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This is Sex Lies and Spray Tands

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with Me Cheryl Burke and iHeartRadio

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podcast. Christy Yamagucci

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ak boughtbe How are

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you well, guy?

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I am good. I'm so

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happy to see you and have

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this opportunity to catch up again.

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I've been way too long, way too long.

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Have you heard any episodes from this

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podcast Sex Lies and Spray tnds before?

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I have heard snippets here

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and there. Thanks you've posted yes,

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yes, you know, and then obviously when some

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of the people in your show have posted

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to.

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Of course, of course, well, so good

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to see you. I don't think people understand that me and you

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have like beyond the show. We did another

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show together called Love on the Floor in Japan,

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and we really got a chance to spend

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so much time together and get to know each

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other. So I think

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that I would say, out of like, I would say

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almost all except for Leah,

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that I feel like I have a special bond

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with you, you more

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than I did when I met you on the show. You know,

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So definitely, it's so nice

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to see you now. But for my listeners, they're

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gonna want to know, because I always ask this type

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of question at the beginning, who is Christy

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Amagucci, Behind the ice skates,

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the hardwood dance floor that we dance

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on and on the show, behind the mirror

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ball, who is she?

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Who is she? Let's see

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you talk.

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About yourself and third person if you'd like.

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But I know that's so funny. I

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mean, probably more on the shy

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side, more of an introvert. So

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I think performing was

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something that was intriguing and

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I think challenged me. But I think

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it also forced me to open

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up and you know, expose

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myself a little more. So

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yeah, I would say more of a shy

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kind of introvert,

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like didn't mind the pandemic and being home

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at all. But

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but you know, at the same time, you

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know, there there's that performer side in

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me that does come out as you.

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Know, yeah, no, oh, yes, I

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know. How were you raised as a little

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girl.

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If you're going to commit to something,

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it's one hundred and ten percent

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ever going into it, right, there's

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like nothing halfway done and

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following through with your commitment. I

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think, you

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know, you know, whatever my brother

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and sister did, an older sister or younger brother,

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so being the middle child, but

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you know, I think it was you

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know, they encouraged us to do you know

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whatever, fine, whatever we'd love

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to do. But you

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know, school was always very important. That was

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kind of the number one. And if you

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know, we're doing okay in school, doing

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well, then we could do the extracurricular

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things. So

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so yeah, but yeah, my mom as

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well was very involved. Is skating

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took off pretty quickly

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at a young age, and you

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know, it takes a huge commitment from

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the family, and so she was

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definitely there as my support,

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you know, discipline

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when I needed to be redirected, right,

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but you know, also just travel

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companion, whatever. But yeah,

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I think a lot of her

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values, you know, they made it pretty

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clear. So it's just like, oh okay, yeah,

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like you said, work ethic, the discipline,

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the determination, and you

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know, just I

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guess you know, the integrity of whatever you

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put your put into your

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life.

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Right. Why skating.

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Nice skating? I mean, you know, it's

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very similar to dance, right, It's

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just there's a freedom of

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expression with it, and I

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think I really love that aspect of it.

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There's the performance side,

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the rhine stones, the

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sparkly costumes, sparkly

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outfits. But you know, I think

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it was a challenge. I think in some way.

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It was kind of an escape for me to

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get onto the ice and almost hear the music

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and be able to turn into someone else

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and you know, come out of my shell. And

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I think, you know, I wasn't very

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good when I first I mean, no one is when

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they first start, but you

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know, I was very tiny and scrawny,

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so it wasn't the strongest skater either.

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But I think I loved it so much.

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I was just willing to put, you know, whatever

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I had into it. So

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you know, the challenge of that was was fine,

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was great, and I liked that being an

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individual sport you kind of go at your own pace

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too.

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I didn't realize this when I was researching you. I

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guess you had mentioned in previous interviews

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that yet club foot, what is that?

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Yeah, So basically when I was

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born, my mom said, like, my

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legs were like cross like this.

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Oh, they were like already meditating.

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Already meditated. They're already just like you

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know, kind of tangled up. And

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so the first eighteen

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months, I guess I had like

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casts on my on both legs

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to kind of continue to straighten them

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out, and you know, they had to be replaced

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every two weeks because as a baby,

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you're growing so fast, right, so

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she had to take me in, you know, saw

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them off, put new ones on, keep straightening

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them, straighten them. And then once

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those came off at about eighteen months,

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I had to have like a bar with

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these corrective shoes on it that would like

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keep turning my feet out.

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Because you were so you were bowl like or

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if you were turned in like you were.

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Yeah, totally pigeon toed turn and

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I still am. I still. Yeah,

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that's why when Mark would be always like.

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Imber.

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Now they don't go that way,

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like you're like club

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foot. Yeah, like my feet

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just that's as far as they go.

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Yeah, so that but until you were so

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was it still an issue at six?

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No, it wasn't like I you know, thankfully

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my parents had it corrected very early

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on. And you know, I think I'm still

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bully. I was always bull legged, which slightly

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but in skating that's kind of good to

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be, they say for jumping. But

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yeah, so once I started skating, my

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mom was hesitant, but the pediatricians

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said, you know what, she's fine. It's good for

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coordination, for strengthening. You

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know, it'll actually be good for her

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legs, So but yeah, I do

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remember always having like achy

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legs and waking up and getting

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my dad up he'd have to like massage them

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at during the night.

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What was your defining moment?

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So I even say the Olympics was just defining

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because it changed my life

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too afterwards, sure.

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Right, and leading up to that though, like ballroom

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dancing, like I remember spending summers in England,

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I didn't have chaperones as much, which

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was a whole not that's a whole other conversation.

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But I also heard

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that and read about you that you moved

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from You moved out of your house and moved with your

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dance coach, which is similar to like my experience,

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I moved to Denmark with my dance coach prior

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to dancing with the stars for a couple of years. And how

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was that And how old were you at

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that time?

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So I was a little bit older. I think

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I was about seventeen

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because it was right after high school. Okay,

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and she got married, so it

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was almost like I was off to college but following

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her to where her husband was.

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They were newlyweds and you were moving in I

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know.

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They were newlyweds and like

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I stayed with the family for a few months

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and then they're like, yeah,

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let's just you know, just come stay

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at our house. We have two extra bed, extra

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bedroom whatever. Yeah,

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so I kind of felt bad, like here there newly

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Woods and they get this teenager in

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their home.

