofed away. Just everything went back to the way it was. I think it's like, you know, in the movies where it's like the girl takes off her glasses and she's hot. Like I think that's the same with Cinderella is like if she had poofed in front of the prints, he would have been like, ew, what the fuck? Like I think that's what they were like, wanting us to believe. - What a sad world we've raised our young women on about you need to get, you need to get all that's materialistic things. - All the love, all the love. - But honestly, the prints love churned out or what? - Yeah, I don't remember the end. I just remember being very stressed that she would get-- - Slipper freakin' fit. - Well, the slipper was still there. Glass slippers, can you imagine having glass slippers on? Oof. - Hey, if the dress poofed away, why would the slipper-- - Why would the slipper be there? - Why would the slipper still there? Can we confirm the dress just disappeared in the thin air? Or did she take it off? - A lot holes in this. I got a bone to pick. - If the dress poofed in the thin air, this is a serious problem. - So this is a problem? - This is a problem to me. And so she, what about the, did she have the other glass slipper? What is she-- - Why didn't Cinderella's glass slipper morph back to her ugly face? - Also like, is she returning her newly order with one glass slipper? - She's gonna be in deep do do. - Cinderella's glass slippers did not disappear midnight because they were conjured from pure magic rather than transformed from an existing object. Bull. - Hi, I call Bull. - Okay, there's a lot of information on this. Transformation versus creation. - Kind of, I kind of do get that. - Yeah, that makes total sense. Okay, gotcha. - They figured out, they did figure it out. Many interpretations also suggest the fairy godmother potentially left the magical slippers behind as a permanent gift to Cinderella and the prince could find each other again. Ooh, chills. - Did you ever see the brandy version of Cinderella? - No. - That's the best-- - Oh, yes I have. - The mic. - You ate a chunk. - Oh yeah, I was like full of tune on it for a second. Well, do you give an electric toothbrush? - Do you? - No. - It does make a pretty big difference. - Really? - Yeah. - I might get one. I will also say, because it has the buzzer when the two minutes is up, I didn't realize that before I was only brushing my teeth for eight seconds, not actually eight, but two minutes, it feels like forever, compared to how I was doing it with my manual. - Two minutes is twice as long as the dance that I did on TV. - It's really long, it's a long amount of time to be brushing your teeth. - Big toothbrush. - How long you supposed to be washing your hands for? - Two happy birthdays. - 20 seconds? Okay, I mean. - I'm still here, innit? - Yup. - Valid point. - Yeah. No, I love washing my hands, I wash it a lot. - So? - I'm gonna get an electric toothbrush. I get these bamboo toothbrushes in like eight packs, and then I use them until I feel like they're probably on, they're way out in terms of putting them into my mouth, and then I toss them, 'cause they're biodegradable. - Did you see the new Dyson toothbrush? - Yeah, that's what I was asking you about, 'cause I saw it on sale today. I have a friend who used the Dyson toothbrush and said that her fillups, regular electric toothbrushes, better, I think they might've done too much with the Dyson. - I'm embarrassed that at one point in my life, I got the automatic toothbrush thing from an ad on Instagram, and I was like, this will make my life easier. - But did it work? - No. - Like, why don't we have one of those that worked? - No, but like, why was I trying to get something easier for my two minutes of brushing? - No, absolutely, you should try. Like, I would pay a lot of money for an easier way to brush my teeth. - Are you flossing? - Not as much as I should, but I do carry around those tooth floss or toothpicks in my car and stuff. - You could find my actual physical location by the amount that fall on the ground from my pocket or my backpack or something. - Yeah. - I like those. - Yeah, people get that Connor was here, 'cause there's like little floss. - Yes. - I feel bad, I'm not littering on purpose. I hate littering, litter bug. Okay, well, let's wrap up, 'cause I have my legs crossed for a reason. - Connor, yeah. - So I'll release you Cinderella before you poof in your chair. - Very good. - And take your poop. - Before you put in your chair. Thank you guys for listening. And we will see you in the 'bout us if you want to come. - And is there still a code or no? - The code to the bonus now is Papa. - Papa for free month of bonus episodes. TMGCDU is.tv and you'll find Broken Con or Make a Podcast. It's, I think it's pretty easy once you get there. You'll figure it out. And then next week, we got the Rumba. On dates with the stars, please vote if you don't mind. That would be me and a lot. And I will show up as a lady man for you, baby. Good night. - This week, I'm close friends. - I want a party with Dakota and Elle. - You will. - Oh, I want a party with the fannings. - You will. - I want a good Miami with the fannings. - Okay, so what happens with the mosquitoes turn gay? They're making the mosquitoes gay. Oh, brother. - Octopussy. Is that a James Bond movie? There's a lot of James Bond stuff happening. - Oh, fabulous. Broke you need this on a tote bag. Sign up on TMGCDU's.tv to watch the full bonus episode. (upbeat music) [BLANK_AUDIO]
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The hosts reflect on the emotional and personal challenges of performing on *Dancing with the Stars*, emphasizing anxiety, self-doubt, and the importance of perspective.
