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Danielle Fishel
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Our early Black Friday event. Ulta Beauty Gifting happens here. Hello it is that time again. I am Danielle Fishel, TV director, podcaster, mother of two, and unless you commonly pass a very specific Pacific off ramp on the 101 freeway in the San Fernando Valley, I'm probably the first thing you think of when you hear the word Topanga. But if you are one of the millions and millions of people who have kept up with Dancing with the Stars over the past 20 years of its reality show supremacy, you may recognize me as a contestant on season 34 of the program recently eliminated with just three shows left and one of those shows, a very special anniversary event took place tonight and I was lucky enough to be seated in the ballroom for all of the festivities. And I am so excited to tell you about what I saw, which is the reason for this year podcast. It is my hope that I could bring listeners along for my journey from no prior dance experience experience to some dance experience to the elite eight to a pair of impressive seats tonight. Like I said, Tonight was the 20 year extravaganza with just seven couples left, each celebrity was tasked with creating a dance inspired by a former standout freestyle from the show's history. And then they would be paired with a former celebrity champion for a relay dance. All assignments that sound very overwhelming having been a part of the schedule. So I am home. I just had the most amazing night at the 20th anniversary party of Dancing with the Stars and I wore a really beautiful yellow dress. I was completely obsessed with this dress. I will say it was more body hugging than I'm used to wearing. And so I was kind of like adjusting my dress all night anyway. As any woman knows, if you have been I also had to wear a strapless bra. If you have ever worn a strapless bra. If you have ever worn a bra, you know that the very first thing you do, the very first thing you do when you get home is take that sucker off. Just sometimes you don't even wait till you're all the way in the door. Sometimes I open up my car door and if my kids are not with me and I don't have to deal with getting them out of their car seats, if I just fly open my door, the very first thing I'm doing is reaching my hand under my shirt and unclasping that bra and I'm getting that bad boy off. So I got home and immediately ripped off my dress and my undergarments and I put on my pajamas and I am wearing the in my Jammers collaboration that Jenna Johnson did where she for all boy moms, we know that one of the hardest parts of only having boys and not having a daughter is that they don't make many matching clothes for moms and sons. And Jenna having a son, Rome, I figured out that that is something that you could fix pretty easily and doing it really well with pajamas. Anyway, she gifted me these pajamas, a pair for my youngest son, Keaton, because I think they only go to 4T. And the. And this that I'm wearing now, and these are so comfortable. But I'm realizing as I'm starting to talk to you that the. The tag is still on it. It's just aggressively hanging. Um, anyway, I. Before we get into the details of tonight, I want to talk to you about what it was like for me. So selfish. What's my podcast? It's okay. I'm allowed to. I'm allowed to talk about myself first. I want to talk about what it was like for me to be back in the ballroom my first week not competing. I was really excited to go, and I was nervous that I was going to feel. Feel very sad that I wasn't competing. And there's definitely. I'm not gonna lie and say that there's no sadness that I was. That I'm not still part of the competition or that I didn't get there tonight and think, oh, man, I wish. I wish I had this feeling of, like, it's show night and you're in wardrobe and, you know, you've gone through hair and makeup and you've got a theme and you're. You know, there was. There certainly was. I got there and there was a part of me that was like, oh, man, I wish. I wish this was still my home for this, but it does still feel like my home. But, you know, like, I wish I was. I had been here all day. And on the other hand, man, is it ever fun to, like, see all these people I love so much? And I'm not just talking about the cast and the pros. I'm actually specifically this time, not talking about them. I'm talking about the crew, security, the. The PAs, Chuck, my guy. I'm talking about the wardrobe assistants. I'm talking about the social media team. I'm talking about all the people that really, like, make the show, the stand ins, all the people who make this show from behind the scenes that you guys never get to see. Seeing all of them and not having it be a rushed. I'm on my way here. Or you need me to do a social media thing real quick or. Or, hey, can you zip me into my dress or like, to really, like, see them and to give