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Will You Accept This Waltz? With Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson · The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is the Ben and Ashley I almost famous podcast
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  Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio.
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  Speaker 2: It's almost in his podcast today. I have a first.
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  Speaker 2: I've never interviewed somebody from Dancing with the Stars. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I've interviewed people that have been on Dance with the Stars,
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  Speaker 2: but I don't think of I cannot remember. I was
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  Speaker 2: trying to think about this anytime I've ever interviewed a
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  Speaker 2: current contestant and their coach, their partner during the season.
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  Speaker 2: So this is really exciting for me.
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  Speaker 3: Yay, thanks for having us now.
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  Speaker 2: We just started talking and I asked, why aren't the
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  Speaker 2: two of you together? In my mind, you're together all
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  Speaker 2: the time, like you never not are not together, but
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  Speaker 2: you're not together right now. You're in two separate places.
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  Speaker 2: How common is this? Right now?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we're still in the beginning phase of the show,
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  Speaker 3: so we have like a bit more time, although that's
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  Speaker 3: saying a lot because we don't have a lot of
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  Speaker 3: time where we're not together. But yeah, as we were
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  Speaker 3: telling you, we finished rehearsal. It was a very great
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  Speaker 3: but sweaty, productive rehearsal. I was not looking cute, so
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  Speaker 3: I needed to go home and get a little bit cute.
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  Speaker 3: So it's my fault.
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  Speaker 4: You're looking just fine. I also had to throw on
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  Speaker 4: a hat because I literally just got out of the shower.
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  Speaker 4: So yeah, it was just one of those days that
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  Speaker 4: we had a lot going on. We were busy, and yeah,
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  Speaker 4: usually we are together a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Now this is a big deal for me because the
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  Speaker 2: two of you, I would argue would be the fan
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  Speaker 2: favorites right now, the front runners. You're crushing it, and
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  Speaker 2: so I'm very excited to be talking to two of you.
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  Speaker 2: I do have some questions based on my own curiosity
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  Speaker 2: about the process of Dancing with the Stars. I was
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  Speaker 2: never on Dancing with the Stars, and so I've only
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  Speaker 2: watched as a fan for the last you know how
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  Speaker 2: many years it's been on television. A couple questions. I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to rapid fire either of you can answer it.
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  Speaker 2: Any injuries, any current.
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  Speaker 3: Injuries, I'm not severe. We're doing a move this week.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not going to say what it is, but we're
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  Speaker 3: doing to move this week, and.
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  Speaker 4: Our bodies are sore.
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  Speaker 3: Our bodies are really sore. My arm hurt.
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  Speaker 4: This is a very fast paced week. So this is
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  Speaker 4: the first time that the body, I think is starting
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  Speaker 4: to kick in a little bit right now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've have friends who've been on the show, Joey,
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  Speaker 2: this one's for you. They have gotten They sit in
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  Speaker 2: the best shape of their life being on Dance with
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  Speaker 2: the Stars. Can you already? I mean, I don't know
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  Speaker 2: how many weeks you've actually been in the experience. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: obviously we've only seen a few weeks of YouTube dancing
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  Speaker 2: on television, but I'm sure there was some prep time
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  Speaker 2: before that. Are you feeling that way right now?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, one hundred percent, it's awesome. I was so bad
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  Speaker 4: after getting off the Bachelor, Like you know, going into that,
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  Speaker 4: you train to get into shape, and then when you
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  Speaker 4: get into the show you kind of fall out of
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  Speaker 4: it a lot, and then life gets crazy. So I
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  Speaker 4: kind of got out of routine. So I came in
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  Speaker 4: probably not in the best shape that I could be,
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  Speaker 4: But the first two weeks kicked my butt got right
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  Speaker 4: back into it, and yeah, we're like two to three
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  Speaker 4: weeks in now, and I feel good already. The body
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  Speaker 4: definitely made a difference for sure.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, Ben, why do you think his shirt's been
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  Speaker 3: open the first two weeks?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's playing good. Is that a joy request or
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  Speaker 2: is that a strategy?
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  Speaker 4: It was on the first night, it was definitely an
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  Speaker 4: idea from the choreography that Jenna had. And then on
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  Speaker 4: this last dance that we had, it was no joke,
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  Speaker 4: a last minute decision. I did the whole dress rehearsal
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  Speaker 4: with the tank under. We wanted like an open shirt
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  Speaker 4: because we thought it looked beautiful in the dance, and
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  Speaker 4: one of the producers came over to me, like right
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  Speaker 4: before showtime, said so, what do you think about not
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  Speaker 4: wearing a shirt for this dance? And we said, yes,
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  Speaker 4: that just just happened. It was very quick when it happened.
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  Speaker 2: See, that would be That's something nobody's ever asked of me.
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  Speaker 2: So you have to be doing something right. Nobody's ever said, hey, Ben,
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  Speaker 2: how do you take off your shirt for this?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: From what I remember from a buddy who did it,
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  Speaker 2: there was a lot of blisters. So as a professional dancer, Jenna,
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  Speaker 2: how do you like handle that?
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  Speaker 3: Like?
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  Speaker 2: How do you Because I know Joey's feet are probably
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  Speaker 2: just torn up right now because he's not used to it.
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  Speaker 2: This is something you do all the time. How are
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  Speaker 2: your feet prepared for this?
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  Speaker 3: You know what? From a young age, the quote beauty
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  Speaker 3: is pain has just been ingrained in me, Like my
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  Speaker 3: feet go through the ringer in ballroom shoes, they suffocate them,
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  Speaker 3: they squeeze them. I have I have at least like
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  Speaker 3: four blisters on my toes right now. It's just part
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  Speaker 3: of the process, and honestly, it doesn't really even phaze
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  Speaker 3: me anymore. I just know that it like comes with
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  Speaker 3: the territory. So but it is a lot I forget
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  Speaker 3: because like even Joey's shoes, they're different shoes, but I
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  Speaker 3: know that they're really tight and they're uncomfortable at first
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  Speaker 3: and you have to break them in. So it's a
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  Speaker 3: wild process. Like I forget that. Oh yeah, this is
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  Speaker 3: just part of the gig. But it's a lot to
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  Speaker 3: adjust to.
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  Speaker 4: We as guys do not get to complain when you
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  Speaker 4: think of dancing with the stars. I am at all
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  Speaker 4: every single time how they have to do the same heels,
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  Speaker 4: Like I don't think people understand we are doing the
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  Speaker 4: same moves, We're doing everything, and they are doing it
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  Speaker 4: in heels. And yeah, I definitely little blisters here and there.
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  Speaker 4: Feet are not my strongest suit. I've got messed up
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  Speaker 4: beat as it is, so I'm sure they're getting beat up.
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  Speaker 4: But the fact that she does is in heels and
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  Speaker 4: has to like just rebound from it is unbelievable to me.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks Joey, He's such a sweet man.
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  Speaker 2: I know, he's so good at this. I do need
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  Speaker 2: to name drop for a second before we dive into
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  Speaker 2: what you guys are doing currently. I was on tour
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  Speaker 2: once with somebody on Dance with the Stars.
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  Speaker 3: Oh my god, wait I know this.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Ezra Sosa and I traveled the US up until
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  Speaker 2: COVID shut us down. Ezra is like eighteen years old,
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  Speaker 2: living in the same bus as me. An absolute joy
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  Speaker 2: to be around, one of my favorite people and is amazing. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: there's a reason why people are like really like him
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  Speaker 2: and are gravitating towards him because his energy and just
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  Speaker 2: his personality is so big. But his dream, which is cool.
