Danny Amendola and partner Witney Carson chat with THR at the 'Dancing With the Stars' premiere and talk pre-dance rituals. Plus, he reveals the previous sports players who have reached out to him to offer advice for the show.
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00:00All right night one is in the books. How does it feel as far as now that you have been through it?
00:06Do you feel going into the rest of the season you kind of have like a sense or does it make you more nervous?
00:11No
00:12I feel good about it just to get out there in front of the fans and and seeing how much fun they had definitely brought a
00:16Lot of energy to the building and then once that music kicks on it's a lot of energy
00:20So it's you just got to hold on and do the best you can it's a lot of fun
00:23However, her souls evolved so far. Do you feel like you're starting to get to know each other a little better habits like shorthand?
00:30Absolutely. Yeah
00:32We have a blast, you know, we we sit around tell stories get to know each other families
00:37Lifestyle make a lot of tick tocks and then most importantly try to you know, dedicate as much time to the dance as possible
00:43So we were having a lot of fun. How do you feel you performed tonight?
00:49Did it meet your expectations? Were you surprised? Were you a little more impressed with yourself? I
00:53She did amazing per usual
00:56I have room for improvement. I'm gonna try to get better
00:59but overall it was great to get out there and and you know, see how happy and how much energy that the fans brought so
01:07Do you have any football pregame rituals that maybe you brought in tonight as you were getting ready?
01:12No, I I didn't I wasn't a man of
01:16like
01:17Superstitions. I felt like if you did have a superstition and something you didn't fulfill that then you you know
01:24You you could potentially set yourself up for some, you know a bad game. So I just don't do it
01:30I I take it, you know, I live in the moment
01:32Whatever happens happens. Usually I eat a patella a peanut butter Nutella sandwich
01:48A handshake it is
01:51Peanut butter Nutella sandwich, that's fun. Can you show us a handshake?
01:59Effective oh, we love it. So athletes have had pretty good track record on the show
02:03Do you have any fellow athlete friends who have reached out offered you words of support or encouragement or advice? Yes
02:10Calvin Johnson reached out a long time ago Emmett Smith. I've talked to you about it
02:15Nastia Lucan who was on the show as a friend of mine
02:18So just a lot of people I respect in there, you know sport our sports
02:22And it's good to be a part of that list and rubber try to represent represent them best
02:27I can anything that they've said that really has stuck with you. Yeah move your feet