Conversations with... Val Chmerkovskiy

to another episode of Conversations today. I have somebody very very close to me and somebody you guys have probably seen a lot of on my social media this last eight weeks. We've got val my coach mentor bestie on Dancing with the Starts. I don't want like noise, applause everything. Editors, whoever is editing this year? Cool, We're going to get that, and then maybe you can make a jingle. Yeah, okay, cool and Conversations with Olivia j It's soundly that perfect. Okay,

but just get somebody more talented to sing it. Okay, um wow, let's just dive right in. Let's do it. Thank you for having met so, of course, this is probably gonna be my favorite episode of all time. Don't put so much pressure on it. I'll try not to. But I think I already stop it. I hate that noise so much. Vow. Okay. So I know a lot about you, obviously from hanging out with you almost every day for the last two months, but I don't know if my audience knows so much about you. So I'm

going to kind of pass it off to you. And yeah, I'm want to let you introduce yourself, but I want to hear you know, before we get into the details about how you came into dancing and all that stuff, like where you're from, you have a brother, all that good stuff. So you take it away, cool, Allow myself to introduce myself. Uh, my name is Val Tchmankowski. I was born in Ukraine, which is a small country next to Russia. I'm a Russian Ukrainian ida Ukraine in particular,

it's a city on the Black Seat. The reason why that particular detail is important to me because it is a very specific city that has a lot of music, arts culture. It's kind of known as the New Orleans of the Soviet Union, which is back when I was born, still what Ukraine and Russia were a part of it was a different country called the Soviet Union. I gave you this history lesson, I got this one, guys, and um. Anyway,

so I was born in that small coastal city. I started playing the violin when I was five, and then I had an older brother, Max, who at that time was already dancing, so I kind of tagged along. And then I, you know, shortly after starting to dance, my family immigrated to Brooklyn, New York. So I just kind of like, you know, let's say I danced for maybe half a year, the most basic stuff. I was like six years old, seven years old, and then I moved

to Brooklyn, New York as a family. So it was my parents, my brother, and myself just as two of you, right, Max, when you were eight, I moved. I was eight, he was fourteen. We moved to Coney Island area. For those that are familiar with Brooklyn, New York, it's not familiar with Brooklyn West Coast. K all Right said, yeah, Brooklyn,

New York. We we immigrated. It was a Russian community that we moved into, but it was also like a really dynamic could collect the community, right, So it was black, Puerto Rican Italians, Jews, Russians, you know, it was like everybody, and it was overwhelming and I didn't speak English when we moved here. None of my family spoke English. So you know, you embark on this kind of challenge as a family, and uh there were a lot of challenges, uh financially and just in general. You know, it's just

kind of that cliche immigrants family story. And then um, yeah, I kind of, you know, to to kind of get me out of trouble, my parents put me into the activities that they already introduced me to. So it was violin. They found me a violent teacher. I used to go in Brooklyn, New York a woman that was also from Ukraine that was an incredible musician, uh her entire life and then also immigrated to America and was now teaching private out of her little apartment in in the projects

pretty much. So I would go to her apartment and I would learn, you know, take violin with her for an hour and a half and then you dance. All the other hours you have school, I would go to school, you know, so what is that nine to three? Then from school I probably grab you know, grab food real

quick and then go to violin. And then after violin, I'd go to dance, and then I would come home around like nine pm and do my homework real quick and then go to sleep and then pretty much repeat that every day of my life since I was like eight years old. That's insane. I kind of knew a little bit of that. Did they put you guys in dance, you and Max just for reasons of like they don't want you guys to get into too much trouble? Or

was that because when you guys lived in you train? Yeah, it was a sup to get you guys to move to America. Like you know, dance was just an after school extracurriculum activity, right, And it's like, again, I'm just familiar with my family, but I could I could attest too many families in the Eastern European community. It's like free time is is the enemy for for their kids,

you know. And so it's like to be a good parent in that community, it's to occupy your your child with as many activities and as many things, uh, you know, to keep them busy as possible. And then along the way, you see where they excel and you try to support that and and you know, and that's what happened with us. No one thought in a million years that my career would would be you know, dance. They just supported their kids in a you know, dance in particular in our

community is not taboo. It's not weak. You know, it's not soft. It's not like weird for boys to dance. You know, men dance, Men play sports, they wrestled, they write poetry, they paint, and they dance. You know that that's a complete kind of image of a of a man. I always imagine a renaissance man, you know, not just one dimensional human, but someone that has interested in many different things. And then you know, I was then fortunate enough throughout my life too create a life where I

then pursued those things that I was passionate about. But I could have gone into medicine or law. You know, I really loved law. I want to diagnose my strep throat exactly before I even knew I had strapped, so points to the medicine side. You were into law. No, I went to UM. I just loved the Bates, you know.

