00:00Well, first things first, I do want to talk about premiere night, of course, but happy birthday, Gleb.
00:04Thank you so much. Are you feeling the love tonight?
00:06I feel so much love. This is the best party, birthday party I could ever wish for, you know, surrounded by my Dancing with the Stars family. It feels amazing.
00:14And what's on the bucket list for this year?
00:16New era.
00:18Acting. I'm transitioning into acting, you know. I'm really putting all out, leaving all on the dance floor, and the next thing is acting.
00:27So, I have the best partner, and we're just going to crush it every week.
00:31And listen, girl, you campaigned for Dancing with the Stars, and you made it happen.
00:35Valaria Baldwin is on this cast.
00:37Yes.
00:37And, you know, she's been posting all these videos of her dancing.
00:40Like, I'm not kidding. Like, that was a campaign, and she won.
00:45Yeah.
00:46Like, she was doing that all separately. She was not a part of the show until later. Like, she was campaigning, and she got on. Like, that is awesome.
00:53That's actually not true.
00:54So, I did not campaign. I was, like, not on my radar. And, like, a few days before, they called me and were like, do you want to do this?
01:04And I just made, like, the spur-of-the-moment decision. I had to move my whole family out here last minute.
01:08Oh, my God.
01:09So, you heard it here first. That is the true story.
01:11Yes. I think we heard that on a podcast or something.
01:14You know, I heard it, too. I hear a lot of things about me that are not true, but, so, you heard it first. Breaking news.
01:19Well, speaking of that, I know a lot of people online, fans, have been talking about how you do have ballroom experience.
01:24Yes.
01:25What do you have to say to the people that are kind of saying, like, that's an unfair advantage?
01:29You know, I mean, I think the most important thing is to focus on how special everybody is this season.
01:36I mean, I'm not going to even start to name names, but we all saw them tonight.
01:40Like, by the way, Olympics, by the way, tangos, like, I mean, there's really high, and they have things that I don't have, and it's like, you know, but the most beautiful thing is it's not a competitive environment.
01:55It's the most warm and loving environment, and I feel so lucky to be a part of it.
02:00And how special was it to get on the ballroom floor for the first time? I'm sure you had chills, right?
02:04No, I mean, I want to cry. It's like I broke my hip 16 years ago, and, like, that, look, from one day to another day.
02:10I can't walk. I couldn't walk for a year, and it took me another year after that.
02:14I mean, I still have pain every single day, and so to be able to do that and to be able to do it with Gleb, who is all about the technique and the quality, and he's like, we're going to do a proper cha-cha-cha, and that's just, like, it's a dream come true.
02:26You're in good hands, and I love that the Baldwins packed the house tonight.
02:30What did that support me?
02:31There's a lot of them, so next week we'll just bring a whole different group of them.
02:36No, it was very special.
02:37So, I mean, this is something I haven't been able to share with my family, and so it's kind of, I'm curious to hear what they say later.
02:46They'll probably be my harshest judge, but maybe my biggest fans, too.
02:50Everyone's loving the TikToks with Alec and now with you, Gleb.
02:53What do we have to get going in order for Alec to make a cameo on the show?
02:59What are you doing?
03:00Just wait and see.
03:01I would say, I would say vote for us, because if we stay on, it's 100% happening.
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