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Why was what what was the reason for you to

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do all this? Like, was it just to get take your

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skating up to the next level? Was this something of necessity?

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Yeah? I mean because I had been at

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that point training with her, particularly

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since I was nine, so she

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was really the one who brought me

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up through the ranks. You

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know, we had you know, I

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knew I would just want to stay with her

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as a coach, so you

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know, moving up to Canada to continue to train

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with her was like no question. But you

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know, I lived with them a couple of years, and then I

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did move out on my own Olympic year

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because I just needed, you know, to feel

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like I was on my own feed and yeah,

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have independence, a little more control.

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But yeah, it was a great training

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kind of mecca at the time for figure skating

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because even though okay, people probably don't even

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know where Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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is, some people

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Montana like way frozen.

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Tendra is like minus forty in the winters,

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freezing. But it

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there was like national champion

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skaters from like Sweden, Denmark, Australia

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and New Zealand,

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you know, all over Europe, and then the Canadian

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national champions too, So it

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was a very high level

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training facility and

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so it was great. It was a lot of fun.

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Walk us through your emotions as

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you're about to step onto the ice during

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the Olympics, Like, because I know from

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what I've observed of you, I think your

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secret weapon, Christy, is how

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you just remained so common cool,

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and maybe that's not what it feels like

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inside of you, like inside you know, because

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we're all human, like we all have emotions.

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What was it like for you prior

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to that moment?

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Yeah, terrifying

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at the Olympics for sure. I think

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the first program

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that was the short program,

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and you know some

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of you, part of me was just like, okay,

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you know, go out there, this

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is the moment, like this is why you've

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been waiting for for fourteen years. And

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then another part was like why did I do this? Like

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I don't even want to go out there, and

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it's like okay, two minutes and forty seconds.

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I could guess for two minutes and

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forty seconds. And I

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actually I received this little

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handwritten note. Came no cell phones

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back in nineteen ninety two. So I

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got this handwritten note from

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my choreographer and

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she was actually doing the broadcasting

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for CBS, and it

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just had last minute, just like

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take a deep breath, like this is your

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debutante ball. I skaped to the Blue

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Danube, and as we choird wrapped it,

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it was always kind of meant to be,

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Okay, debut tempfall, like this is the

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waltz and.

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You never had a debut tampa, No got

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it?

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Do people have those? Really?

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I had one?

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Oh wow, fancy

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anyway.

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Yeah, that's Cherry Burke for you love you mom? Anyway,

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go ahead. So it was like, you know, heard.

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Note kind of just grounded me. And then

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I was like, okay, just when I go out

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there, wait for the music

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to come on, and it is

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so so right. It's for dancing too. It's

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like you're freaking out here, and then it's like when the music

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comes on, then it helps put you

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in the zone. Yes, right, So

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I was kind of trying to rely on

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that. It was like, listen to the music. Listen

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to the music like let it carry you.

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Right, right, And last question

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on this before I moved to Dancing with the Stars. But you

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know, obviously you were the first Asian American

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to win, right was

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it the Olympics in your category.

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In Winter Winter Games? Yeah?

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Right? How do you feel like that impacted

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the world of skating in general? By

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the way, thanks for the representation. You're awesome.

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I always looked up to you, seriously, my mom and

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I would always watch you. I think you know this already

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though.

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Oh yeah, you know, you

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don't realize it. I mean, as far as you

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know, I thought I was just like any other California

12:28

girl. Right, It's just like you

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know, growing up in the Bay Area. It's just it's

12:32

very diverse community. So there

12:35

were a lot of other Asian skaters.

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I just happen to I guess be the first

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one to get to that point.

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Did you feel pressure at all not

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going.

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Into it, because I didn't. I wasn't even thinking

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of that, you know. My pressure was like land

12:49

the jump, don't fall like

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you know, do everything you're trained to do.

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And then it was after I think when I

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kind of not

12:58

freaked out, but I was like oh my gosh, what's

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going on is you know in the Asian community.

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Asian American community was like you

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know, oh, you know, well, you know

13:08

amazing. They were just so supportive,

13:10

and I think that opened up my eyes, like, wow,

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I didn't realize that I was the first Asian

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American.

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You know, does your mom let you know of that?

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Well?

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She?

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I mean, I'm assuming she was very involved in your

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career.

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Yeah, I mean a little bit. I

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think she helped me realize the

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gravity of it and to

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respect it and how to you

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know, conduct not really conduct, it was just

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really being able to say, Okay,

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let's just settle into this. You

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know, whether you like it or not.

13:44

You're kind of a role model now. But you

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know, and at that time, the whole debate was like

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I think it was who was it Charles Barkley

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who said, oh, just because

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we're athletes doesn't mean we're role models. And

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I had to disagree with them, because you

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know, when you're in, you

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know, and a position where

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you're influencing people good or

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bad, you know, you are role models.

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So you know, I think I wanted

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to just set out and you

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know, be myself, but try to be as

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positive as possible.

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Well, you've done a great job so far, Christy.

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You are an amazing role model

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for sure. So let's just talk

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dwts. This is sex lizes and

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spray tans after all, okay, so.

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Clearly no spray tan anymore, so

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white.

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And you should see my bottom half just saying same.

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Okay. So how many years went

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by from when you retired

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to then season six of Dancing

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with the Stars.

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So let's see, I toured for ten

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years on Stars.

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On Ice Stars. Oh wow, Well and

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that ended.

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In two thousand and two okay,

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and Dancing with Stars was two thousand and eight,

14:58

so yeah, pretty much six years. And

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I had two kids in that time frame.

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There was still a six year gap. So how

15:05

was it like? It wasn't like you went straight from the ice

15:07

to the ballroom floor like you went

15:10

from competition straight to Dancing with the

15:12

Stars. You actually had a

15:15

big gap, big ish gap. Was

15:17

it hard for you to say

15:20

yes to this because of that? Were you thinking

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maybe I'm not ready to perform or you

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didn't know what you were getting into?

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Totally yes, So

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yeah, definitely it took me a while. I think

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I went into interview with the producers

15:36

standing in Yeah, Dina

15:39

and the crew. I

15:42

don't know. I want to say it was like October

15:44

and November, and like

15:46

I was thinking all the way through like

15:49

the holidays, and there's just like panic

15:52

because it was just like, do I

15:54

like I was in a judged sport

15:57

my entire life, and do I really wanted

15:59

to myself in front of judges again

16:02

on Life TV? And I was a

16:04

huge fan of the show, loved it, you

16:06

know, especially when you

16:08

know Jerry Rice. I'm a huge forty nine

16:10

er Family fan, and so

16:14

you know, we were like, oh, I was like, oh,

16:16

I don't know if I can put myself out there

16:18

again.