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  Speaker 2: I texted him, but I haven't been able to tell him.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm going to tell you guys that, like when
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  Speaker 2: he was eighteen years old, his dream was to be
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  Speaker 2: on Dancing with the Stars. You don't get to see
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  Speaker 2: a lot of people like actually accomplish these like huge
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  Speaker 2: dreams they have. He did it. I think It's pretty cool.
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  Speaker 3: Amazing, Yeah, fun fact. Actually, Ezra and I grew up together,
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  Speaker 3: so he went to the same studio I did growing up.
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  Speaker 3: So I've known him since he was a baby. And
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  Speaker 3: this kid has the most heart out of anybody I know,
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  Speaker 3: and I've known it's been his dream to be on
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  Speaker 3: Dancing with the Stars, and so I think for him
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  Speaker 3: to see me join, and then for me to see
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  Speaker 3: him join, is the biggest gift. I just I'm so
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  Speaker 3: proud of him. He deserves it.
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  Speaker 2: All he does, he does, He's a trooper. He dealt
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  Speaker 2: with a lot of wildness at eighteen years old on
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  Speaker 2: the tour of US.
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  Speaker 3: I can imagine, Jinna.
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  Speaker 2: I'll start out with you here. We're going to dive
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  Speaker 2: into some of the fan questions and some of our
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  Speaker 2: questions here. When you heard that Joey was your partner,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if you can disclose kind of how
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  Speaker 2: that's brought up and how you're told that as a professional,
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  Speaker 2: But when you're told Joey is your partner, I want
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  Speaker 2: to hear your honest, real first thoughts.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll give it to you. Joey knows this. I've
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  Speaker 3: been honest with him. But I think people think that
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  Speaker 3: we know who we're going to have for a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: That's not the case. They really like to make it
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  Speaker 3: a secret so it's an authentic reaction. But I had
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  Speaker 3: a feeling because I had heard his name in the mix,
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  Speaker 3: and so I was a little sad because I've been promised,
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  Speaker 3: not promised, but like I've never had a football player
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  Speaker 3: through my time on the show, I've never had a
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  Speaker 3: football player, and so I kind of heard Danny was
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  Speaker 3: going to be involved, and I was like, this is
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  Speaker 3: my year. I'm going to get the NFL guy. And
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  Speaker 3: then when Joey walked in, I obviously knew who he was,
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  Speaker 3: but I didn't watch his season of the Bachelor, but
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  Speaker 3: my sister is a mega fan, and I just remember
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  Speaker 3: when his season was going, she was telling me about,
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  Speaker 3: like Joey, he's just like the nicest guy. It's been
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  Speaker 3: the best season. No offense, Ben, it's been the best
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  Speaker 3: season of the Bachelor. Everybody loves him, and I was like, okay, okay,
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  Speaker 3: let me see for myself, and it's all of that
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  Speaker 3: is true. He is one of the most genuine humans
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  Speaker 3: I've ever met. I think we kind of just connected
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  Speaker 3: really easily and quickly, and we have so much fun.
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  Speaker 3: It's seriously, I mean Obviously there's stressful moments. Joey, I'm
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  Speaker 3: not always the kindest, but it's just such a pleasure
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  Speaker 3: to work with him. He's so talented. He's one of
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  Speaker 3: those annoying people that's freakishly good at everything. It's like
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  Speaker 3: you just want to punch them because he can. I'm like,
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  Speaker 3: can you try this? He's like sure and does it
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  Speaker 3: in one try, and I'm like, how did that happen?
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  Speaker 3: So he's just really talented but humble kind treats other
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  Speaker 3: people really well, which is a big like character attribute
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  Speaker 3: that I love, you know. So I just it's been
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  Speaker 3: so awesome being his partner. And obviously, you know, I've
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  Speaker 3: been with a bachelor guy before, I was with Joe Mobley,
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  Speaker 3: so I knew that, like the fan base was going
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  Speaker 3: to be epic, and I was like, okay, love this
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  Speaker 3: for us, but I think ultimately, you're really at the
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  Speaker 3: disposal of your partner. So if they're a good human,
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  Speaker 3: it makes this whole process even better.
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  Speaker 4: There you go, that was very kind. That was very nice.
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  Speaker 4: But don't forget the beginning that she said that she
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  Speaker 4: was disappointed.
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  Speaker 3: So I didn't say I was disappointed. You know, that's
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  Speaker 3: not true.
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  Speaker 2: I love that. I just have this image of Jennes
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  Speaker 2: seeing the name pop up and say, gosh.
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  Speaker 4: Dang it, another loser.
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  Speaker 2: Jenna, one more question for you before we start popping
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  Speaker 2: it back and forth. There has to be an art
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  Speaker 2: form to the chemistry that you two have built and
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  Speaker 2: how you build chemistry with your partners. I'm assuming if
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  Speaker 2: I was if I was told Hey, you're going to
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  Speaker 2: be on Dance with the Stars, there'd be a lot
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  Speaker 2: of nerves about a lot of different things, including meeting
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  Speaker 2: my partner. And so for you, Jenna, with any of
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  Speaker 2: your partners, kind of what is your mindset as the
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  Speaker 2: leader here to build that chemistry and to make it
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  Speaker 2: a space that is fun from the very beginning.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that connection, that chemistry is one of the most
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  Speaker 3: important parts for me being a pro on the show
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  Speaker 3: and having a partner be successful. I think obviously ballroom
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  Speaker 3: dancing is a team sport, so there needs to be
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  Speaker 3: that trust going into each week and being like can
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  Speaker 3: you do this? Will you do this? I'm going to
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  Speaker 3: be young and I'm going to be pushing you like
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  Speaker 3: do you trust me in this scary, intimidating process. But
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  Speaker 3: then also there has to be like genuine admiration for
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  Speaker 3: each other because it is a very vulnerable process, you know.
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  Speaker 3: So for me, that's always one of the biggest things
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  Speaker 3: that I try to establish very soon with my partners
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  Speaker 3: is that good partner chemistry. You just need it. And
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  Speaker 3: the audience can feel when people get along and look
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  Speaker 3: like they're friends when they don't. I think it's really obvious.
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  Speaker 3: So that's that's one of the first things I do.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm an open book. I think anyone that meets
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  Speaker 3: me like you can tell who I am pretty pretty soon.
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  Speaker 3: So I just try to be as open and welcome
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  Speaker 3: me and honest as possible about what this process is
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  Speaker 3: going to be, because there are highs, there are lows,
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  Speaker 3: But I hope that I'm my partner's safe space in
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  Speaker 3: the process.
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  Speaker 2: Juey, for you, obviously, I don't want to put words
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  Speaker 2: in your mouth that that feeling of exciting the invite
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  Speaker 2: to dance with the stars and then finding out who
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  Speaker 2: your partner is and then showing up to the studio
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  Speaker 2: in the first day walk us through kind of your
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  Speaker 2: emotions throughout that whole process.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I was nervous, So I really was,
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  Speaker 4: because I know how important it is to be able to.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know, to really trust your partners, she said,
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  Speaker 4: And if you don't feel like you're going to, then
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  Speaker 4: it's not going to be as enjoyable as a process.