them a hug and to not feel like I was rushing into the next thing or to be paying attention to what time it was, to just really be living in it and to still feel like such a part of it because it is still season 34 and I'm still a cast member of it was so fun. It was really nice. It was. It was a really good feeling. This crowd, too, was pros and celebs, going all the way back to the very first season 34 seasons ago. And I know for some of you that are newer fans, to watching the show, that's confusing. You're like, how are we only at 20 years? But there's 34 seasons. They used to do two seasons a year. They would do a spring season and they would do a fall season. And I kind of miss those days. I kind of miss those days of two seasons. But, of course, it's obviously, the show is very expensive, and, you know, it's a big old production. It also used to be two nights. The show itself would be on Monday nights, and then on Tuesday would be the results. So if you watched the show tonight, you may have seen Tom Bergeron, who came back, just an absolute legend of hosting, came back tonight as a guest judge, and he in. I wonder if they. It was live, I'm assuming, so they couldn't really edit it out. But he made the request to go back to the days of having a results show, which I thought was really interesting. Before I went into the ballroom tonight, I made sure I went and saw my boy Dylan. I went and met him at his trailer, and he looked incredible. They were doing an Argentine tango, Dylan and Danny. And I could just tell that he had had such a good week. We have been in communication every day. And I knew he was having a good week, but I knew he also was feeling the pressure. This was a week he really wanted and needed to have a breakout week. He really wanted to rise to the occasion, rise above the pack, and have a standout, spectacular dance. And I knew he was feeling the pressure. And I said, how are you feeling? And he said, I'm feeling good. He said, our rehearsals have all gone really well. And he said, but, you know, sometimes you have, like, some really good rehearsals and you have really good camera blocking, and then you just get super nervous before the show, and you don't know. You don't know what's gonna happen. And I was like, you've got this. You've definitely got this. And he was Paired with Rumer Willis for the relay race. And, you know, anybody who watches this show and has watched this show knows that Dani cannot hide what she's feeling. It is on her face. And she came out from her trailer, and I said, how's it going this week? How's it going with Rumor? And she said, they are incredible. She's like, honestly, they should, like, compete together. Like, it's unbelievable. And I just instantly, my heart was just so full, and I was so happy because I knew that if there was. If any of that wasn't true, it wouldn't. It wouldn't be coming out of Danny's mouth, like. And I just knew, okay, he's got this relay, and he has got this great dance, and my proud bestie heart can relax. And then we went into the ballroom, and it was packed with friends and former pros and celebs. I finally got to meet Louis Van Amstel, who, you guys know, I interviewed the week that I ended up being eliminated. He was the first person I got to share what my contemporary dance was about. And I'm so grateful that I got to have that conversation with him and that we did that podcast before the show even aired, because I always would have wondered if any of you would have thought that I was making it up, that that's what my dance was about and that it wasn't in my package if I hadn't talked about it with Louis before that episode even aired. Anyway, Louis and I had never met face to face, and we have communicated since the podcast that we did together. And I was so excited to meet him tonight. We didn't get to talk for very long because he came up to give me a hug while I was in the middle of my conversation with Danny and Dylan. And so we didn't get to talk for as long as I wanted to, but, boy, it was so nice to meet him face to face and to give him a hug. He is such a warm, thoughtful, lovely man, and I hope that it's not the last time I see him. I want to see him again. He was just really great. Some other friends and people that you may know and that I know that were in the audience. I saw Candace. Cameron Bure was there. Danica McKellar was there. I saw a sign that Jaleel White was going to be there. His. His name was on his chair. I did not see him, and I don't know if that means he wasn't there. I'm sure he was. I need to text him. I will ask him if he was there, but I wish I had seen him. Sharna Burgess of course was there. I saw PETA was there. Sean Johnson was there. Christy Yamaguchi was there. Donald Driver was there. Rashad Jennings was there. He was obviously in the show. He was competing with Elaine. It was, it was a just a star studded, fantastic night. Apollo Ono was there. He competed with