16:19

There's no other skaters prior to you, right.

16:22

No, they hadn't had any other skaters.

16:25

They might have asked other skaters. I don't

16:27

know, but maybe you know

16:30

so at that point, and I think they were slightly

16:34

trying to avoid skaters just because

16:36

of you know, the comparisons

16:38

made right, even though it's totally different,

16:40

as you know, But

16:43

yeah, it was. It took

16:45

a while, but I think ultimately Kate,

16:48

I dare say you were an inspiration

16:50

for me.

16:51

Oh stop, Oh so

16:54

we vote.

16:54

For you and because you were the

16:56

Asian representation for

16:58

us watching with the Stars and

17:01

she said Shore you

17:04

know area too, So

17:06

it was there was this insidant connection,

17:09

right, So I was huge

17:11

fan, but it was just like oh gosh,

17:13

you know, and especially after watching how

17:16

amazing everyone is

17:18

on it, it was.

17:20

So we share an agent Yuki.

17:23

Shout out to Yuki and because of

17:25

you, actually this is the reason why I'm with Yuki,

17:28

you know. So it's like a synergy happening.

17:30

So when you joined, did you knowing your

17:33

mentality as an athlete, because I think I would do

17:35

the same, did you or did Yuki

17:37

suggest you get some lessons dance lessons

17:39

prior to your time on Dancing with the Stars or

17:41

did you just not have time?

17:43

I mean, there wasn't really that much time.

17:45

There was only maybe three or four

17:48

weeks before you know, they

17:50

show up with the surprise partner.

17:54

You know.

17:54

I think the one thing they did recommend was

17:56

getting your body

17:59

ready to go through that kind of training. Like

18:01

I remember, I think there might have been DNA,

18:03

so oh, maybe start pilate's or something

18:06

what really just to yeah,

18:09

get your body in shape

18:11

to you.

18:12

Know, because it's cruely so

18:15

you had like moved your body since from when

18:17

you retired. I mean, I'm sure you have.

18:18

I mean maybe maybe I think I still

18:21

worked out, but you know, not

18:23

not fiercely or it was more

18:25

just suit stay active.

18:27

Did they did you ask, like, first of all, your

18:30

husband, I love Brett, shout

18:32

out to Brett. Uh did he

18:34

did? You guys have to have a discussion first. Obviously

18:36

you communicated this and how is

18:38

his comfort level with like kind of having

18:40

you know, younger children who are now beautiful

18:43

teenagers right, I'm assuming you're teenagers

18:45

now we're.

18:46

Under twenty twenty.

18:47

Oh god, was

18:51

it something that you guys had to really

18:53

think about as a family, I guess because that would have required

18:56

than Brett taking over, right

18:58

as far as stay care goes.

19:00

Yeah, And he was actually still in the middle

19:02

of hockey season, so he was still playing

19:05

for the Carolina Hurricanes, way in rolling

19:07

North Carolina because season

19:10

eight was in this it was the spring season,

19:12

so it started I think in March marchdrol

19:15

May. So. Yeah,

19:17

so we had to come up with the plan and

19:20

he was also all for it, totally

19:22

supportive, and it's like, you know, go for it. You

19:25

know, it sounds fun, but only

19:27

do it if you're gonna have fun. He's

19:30

like, don't get all stressed out, don't

19:33

you know take it too seriously because

19:35

it's you know, it's

19:37

reality TV. But at the same time,

19:40

you know, it's

19:42

the people. The viewers at home

19:44

kind of have the your fate in their hands,

19:47

right, And he's like, if you're all stressed

19:49

out, they're not gonna enjoy watching you, and then

19:51

they're not gonna vote. So you

19:53

know, I think, you know, for him, the key

19:55

is just to have fun. Which I was

19:58

prepared for the

20:00

physicality of the show, like how

20:02

grueling that was going to be. I

20:04

wasn't prepared for the emotional

20:07

and mental DaMina,

20:09

you need no seriously, like you

20:11

know, you must let me away

20:15

because watching as

20:17

you professionals had to create

20:20

every single week, right, two

20:22

maybe three dances and come

20:24

up with, you know, with choir if you like that, and

20:27

then teach it and not

20:30

like totally freak out

20:32

because we're so terrible.

20:34

You

20:36

stop it.

20:37

With Champions, it was like, you

20:39

know, by the phys six week, your

20:42

brain starts to have that brain freeze

20:44

thing where it's just like I remember

20:46

one week, I think it was a quick

20:49

step week, which that was that's

20:51

the hardest stance ever really in

20:53

my that was my scary stance

20:56

totally.

20:57

Yeah, because the amount of steps or.

21:00

That says hoop hops, gip hops, give

21:02

up whatever, Like I didn't step

21:06

and like literally like we did

21:08

it. You know, he kept trying to teach me

21:10

this one sequence and it is, you know, taking

21:12

me like I don't know forever. But then

21:14

I did it, and then we did it

21:16

again and I did it wrong, and he's just like, I'm

21:19

like, I can't remember. He's like, well, you

21:21

just did it. I'm like, I have no idea what I just

21:23

did, but I can't

21:26

remember this. You know, it's like your brain

21:28

gets full of the steps and you just nothing

21:31

else is going in.

21:32

But let's not get a twisted Christy. I

21:34

will never forget this moment where I was at

21:37

camera blocking, which is the Sunday it

21:39

was when was it the live show Monday right, Monday

21:41

night? Yeah, so Sundays I watched

21:44

you when the band was just going through your song,

21:46

right because we got three passes after that they

21:48

were just playing it for tempo check.

21:51

You were dancing alone.

21:55

You knew your routine forwards and backwards

21:57

and backwards and forwards and as Mark was doing

22:00

them his steps. You were doing

22:02

it like parallel to him,

22:05

and that is unheard of, by the way,

22:07

And I was like, oh, Christy,

22:11

yes, it's very much so, yes,

22:13

unheard of, Like that's not I don't think I've ever seen

22:15

that since, Like you were so

22:18

on top of it, but we

22:20

didn't expect anything less from you, right, because

22:22

like that's You're not just a freaking gold

22:24

medalist for no reason. Like obviously

22:27

you knew your stuff, but the fact that you were

22:29

doing and it was a quick step that week that I saw

22:31

this, it was shocking,

22:34

like how you just knew your stuff? And

22:36

I've always I do these recaps. I'm on season

22:38

two, week three at the moment,

22:40

and I'm going through every episode, right,

22:43

and it's been a doozy, it's been. It

22:45

brought up so many emotions, like you

22:47

you know, and great and also not so

22:50

great, but like it's been a very

22:52

therapeutic process this podcast.