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  Speaker 4: And I heard from my sister and some friends Jenna's
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  Speaker 4: name came up a lot there, said like, I hope
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  Speaker 4: you get Jenna. I hope you get Jenna. So when
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  Speaker 4: I found out it was her, I was generally so excited,
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  Speaker 4: but I had no idea how we were going to
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  Speaker 4: sink and be able to get into it because I
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  Speaker 4: was really nervous going into that first day. I was like,
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  Speaker 4: I think I have rhythm, but I don't even know
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  Speaker 4: if I can dance. I want to be able to
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  Speaker 4: really commit to this and be in it, but I
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  Speaker 4: know I have to be somewhat good to be as
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  Speaker 4: into it as I want to. So a thousand thoughts
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  Speaker 4: are going through my head. And what I give Jenna
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  Speaker 4: so much credit for is she made it feel so
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  Speaker 4: comfortable right from the beginning. It was something about how
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  Speaker 4: she was able to joke with me, something about how
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  Speaker 4: we just kind of I think had this friendship right away,
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  Speaker 4: felt like we kind of already knew each other. That
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  Speaker 4: that idea of worrying about how I looked kind of
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  Speaker 4: went out the door right away, and that was really
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  Speaker 4: big for me. It let me kind of hit the
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  Speaker 4: ground running right when we started practice. Jenna knows this.
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  Speaker 4: We had like the craziest first day. We literally did
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  Speaker 4: our first rehearsal the same day we did the entire
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  Speaker 4: promo shoot, the same day that we did all this
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  Speaker 4: other extra stuff. We spent at least eight hours together
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  Speaker 4: that day, so it was kind of a right away
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  Speaker 4: and she looked at me like, it's not usually going
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  Speaker 4: to be like this, but it was perfect. I wouldn't
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  Speaker 4: have changed the thing because I think it let us
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  Speaker 4: kind of get comfortable and trust each other right away.
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  Speaker 4: So the rest was easy, but was definitely nervous and
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  Speaker 4: was definitely grateful that Jenna was my partner right from
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  Speaker 4: the beginning.
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  Speaker 2: The amount of hours of two of you right now
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  Speaker 2: are spending getting prepared for each week.
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  Speaker 3: Is what Typically it's four hour rehearsals, but then that
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  Speaker 3: doesn't include like fittings, interviews, camera blocking days, show day.
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  Speaker 3: We're together from eight am until eight pm, you know,
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  Speaker 3: so it's a lot of time. But I would say,
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  Speaker 3: like typically right not right now, our rehearsal times are
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  Speaker 3: four hour chunks.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's in the beginning, it's it's honestly not as
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  Speaker 4: much as you would think it is, But it doesn't
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  Speaker 4: feel that way either because those four hours you are
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  Speaker 4: hitting it immediately. It's it's very intense, and then you
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  Speaker 4: kind of need those breaks after. But then when you
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  Speaker 4: get to blocking days on Monday and Tuesday show days,
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  Speaker 4: those are those are long days. So it's it's a.
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  Speaker 2: Lot, Jenna for you. Dancing with the Stars is obviously,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I know of Dancing with Stars for many reasons. Again,
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: going back to Ezra, it was such a big deal
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  Speaker 2: for him as a professional dancer to be on this show.
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  Speaker 2: Can you give the fans a little backstory of if
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  Speaker 2: this was a dream for you, if this was something
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  Speaker 2: that you'd always wanted, how you ended up on it.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of walk us through that and then we'll get
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  Speaker 2: into you obviously this season.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. So I grew up at a studio that produced
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  Speaker 3: a bunch of amazing dancers, and specifically ballroom dancers. So
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  Speaker 3: I grew up at the same studio that Derek and
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  Speaker 3: Julianne actually came from. And I'll never forget I was
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  Speaker 3: Julianne was eighteen years old and I used to take
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  Speaker 3: lessons from her. She was like one of my first
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  Speaker 3: female ballroom teachers and she was just like the hottest
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  Speaker 3: girl ever. And I was like, I want to be
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  Speaker 3: her when I grow up. And she called my mom
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  Speaker 3: one day because we're supposed to have a lesson, and
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  Speaker 3: she was like, listen, I'm moving out to la I
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  Speaker 3: got this big opportunity and I never saw her again,
• 15:42
  Speaker 3: and she got booked for Dancing with the Stars, and
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  Speaker 3: that was the first time that I had heard of
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: the show. This was right in the beginning, and you know,
• 15:50
  Speaker 3: as a dancer growing up, you don't think that dance
• 15:52
  Speaker 3: can be a career or provide for your family. But
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  Speaker 3: I think Dancing with the Stars was the first show
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  Speaker 3: that made that attainable or like a vision that this
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  Speaker 3: could happen for you and you could do this. And
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  Speaker 3: so after that, there were quite a few other dancers
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  Speaker 3: from that studio that had been booked on Dancing with
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  Speaker 3: the Stars, Chelsea high Tower, Whitney Carson, Lindsay Arnold. I
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  Speaker 3: then got asked to join, and this was a bucket list.
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: It was a dream of mine to be performing on
• 16:20
  Speaker 3: this stage in front of this mass amount of people.
• 16:23
  Speaker 3: So to be able to do it and to have
• 16:26
  Speaker 3: been on it for ten years, which is scary to say,
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: it's a dream come true.
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: It is super interesting that you say that that Dance
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: with the Stars kind of opened up this new path
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: for professional dancers to provide the family It's a really
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: exciting thing. This season has been a hit so far.
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, the viewership, the ratings, the excitement, the
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: conversations around it have been absolutely amazing. And something else
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: that's been amazing is the two of you. This last Tuesday,
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: you did the room, but it blew everybody out of
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: the water. Do you think your dance was underscored because
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: I think from social media people feel like it was.
• 17:04
  Speaker 4: I have said the same thing every single time. I
• 17:07
  Speaker 4: love the judges and I respect their opinions always. We
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: did go into that week feeling really confident. From the
• 17:15
  Speaker 4: first week we thought we did great. It was really
• 17:17
  Speaker 4: hard to start the show. You saw Jenna's reaction on
• 17:19
  Speaker 4: week one, like to get all seven. She was stoked,
• 17:22
  Speaker 4: and then we did say I said, and I was like, Jenna,
• 17:25
  Speaker 4: was I supposed to say that? But like in the
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: beginning of the week, I said I want an eight,
• 17:28
  Speaker 4: Like I said, I want to get an eight this week.
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: I feel like this is a beautiful dance as she
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: created to such a beautiful song. It felt so foreign initially,
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: but I said, if I can do something this difficult
• 17:38
  Speaker 4: and do it well, I think an eight isn't a
• 17:41
  Speaker 4: crazy thing to get. And I didn't say I wanted
• 17:43
  Speaker 4: all eights. I said I just wanted one. So we
• 17:45
  Speaker 4: hit the goal that we kind of went for. So
• 17:47
  Speaker 4: I think for us, we were really excited about it.
• 17:51
  Speaker 4: I'm not going to speak for both of us, but
• 17:52
  Speaker 4: I just feel like anytime the fans say that, that
• 17:54
  Speaker 4: makes us feel great. But yeah, we respect the judges
• 17:58
  Speaker 4: and love their opinions, is what I'm going to say.
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: Good answer, No. I. It's also we can't forget that
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: it's week two. Sure, you know, to already have seen
• 18:09
  Speaker 3: an eight in week one is unheard of, So I
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: think maybe for the fans, they saw that week one
• 18:15
  Speaker 3: and they were maybe expecting more. I'm very happy with
• 18:19
  Speaker 3: what our scores have been and where we are in
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: the leader board. This is the perfect placement for us
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: to continue to grow, to take that momentum and just
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: keep building each week, so I'm super happy again. Like
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: Joey said, it was a goal to get an eight.
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: We did, and I'll let's keep doing it.
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: But then, Jenna, as the leader here, how do you
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: how do you continue to get better? Does that put
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: a pressure on you because your scores are so high
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: but they're not quite where you will maybe want them
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: to be. How do you continue to get better week
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: by week?