And so in high school, even though I was competing worldwide and you could say kind of like semi professional in ballroom dance, and was you know, playing in a youth orchestra that played in Carnegie Hall in Lincoln Center in New York City. So that that sounds like these these big achievements that you know, someone that potentially can

is just doing that would do. And and for me, again, I was very fortunate with great teachers and a little bit of talent and parents that supported me where I was able to accomplish pretty high standards and all of those things. And even in school, you know, I I enjoyed school, That's what I mean. I didn't make a choice to pursue something until maybe around n years old, when I was already in college. I actually don't know how you got started on Dancing with the Stars. I

don't think I've ever asked you that. So again, my brother Max was recruited by Dancing with the Stars before I was. How do they recruit people? They find them through these competitions. Yeah, so they tapped into the world of competitive ballroom dancing, which was a very small, niche world that no one, nobody knew and and they, yeah, they picked out some of the more talented ones. A lot of that, you know, a lot of the top couples said note to the project, you know, because they

didn't know what it was. And then on paper you know, someone comes to you and they say, you know, it's like going to the same Bolt right and going like, yo, we got this project for you where it's called Racing with the Stars. So it's like you partnered out with you know you same bowl would be like, bro, I'm

not doing that. Yeah, you know that sounds crazy a reality TV show where I get you know, I have to teach a celebrity like even that in itself is already like oh god, I'm not putting up with that. Um So first season came out and and but some some really talented pros said let's do it, you know, and so you had that first see eason and the entire dance world was watching a Vander Holyfield do a fox shot, I think his first dance, and instantly I

went from you know, what do you do too? Oh you do that thing that I just saw on TV? You know, oh you're you know? So I immediately kind of validated my my choices, and overnight, you know, it went from like this weird thing that you know, my entire life. People looked at me and said, why are you spending so much of your time, effort, and energy

and money into that? Looked at my parents like they were crazy, you know, these two young men and you're pushing them to not pushing them, but you're you know, you know, you're allowing them to pursue ballroom dance. It's like yeah, yeah and yeah. And then overnight, you know, a project like this put it, you know, made in mainstream and we became you know, and then season who my brother was like, all right, let me try this, so Max said, was he invited on season one? See

what he was invited? And then season two rolled around and here yeah, And I was like, listen, go do that. Because I'm nineteen at the time. My brother um in school. I was at Pace University in New York City for business, not for dance, not for violent. So at nineteen, you didn't even know for sure if dance was going to be like an end career move right at nineteen, it was. I never think anything is an end career anything. I think like, I'm always changing, you know, right now I'm

on Dancing with the Stars. I you know, I am not against stopping everything that I'm doing and applying that same hustle too, Like I said, trying to get into law school and spending the next six years pursuing that and then go went into a career in law, like that's not something that is so far fetched to me. So at nineteen I was fully committed. At twelve, I was fully committed. At eight, I was already taught again by my my dad to be fully committed into everything

that I'm doing. And so if today I'm doing this, then I'm trying to be the best this has ever seen, you know. So at nineteen, I was pursuing competitive form dancing. I was trying to become a world champion and again, and my brother wasn't. My brother was a studio owner, working sixty hours a week, grinding, you know, in a really kind of down moment in his life. And so when Dancing with the Stars once again came back season two,

it was all of us. He was still very proud and still didn't want to go, and all of us were like, bro, you have to go do this for all of us, because again, this is television at that time to see when the Stars was getting I mean million, yeah, yeah, when it started. When it started, it because it was a huge phenomena. First of all, there was no streaming yet, you know, and so you tuned in and and and

talking about you know, social media. There was no social media, so so you went on chat rooms or boardrooms on the ABC Dancing with the Star's website, and you just saw, you know when my brothers. After his first episode or his premier, you know, he instantly became this kind of notorious personality that kind of just said whatever was on his mind, which was very yeah, very Schmikowsky. And and people fell in love or really didn't like him. You know,