22:54

How is your relationship with Mark?

22:58

It was pretty good, you know, I mean

23:01

I was much older I was than

23:05

him. He was only twenty one. I mean he

23:07

was so young that year,

23:11

which blew me away because the

23:14

maturity of you know, him being able

23:16

to teach me and have

23:18

the patience and you know, choreograph

23:21

and do all of that stuff. And you know,

23:23

musically he was dictating

23:26

you know, the cuts and you know how

23:28

the band was playing, and I was like, wow, this is all

23:30

out of my league. But

23:34

so you know, I really kind of took

23:36

the roles like okay, big sister like

23:40

but I think it was

23:42

easy for me to fall back into

23:44

that student kind of mindset

23:49

as well, like Okay, I'm here to learn.

23:51

I'm the student, he's the professional. Like

23:55

I didn't try to think of his age,

23:58

but because you know, I knew, I knew

24:00

nothing of what made a quick

24:02

step different than the cha cha or you

24:05

know what even Latin versus ballroom

24:08

was at that point. So you know,

24:10

I was just like, okay, you know, humble,

24:13

be you know, starting from ground zero,

24:16

and I think you have to be because you

24:18

have to just totally put your trusts

24:20

right into your partner. And I think that's

24:23

what helped us have a

24:26

strong partnership, because yeah, there are

24:28

days because you're with them so where

24:30

you just like like don't

24:32

say another word for.

24:33

Me, Yeah, honeymoon phase is freaking over.

24:36

Yes, where it's like okay, I just can't even hear your voice

24:38

anywhere.

24:47

When people say that skaters especially

24:50

have a leg up, I don't think I

24:52

agree with that other than the

24:54

mentality of an athlete,

24:56

because, like you said, you went back

24:59

to the way you were as a student, and I don't

25:01

believe that a lot of people they

25:04

may say they want to learn, they may say they want

25:06

to do it, but I think it

25:08

is it requires a certain mentality

25:10

and if you're not used to in a way

25:13

being the student, then it

25:15

really does a number I think on the ego

25:18

sometimes, especially when as pro

25:20

women dancers. Right, So what

25:24

was that like as far as like

25:26

Mark versus your coach. Do you feel like

25:29

that helped Do you feel like you've been coached

25:31

before helped your process?

25:32

Oh? Completely, totally yes.

25:35

Yeah. And I think you've seen the

25:37

athletes on Dancing with the Stars have pretty

25:40

good success, right when you look at

25:42

Emmitt Smith, even.

25:46

Rashaw Jennings.

25:47

Yeah, yeah, oh no, you

25:49

think you know, we

25:52

were able to take the criticism to you

25:54

know, because sometimes you're

25:56

like, Okay, you finish your dance and you're like, oh

25:58

my gosh, I just I don't want to hear the

26:01

Let's say you know, they're scared what

26:03

they're the judges are going to say and the feedback.

26:06

Did that ever happen to you, Christy, Well,

26:08

I.

26:09

Wouldn't, you know. They were all slowly

26:11

and you know what, everything that was said you

26:14

was totally valid.

26:16

You know, but your average score was like nines

26:18

and eights and tens.

26:21

Yes, but they did have the comments

26:23

like sometimes that's true. It just it

26:26

wasn't always like oh, that was nice dance.

26:28

It was like, well it wasn't

26:30

it could have been better because of this the whatever.

26:33

And you know, sometimes

26:36

if you're not used to that kind of feedback

26:39

or instruction, it's hard, you

26:41

know, because even I'm used to that,

26:43

I'm used to like having a competition and

26:45

then having the coach

26:47

or even some of the judges comments

26:50

and it crushes you at first,

26:52

but then you're like, next time, I'm just I'm

26:54

not going to leave any room for mistakes

26:57

like that or you know, comments that you

27:00

know, I got to fix what they said

27:03

so I don't hear it again.

27:05

I remember us talking. I don't know if it was during

27:07

Love on the Floor in Japan or if it was during

27:09

the show, but you were talking to me about

27:11

how it was. I think it was Love on the floor. It was hard

27:13

for you to come out as far as movement

27:16

through your emotions, like the raw emotion

27:19

of what you were trying to portray

27:22

right in them obviously with no

27:24

words, just movement. And it definitely

27:26

sounds more like during Love on the Floor we talked about this

27:29

was this what made it?

27:31

I guess as

27:33

a skater, is it different

27:36

the requirements, like do they tell you

27:38

not to show emotion or is it

27:40

more like they don't really work on that as much as

27:42

the technique or that's what they're looking for, you

27:45

know what I mean, the differences between the two.

27:47

I think it's like the focus so much is

27:49

on the technique

27:52

that that's the focus.

27:54

But right, you know, and I think

27:57

some skaters you have seen very

27:59

raw emotions when they compete in you know,

28:01

when you're competing, it's like you're trying

28:04

to keep your emotions in check, right, like not

28:06

let your nerves get the best of you.

28:08

Hooker face, yeah.

28:09

Poker face, not be distracted,

28:11

like just be in the zone. And

28:13

so you're trying to, you know, skate

28:15

to the music and emote to it. But

28:18

I think in Dancing

28:20

with Stars, obviously it's all about

28:24

the performance.

28:25

Right and vulnerability in general.

28:27

Yeah.

28:27

Yeah, like yeah, dancing from your

28:29

gut, right in your heart. So I

28:33

always said, yeah, I wish I had had

28:35

that experience on Dancing with Stars

28:37

before I had stopped skating,

28:39

because it would have made me so

28:42

much a better performer, and

28:44

I think I learned so much.

28:46

Yes, yeah,

28:48

do you feel like that was something that judges

28:50

would harp on with you? Was it like as

28:53

a carry in? Okay? And so how because

28:55

like you said, as far as the show

28:58

consuming your life and the mental health health

29:00

aspect, forget the physical. We all know it's very

29:02

physical. But I think that is a reaction

29:04

of the high stress and how

29:07

time is not on your side on dat snow at the Stars.