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: That's what this process is. You want to see somebody
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: who's not a d answer become one, and I think
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: you're getting that evolution with Joey. So I think for
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: me each week it's too show is something different in
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: Joey each week that the fans are going to be
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: shocked or surprised about. You know, Week one, I don't
• 19:07
  Speaker 3: think anyone expected him to come out with that charisma
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: he did Boom week two. I don't think people expected
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: him to have that quality or those nuances and the
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: details in a rumbo which is so difficult. He did it.
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: So I think that's where we go. I just want
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: to keep pushing him, and he's such a great student.
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: He really listens and he wants it, so I love
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: that I can push him. But I think we can
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: obtain those goals and keep getting better each week.
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: Is there a type of dance right now in your
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: head that you're like, that's our home run? Like this
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: fits Joey, it fits me. If we like want when
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: we need to bring it out, we'll bring it out.
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: It's hard because there's a few different styles that I
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: love doing on this show just because I know they
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: translate well and the audience loves them. So I'm like
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: looking forward to a dance like an Argentine tango or
• 19:58
  Speaker 3: a regular tango or v needs walts. Those are some
• 20:02
  Speaker 3: of my favorite dnancewers to choreograph. But you know, with
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: Joey's athletic ability, I think something like a quick step
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: or a jive is really going to show him off
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: where he can show that he has stamina, he has athleticism,
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: and we can kind of just fly.
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: So you know, so there's a lot in the worst,
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: there's a lot.
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: To work with.
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: That's that's great.
• 20:23
  Speaker 3: There's a lot I'm excited for for sure.
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Joey, you mentioned it earlier about the kind of
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: the physical condition you've been in. There's a thing in
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: my notes here I had no clue about that was
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: brought up to me, but you've gone to great links
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: for this show, including botox in your armpits.
• 20:40
  Speaker 4: Oh my god, I can't is that a thing? I
• 20:43
  Speaker 4: can't explain how funny this is, and I will. This
• 20:45
  Speaker 4: is a great time to set the record straight on
• 20:47
  Speaker 4: all of this. When I got off The Bachelor, I
• 20:51
  Speaker 4: had a sweating issue. I don't know what it was,
• 20:53
  Speaker 4: other than the call it a sweating.
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: Issue, I like during The Bachelor too or after.
• 20:57
  Speaker 4: More after it kind of happened with Carrie a little
• 20:59
  Speaker 4: bit way through that. We had to be kind of
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: smart about the colors when I was in like Mexico whatnot,
• 21:03
  Speaker 4: because it was so random that it was like a
• 21:06
  Speaker 4: nervous sweating thing or like an anticipation thing, and it
• 21:09
  Speaker 4: was only carried in my armpits, Like wasn't sweating anywhere
• 21:12
  Speaker 4: where you could see it, like through the shirt. But
• 21:14
  Speaker 4: I would just get like these crazy pit stains, and
• 21:16
  Speaker 4: I was like, I don't want to look like this
• 21:18
  Speaker 4: on TV. So it got so bad through the show.
• 21:21
  Speaker 4: And then obviously you get off the show and it's
• 21:23
  Speaker 4: wintertime and I'm doing press in New York and I'm
• 21:25
  Speaker 4: going to press in New York, and I'm like I'm
• 21:27
  Speaker 4: sweating through a full suit here, like it got really
• 21:30
  Speaker 4: really bad. So I asked for like anyone, like what
• 21:34
  Speaker 4: do you have for help? And it's just so funny
• 21:36
  Speaker 4: because this company offered to do like botox in the armpits.
• 21:39
  Speaker 4: It was Carrie's idea. I was like, yeah, I'll try it,
• 21:41
  Speaker 4: but I'm not kidding. That was in no I think
• 21:44
  Speaker 4: that was in December of last year, and they had
• 21:48
  Speaker 4: it and I guess they just decided to post it
• 21:50
  Speaker 4: when dancing started. I kind of honestly forgot about it.
• 21:53
  Speaker 4: So now everyone thinks it's with dancing. But if you
• 21:56
  Speaker 4: look closely at the at the video, like I have
• 21:58
  Speaker 4: my long curly hair like I did when I was
• 22:00
  Speaker 4: during Bachelor, and now I have like the shorter cut.
• 22:02
  Speaker 4: So it was from almost like all the way back
• 22:05
  Speaker 4: to earlier. This ur at the end of this last year,
• 22:08
  Speaker 4: but it it caught steam. I looked the other day,
• 22:10
  Speaker 4: it's got like over a million views on TikTok. So
• 22:13
  Speaker 4: I'm screwed. Everyone knows they got boatox my armpits now,
• 22:15
  Speaker 4: but it's worn off. So if people want to know,
• 22:17
  Speaker 4: I need to do it again. I am starting to sweat.
• 22:20
  Speaker 4: We had that silk shirt yesterday, and I've obviously been
• 22:23
  Speaker 4: shirtless on a few times so it doesn't matter. But
• 22:25
  Speaker 4: the pit stains are back and nervous Joe, He's back
• 22:27
  Speaker 4: in play, So I got to figure out something.
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: For these armpits.
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: Will you do it again?
• 22:31
  Speaker 4: I would? It worked really well. It took you know
• 22:33
  Speaker 4: when I did it? Actually, Ben was it was work
• 22:34
  Speaker 4: before I saw you. It was worked for the Golden Wedding.
• 22:36
  Speaker 4: That was when it kicked in. So the Golden Wedding
• 22:38
  Speaker 4: was the first time I like, actually wore a suit again.
• 22:40
  Speaker 4: I was like, whoa, this actually worked and it was
• 22:43
  Speaker 4: great for the last six months or show. So and
• 22:46
  Speaker 4: I guess it can wear off and usually going on
• 22:49
  Speaker 4: national TV brings out nerves for people, so I guess
• 22:51
  Speaker 4: it's happening again.
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: Yeah. I was going to say I never noticed it
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: during the Golden Wedding.
• 22:57
  Speaker 4: The boatox was activated.
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: That's what see. I'm actually guessing, Joey, here's how you
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: should look at this. It has so many views because
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: there's so many people that are like, I need to
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: do this too, Like what did Joey do? I see
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: this headline? I need to watch it. So you're helping people.
• 23:13
  Speaker 4: That was what the That was what they said to
• 23:15
  Speaker 4: the people that did it said, it's actually not the
• 23:17
  Speaker 4: most known thing. I think it's called I don't want
• 23:19
  Speaker 4: to mess up the name. It's hyper summer.
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: Hyper hydrosis is what I.
• 23:25
  Speaker 4: Have to It's called hyperdrosis and whatever it is. I
• 23:28
  Speaker 4: definitely got it so and apparently other people have it too.
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: And yeah, I'm raising awareness about sweaty pitts. What a fuck.
• 23:35
  Speaker 4: That's a great post a child for Joey. Good job,
• 23:37
  Speaker 4: good job.
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: For you, man. If you've done nothing else in this
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: last year of your life, you've done that right. The
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: the chemistry you guys have is palpable, It's awesome. We'd
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: be remiss not to bring up just the comments that
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: have existed around your dancing partnership. I think I'm not
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: going to put words in your mouth, so I'll ask
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: the questions first. Obviously that has been a big topic.
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: Either of you can answer this. Are you surprised that
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: it's a big topic.
• 24:07
  Speaker 4: I'll start on this if you want to, and then
• 24:09
  Speaker 4: I feel like you'll definitely do the best of filling
• 24:11
  Speaker 4: in from the pro side. We knew like we knew
• 24:14
  Speaker 4: coming in as a Bachelor Nation thing. I think it's
• 24:18
  Speaker 4: understandable that people are paying attention to my relationship always,
• 24:22
  Speaker 4: and it was something that Kelsey and I talked about.