A new in-show experience is being developed for fans to enjoy, adding excitement and anticipation for future episodes.
The hosts express admiration for fellow performers, particularly highlighting Tatiana’s redemption arc and the supportive dynamics between cast members.
They discuss the pressure of public performance, questioning whether the show should be more playful and less judgmental, advocating for fun and authenticity over perfection.
Personal stories and behind-the-scenes moments, such as post-interview experiences and dance preparation, reveal vulnerability and raw emotion.
A recurring theme of self-care and mindfulness emerges, with the hosts prioritizing mental well-being and rejecting over-analysis of performances.
The team jokes about fashion choices, like the mullet, and shares light-hearted opinions on how performers resemble characters like Coach Beast or actors from pop culture.
The podcast promotes sponsorships like Warby Parker, Quince, and Lola Blankets, tying personal experiences to product use and values like comfort, simplicity, and mental health.
Summary:
The podcast episode blends personal reflection, performance critique, and lighthearted banter to explore the emotional journey of competing on *Dancing with the Stars*. Hosts discuss the intense pressure of live performances, the anxiety of public judgment, and the importance of self-compassion and perspective. They highlight moments of connection with fellow performers, celebrating redemption arcs and shared experiences, while poking fun at fashion choices and dance critiques.
The conversation emphasizes that the show should remain a joyful, unfiltered experience—free from excessive scrutiny—where vulnerability and authenticity are valued over perfection. Personal anecdotes about post-interview stress, performance errors, and mental well-being underscore the emotional toll of being in the spotlight. The hosts also share their appreciation for supportive cast members and the importance of community.
Throughout, the tone remains grounded and fun, reflecting on both dance dynamics and broader life experiences. The episode promotes wellness-focused brands like Warby Parker, Quince, and Lola Blankets, linking personal comfort and self-care with everyday life. Ultimately, the conversation reinforces a message of resilience, humor, and emotional honesty, celebrating the show not as a performance metric, but as a shared experience of growth and joy.
FAQs
A new interactive experience is being developed for the audience, which will be ready by next week and will allow everyone to participate in a unique, shared activity.
The host felt anxious due to the high pressure of performing in front of a large audience, the fear of judgment, and the emotional weight of past mistakes, which made it difficult to focus during the show.
The host received positive feedback on their overall performance, though some critics noted issues with body positioning, such as leaving the butt exposed or not tucking it in properly.
The host believes the judging process is intense and emotionally charged, but emphasizes that the show should be fun and not take itself too seriously, as it's meant to be entertaining and lighthearted.
The upcoming episodes will feature a Viennese waltz, salsa, and a rumba, with the rumba being highlighted as a more romantic and sexy dance for the next week.
The mullet became a notable part of the performance and sparked playful comments, with some viewers comparing the host to characters like Coach Beast, though the host personally enjoys the look and its effect on the performance.
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