Phaedra Parks on the Advice Val Chmerkovskiy Gave Her Before 'DWTS': "Be Yourself and Enjoy It"

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'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star Phaedra Parks and 'Dancing With the Stars' pro Valentin Chmerkovskiy chat with THR and talk about rehearsals so far. Plus, Phaedra talks returning to RHOA.

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00:00What a pairing. How has it been so far? How have rehearsals been going? You guys have only had one or two rehearsals, right?

00:05Two.

00:07How would you describe rehearsals? How would you describe your dancing on a scale from one to ten?

00:12Well, I'll let him judge the dancing because he's the professional.

00:16But the rehearsals are definitely intense. No less than four hours. So that's a lot of dancing.

00:25How would you describe Phaedra Bell?

00:27Impressive. Very impressive, yeah. As an attorney, mortuary, preacher.

00:38Not preaching?

00:40Okay, I'll take it.

00:42She's always preaching the good things in life. She's just super positive. Hopefully we could add dancers to the list soon.

00:50Yeah, for sure. Have you given her any advice about being a part of this journey in general? Or you know the drill?

00:57Well, you know, he has basically not been, he's an awesome teacher, but he has said, you know, just be yourself and enjoy it.

01:08And you know, just be vulnerable. And so I'm not always good with that.

01:11Is there a song or an artist that you're looking forward to dancing to this season, hopefully?

01:19Oh, there's quite a few.

01:21Anyone?

01:22Well, Whitney Houston would be nice.

01:25Yep, definitely.

01:25But we can't give away too many songs.

01:28Okay, okay. Well, here's something. I know there's a lot of fun theme nights that happen every season.

01:33If you could come up with your own theme night for both of you guys, what would it be?

01:41I like eras like the 80s or the 90s. I love it, a theme party like that.

01:47I like that. I'm down with 90s, 90s hip-hop.

01:51Do you feel like there's any main competitors this season? I know the athletes tend to do really well.

01:58But I also know Jenna is always, Jenna and Joey, they're always competitors for you, Val, every season.

02:04So how do you feel like they're going to fare this season?

02:07I hope they do well. It's, you know, a win for my lady is a win for me.

02:12So hopefully they'll do well, just not better than us.

02:17100%.

02:18Do you guys, like, help each other out with choreography, or is it, like, strictly when the season's on, it's like a house divided?

02:24No, it's definitely a house divided, but we cross over sometimes and help each other, yeah.

02:30Pedro, I finally wanted to ask, you're back at Housewives after, I think, six seasons away.

02:36So what's it like to be back?

02:38It's been really fun. Obviously the cast is a little different.

02:42We've got three newbies, and so it's been fun. I'm enjoying it.

02:47We just wrapped season 16, and so it's really going to be something to watch.

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