he was that type of personality. And I would go on these chat rooms where they would be like, Max is so cocky, Max is so arrogant. I can't believe he allows us some let's just say things like that. I would go and I'd make like I would comment, hey,

well he's actually really really fun. You know, he's actually really nice, like i'd make you know, I'd make that oh yeah, I had his back, and I like and I would make multiple accounts like I would be his super fan, low key making accounts that talk positive about him. That's so cute. Can you do that for me because I could use it. That's very sweet though, So but again it was it was a family affair. You know, he came out here and it was kind of like

that show Entourage. You know, he immediately made money he never seen before. Ah, he went from you know this whatever this this kind of this kid from from Brooklyn to stud in Hollywood. Really yeah and so and I would come out and visit him and I would be I mean, it was just surreal. It was really really cool. It was your first partner when you joined, um and so.

But but but yeah, just on that like so when he joined, he couldn't help himself but be like, yo, by the way, I got this younger brother that is fire. So you know he's not he's not gonna do this yet. He's not gonna sell out Hollywood just yet. He's still gotta win things. Uh. And I was, you know, and I kind of enjoyed it vicariously through him. But they always had me on their radar from that moment. And

then I came on and did a few performances. I performed on the show a couple of times, and they were like, listen, whenever you're ready, we would love to have you. And then yeah, that five years old. So six years later I was like, yeah, I'm ready, let's do it. Oh wow, So you have this kind of brewing for a minute, and then yeah, for me, it was I had a I had a bank full of pride,

you know. I I saw my brother was becoming this huge star, and then I saw a lot of my peers, you know, Derek Mark, and these are these are kids I grew up with. We competed against each other, right, because again, this is such a unique show. The pool of talent for this show is very small. It's not it's not a reality show on basketball where millions of people are playing worldwide. This is a very small world

that exploded into this project. So you know, the talent that you're choosing from most likely knows each other for a really long time. And we knew each other for a really long time. And so to see these kids stop competing, going to Hollywood and become superstars, and you know, seeing that from the side, I'm proud of myself. I'm proud that I pursued the goals competitively that I still wanted to have even though I had this temptation already

one foot in Hollywood. And the really the turning point for me was several things. But really I was in the midst of competing one time, and I was on the dance floor and I was in motion and I was able to think about like what am I doing here? And as soon as I had that moment, I was like, I'm I gotta be out. And then the other thing was financial. You know, in our world, you know you're not making a lot of money. You know, I'm not. I'm I could be a world champion, but I'm not

making Lebron James money even close. But the sacrifice is the same, so you really have to be doing it because you love it, because you're passionate about it. And so then yeah, and the twenty five I was like, what's the difference between, you know, a hobby and a profession. The passion is in the difference. You can be passionate about a hobby, but really it's at the end of

the day, it's your paycheck. And so so if I want to be a professional at this, I gotta learn how to earn money with this write talent and passion. And that's when I was like, yo, I gotta go and try to earn some money. And let's say I did it. Um wow, back to my original question. Also, first partner, favorite partner, better saying me my first partner was ELIZABETHA Canales. She was Italian model and she had just gotten out of a very public relationship with George Clooney.

Did you get any of the tea? I got plenty of the tea. Won't like, I'm not a snitch, so I could. It's not like I'm I'm sharing any of the tea. And um, I'm just there to teach dance. And I was so intense and I was such a rook and we were second to get eliminated. Yeah, so imagine this kind of like ego and pride and like energy. I just stopped competing. I, you know, like this big recruit and I'm like, oh, I'm about to go in here and just whoop on everybody. I'm telling my brother,

my brother is still on the show. Every everybody, all the big guns, you know, and I'm like, what's the school all of these? An I was out and I wasn't deserved. Was terrible. Um, I was bummed. Yeah, I was humbled, you know I was. I moved my entire life here also, by the way, not just joined the show. I moved from New York City to Los Angeles and like ready to work. And I'm like eliminated seconds, So then I'm just chilling in the city. But I'm like, I'm I'm here, you know, and it might as well.