Jordan. That was pretty amazing. We'll get into all the relay race stuff. One of the things they did tonight to celebrate the anniversary is they had lots of archival footage over the last 20 years of the show. Former pros as kids basically from when they started on the show. Tom Bergeron, lots of Len Goodman. They did a beautiful In Memoriam package and had a beautiful dance that Riley and Ezra performed to the In Memoriam section of the show. Just a really beautiful celebration. Also I'd love to talk about that opening number choreographed by Derek Hough. Boy was it beautiful. Started off with the six original pros from the show and they did a beautiful job. So gorgeous. And then it continued down onto the ballroom floor with all the current pros. Really fast paced, I mean fast, fast, fast, fast, fast. And Alan had to, he was in the opening number and then he was also the first performer of the night with Elaine and they were doing a salsa. So he also like that was super fast. So I'm not even sure how he caught his breath to open the show like that. But opening number was just absolutely beautiful. And then of course I've mentioned it a few times, there was the reveal of Tom Bergeron which everyone knew he was going to be there, but it was so fun and so great and I know Julianne got emotional introducing him. I don't even know know all the details but I know that he was fired after a certain period of time and I know that he was heartbroken and I don't remember what the situation was, but I do know that there was not always good blood there after that happened. And since that time it's water under the bridge and, and they have made up and hands have changed. You know, people who used, who were in charge at that time are no longer in charge. And it was a really nice homecoming for everybody to have Tom back in the ballroom. I thought he did a really great job judging. I really did. And I didn't know what to expect because as a host, you know, he's not a, he's not a dance expert. And so, you know, I thought he did the perfect thing which was he didn't offer any critiques about the Dancing. He didn't say anything, like, about, you know, putting energy in your fingers, fingertips or something where it's like, sir, is that your area of expertise? He didn't do any of that. He just said what he connected with. He gave them compliments. He talked about how something made him feel. He talked about their shared history, if they had shared history. I thought he did a really nice job and blended in very well with our other fantastic judges. I. I really do. I think he did a great job. I really enjoyed him. I also, before they went out onto the floor, I got to see Whitney. I also got to see Robert. My Robert. I. Another one I just, you know, love so very much. And every time we see each other, we just have so much to say, and I hope that I feel. Why am I getting emotional? I always hope with my friends that I feel like a safe space to open up and. And share things with. I want that for all my friends. But there are sometimes there are some people who seemingly have just everything going for them and that, but they're young, and I know how overwhelming it can be to have so much pressure on your shoulders and to have so much going on and to be, you know, to be such a positive force like Robert is and for people to want you to maintain that. And he has never once complained about a single thing, ever. But I hope he knows that I'm always there for him, and I feel like when I see him and I'm able to say, how are you? And we actually really get to connect, and I get to hear about the highs of the week, the lows of the week, what he's looking forward to, what his. What his anxieties are about that night or whatever. It's just every single time I see him, I walk away feeling better, and I hope he feels the same way. I just. Every time I see him, I get. I get so bright inside. And it was great to see him. And I did say I was like, robert, I don't think I have a single picture with you. So we took a picture tonight, and it's very cute. I love it so much. I also took a great picture with Dylan because I realized, like, how is it possible I don't have pictures with this, my friends? Like, I have so few pictures with. With these people, but I'm not good about remembering to take pictures. We will be taping a live episode of Danielle with at Disney California Adventure park on December 4, 2025. If you live in the Southern California area or if you can be in the Southern California area on December 4th. We have an opportunity for you to join us between now and November 24th of 2025. You can enter for your chance to win tickets to attend the Coast 103.5 Private Holiday Party at Disney California Adventure park on December 4, 2025 including an overnight stay at the Disneyland Resort Hotel for a family of four and two. 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Danielle Fishel
You know what? I can see you as Mr. Darcy.
