00:00Now it's a sit down with Riley Arnold. Hi Riley.
00:03Let's jump right in. Dancing with the Stars season 35. How does your life change before
00:08filming a new season? Does the workout routine go into overdrive? How do you prepare?
00:13I feel like I love to just like rest before a season starts for sure because
00:18once it gets started it is the craziest like stressful but super fun situation.
00:26So I love to just like mentally prepare myself give myself a good rest before it's like craziness.
00:32What are three things about a celebrity contestant that you think makes them pop?
00:36Because people with a dancing background can come on the show but that doesn't necessarily
00:40get them a mirror ball. I think biggest thing is personality like the willing to have fun but
00:47also like locked in like ready to work so hard so excited for the experience down to earth and
00:54grateful I think is like the top thing you can have because if someone has that you can literally
01:00make anything work. What? You just owned that floor! The season 35 cast was just revealed on
01:08Wednesday. It's star studded. Which name made you the most starstruck? Oh I'm obsessed with Maura.
01:14Like I loved her on Traders. Can I get a foot rug? And she is like to me a fashion
01:21icon first of all.
01:22Her outfits, her beauty, like she is just insane. So the fact that she's on our show is crazy to
01:29me
01:29and I will be starstruck when I see her. I think I'm most excited for Sierra. Are you more of
01:34a Bravo or
01:34a Love Island girly? Don't cancel me for this but I've never watched Love Island. Like I am so out
01:42of the
01:43loop. I don't know how I've gotten into it. I also don't have a Peacock subscription. So maybe I need
01:50to
01:50do that so I can watch the show and be up to date with everything. So maybe I'd say I'm
01:53a Bravo girly.
01:57Dancing of course runs in your family. You and your sister performed together at Dancing with the Stars
02:02Con earlier this month weeks after she had a baby. Hello Supermom. Do you think we'll ever see her
02:08back on the actual show? Lindsay is genuinely probably the hardest working person I've ever
02:13met in my life. Like we were doing rehearsals and she was breastfeeding and dancing at the same time.
02:19And like I was just incomplete of her and ever since stepping into the show and into like being a
02:26pro
02:26I watched it as a little girl and I watched my sister do it. But like the amount of respect
02:31I
02:32have for her now that I've been doing it and like the way that she's stayed true to herself the
02:37way
02:37she's like accomplished so much aside from just dancing with the stars. I just I have so much
02:42respect for her. She's amazing. I wish she would do the show with me like I would actually love that
02:48and that would make my life but she's also just killing it. Like she is doing so good. She's got
02:53her movement club. She has the most beautiful and cutest children ever. So she's just amazing. I love her.
02:59How would you describe Auntie Riley? Do you spoil the kids? Are you the ultimate playmate?
03:05Do you help change diapers? I'll change them if I absolutely need to but like I definitely don't
03:11want to do that. I'm more of like let's play games, watch a fun like Barbie show. I don't know
03:21if I'm
03:21like spending time changing diapers but if absolutely needs be I will do it. Being on dancing means you're
03:27going long distance again. What tips would you give to couples out there on staying connected?
03:32Honestly for us we just FaceTime every single night. We keep each other updated but also it's
03:38a really good opportunity to like see how you can handle long distance. It's like a really hard
03:44situation to be put in in a relationship but it also strengthens it so much. It makes your emotional
03:50connection so much deeper and I'm honestly grateful for it and it's a good opportunity for
03:55him to focus on his life and like really excel and then for me as well but then we can
04:00still
04:00love each other and support each other aside and then when we see each other it's just that much
04:05better. So I think it's awesome but it is really hard at the same time you just got to push
04:09through.
04:10Happy belated birthday queen. How did turning 21 feel for you?
04:15Honestly crazy. I feel like I'm growing up but also at the same time I'm like I'm still 21 and
04:21I have done like
04:22literally everything I could have dreamed imaginable for myself so I honestly just feel
04:28really grateful and just honestly excited for like what these next years could bring for me so
04:33it's really awesome.
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