29:09

Can you, I guess, put

29:11

into words the different

29:13

emotions that you were feeling and the

29:16

how much the show consumed your life? I guess

29:19

yeah.

29:20

So yeah, for ten weeks

29:23

it was pretty all consuming. And you know, I

29:25

had kind of relocated temporarily

29:27

to La Area just

29:29

so I didn't have to travel back and forth and

29:32

lose a day of training

29:34

or learning whatever. And you

29:36

know, it's just easier with two toddlers to kind

29:38

of be in one place. Luckily we had a

29:41

revolving door of like my mom,

29:43

Brett's mom, my sister, Brett's

29:45

sister come in to help watch the kids.

29:48

But yeah,

29:51

it's it's pretty consuming

29:53

because well one back

29:56

in season six, they didn't limit the

29:58

training time, right, like

30:00

I think they limited now, right, it's.

30:03

Only four hours. But by the way, like

30:05

Bobby Bone said on this podcast, he

30:07

cheated like everyone has. There's no

30:09

way that.

30:11

You come there for like

30:13

eight hours a day and you

30:16

know, we say a long lunch because we're exhausted,

30:19

but yeah, I mean and you're micd up

30:21

that whole time, right, so I

30:25

mean sometimes you forget, but yeah, the cameras

30:27

are always in your face, you're miked up and

30:29

you know.

30:30

But we also had a result show, so we lost a

30:32

day.

30:33

True, yes, the chance

30:36

until after the results show.

30:37

Right. What So as

30:40

far as your mental health goes, what at what point

30:42

did it start to get like a little too much?

30:45

Was it the week five period when it was two dances

30:48

or yes.

30:49

Yeah, it's definitely the two dance when

30:52

that started, it was just like well

30:55

and I think also week five or maybe

30:58

it was week six. Yeah, the two day

31:00

dances and then the group dance that

31:02

they threw in there, so you're actually learning three

31:04

things.

31:04

Wait really?

31:06

Yeah? Remember we did like the hodown thing,

31:09

but it.

31:10

Was like week five or six. It's always met halfway

31:12

through the competition, but we had two on top

31:14

of that.

31:15

Yes, it was like.

31:19

And the numbers were really long,

31:21

longer than they are now.

31:23

Oh probably, yeah, I just remember

31:25

it was like two dances, and then

31:27

we also had to learn the group dance

31:30

the Hope that was like a mo hodown

31:33

thing. And I had twisted my ankle

31:35

that week. Really, yes,

31:38

well, okay, you know how it's like

31:40

really, you know, it's just it's

31:43

trauma.

31:43

I wouldn't say it's reality TV. It's more

31:45

like Variety.

31:47

It's Variety TV. Yes, Variety TV.

31:50

And you know, if there's some drama thrown in,

31:52

that's great. But I

31:55

twisted my ankle that week, so

31:57

I had, you know, been wrapping it, and

31:59

I was not to dance as much

32:01

in the heels because I just my ankle

32:03

was unstable. So I remember

32:05

I showed up to one of the group dance

32:08

rehearsals in my flip flops

32:10

and I had forgotten my tennis shoes to

32:12

rehearse in or flat shoes, so

32:14

I wasn't going to put the heels on, so I stayed

32:17

my flip flops. And I remember I got

32:19

so much flak for trying

32:23

to rehearse in flip flops from who

32:25

I don't know, from like the other contestants, like,

32:27

oh, she's not taking it seriously, She's like

32:30

in our flip flops or something.

32:32

And they did otfs about that. What

32:35

the ots like, you know, those little interviews

32:38

they pull you aside and they're like, that's

32:40

what you mean right on the flies? Yes, yes,

32:42

on the flies.

32:43

Yes. I was just like, oh my god,

32:45

my ankle was like swollen, like

32:47

I couldn't get in shoes.

32:49

Oh was this a part of your

32:51

Did people know this?

32:55

I think it was mentioned in the package?

32:56

Okay, okay, yeah, yeah, you

32:58

know them they like to start, you know, and

33:01

that's the thing. It's like those by then, like

33:03

you said, you know, for me, the honeymoon face is

33:05

over and at that and then it

33:07

does turn around again. So like you go through

33:09

the all the excitement, especially if you're doing well in the beginning,

33:12

you hit the halfway mark, you're like, lose my number, and

33:14

then like week eight you're like Okay,

33:16

you see the light at the end of the tunnel, right, You're

33:18

like, I don't know if I want this to be over. You know,

33:20

you start to like miss everybody. I

33:22

would say that this season because I danced

33:25

with Christian Lae that season

33:27

and.

33:28

That was a roller coaster for you. Yeah,

33:31

my I remember his arm.

33:34

Yeah, but thank god for that pity vote because

33:36

we made it to the finals and we were able to get to

33:38

New York with you. But

33:41

like, what was a

33:44

pivotal moment for you during the show

33:46

where you were like okay, Like

33:49

sometimes you got to hit that part in the partnership

33:51

as well, where you got to put your partner in his place,

33:54

like Ei. There were moments for sure that Emmett

33:56

did that with me too, because I started to get all crazy,

33:59

you know, and Emmett literally was like, let me

34:01

just tell you something, kid, Okay,

34:03

I'm not giving you more than four hours

34:06

and that's it, you know, because he had a family.

34:09

We traveled back and forth to Dallas every week. There

34:11

was it was not non negotiable.

34:14

Same with the hours he gave me. When

34:16

did you ever or did you ever have to put

34:18

Mark in his place at all?

34:23

Yeah? Okay, it

34:25

was, uh, that's

34:28

the flow dance rumba rumba

34:31

week, okay, and you know rumbo

34:33

is hard and you know it's

34:36

you know, solid head the emotion,

34:38

right, that was the week I was just really trying to not

34:42

focus so much on the performance. You

34:44

know, the technique of it, well that

34:46

too, but it was just like, Okay, this

34:48

is where I'm gonna have

34:50

carry and be like, yes, your

34:54

emotions matched, you know, the technique

34:56

whatever. So it's just really

34:58

trying to get that out. And

35:02

I remember one part one time in

35:04

rehearsal. You know it's

35:06

in the rumba. It's

35:08

toe heel, right, you have to there's

35:10

no hell no, he'll

35:13

leads right, all these tiny

35:15

little techniques that you're just like, oh,

35:18

so I was like totally totally. And

35:20

I don't know. I think he heard my heel

35:22

like touch the ground or like come

35:25

down like walking on it or something, and

35:27

he's like no, and

35:30

I was just.