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Danielle Fishel
Let's jump into the individual dances. Alex and Val did a foxtrot to Singing in the Rain, and it was unbelievable. I mean, the judges absolutely loved it. It was an absolute 10. 10, 10 10. A perfect 40. Truly beautiful. I. I'm gonna go out on a limb. I don't even know if it's a limb. I'M going to say I think Alex is the best dancer on the show right now. I just do. I think she's the best dancer on the show. I previously, I, I don't know. I, she, she has grown so much and I thought she started as a great dancer. I like, week one was like, wow, she's really talented. She has grown leaps and bounds. And she's also really, to see her personality develop and to see her become more comfortable being on television. I don't think she had ever even really been on television before Dancing with the Stars. Certainly not live television. I mean, of course she's a world renowned social media maven, but like, to watch her grow and develop like this has been just spectacular to witness. And I'm so proud of her. So proud of her. To watch her go out there and kill it with Val tonight and, you know, she just keeps building. She just keeps building. She's stunning, she's graceful, she's moving across the floor. She's really. I don't know, I, I think she's. I think she's the top dancer right now. Robert and Whitney did Footprints in the Sand. They did a foxtrot, which was inspired by Bindi's freestyle. It was a dedication dance to their dad, really. Another beautiful, fantastic foxtrot. Tens across the board again. It was actually the first full 40 for an individual dance team. Chicago had the first full 40 the week I got eliminated. But that was a team dance. Robert's dance tonight was the first perfect 10 dance across the board. And the gold confetti cannons went off. And I was thinking sitting on the ballroom floor and I was watching everybody celebrate, watching everybody celebrate in the skybox. And I was sitting there and then they went to commercial and I realized, like, oh, because we're at commercial, there's still like two and a half minutes. And I thought I literally might get tackled. I don't know, but I'm going to run up to the skybox and grab him and give him a hug. And I did. I just jumped up from my seat and I ran across the floor and a woman in a red shirt said to me like, hi. And I was like, hi, I have to go talk to Robert. And she was like, okay. I have no idea if she knew who I was or if she was just like, I'm not gonna stop this lady who's running. But I ran upstairs into the skybox and I grabbed him and I told him how proud of him I was. Oh, my gosh, I was just so excited for him. Just so proud and so excited. I wish I could stop crying because I feel a little like a crazy lady who just keeps crying over a dancing show. But I'm just so proud of everybody. Okay, I'm gonna move on. Whitney and Mark did an Argentine tango to sell Block Tango. I think it's from Chicago, if I'm not mistaken. I thought this dance was just spectacular. I mean, I know I've said that now about every single dance, but, I mean, I guess that's to be expected when you're in week nine out of 11. It was remarkable. The lifts that they did, the tricks that they did, Whitney's split, the. Just every single thing about it. It was intense. It was sultry, it was purse. It was filled with personality. It was just beautiful. And I saw in the package that Whitney had said that she was having a hard time getting the quick flicks and. And kicks. And, man, you would never know it because she looked phenomenal. And I know that Mark really pushes her, which is exactly what she wants. And it pays off every single week. I look forward to their dances every single week. I thought she looked amazing. I thought Mark looked amazing. I thought this was spectacularly done. And then Dylan and Daniella, Ain't no Sunshine, they did an Argentine tango. I was nervous when I heard that they were doing an Argentine tango to Ain't no Sunshine. I was like, I can't picture how this song is going to work with an Argentine tango. I love Duh. The song. Oh, I forgot to tell you. Whitney and Mark also perfect tens, 40 across the board. And then because they had immunity from the relay race, which means they didn't need to do the. The relay ra. Um, they were automatically given two points, so she ended up with four. She had 42 points before the relay even started because she was just given the two points. Um, another perfect dance. Just absolutely nothing. No notes, no notes. Perfect dance. Uh, Dylan and Daniela, this. Their Argentine tango. I think this Argentine tango, I'm not just biased. I think Danny and Dylan's Argentine tango was the dance of the night for me. And there were so many great dances tonight, it's hard for me to pick. I frickin loved this Argentine tango. I loved every single aspect of it. I thought Dylan was such a star. Such a star. He knew he needed to have a breakout night. He was not thrilled with the way last week went. He really wanted to step up his game tonight, and boy, did he. He was so in character. He was so strong. He was leading so well. The lifts just. I mean, truly just Unbelievable. This dance from beginning to end was perfect. And I cried, which will not surprise those of you who are listening to this podcast where I've already cried, like, six times. I. I cried the minute it was over. Because I. I. From the conversation I had with him before the night started, through the conversations I had with him this week, I knew how important this night was to him. And I knew how important this breakthrough feeling was. And boy, oh, boy, watching him just kill it, I was through the roof. Just through the