I gotta make it work, and that's it. I just kind of paid attention and learned and studied Derek and Mark and Max and Tony everybody on the show. Yeah, because I'm like, if they give me another chance, I gotta I gotta be ready. Did you want to come back season three then, just to prove yourself a little or whatever it was seasons? So did I want to come back the next season? Yes? Yes, yes I did. I did because I'm like, this is embarrassing. I gotta

can't be your lasting impression. And that's why I'm grateful to the show. They believed in me and they gave me another chance. And I got eliminated third I was like, all right, I gotta be a little better than that. So we've made it pretty far. Yeah, I mean, you know, on the third try, I went to the finals, so twist, and then I kept going on the finals, so there's pressure. Were you scared when you found out that I was

your partner? Are you like, oh no, not this girl, or were you like, of course, I was like, oh no, not this girl. Why would I be like, Yay, I got this girl because maybe you I had no idea who you are. You know, I only know who you are based on what I'm I've been told, yeah, and nothing beyond that, you know. So for me, the first thing, I was like, Okay, did she have a work ethic?

You know? Is she entitled? And I quickly saw that that wasn't the case, you know, so that so immediately once I saw that, and you feel that in the first like two minutes of talking to you, I was like, okay, cool, Like, let me see how Caucasian she really is. These Latin dances and I was quite caucas which we had so sad I've never danced before, and my hips looked like I was extremely white, which again is a beautiful thing, and we figured out a way to move those hips.

But yeah, seeing that you were coordinated still and had some soul to you, I was like, look, yeah, she's not a ringer, but I I'm excited to teach her. I'm excited. And then seeing how happy it made you to learn something or actually get it, that's everything you know as as a teacher, and I've I am proud to say I teach a lot. I that's it's my pride and joy to be able to teach dance and

share that with people. UM. To be able to share with a young, talented, hard working, cool last chick is a huge privilege for me because we just talked about, like tomorrow the show is going to be gone. I don't want my style of dance to go with it.

And it will live on with you, with Zendea, with Normandy, with Lori Amandez, with you know, with with all the amazing partners that I got a chance to share this passion with, Rumor Willis, Um, it will live on with them because you know, hopefully you will remember this experience and be like and and be really proud of it. For sure. I already am really proud of it. And it's still kind of early on in it. Um. Do you still keep in touch with any former partners? All

of them? Okay? Cool? Because I was going to say, if you think you're getting rid of me after this, you are crazy. Um. Yeah, it's it's it's a thing. It's definitely a thing. You know, you spend every day together. Yeah. I feel like somebody asked me once they were like, what why do you guys think that you know, all these partners get so close some interview or was I think after one of the shows, and U, I mean it's so true. You literally spend every single day with

the same person on repeat. And then I think there's also something special because you're learning something from somebody that I think the bond just grows really quickly, right, I mean it's coach, player, student, teacher, teammates, you know. That's the other thing is like, well, yeah, because it's it's a weird thing. I teach you, I teach you, I teach you, and then I partner you a part and

then where we go into the performance as partners. Um, so yeah, I mean those emotions of camaraderie and familiarity, familiarity even you know, and so yeah, so we're going through this as well. But also there's a you know, in such a close proximity too, So we're in each other's space, being comfortable in each other's space every single day.

Because if you're not comfortable in each othersman, then you can't dance any of this stuff, you know, So that with again having that, you know, having that focus and purpose together common ground create in common ground every week. Yeah, it creates a really strong bond in a relationship. And you know, again, I bring up someone like Normandy for instance, right, seeing her go from the show and then blossom into an individual that's kind of like, you know, seeing her

career take off. I am forever now her fan, forever her friend. I'm for you know, I'm proud to see her sore, you know. And and it's not a matter of me having any credit for that at all, but just being you know, a pit stop two in her journey, you know. And and and she'll talk about what dancing when the stars meant to her. Yeah, I was gonna say, I can't speak on her behalf, but I can say

anything I do moving forward from now. Maybe because I came from a different, like starting point, I would say, like coming on the show, I think it like really did bring out a different side to me and gave me a little bit more confidence that I didn't know I had. So, yeah, I want to talk to you.