35:31

Like wait

35:34

really like that, like not even joking,

35:36

no, I.

35:37

Mean I think we were just like trying to get

35:40

like every last detail, like we were tired.

35:42

It was like the day before it

35:45

was like probably yes Sunday, I think, and

35:48

I was just like, I

35:51

can't even remember what I said when it was something

35:53

like, this isn't Blackpool, Chris,

35:58

Like, it's okay if I have hell,

36:01

this isn't Blackpool, so

36:04

you can maybe explain black people.

36:06

My listeners know what Blackpool is. It's like our version

36:08

of the Olympics.

36:12

I love that you.

36:13

Already knew what Blackpool was back then. Yeah,

36:16

did Shirley Ballace help you guys at all?

36:19

But you know, I think she was advising

36:21

Mark for sure, and you know, yeah,

36:25

so she was very supportive,

36:28

but you know, obviously has that critical

36:30

eye, right.

36:32

Yeah, she used to coach me. I know all about

36:34

it.

36:34

Oh yeah, I mean she obviously she trained

36:36

the best, right so like it

36:40

would you know, flow right through Mark and I'd

36:42

be like, I'm

36:45

not a professional dancer. So

36:47

that was six weeks Rumbo week. So

36:50

I remember we had our little thing and then it was

36:52

like fine en after that, right, I think you

36:54

know, you realize, oh this is get serious.

36:56

Maybe week four or five, yeah,

36:59

you know, and I think you're invested

37:01

at that point, having made it past

37:04

you know, three four eliminations

37:06

and you're we're still in it, and

37:08

then you start thinking, okay, come

37:11

this far I

37:13

you know, my goal was not to

37:16

like ultimately win, but it's like I

37:18

just wanted to do a freestyle. So it's

37:20

like, I want to get to the finals. I want

37:22

to be able to do a freestyle. So

37:25

okay, yes, have fun and

37:27

all. But you know, the competitiveness

37:30

I think kicked in around

37:32

that time, because before it's just like, oh,

37:34

yeah, it's great, and then it was just.

37:36

Like, oh, okay, you've

37:38

got five dances this week. Yeah,

37:41

So did you not go in thinking

37:44

that you were going to win?

37:46

No? No, not at all. No.

37:49

I want to sizing up the competition. Christy,

37:51

I was.

37:52

Totally was sizing up the competition. And

37:54

you know what, Like I had to tell my girlfriends

37:57

to quit voting for Christian and

37:59

Jason because they are all like, oh, there's

38:01

so gorgeous. There's a like

38:04

literally, I'm like, guys, stop

38:07

voting for the life.

38:08

I can't say that you've got some good friends. I told

38:10

you the truth.

38:12

Yeah, They're like, well, we voted

38:14

most of our votes for you, but then we also voted

38:16

for Jason and Christian.

38:18

I'm like, oh,

38:20

I mean you got to feel sorry for my partner. He

38:22

was one armed Willie over there. Yeah,

38:26

as far as Dancing with the Stars goes, what

38:29

did you learn the most about yourself before we

38:31

start rapid fire questions.

38:33

Well, I would say it

38:36

definitely was a

38:39

huge commitment, and

38:41

I think I was proud of

38:43

myself to actually go

38:46

through with it. And you know,

38:48

at that point, I was mom. I was comfortable

38:50

being at home, being out of the spotlight.

38:53

And then also I was like, oh what

38:55

is this? And I think it

38:58

reinforced something just

39:01

like always be up for a new challenge. You

39:04

don't settle into being

39:06

comfortable like it's you're gonna

39:08

always There's always room to grow, learn

39:11

something new. And I

39:14

think it was good to

39:16

kind of have Dancing with the Stars snap

39:18

me out of that and be like, oh, yeah, face new

39:20

challenges, be scared and you

39:22

know, do something that, yeah, you

39:25

might fail, but who knows, it might be a

39:27

great experience as well.

39:29

And then you started touring the world

39:31

with Cheryl Burke on level Okay, that

39:33

was.

39:34

The scary year. I'm

39:36

telling you really, Okay,

39:38

I've never told you this. STE

39:41

think I told Meryl because literally I had

39:43

to like talk to.

39:44

Caryla Davis and Charlie Wright was on tour with

39:46

US Y yes.

39:48

Okay, when was it? We

39:50

were you know how we rehearsed in LA

39:52

for a couple of weeks or a week

39:55

or so, like literally

39:57

maybe a few days before we were supposed

39:59

to a leaf for Japan. I was sitting

40:02

in my hotel going like, I can't do this.

40:05

I got I can't do this. I gotta call Yuki,

40:07

like I can't go, I can't be

40:09

in the show, like I don't belong here.

40:12

Wait.

40:12

Yeah, I was freaking out. Oh

40:15

my gosh, yes, wait, why

40:18

well I think it was the first round or the second

40:20

time, the first time the first time around?

40:23

Oh yeah, oh

40:25

yeah, because it

40:28

was like, I mean, everyone was just incredible,

40:31

you know, the dancers, and I just I.

40:33

Wasn't thinking of things, you

40:35

know. I just felt like it was it was harder

40:38

for me to learn and retain and

40:40

the you know, and my solo.

40:43

I was like, oh my gosh, like it's nowhere near

40:45

ready to even be seen by anyone.

40:49

And yeah, it was really

40:51

really scary, I'm

40:54

telling you. I I it was another

40:56

experience where the community,

40:59

you.

40:59

Know, everyone was just the growth

41:01

too.

41:02

Amazing and supportive

41:04

and you know, didn't

41:07

make me feel like, oh like.

41:11

Chrissy you were amazing. Let

41:13

me just tell everyone what this's what we're talking about.

41:16

So I started a show. It's

41:18

called Love on the Floor or it was, and

41:20

basically it's about movement

41:23

and telling a story. Not

41:25

obviously there's no lines or scripts as far as

41:27

that goes, but we're telling the different

41:29

stages of love through dance. And

41:32

I felt so naked and afraid out there on stage

41:35

that like never before I could dance in front

41:37

of freaking millions of people doing

41:40

Buchet Cotta's all day long, but doing

41:43

contemporary with no heels on

41:45

and dancing with the Dice Gay, another

41:47

amazing Olympian skater. But like, I

41:50

just felt so out

41:52

of my comfort zone. And I understand you

41:54

because like I was dying

41:57

during that show and so many physically mentally.