roof. And when he went up there and then they got their perfect scores, I wanted to do the same thing I had done for Robert, and I wanted to run up there into the skybox. But there was only one minute before Jordan and Ezra were performing, and I knew I wouldn't have time to run up to the skybox, give him a hug, and get back into my seat. So I stayed in my seat. But, man, gosh, what a. What a night. Then there was Andy and Emma, who did a quick step to putting on the Ritz. And, you know, spoiler alert. If you haven't heard, if you are listening to this before you watch the show, first of all, what are you doing? But if you are listening to this before you've watched the show, Andy and Emma. Andy went home tonight. And the interesting thing is that of all the nights, I thought tonight was the most impressive night Andy had had since he held the camera in his hand. When everybody fell in love with him that night, I thought I, you know, when and I heard they were doing a quick step, me, along with the rest of the world, was probably like, how's a quick step gonna go? I know Andy struggles with his knees. I know he recently had just posted, he had a bunch of fluid drained from his knee. It was a hot, hot post. And I thought, wow, how's he gonna do a quick step? And then I thought, well, it's probably not gonna be that quick, and there's probably not gonna be that many steps, and it's just gonna. They're gonna. How quick and how many steps can it be? I thought it had significantly more content than I thought it was going to. And I.
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Danielle Fishel
There were times that he really moved. I was impressed. I was like, wow, that was more than I. That. That was more than I thought it was going to be. And so I was then kind of surprised. And then with the relay dance, which I'll get into the relay dance. Emma is such a marketing genius, and, you know, she's starting a marketing company after the season ends. And I I will probably be the very first person to hire her because she's literally a genius. She's a marketing genius. It's incredible. And what she did with the relay, you know, she was like, okay. I. I mean, I don't even know I'm putting words in her mouth because I have not had this conversation with her. But I imagine that some of what she was thinking was, okay, we're up against Dylan and. And Rumor Willis. They're gonna be able to dance circles around us. We are gonna have to lean into the entertainment value. And him. Andy's, you know, Kaitlyn Bristowe ripping open his shirt and having that. Those abs under there. That t thought, wow. If. If there were however many people voting for Andy before, they are having an influx of phone calls of votes and texts. I don't know why I'm saying phone calls. What year is this? 1985. Like, they are getting text votes up the wazoo. Okay. I am 85 before Andy tonight. And so I was. Was. I was really. I mean, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I was somehow surprised that Andy went home tonight. I. I don't know. I. Yeah. And then we have Elaine and Alan. It takes two. They did a salsa, which I thought the salsa was. Was really great. Elaine in that green, I. I don't know that I would have ever thought that anybody could look good in that kind of. I don't even know what you would call it ne green, but, boy, that is a great color for her. I saw her backstage in the breezeway before she went out there, and I was like, oh, my gosh, you look spectacular. They kicked off the show. Like I said, I do not know how Alan even had the breath to. To do a salsa right after doing that opening number. He had to do a real quick change. But, you know, they kicked off the show on a real high note. She got four nines, and then we had Jordan and Ezra. They did a chach jaw to get up, and she got three nines and a 10. And I thought that last move they did in the dance with Ezra, they were, like, kind of stacked on top of each other. It was like a thrust move where they were stacked on top of each other. It was so great. And to see Jordan be real spicy and fun, I thought it was super sexy. I thought they absolutely knocked it out of the park. Overall, tonight was just, you know, I guess I should not be surprised. It's week nine. Everybody had to step up their game, and the performances tonight showed it. It was just it was really fun. Um, and then there was a relay race. The relay races were set up, so there were seven couples tonight. But as I mentioned, Whitney did not have to compete in the relay. So Whitney was safe from that, which means there were six couples competing in the relay. They were then paired up and the two couples would compete to one song. So someone would have 40. The first 45 seconds of a song and somebody else had the next 45 seconds of a. Of a song. Jordan and Ezra were paired with Apollo Ono, which means Jordan was dancing with Apollo Ono and Ezra was not on the floor. And then Dylan and Danny were with Rumer Willis. Dylan was with Rumer. Andy and Emma had Caitlin Bristow. Caitlin was with Andy. Robert and Whitney had Sochi Gomez, which means Robert dance with Sochi. Elaine and Alan had Rashad Jennings. Rashad danced with Elaine and Alex and Val had Joey Grazia Day. And so, yeah, Alex got to dance with Joey. And I thought their package at the beginning showing that Alex ended up with a bloody nose because Joey kept him hitting Alex's nose in their dance. Alex is she for look. She may look like that. She may look like a princess and look like a just beautiful Barbie, but she is not afraid to get her hands dirty. She is. She is not afraid to get thrown to the ground trying to do a double cartwheel with Val or doing a trick with Joey.