I want to ask you a question. Okay, what Yeah, when you say you know you've gained some confidence in what way, well, I think for me, um, I like still answer questions like I'm in an interview, and I have to remember that this is my podcast and I'm

supposed to be like open and honest. Um. No, I think that before I did Dancing with the Stars, just because I've given everything that was happening in the media with my family, I was just really embarrassed to like be associated with that, to go out in public when I would even just go to the mall with friends. If somebody was looking at me, they could have been

looking at me for nothing. Maybe I had sparkly ass shoes on, like I don't know what it was, but I would get so insecure, and I think that's like one of the defining differences I can say after doing this show, I just feel like I'm proud of something I'm doing and then I'm working towards something and it's not just like being handed to me, and that I actually can go out in the world and feel like, Okay,

I'm doing this and somebody's looking at me. I'm not automatically thinking, oh, they've probably read some terrible headline about me. Like I don't know what the reason would be, but maybe on the off chance it's like they've seen us on Dancing with the stars, they're like, I think it just shifted my brain a little bit, gave me some more purpose. I mean, that's so amazing. So that was a huge motivator for me too. So to answer your question, when I found out that you're my partner, I wouldn't

want any other partner on this roster. And I love I love the females that are on the show this season, a lot of great dancers, a lot of great people. But I I, yeah, I just felt connected to your story and you as a person, and as soon as I've found out that you're not that human, I was excited for the opportunity to showcase that, right, you know, the the element of surprise and the element of giving someone a chance to realize that confidence like that is

such a great gift to me. Yeah. Yeah, It's definitely changed my perspective on a lot for sure. And I feel like also now going forward in life, I just feel a lot It sounds so cheesy, but I just feel genuinely happier, Like I think before. I think also when you're sitting out and this can go for anybody in any situation, when you're sitting at home and you're kind of like dwelling on a situation. You're not actively trying to come out of something. You're just going to

get further and further in this hole. And that's kind of what I was doing to myself without realizing. And I would just stay home because my job was basically just YouTube, but also I was taking a step back from it. So it's very easy to just sit around and like not do much. And so I think if anybody is in a rut, easier said than done, But I would encourage you get out there and then take a dance class. Take a damn dance class. I preach the gospel of dance, So I'm gonna I'm gonna be biased. Yeah,

I agree that you should. I'll tell you why. Because you know you're moving, So you're moving, your sweating, you're you're your but you're also thinking. You know you're you're You have to learn patterns and it keeps your brain stimulated, and then you're also congregating with people. You buy yourself for a year and a half. You don't get out there and be amongst other human beings to amazing music,

your life will be better. Even if you're not going to pursue dance on a professional level, your life will be better. It's very therapeutic. Even the easiest thing, Like sometimes I notice if I start my morning blasting music or something and just dancing around while I make a coffee or whatever, it is like if you don't have the access right away to get into like a studio, there are little ways you can just you know, I think music is a a huge cure for a lot

of things. Yeah, for sure. But again on that note, like it's also self serving, Like yes, it's you know, I'm I'm excited for for your growth this season and seeing you blossom into a person that you're happy with has been incredibly rewarding. But on my end, I also get a chance to dance dance, which I haven't done on the show in a few years, just because I'm younger and can like run around. Let's not get crazy.

Uma is also killing it. It's not about age, it's about yeah, just your enthusiasm, your spirit and your joy is at the center of what is creating so much awesome dance from us, you know, and performance from us. Because if you would have moved this exact in the same way, but it was so in your head and so miserable and so insecure and too you know, it would be very tough to make this work like me today,

trying to get that step like you today. You know, but we'll get through today, and I know that tomorrow you will come back with this new spirit and and that is the key that you come back better every single day. Yeah, for sure, what's after this for you? Is this your final season or a we got more? And that little dancing body, Um, you don't know or you don't have to discluss, No, I'm I'm definitely gonna keep dancing for Oh yeah, No, I didn't question that.

I just mean on Dancing with the Stars. Do you want to it's tv D because like you're I think you're my eighteenth partner, jeez, and I'm you know, and I build the relationships with all of them, but you know it's you're my favorite, but you're my favorite to hear you definitely. I'll tell you this. You definitely are the biggest surprise for me. You definitely exceeded my expectations out of everybody like that. There was people that came in and turned out to be just such a wonderful season,

a winning season. But I I kind of you know, I'm not saying that they were ringers, but they had potential coming in like it was mine to Ruin, you know what I'm saying, Like they was mine to ruin. No money was mine to Ruin. Like they were amazing already, and I just made some good choices for them, you know, and then just got out of their way whatever, you know. But with with you, it's like it's it's not that easy. And this season is very competitive, so you know, it

just means more. Like I told you the heart of the journey, the more the more it means to you, and like this one means a lot to me. So how many of these meaningful journeys can I emotionally go through? You know, It's a lot. And you will understand what I'm saying when when this is over, because you'll be like, you know, you'll have this huge void in your life