• 24:24
  Speaker 4: It made sure before doing this that she was comfortable
• 24:26
  Speaker 4: with putting that into kind of the world. Again, I
• 24:29
  Speaker 4: think that we were more surprised and not that people
• 24:32
  Speaker 4: couldn't step away and understand the situation of the relationship
• 24:35
  Speaker 4: I was in, the relationship that Jenna was in. We
• 24:38
  Speaker 4: were kind of hoping that people would be a little
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: bit more aware of that, but we weren't necessarily surprised.
• 24:43
  Speaker 4: I think it was more just trying to have a
• 24:45
  Speaker 4: conversation of people understanding that it's not something that you
• 24:49
  Speaker 4: really need to be focusing on. We want to be
• 24:51
  Speaker 4: able to connect and have what we have on the
• 24:54
  Speaker 4: dance floor and have this friendship and trust with each
• 24:56
  Speaker 4: other without this assumption of something that we would never
• 24:59
  Speaker 4: be doing. So I'll legenda talk because she's on the
• 25:02
  Speaker 4: pro side of I'm sure this happens every season with
• 25:04
  Speaker 4: different people. But I would not say that we were
• 25:06
  Speaker 4: necessarily surprised from the comments. We just wish people were
• 25:09
  Speaker 4: kind of understanding the situation a little bit better.
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Joey nailed it. But I have been
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: on the show for a while, and so has my husband.
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: We've been paired with the opposite sexes. I've been paired
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: with a girl. People were assuming things were happening with us.
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: So it just kind of comes with the show. I
• 25:28
  Speaker 3: won't say unfortunately. I love that people are that invested
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: and they like feel like they're part of your partnerships.
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: But you know, I think that no, I'm desensitized to it,
• 25:38
  Speaker 3: but I just knew that this would probably happen, and
• 25:42
  Speaker 3: especially with the franchise that he comes from. But like
• 25:45
  Speaker 3: Joey said, I think it's very obvious that my relationship
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: is known on the show. I mean, I have a child,
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: my husband's on the show as well, and I thought,
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: you know, people would obviously know that Joey's engaged. So
• 25:59
  Speaker 3: I think there'sppointment when we're so excited about being able
• 26:04
  Speaker 3: to be announced on Good Morning America finally, and there's
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: just like all these comments that kind of like, you know,
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: why does it have to do that initially, But I
• 26:14
  Speaker 3: think it's gotten so much better. Kelsey's incredible. She's been
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: so supportive during this whole experience. Obviously, my husband loves
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: Joey and is so supportive, So I think we could
• 26:25
  Speaker 3: have asked for better partners in this situation. But yeah,
• 26:28
  Speaker 3: it just it kind of comes with the show on
• 26:29
  Speaker 3: the territory. There's there's always going to be chatter, and
• 26:32
  Speaker 3: then I think once you get past the initial shock
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: of it of like seeing these two people together, then
• 26:37
  Speaker 3: they forget about it and they're just invested in our
• 26:39
  Speaker 3: dancing and what our partnership is going to do and
• 26:41
  Speaker 3: how far we're going.
• 26:42
  Speaker 4: To go exactly. I'll add one more thing too, because
• 26:45
  Speaker 4: I don't even know if I've talked about this as well,
• 26:47
  Speaker 4: Like it was something I thought about coming in. I said,
• 26:49
  Speaker 4: I wanted to be in a situation where I was
• 26:52
  Speaker 4: comfortable that I didn't have to worry about a lot
• 26:54
  Speaker 4: of this noise. So I asked when I got on
• 26:56
  Speaker 4: the show to be paired with someone that was in
• 26:58
  Speaker 4: a successful and healthy, reallylationship. I said, I didn't want
• 27:01
  Speaker 4: there to be any chance of noise on this because
• 27:04
  Speaker 4: I know that comes with the show and the territory sometimes,
• 27:06
  Speaker 4: and I was in such a great place in my
• 27:08
  Speaker 4: life with everything that Kelsey and I have built that
• 27:11
  Speaker 4: I didn't want to have a distraction so we understand
• 27:14
  Speaker 4: why it's happening. But I was also coming in with
• 27:16
  Speaker 4: those thoughts being like, let's do everything we possibly can
• 27:19
  Speaker 4: to help with it, and Jenna nailed it that we're
• 27:21
  Speaker 4: in probably the best spot we've been now with Kelsey
• 27:24
  Speaker 4: being more vocal with us trying to do is everything
• 27:26
  Speaker 4: we can to have people kind of settle down and
• 27:29
  Speaker 4: hopefully we can just get to just enjoying and having
• 27:31
  Speaker 4: fun and focusing on our dances each week. Now does it?
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: I want to talk a lot about Kelsey here in
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: just a second, because I think she has done just
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: a tremendous job at I don't want to say navigating
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: it because it's not like an issue in her life probably,
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: but it's she's doing a great job publicly with it.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: But for you two as partners, now, is there an
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: element you have to be intentional about not have like
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: showing that connection off or are you are you trying
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: to convince the audience now that maybe it isn't as
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: close because in my mind, based off what I've heard
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: from the beginning, having that chemistry, having that closeness is
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: a key to the success of a dancing partnership. So
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: have you at any moment been like, hey, like, we
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: shouldn't do an interview side by side or is there
• 28:16
  Speaker 2: any of that going on.
• 28:17
  Speaker 3: I think we're very intentional with what we do, but
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: I think our main focus isn't catered to the audience.
• 28:23
  Speaker 3: I think it's catered to our individual spouses or significant others,
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: you know, being just intentional aware of their feelings and thoughts. Yeah,
• 28:34
  Speaker 3: but I want to again, you know, like my job
• 28:38
  Speaker 3: is to teach my partner how to dance and to
• 28:41
  Speaker 3: create beautiful shapes and art, and so at the end
• 28:44
  Speaker 3: of the day, I have to make sure that I'm
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: doing my job and I'm creating art and I'm teaching
• 28:49
  Speaker 3: Joey how to be a good partner. So I think
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: it's just the mindset. Also, obviously obviously we have a
• 28:55
  Speaker 3: ton of fun together. We have a great time. But yeah,
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: I would say like publicly we are very aware and
• 28:59
  Speaker 3: intention all.
• 29:00
  Speaker 4: Yeah, nailed it perfectly. And as you said too, Ben,
• 29:03
  Speaker 4: like it's important. It's actually been one of the best
• 29:05
  Speaker 4: compliments we've gotten from the beginning on week one and
• 29:08
  Speaker 4: two is that the judges see that we trust each other.
• 29:11
  Speaker 4: There is a chemistry and connection, and that's really important
• 29:13
  Speaker 4: to be able to make the art that she's talking about.
• 29:16
  Speaker 4: So we're aware, but we're also leaning into the idea
• 29:19
  Speaker 4: that we're comfortable with each other and that's great. We
• 29:21
  Speaker 4: wouldn't change a thing about that.
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: I'm sure Joey. Before the season started, we do have
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: people within our group that have been on Dance with
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: the Stars. What were those conversations like with Kelsey? Not
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: even from a who my partner is going to be standpoint,
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: but hey, this is going to be a huge time commitment.
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: I'm going to be investing a lot of time away
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: from home. Like, how did those conversations exist in your
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: relationship so early on, you know, post bachelor.
• 29:57
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a great question. I think the first thing
• 30:01
  Speaker 4: was I was not going to do it unless she
• 30:03
  Speaker 4: was okay with it. I knew that from the beginning.
