Phaedra Parks tells THR what it was like to tap into her Cruella de Vil character on 'Dancing With the Stars' Disney Night. Plus, she shares how much her DWTS journey has meant to her following her elimination from the show.
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00:00First of all, I wanted to ask, how was it to kind of tap into this Cruella de Vil character?
00:04Oh, it was, it was good. I mean, the choreography was just so awesome. And I mean, the fashion,
00:13you know, everything about it, I was like, super excited about it.
00:18And because it's Disney night, I have to ask, what was your favorite Disney character growing up?
00:30Meggie, probably.
00:31Well, probably Snow White. I love the little dwarves. I always liked the whole Snow White
00:39with the little men helping you out. I love a man that helps women out.
00:47What about you, Val?
00:49You're so funny. You said the D word that I remembered you're not allowed to say the D word.
00:55Little man that helps women out. Snow White is an amazing movie. I love, right now,
01:01right now I'm into cars. My kid, cars, cars, cars. So cars been helping me out.
01:07I didn't grow up with Disney. I'll be honest. I'm employed by Disney. I shouldn't say this,
01:11but I didn't grow up with Disney, you know, because you could only see that on cable.
01:16It wasn't on basic, basic network television. But now that I'm a father, I understand why Disney
01:22is so special, you know, because it takes a village to raise your kid and to have entertainment
01:28that is always, you know, has a lesson intertwined into it is great.
01:33And you guys did have the group dance. How did that kind of change the dynamic of rehearsals?
01:38Because you had to rely on each other, but also rely on other people. So how was that?
01:42It was great. I mean, we had the best group. Everyone was so nice. I mean, it was really a
01:49good experience. The camaraderie was excellent between all of us.
01:54And I have to say, I am very sad to see you guys go, but I have to ask what has this journey
02:01meant to you? It's been great because I did something that I wanted to do and thought I
02:08wouldn't be able to do because this is very physical. It's very hard. I mean, so I was a fish
02:13out of water because I'm not a dancer. So to compete at this level for this long is unbelievable.