that you're gonna have to fill with podcasts. No, I'm just gonna come knocking at you and Jenna's story like, hey, guys, which one of you who wants to teach me how to dance today? You know, how to be able to partner you? So yeah, exactly, Okay, Well, I guess we can wrap it up kind of soon. We've really dove into the dance world here. But I do want to know what is No. No, this is I love talking about this. No, you were perfect. You're the best guest ten out of ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, forty out

of forty, manifesting our score for the next dance. Also, I would just like to announce this on the podcast. Um, I recently learned on Dancing with the Stars why West Coast voting closes? And I don't think I've ever said this on any platform I have. And I'm just gonna plug Val and I really quickly here so we get the votes. Even if you're on the West Coast and

you haven't watched this show yet. To vote for us, you have to text at five pm between five and six fifty pm, I think, yeah, Pacific time, So you text three the name Olivia. Oh, my mother's calling me and ruining my podcast. Um, what's after of this? Babies? Baby babies too? I mean for me, it's personally, I just want to continue to grow creatively. I want to produce shows. I want to star on Broadway. I want

to star in movies. I want to like, you know, yeah, I want to move on from you still want to be in the industry though, and creative. Oh no, no, this is where I'm going to be. Oh yeah, great, because I plan to stay in it too. We could collaborate moving forward to Oh for sure, it doesn't have to just be on this project. We could facilitate our own projects. Yeah, and tomorrow we've got a big day ahead. That's right, because we're competing. Week seven, is it right? Now?

Is a week eight? This is week seven? We're doing Queen Fat Bottom Girl. You make the Wrecking World go from Yeah, we've been training. Really does I feel for you that you get too kind of creatively direct this this journey for yourself as well? Right, because so many of these songs that we perform to are like your

favorite songs. And I think you also, I don't know obviously what other coaches do, but I think you do give me a lot of creative freedom that maybe some other teachers maybe would take that and really kind of figured out for themselves. I think you really let me like have my input and little things that I think could go well, and sometimes they don't go well, and we don't use anything I suggest or say, but most of the time, but most of the time I feel like, yeah,

it feels great. I think that's the other power exactly. I think that's the other thing is you know the keys to empower you to know that this thing that you watched your entire life, right because you're a fan of the show before joining it. Um, you are a part of creating it now, and then you see the final product and you're like, oh, wow, I could do this.

You know. It's so fun watching the dances back after the week, when after you see it like on YouTuber, on Hulu wherever you're watching, like the full makeup here, because so much goes into it and then people only see obviously such a little bit and then like a little package and then just the dance and then actually experiencing it and getting to like work towards something, and then when it does well and you feel proud of it, it's so rewarding to watch. Yeah, it's it's a weekly

arts project on crack. You know, it's like on a million on a million dollar budget. It's crazy privilege, right, but it's like, truly, we are doing what I was doing when I was twelve years old, dancing in nursing homes or restaurants or a little try state dance competitions. I was putting on a show trying to make people happy, you know, years later, um, in front of millions of people doing exactly the same thing, being on a show

trying to make people happy, you know. So for anybody at home that has like a passion that they really want to pursue, pursue that and and be just excellent in that passion, because most likely, if you're excellent, you will be compensated for that excellently. And I think that's an amazing way to wrap it up. Work hard, then you get to celebrate and have fun and yet put

in the work and you'll feel rewarded. I'd also like to say that Vow has done this entire interview on a three legged chair and has balanced the entire time, which is also very impressive and takes a lot of work. Um, but thanks for coming on and hanging out. This was productive. We've seen a lot of each other today. Yeah, not complaining, not me either. Alright, guys, we're out of here, out of here. Oh my gosh, Jojo text me and I think it's going to be about stressing up as you

and Jenna one of these days. Um, all right, guys, thank you so much for listening. Make sure you follow Vale on all his social media plug yourself, but what's your account name? Valentine no e at v A l e I n t I v A l E n t I n Valentine beautiful. And make sure you, guys vote for us and tune into Dancing with the Stars tomorrow. Yeah. So the thing about the voting, right, I hate, like,

please vote. I hate begging for votes really because I'm going to like, yeah, no shame, I'm going to beg for but you gotta vote for us because because if you don't vote, get eliminated. There's nothing to do, and then I'm gonna be really sad and bored. Come on, ye okay, do it? Do it? Text to one five to three my name Olivia at five pm Pacific time or eight p m Eastern times. That's the same time for those that are familiar. Yes, this is true. I

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