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Danielle Fishel
Like, she is all in. And I so just love that about her. Rashad Jennings came over to me last week when I was in the audience for something else and he came over to me and he was very sweet, introduced himself to me. It was so nice to meet him. I got to spend a little bit of time tonight with him and his wife. We took a picture together. Really nice to hang out with him. Sochi Gomez is so sweet. I'm such a fan. I introduced myself to her a couple of weeks ago and then got to spend a little bit of time with her tonight. I think she had an incredible week with Robert. The two of them being, you know, so young and energetic and just vivacious. And I can only imagine how. How bubbly this week was around them. It makes me wonder what it was like to be Whitney in this situation. When you're a little older and you're around, you know, 19 and 21 year olds with lots of energy. You're like, did I ever have that much energy? Did I or did I? Did I not? Caitlin Bristowe. I did her podcast last week. I. It's just, she's so fun, so wonderful. It was so great to see her really leaning into working with Andy and talking about wanting to see some sex appeal from Andy. I thought that was really funny. And Andy saying that Emma won't let him and Caitlyn, I, I'll let you. I just, I thought that was really cute. Rumor Willis and Dylan. I mean truly looks like they have been dancing together for years. I can't believe they only met this week and I think only had like two, two days of practice, maybe three. Really fun to watch them together. I thought they did an incredible job. Jordan and Apollo Ono. This dance with the two of them was beautiful. I knew immediately the fact that they are both in world class athletes. I was like man, this is going to be beautiful. This is going to be precise. It's going to be crisp, it's going to be clean. And it was, it was all of those things and it was elegant. And to see Jordan paired with somebody a little more her height was also really nice. Love my boy Ezra, love their partnership, love their friendship. Wouldn't change a thing. But you know when you're dealing with that big of a height difference, it's really nice to actually see her have to work a little less and, and for Apollo to not have to work as hard as Ezra has to work to get down to be more Jordan's height. I just thought it was really nice and they did such a beautiful job. I thought that was, I thought it was just a beautiful, beautiful dance.
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Danielle Fishel
So of the relay dances, Jordan and Apollo 1, Dylan and Rumor 1, and Robert and Sochi won, which means Robert ended up with 42 points for the night. Dylan and Danny ended up with 42 points for the night. Jordan and Ezra ended up with 39 points for the night. And then it was time to go into the elimination. I was actually shocked that they did an elimination tonight. It feeling like such a massive party and celebrating 20 years. I thought, what are the odds they're going to eliminate anybody tonight and maybe they'll just do a double elimination next week. So I was really surprised. I kept waiting for them to be like, you are all safe. And then it was like, oh, we're actually really doing an elimination. So, yeah, like I said, I was actually surprised that it was Andy tonight. I thought of all the nights tonight was a night that there was actually a significant amount of ammo to quote, unquote, justify voting for him. Not just because you love him, not just because you think he's entertaining, not just because he brings you joy, but because you actually look at the dance and say, I thought this dance was good and I want to see a dance from this person again next week. Again, not just because of the joy, not just because of the fandom, not because of that, but because of dance ability. Like I actually thought of all nights. Tonight was his bet. One of his best dance performances. So Andy and Emma made it through week nine. Congratulations to them on a killer season. And now there are only six remaining as we go into the semifinals next week. Semifinals week, Prince night. All of the couples will be dancing. Two dances, two Prince songs and gosh, I can't believe it. After that there will be, I'm assuming it will be a five couple finale. Unless they decide to do a double elimination next week just for the purpose of having a four person finale. I'm gonna assume it will be a five person finale. So it's anybody's Guess who's. Who's gonna be in the finals. I don't know. It's hard. I was gonna tell you my predictions, but I don't know. After the show wrapped, after the elimination, Andy and Emma were told