• 30:06
  Speaker 4: I was really lucky that Charity did it the season
• 30:08
  Speaker 4: before this, and she was obviously fresh off how things
• 30:11
  Speaker 4: were and I got to talk to her about it.
• 30:13
  Speaker 4: There's a lot of levels to why our situation was
• 30:16
  Speaker 4: better than Charities because she went straight from the bacherette
• 30:20
  Speaker 4: right into it. It worked out great for them because
• 30:22
  Speaker 4: Dotton was able to work a remote job and He's
• 30:25
  Speaker 4: been amazing and supportive, and I think they did it
• 30:27
  Speaker 4: perfectly for them. But if we had to do that,
• 30:30
  Speaker 4: if I was going straight off the Bachelor and I
• 30:32
  Speaker 4: was going to jump into it, I probably would not
• 30:34
  Speaker 4: have done it because it would have been really tough.
• 30:37
  Speaker 4: But Kelsey and I had obviously those three months or
• 30:40
  Speaker 4: so to be able to enjoy, have fun, go learn
• 30:43
  Speaker 4: a lot about each other while having all these experiences,
• 30:46
  Speaker 4: and then I was able to have the real conversation
• 30:48
  Speaker 4: with her of what do you think about this? Because
• 30:50
  Speaker 4: it's getting tossed towards me, but I have to kind
• 30:53
  Speaker 4: of actively look to do it if I want to.
• 30:55
  Speaker 4: So I want to start having those conversations, but I'm
• 30:57
  Speaker 4: not going to do it unless we talk through it.
• 31:00
  Speaker 4: And she actually was the one that pushed me the most.
• 31:02
  Speaker 4: She said, no, I think you should do this, not
• 31:04
  Speaker 4: only because I think you'll enjoy it, but I think
• 31:06
  Speaker 4: you'll be good at it, and I want you to
• 31:09
  Speaker 4: have that experience. So unless I had that conversation with her,
• 31:13
  Speaker 4: I don't know if I would have probably had the
• 31:15
  Speaker 4: combos I did and been in the position. She gave
• 31:19
  Speaker 4: me the confidence that I could do it, and it
• 31:21
  Speaker 4: did help that we had Charity and Dottin to talk
• 31:23
  Speaker 4: through what the time commitment would be. And it's the
• 31:25
  Speaker 4: same as the Bachelor, like you think you know and
• 31:28
  Speaker 4: then until you're in it, you don't. So we're still
• 31:30
  Speaker 4: navigating through that as much as we possibly can. But
• 31:33
  Speaker 4: she's been nothing but supportive. We love being in La
• 31:36
  Speaker 4: right now. There's so many exciting things that are going
• 31:38
  Speaker 4: on here too, so it's been great, but we're still
• 31:41
  Speaker 4: we're learning through it every day as well.
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: What are some ways, Joey that you've made your relationship
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: of priority already in the first two weeks.
• 31:48
  Speaker 4: Being really present when I come home, because it's hard,
• 31:51
  Speaker 4: and it's honestly more through communication, Like I need to
• 31:54
  Speaker 4: tell her as soon as I get home that I
• 31:56
  Speaker 4: need to decompressed for like twenty minutes because I'm tired
• 31:59
  Speaker 4: and I'm thinking of my dance in a million different ways.
• 32:02
  Speaker 4: And then once I feel like I'm centered, now I
• 32:03
  Speaker 4: can have a real conversation with her, but you know,
• 32:06
  Speaker 4: telling her about my day, being excited and talking through
• 32:09
  Speaker 4: all the amazing things I did, asking her how her
• 32:11
  Speaker 4: day was, how was her workout, how was this meeting
• 32:13
  Speaker 4: that she walked to, Like all those little things of
• 32:16
  Speaker 4: trying to just have the open communication but then feeling
• 32:19
  Speaker 4: each other out too, Like I want to make sure
• 32:21
  Speaker 4: that she's feeling comfortable, and if we need to have
• 32:24
  Speaker 4: a chill night, she'll understand that. But then if she
• 32:26
  Speaker 4: really wants to go out and go to this party
• 32:28
  Speaker 4: because it's an opportunity for her to meet more people,
• 32:31
  Speaker 4: I got to suck it up and go to that party.
• 32:32
  Speaker 4: But it's been good so far. I can obviously always
• 32:36
  Speaker 4: be better. I'm not going to act like I'm a
• 32:38
  Speaker 4: master at this, but I think that we've been doing
• 32:40
  Speaker 4: really well the communication and not letting things fester if
• 32:44
  Speaker 4: there is any type of issue. So I'm just trusting
• 32:47
  Speaker 4: and leaning on hers. She's happy, I'm happy, and we're
• 32:50
  Speaker 4: just trying to have as much fun as we can
• 32:51
  Speaker 4: with this awesome opportunity that came my way.
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: Sounds like you're doing it right. I've been married for
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: three years. It's I would love to see here and
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: be like, no, this is how you should do it.
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: I don't know, just you'll do you best if you
• 33:03
  Speaker 2: love or you'll figure it out. Jenna Kelsey has said
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: that you've been a support. You know, obviously your relationship
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: with her is important too. You've done this for ten years,
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: as you've said, you're not shocked, you know by the
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: fans reactions in these comments. What are some ways that
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: you've kind of found to support Kelsey through this journey
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: or just give some insight into what to expect.
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it was really important right away. As
• 33:29
  Speaker 3: soon as Joey and I had met each other, we
• 33:31
  Speaker 3: were like, let's get you guys over to our house.
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: I want her to meet me, I want to meet
• 33:36
  Speaker 3: I want her to meet Val, meet our son. You know,
• 33:39
  Speaker 3: just already established that relationship together too, so she felt
• 33:42
  Speaker 3: really part of it and comfortable in this partnership because
• 33:45
  Speaker 3: she's part of it. So yeah, we did that right
• 33:48
  Speaker 3: away before we were announced on Good Morning America's partners,
• 33:51
  Speaker 3: they'd come over to our house. We had dinner, which
• 33:54
  Speaker 3: was so much fun. And then she's been our like
• 33:56
  Speaker 3: social media queens. She sends us all sorts of audios
• 33:59
  Speaker 3: and ideas. Is like, she's so good at that, and
• 34:02
  Speaker 3: I love that because Joey and I are brain dead
• 34:05
  Speaker 3: at the end of the day. We don't have the
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: capacity to even think about that. So she's been so
• 34:09
  Speaker 3: helpful and involved with us on that aspect, and then
• 34:13
  Speaker 3: we actually got dinner. We did a little double date
• 34:16
  Speaker 3: last Tuesday after the show, we all went to catch Stake.
• 34:20
  Speaker 3: So it's it's been really fun. Obviously, it's this is
• 34:24
  Speaker 3: only week three, so we still have a lot more
• 34:26
  Speaker 3: time to get to know each other. But I told
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: Joey from the beginning, I really think it's important that
• 34:31
  Speaker 3: we are open with her, and I want you to
• 34:34
  Speaker 3: show her the videos from our day. I want her
• 34:36
  Speaker 3: to feel part of it, so she's just as excited
• 34:39
  Speaker 3: as you are. And she's been really really awesome with
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: that so far.
• 34:43
  Speaker 2: At least on social media. Kelsey has been so excited
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: about this process. Joey, not that you need to do this,
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: but I think one great thing that everybody listening would
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: love to know is if you could just kind of
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: give it's a summary of where your relationship stands with
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: Kelsey right now, kind of how you're doing, doing, what
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: you're looking forward to, what you're excited about, or maybe
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: it's the opposite, but I don't think it is.