42:00

But it all, I

42:02

think for me and also for me

42:04

to be able to work with you guys. It

42:06

was just like such a different, surreal

42:09

experience and I had no idea

42:11

about this though, with your

42:13

experienced Meryl. Did you talk to Meryl about

42:16

it at all?

42:16

Well, not in depth, but I remember we

42:18

went out to dinner like the next day, and I was like, I

42:21

don't know, I'm not sure like

42:23

I'm not you

42:26

know, I'm up to this and she was just

42:28

like no, you know, Meryl

42:31

is like the absolute right, a great

42:33

sweetest like soul, love

42:35

her, love her lover and yeah,

42:39

and you know again my family was like

42:41

no, like you.

42:43

Got to you talk to your family about

42:45

it. It was like, oh, I.

42:46

Got to come home. But I know I'm

42:49

kind of like not feeling confident, and it's just

42:51

like, yeah, let's do it, like you

42:53

know, go on there, you know, just

42:56

have fun again, like just go for it

42:58

and Okay, I

43:00

can do this. I can do it. And you know, it

43:03

was the best experience I have to tell

43:05

you it was. I

43:07

think it's so special with the people

43:10

involve you, seeing

43:12

your creativeness and

43:14

you know this love two loves

43:17

rite for dance and performing

43:20

and creating this amazing show.

43:22

And then you know, tay to Japan,

43:25

which is you know, I've

43:28

never had I had the opportunity

43:30

to just get to know the

43:32

country better which from

43:35

being there. But yeah, so thank.

43:37

You, oh my gosh. And think

43:39

I mean honestly, when Yuki, our agent, was

43:41

like, yeah, you're gonna get mural and Charlie and Christy,

43:44

I'm like what stop it Like

43:46

I was shocked. I was like, why would you do

43:48

this? So thank you for

43:50

first of all being so vulnerable and doing

43:53

this, But yeah, like that

43:55

was an experience I will remember for the rest of

43:57

my life. There's so many transitions

43:59

everyone goes through in life, and I'm currently

44:01

going through it. I would say, even if it's been two years

44:03

since I've retired, any advice.

44:06

Yeah, I wouldn't say I'm

44:08

careful with my life because obviously I think

44:11

everyone has their risk aversion.

44:14

But I think it's being able to

44:17

put yourself out there, take that risk and

44:21

be okay with you know,

44:24

if you don't quite succeed,

44:27

and not be totally crushed by failure.

44:29

Right, It's just being

44:31

able to get back up after failure

44:34

and keep going. And

44:39

yeah, I think after certain decisions,

44:41

it's just like, okay, well this is what where

44:44

I'm headed, the path I'm on, and

44:47

you know, you do the best of

44:49

your ability to make the best of the situation.

44:52

And you know, I think that's in any

44:54

part of life, you know. I think even as a parent

44:57

seeing the kids trying to figure

44:59

out what college they're going to go to, and it's just like,

45:01

you know, what everyone has

45:03

said and the advice that they give us

45:05

as newvie college moms. It's

45:07

like, will end up where they're supposed to be. It's

45:10

what they make of it. And you

45:12

know is you know the

45:14

success that they're going.

45:15

To have, So trust the process

45:17

really right?

45:18

Yeah, yeah there.

45:19

You know, talk

45:21

about your foundation that's been going on for

45:23

almost three decades correct.

45:26

Yeah, twenty seven years.

45:28

It's unheard of. That's amazing. Congratulations,

45:31

thank you, thank you.

45:32

Yeah. So it's called Always Stream

45:35

and since twenty twelve

45:38

we've really been focused on early childhood

45:40

literacy. So we have a

45:42

reading program that focuses

45:44

on four and five year olds, so pre

45:47

KTK kindergarten age

45:49

kids and primarily in communities

45:53

that are underserved and

45:57

benefit from the resources that we provide.

45:59

So providing the the resources and access

46:01

to high quality books that are

46:03

age appropriate for them. But

46:05

then really it's a family engagement

46:08

piece. That is so special about our program

46:10

is we work directly with the

46:12

primary caregivers of

46:15

the students and help them

46:17

set up a regular reading routine at

46:19

home. So it's giving them the

46:21

resources, providing the support,

46:24

giving them you know, literacy

46:26

strategies and things where

46:30

you know, it creates that solid

46:32

base for their child as they move forward

46:35

in school.

46:35

So that's amazing. Where do you see it

46:38

in about ten years from now? Obviously it's

46:40

going to still continue. What is your I

46:42

guess goal with the

46:45

Always Dream Foundation?

46:47

Yeah, just continuing to expand

46:49

our impact. I mean we're throughout the Bay Area.

46:51

We're also in three islands

46:53

in Hawaii, looking to

46:55

be in four islands next year. So

46:58

our expansion, you know, sort of about California.

47:00

Hopefully there's a lot of need

47:04

for sure and places that we can continue

47:06

to make a positive impact. So yeah, just

47:09

continue the group.

47:18

Let's get ready to rumble. Okay,

47:21

Christy Okay, Christy Iamagucci,

47:23

hold on to your seatbelts. So

47:25

we're going to go and date back to when you

47:28

were actively skating the Nancy Kerrigan

47:30

and Tanya Harding series

47:33

of Rapid Fire. Okay, so you guys

47:35

were close friends, you and Nancy right during

47:37

your time as skaters. Where

47:40

were you when you first heard of this horrendous

47:42

attack on her on Nancy?

47:45

So I was actually already touring

47:47

with Stars on Ice at the time, a professional

47:49

skating tour because Nancy and Tanya

47:52

were still competing at that point. Is

47:54

at the US Championship. So we were on the

47:56

East coast touring. This happened

47:58

in Detroit, and

48:01

I think at first we all thought, oh,

48:03

this is like a scam or something,

48:05

right, and then everyone

48:07

started getting phone calls, phone calls, phone calls,

48:10

and yeah, it was completely

48:13

shocking and like disheartening

48:15

for sure.

48:18

There was no like science of this

48:20

happening obviously prior.

48:22

Right.

48:22

No, No, there

48:24

was always a rivalry.