that it was their last. Last performance. There was a huge 20th anniversary party on the stage next door. It was spectacular. They had deadline was there doing a. Not just a photo booth, like real beautiful portrait studios. I got to take some pictures there. They had a dj. They had a. Of course, Dancing with the Stars. Had a huge dance floor. And then. Then there was food galore. King's Hawaiian was there, and I ate a lobster roll on King's Hawaiian bread, which if you have not had a lobster roll on Kings Hawaiian bread, you really need to. You really need to experience that. I also had a slice of margarita pizza from Casamigos because there was a Casamigos little booth, and they were. They had margaritas and margherita pizza, and I don't drink, so I skipped the margherita. But I did have a slice of the margarita pizza, which was very good. And then CPK was there, and they also had pizza. And you know, you know, your girl loves her some cpk. I've never turned down CPK ever once in my life, and so I had that too. And then I don't know what else it was that was over there, but it was a bunch of, like, little small bites, and I had a bunch of little small bites. Bites that were not that memorable. I'm. I don't even know what they were. That was not from cpk. That was from some other place that I literally don't even remember the name of it. But there were just little tiny bites, and they were not memorable. The King's Hawaiian place, they also had brownie bites, and I had brownie bites, and then Van Leeuwin was there. Van Leeuwin ice cream. I don't even know that I'm saying that right. But they were there, and they had a peanut butter brownie honeycomb ice cream. What. What is this? So I had two scoops of that, and then also Randy's famous donuts were there, so I grabbed a donut to go. Also Voss water. Voss water is the official water of the carp household. I don't know if you guys. I don't know how you would know that, but this is the water I keep stocked in our house. Voss water. And I. You know what? It's fancy as, and I don't even try to hide it. Yeah, I'm a fancy water person in our house. This is the water we have. Look at this one. Look at this Voss water. It's be dazzled. It's be dazzled. They only had a handful of them, and I took a picture of them because they're so beautiful. And the guy behind the counter said, danielle, would you like one? I said, wait, really? I can have one? And he said, yes, you're a part of the cast. I don't know if if that was always their intention that they were going to give out these bedazzled sparkling beauties to cast members, but I told him, listen, I didn't win a mirror ball, but now this Voss water is going to be my mirror ball. I, I, I'm really just stacking up the stuff on my table back here. I just keep compiling things. But, but anyway, party was really fun. As you heard. I basically just ate my way through it. I did do a workout today. Worked out with a trainer for the first time in forever because I am not going to let this momentum that I have of being physical and working out of every day just go to waste. So I have hired a personal trainer. I worked out with my trainer today, and then I ruined it all by eating multiple pieces of pizza, a lobster roll ice cream, a donut, which I ate on the way home, and a very rich chocolate brownie. But you know what? I say? I ruined it. I didn't ruin anything. It was the highlight of my day was eating all of that delicious food. Okay, maybe not the highlight of my day. The highlight of my day was cheering on my friends and watching them all absolutely crush it on the ballroom floor. But a very, very close second was all that food I ate. Anyway, thank you guys for listening to this episode. I will talk to you all again soon. I'm very excited later this week to be sitting down with Whitney Levitt. Whitney and I have a lot to chat about and I'm very excited to introduce you all to the Whitney I know and now love and have gotten to know over the last three months. I'm looking forward to sharing that person with you all. So thank you all for listening. This is. Thank you for letting me do this every week and talk soon. Bye. Danielle with the Stars. Produced and hosted by Danielle Fishel, executive producers Jensen Karp and Amy Sugarman. Executive in charge of production, Danielle Romo, producer, editor and engineer Tara Sudbaksh. Theme song by Justin Segel. Follow us on Instagram at daniellewithstars and vote for me.
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Danielle Fishel
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Danielle Fishel
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Danielle Fishel
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