• 35:05
  Speaker 4: No, No, all good things. It's been great right now. Obviously,
• 35:10
  Speaker 4: it's been a funny thing that I was spending a
• 35:12
  Speaker 4: lot of time in New Orleans with her living with
• 35:14
  Speaker 4: her roommates. This is the first time we've been in
• 35:17
  Speaker 4: a place just us and kind of starting to make
• 35:19
  Speaker 4: a home together. So that's been a really fun. Part
• 35:22
  Speaker 4: of the beginning of this whole process is we have
• 35:25
  Speaker 4: our own place. We're doing a lot of stuff, getting
• 35:27
  Speaker 4: a lot of alone time together, which we found in
• 35:29
  Speaker 4: our own little way in New Orleans, but this is
• 35:31
  Speaker 4: even better. A big thing for us right now is
• 35:34
  Speaker 4: we're just trying to figure out what's going to happen
• 35:36
  Speaker 4: post show, and we've talked about New York, but being
• 35:39
  Speaker 4: in LA being here and enjoying it, We've been also
• 35:42
  Speaker 4: a lot more open to staying here because we think
• 35:44
  Speaker 4: there's a lot of great opportunity here too. The weather
• 35:47
  Speaker 4: does not suck if it's a lot of things that
• 35:50
  Speaker 4: I want to do with playing more golf and tennis
• 35:52
  Speaker 4: and being in that world. But I think right now
• 35:55
  Speaker 4: the biggest thing for us is we are both trying
• 35:57
  Speaker 4: to stay present, enjoy that we aren't traveling all over
• 36:00
  Speaker 4: the place like we have been the last few months.
• 36:03
  Speaker 4: Really diving into this experience for both of us, because
• 36:06
  Speaker 4: it is an experience for both of us right now
• 36:08
  Speaker 4: and looking forward to what can possibly be in the future.
• 36:11
  Speaker 4: We're not making any rash decisions, but we both have
• 36:15
  Speaker 4: enjoyed la and it seems likely that we might stay
• 36:17
  Speaker 4: here post show. But in our mind this is still
• 36:19
  Speaker 4: a temporary move. We're still just trying to live in
• 36:22
  Speaker 4: the present and do the best we can to build
• 36:24
  Speaker 4: our relationship. That's what we really have been focusing on.
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: It reminds me of the best piece of advice I've
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: ever been given. Somebody I look up to a lot.
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: His name is Bob Goff. He's an author of Love Does.
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: As my show was going on, there was chaos around me,
• 36:39
  Speaker 2: and he said, Ben, as chaos ensues, just be where
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: your feet are, which feels very wow familiar to where
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: you're at right now. So every day, I I'm not kidding,
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: since then that was years ago, I tap my feet
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: where I like when I'm sitting at my desk, and
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: I tap my feet and just remind myself be where
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: my feet are. It's been incredible, and it feels like
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: what you could do right now because you're using your
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: feet so often, kind of clean this whole thing up
• 37:06
  Speaker 2: here and finish us up. Obviously, the golden Bachelorette is
• 37:11
  Speaker 2: happening right now. There is somebody in your fan camp
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: that's on the show. Jenna, are you watching the Golden Bachelorette.
• 37:20
  Speaker 3: I haven't had time too. I have to admit I
• 37:23
  Speaker 3: am trying to choreograph our dances while we're not practicing.
• 37:26
  Speaker 3: But I was able to meet Kelsey Zad and he
• 37:30
  Speaker 3: is just absolutely adorable. So I need to get caught
• 37:34
  Speaker 3: up because I really want to see his journey.
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: He had a moment this week. Mark is a star. Joey,
• 37:39
  Speaker 2: you're obviously watching it, right, yes, sir, thoughts so far,
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: we obviously just saw Mark have his first kiss with Joan.
• 37:47
  Speaker 2: It's a big deal.
• 37:49
  Speaker 4: Yeah, Oh my goodness.
• 37:52
  Speaker 3: They walk the lips. That's so cute.
• 37:55
  Speaker 2: It was romantic too. It was sweet.
• 37:58
  Speaker 4: Oh you should have saw Kelsey's face. He did it,
• 38:01
  Speaker 4: Jenna with like showing a card that said and because
• 38:04
  Speaker 4: he knows German, and he was doing German like can
• 38:07
  Speaker 4: you guess what this phrase is? And the camera like
• 38:10
  Speaker 4: pans over and the phrase says can I have a kiss?
• 38:12
  Speaker 4: Or something along those lines in German. So Kelsey like
• 38:15
  Speaker 4: knew it was coming and she just put the pill up.
• 38:17
  Speaker 4: She's like I can't watch, just tell me what happened.
• 38:19
  Speaker 4: So it's so fun to see that dynamic. You know
• 38:23
  Speaker 4: how weird is sometimes to watch yourself on TV, And
• 38:27
  Speaker 4: we obviously were watching ourselves on TV during that whole
• 38:30
  Speaker 4: experience that we had in the Bachelor. So I don't
• 38:32
  Speaker 4: think I've ever seen Kelsey get this giddy about a
• 38:35
  Speaker 4: show before, and it is so fun. I'm finding myself
• 38:37
  Speaker 4: looking at her more than I'm watching the TV when
• 38:39
  Speaker 4: her dad's on, because she's just so excited for him.
• 38:43
  Speaker 4: Thoughts on the Golden Bacherette is amazing. I'm in love
• 38:46
  Speaker 4: with the show just because the men seem so awesome.
• 38:50
  Speaker 4: Kelsey and I cannot get over Charles. Charles's Charles. We're
• 38:55
  Speaker 4: obsessed with him.
• 38:56
  Speaker 2: He made my wife ball absolutely ball scene.
• 39:01
  Speaker 4: He was just I know, I know, but the prom
• 39:03
  Speaker 4: scene when he was sitting there and thinking about his wife,
• 39:06
  Speaker 4: I said, Kelsey, I need a new grandpa. I'm grabbing
• 39:09
  Speaker 4: Charles like I want. He just was the cutest man ever.
• 39:13
  Speaker 4: Joan's been doing amazing. I love just the feel of
• 39:16
  Speaker 4: the Golden Bachelor franchise. I just think it's just a
• 39:19
  Speaker 4: different feeling that show and Kelsey and I are loving it.
• 39:22
  Speaker 4: We're obviously supporting Mark one thousand percent, but I'm also
• 39:26
  Speaker 4: blown away with how amazing all these guys are. And uh, yeah, Jenna,
• 39:29
  Speaker 4: you're gonna have to start watching it because I want
• 39:31
  Speaker 4: to talk about it as much as I can, So
• 39:33
  Speaker 4: it'd be fun to talk about it. Practice.
• 39:35
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll get on it.
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: It's something that my wife doesn't watch the franchise. She
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: loves the Golden Show. She like loves it. Joey, is
• 39:43
  Speaker 2: it weird for you to see Mark kiss yet?
• 39:45
  Speaker 3: Like?
• 39:45
  Speaker 2: Are you there with him yet?
• 39:47
  Speaker 4: I think I took a meme from yesterday and I
• 39:50
  Speaker 4: put it on my story when he had the car
• 39:52
  Speaker 4: and I said, you slide dog you like he was
• 39:54
  Speaker 4: just a stud doing it. I think it's amazing. I'm
• 39:56
  Speaker 4: in a different spot than Kelsey is. I don't think
• 39:58
  Speaker 4: anyone wants to see their parents kissing on TV. But
• 40:01
  Speaker 4: I'm just I'm team Mark one thousand percent and just
• 40:04
  Speaker 4: going to support him whatever he does on that show.
• 40:06
  Speaker 4: I love him.