48:26

There's always a rivalry. And

48:28

you know, Tanya was I

48:34

mean, I don't want to say the black people probably

48:36

saw it Tanya Minya. That was not true

48:41

Hollywood's interpretation, right,

48:44

interesting, Yeah, but you

48:46

know, you know she kind of marched to her own

48:48

drum, and I think was not There

48:51

was always that tension there, like you

48:54

know, not a yeah

48:56

in a way. Yeah, and she was

48:59

okay with that, Like she wanted to be different

49:01

and she was okay with that. And you

49:03

know, she skated to wild

49:05

Thing for competition. You know, it's like

49:08

we're skating to like Chopin but Art

49:11

whatever, and then she skated a wild Thing and

49:13

we're like okay.

49:14

You know, yess how did

49:16

the atmosphere change with the skaters

49:18

and coaches during that time?

49:22

You know, I think people just became a lot more guarded,

49:24

right, I think that you just it

49:26

was shocking that something like an assault could

49:28

happen in our sport. So

49:33

so yeah, I think you just became more guarded.

49:35

And I think, yeah, yeah,

49:39

were there any changes like with the security measures

49:42

or any of it or no?

49:43

Oh, definitely yeah, definitely changes

49:45

with security measures. Changes obviously

49:48

with Nancy, you know, I

49:50

mean being her good friend, seeing

49:52

how you know, it

49:54

was a struggle for her to get healthy again in

49:56

time for the Olympics, and

49:59

she what like less than six weeks

50:01

I think, to recover.

50:03

And then together at that time.

50:06

No, we were living together, but we had

50:08

toured together and we were roommates,

50:11

like on the road, roommates

50:13

streets. Yeah, the Olympics in ninety

50:15

two, so

50:18

so yeah, it was yeah,

50:21

very nerve wracking, and I think it was just

50:23

weird because all of a sudden, skating was

50:25

thrown into the spotlight where it's like

50:28

it used to be sports reporters covering skating

50:31

and whatever, Olympic reporters,

50:33

and then all of a sudden, like Knnie Chung is sitting on the side

50:35

of the ice like trying to interview skaters

50:37

and we're like, wow, what is Connie

50:39

jon doing here? You know, it did

50:42

just throw skating in the spotlight and just

50:45

a ton more attention

50:47

obviously focused on it. So it

50:50

was kind of sensational, right, It wasn't

50:52

just about the skating

50:54

and the sport and the Olympics. It

50:56

was the drama of it all.

50:58

And did you see her on Dancing

51:01

with the Stars.

51:02

Well, Tanya and Nancy did it too.

51:05

So I know that I know that. Did you see that both of

51:07

them?

51:08

Oh? Yeah, Nancy, I did, Tanya,

51:10

I saw just like a couple of snippets.

51:12

But I can't just like, right,

51:16

that must that must have been really hard, honestly,

51:18

Like it's I mean, I think now we look back

51:20

and people make

51:22

movies about it, but I can't even like

51:24

I tried to put myself in Nancy's

51:27

shoes as well, like if that had happened to

51:30

that, it's just like something that you don't really

51:32

hear of, right, like ever,

51:35

and there's a healthy

51:37

boundary you don't like

51:40

that's insanity? And how did

51:42

that? Did it throw you off trying to get ready

51:44

for the Olympics.

51:46

Well, that happened, so I was already

51:48

done with the Olympics.

51:50

You were done because you got it,

51:52

got it.

51:52

Got it. So it was strange.

51:55

I mean, I'm sure for all the other skaters

51:58

who are still competing it was definitely a

52:00

tough one for them.

52:02

Dancing with the Stars rapid fire, Oh

52:05

boy, you love my transition so blunt?

52:08

I love it.

52:09

Who falls in love first, the celebrity or dancer?

52:13

Celebrity?

52:14

Yes, totally not like saying that you fell in love

52:16

with Ballast But I'm just it's just a question,

52:18

I asked, religiously used to being

52:21

you know, party feely. Right, Yeah,

52:25

which current male pro would you dance

52:27

with if you signed up to do an all star season?

52:30

Oh? Good one,

52:34

probably Sasha?

52:36

Okay, I can also

52:38

see you with Pasha.

52:40

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.

52:42

I think it would be great with you, but.

52:44

Not the tall guys, right because I'm so short.

52:46

Well, Sasha would make you do backflips and stuff. Don't

52:49

forget that. What

52:51

is Mark Ballas's fetish? Don't lie

52:55

feet but so

52:59

gross?

53:00

Yes? Right?

53:01

One or two fan questions at

53:03

Amalia dot bg

53:06

M, just in case you were wondering, what figure skater

53:09

would you like to see on Dancing next?

53:11

Oh?

53:12

Oh well,

53:14

Nathan Chen you know, Olympic

53:17

champion him

53:20

out there.

53:21

Who would he be his partner? How small

53:23

is he?

53:24

He's probably like five six.

53:26

Oh, okay, he's not that bad, five five

53:28

six. He

53:31

his partner. Not for

53:33

us to decide, yes, okay.

53:37

Uh.

53:37

One more at

53:40

Cartoons, Underscore, Doodles, Underscore

53:42

and underscore stuff. Fourteen. Ask

53:45

is there anyone else you were close to on the show besides

53:47

Mark and Cheryl?

53:49

Oh?

53:52

I love you.

53:53

Yeah, I think probably you guys

53:56

trying to think. I mean, everyone was so nice,

53:59

I'm telling you.

54:00

Jason Taylor and Christian.

54:03

Yeah, Jason and Christian for sure.

54:05

It was Marley Mattlin totally.

54:09

I still Marissa Jarrett Wenoker.

54:11

We just had her on.

54:13

Oh I didn't see that.

54:14

Adam Corolla, Oh, Adam.

54:16

Corolla Okay, yeah, he was hilarious.

54:19

So yeah, anyone from that season that we have

54:22

on, they're like, well, we had freaking Christy Amaguchi

54:24

took it off too. Oh

54:26

yeah, that.

54:27

And I remember it was every time we

54:29

walked into the room, it was kind

54:31

of like you also felt like

54:34

he had to her, right.

54:36

It was just like royalty was in the rooms

54:39

for sure.

54:40

For sure, especially in the makeup trailer is like,

54:42

am I sitting next to Priscilla Presley?

54:45

Yeah?

54:45

Shocking?

54:46

That was so real. Yeah and she

54:48

was a sweetheart.

54:49

So good to see you. Give my love to everybody.

54:52

Love you, Thank you so much.

54:54

Make sure you guys follow us at sex Lies

54:56

and spray tands on our Instagram handle,

54:59

and make sure you comm let me know who

55:01

you want me to interview. What do you all think? Let

55:03

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