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a he's doing great. He's a star. The
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: whole thing is amazing and Jones crushing it. Maybe, Yeah,
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: she'll be on Dance with the Stars here soon, right, now, Jenna,
• 40:18
  Speaker 2: kind of final question for you. How special is it
• 40:20
  Speaker 2: for you to see Valve be nominated for an Emmy
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: for his tribute to Lyn Goodman. Obviously this is a
• 40:27
  Speaker 2: big season and vow's you know, working that is so important.
• 40:32
  Speaker 2: What did it feel like for me?
• 40:34
  Speaker 3: So we were actually nominated together?
• 40:36
  Speaker 4: Oh, amazing that piece.
• 40:38
  Speaker 3: Yeah, And but to that point, to be nominated together
• 40:42
  Speaker 3: was insane, Like what other husband and wife get to
• 40:46
  Speaker 3: say that they've been nominated for an Emmy for their
• 40:49
  Speaker 3: work together. So it was definitely like a bucket list
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: thing to do. And to be there and to be
• 40:56
  Speaker 3: like surrounded by all of these artistic geniuses was insane.
• 41:02
  Speaker 3: And then choreographing that piece was a huge honor. Yeah,
• 41:07
  Speaker 3: just such a special time in our life. And yeah,
• 41:10
  Speaker 3: to honor Len Goodman who was a high judge for
• 41:13
  Speaker 3: so many years was amazing.
• 41:14
  Speaker 2: So yeah, congratulations to the two of you, the two
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: of you together.
• 41:20
  Speaker 3: But it's such.
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: An impressive just thing to have that, and like you said,
• 41:26
  Speaker 2: for you to be standing next to your spouse, I mean,
• 41:28
  Speaker 2: if there is not a definition of a power couple,
• 41:31
  Speaker 2: that would be it. Like, hey, we've been nominated for
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: an Emmy together.
• 41:35
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it was crazy. Thank you so much.
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: Thank you, Joey. I need to create a headline here,
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: so give me some support. We saw Kelsey with Jonathan
• 41:47
  Speaker 2: at Tuesday's live taping. Jonathan was obviously there to support
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: a lot of people, including Jin. Do you think he
• 41:55
  Speaker 2: was there for more than just a friend? End of
• 41:59
  Speaker 2: question and the.
• 42:00
  Speaker 4: Question looks like a little more. I will say this,
• 42:06
  Speaker 4: I have gotten to know Jonathan since I've been in LA.
• 42:08
  Speaker 4: We've hung out a few times. I love Jonathan. I
• 42:12
  Speaker 4: have zero idea of what's going on between the two
• 42:15
  Speaker 4: of them. I saw that Good Morning America interview with
• 42:19
  Speaker 4: Jen and Jonathan. I know you probably want me to
• 42:21
  Speaker 4: say something that helped give some inside intel. My answer
• 42:24
  Speaker 4: is I have zero idea. I just know that Jonathan
• 42:28
  Speaker 4: is obviously in Jen's camp supporting her. He's supporting me too.
• 42:31
  Speaker 4: He always reminded me of he supported me too, So
• 42:34
  Speaker 4: I'm happy about that. But at the same time, they
• 42:36
  Speaker 4: seem very close. They seem like they're enjoying being in
• 42:38
  Speaker 4: LA together.
• 42:39
  Speaker 2: But I don't know.
• 42:41
  Speaker 4: I have not really asked Jonathan that I wanted to
• 42:43
  Speaker 4: get to know him for him and kind of separate
• 42:45
  Speaker 4: the two because I know how tough it is coming
• 42:47
  Speaker 4: off a show and like having yourself be associated with
• 42:50
  Speaker 4: the lead, especially when you're not with them. But I
• 42:52
  Speaker 4: have no idea what's going on with them. I really don't. Jenna,
• 42:54
  Speaker 4: you got any guesses from what you've seen.
• 42:56
  Speaker 3: I again, I didn't see the season.
• 42:58
  Speaker 4: I wanted to put you in there. I wanted to
• 43:01
  Speaker 4: put you in there, so I'm being on the spot.
• 43:03
  Speaker 4: I need you to be on the spot too.
• 43:05
  Speaker 2: Don't worry. You gave me the headline. Jonathan and jen
• 43:08
  Speaker 2: are very close, says Joey.
• 43:09
  Speaker 3: That's all thank you close.
• 43:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's all I need. All right, Are the two
• 43:15
  Speaker 2: of you going to win this season?
• 43:17
  Speaker 4: Yes, let's go.
• 43:19
  Speaker 2: Let's go.
• 43:21
  Speaker 4: We did put our name as Team Twinning because a
• 43:24
  Speaker 4: lot of people said that we looked alike, and the
• 43:26
  Speaker 4: idea was we put win is capitalized. So we've been
• 43:28
  Speaker 4: saying it from the beginning. I think when Jenna was,
• 43:32
  Speaker 4: as we talked about the beginning, disappointed with me being
• 43:36
  Speaker 4: her partner. Our first goal was just trying to make
• 43:39
  Speaker 4: the finale, because no Bachelor's ever made the finale before.
• 43:43
  Speaker 4: But I do think we're both in a really great spot.
• 43:45
  Speaker 4: Off to the first two weeks and we think that
• 43:47
  Speaker 4: we do have a chance to do this if we
• 43:48
  Speaker 4: keep improving the way that we have so the goals
• 43:50
  Speaker 4: will win this thing for sure. I'm not doing this
• 43:52
  Speaker 4: for second place, but if that happens, I'll be happy too.
• 43:55
  Speaker 4: But the goal is to win it.
• 43:57
  Speaker 3: Gin anything that ad no I again, I say yes,
• 44:01
  Speaker 3: But that's the ultimate goal, is to I think, be
• 44:03
  Speaker 3: in the finale. Like Joey said, no bachelor has ever
• 44:07
  Speaker 3: been there. We've had a ton of bachelorettes in there.
• 44:09
  Speaker 3: We've had a ton of bachelorettes when so how epic
• 44:12
  Speaker 3: would it be to win this mirror ball? But to
• 44:15
  Speaker 3: be the first to do it as well? I would
• 44:17
  Speaker 3: love that for Joey.
• 44:18
  Speaker 4: I'd love that for you. Jenna. You need to get
• 44:20
  Speaker 4: closer to the valves. She only has one, has three.
• 44:22
  Speaker 4: We got to get her at least.
• 44:24
  Speaker 3: And the fact that you said only is really annoying.
• 44:26
  Speaker 3: I have a mirror ball I've won before. But yes,
• 44:30
  Speaker 3: I would love to add to the stack.
• 44:31
  Speaker 4: Yes, we're going to try to double it this year.
• 44:34
  Speaker 4: That's the goal.
• 44:35
  Speaker 2: Yeah, improved by one hundred percent. Hey, the two of
• 44:38
  Speaker 2: you are great. We wish you the best. I know
• 44:40
  Speaker 2: the fan support is out there. Continue to watch Dance
• 44:43
  Speaker 2: with the Stars. If you're listening, vote for Jenna and
• 44:45
  Speaker 2: Joey every week. Continue to improve. To the two of you,
• 44:50
  Speaker 2: Thanks for coming on, Thanks for giving us the insight
• 44:52
  Speaker 2: into the whole thing. This whole process is so interesting
• 44:56
  Speaker 2: to me, and it's so exciting to see the two
• 44:58
  Speaker 2: of you three like, all this work that goes into
• 45:02
  Speaker 2: then the performance is just awesome. So keep doing your thing.
• 45:05
  Speaker 3: Thank you, thank you so much, thank you.
• 45:09
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