Dancing with...Jodie Sweetin

Summary

Pod Meets World: Danielle with the Stars – “Dancing with...Jodie Sweetin” (September 14, 2025)
Host: Danielle Fishel (with guest Jodie Sweetin)
Main Theme:
A deep-dive into Danielle Fishel’s upcoming “Dancing with the Stars” journey, complete with candid stories and essential advice from TGIF peer and “DWTS” alum Jodie Sweetin.

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Episode Overview

Danielle Fishel, best known as Topanga from “Boy Meets World,” prepares to compete in Season 34 of “Dancing with the Stars,” and sits down with Jodie Sweetin, the iconic Stephanie Tanner from “Full House” and “Fuller House,” and a DWTS Season 22 finalist. The episode mixes practical wisdom, hilarious showbiz anecdotes, genuine nerves, and heartwarming camaraderie between two TGIF icons as Danielle seeks hard-won guidance and moral support for her own DWTS adventure.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Jodie’s “Dancing with the Stars” Origin Story

• How She Got on DWTS: Jodie explains that she was approached for the show during “Fuller House” filming. Connections were made after pro dancers Maks and Val Chmerkovskiy guest-starred on “Fuller House,” sparking the opportunity.

  • “Max and Val had done an episode on Fuller House… That was maybe the seed planted… then I got eliminated the night before I went back to start working on [Fuller House] season three.” (07:09)

• Balancing Two Shows: She was relieved to not have to juggle filming “Fuller House” with DWTS.

  • “I was glad…because it’s a lot. I mean, you’re in just the first week, but it’s a lot.” (08:10)

Dance Backgrounds & Ballroom Learning Curves

• Jodie’s Early Dance Experience:

  • Started ballet and tap at three. First recital as a Cabbage Patch Kid in 1984.
  • “Dance was the first thing I ever did. I started dancing when I was about three…my first dance recital was where my mom…saw that I had zero problem being on a stage and moving other people out of the way so I could get stuck.” (08:59)

• Partner Dancing Reality:

  • Ballroom’s biggest challenge was learning to follow rather than lead.
  • “Your job is sort of just to follow—which is hard.” (11:12)
  • Val Chmerkovskiy made her wear wrist weights to build arm strength for ballroom holds. (11:21)

• Does Dance Experience Help?

  • Strongly: “Having a background in dance definitely helps…it gives you the baseline for everything. For turns, for holds, for posture…” (10:26)

DWTS Training, Meltdowns & “The Three Clicks”

• The Intensity:

  • Even with dance background, Jodie was “absolutely terrified.”
  • “You will learn to hate those three clicks…that’s when your music starts…when you’re in the ballroom, half the time, you can’t hear it because people…scream.” (05:32)

• Meltdowns & Mental Walls:

  • “You’ll probably have a meltdown around week three or four” (12:54). Jodie describes a memorable tantrum over a step she couldn’t get, ending with her struggling to dramatically exit the rehearsal room—unsuccessfully due to a stuck doorknob, which ironically made her laugh at herself.
  • “I was just spinning the door handle on camera…It made me laugh at myself because I was like, okay, yeah…” (13:43)

Costume, Beauty, and the Physical Toll

• Outfit Surprises:

  • Modesty vanishes backstage; quick changes and crowded dressing rooms are the norm.
  • “There is no modesty…you have a quick change, you’re getting naked right here…” (15:22)
  • Don’t rehearse in full costume until day-of for dress rehearsal—which can throw off timing and movement, especially with heavy dresses (like Jodie’s 12-lb beaded samba dress). (16:13, 16:49)

• Judges’ Notes—And Concentration Face:

  • Jodie was told by Carrie Ann Inaba, “The whole time you were dancing, I just didn’t like your face…” (26:05)

• Physical Demands:

  • Feet and joints take a beating: plantar fasciitis, bunions, and constant need for anti-inflammatory gels (Voltaren recommended!).
  • Endless bobby pins, fried hair, and accumulating layers of spray tan—by week 3, cast members visit Korean spas to “scrub off” and start over.
  • “There were over 80 bobby pins on my head…my head weighs a ton.” (55:37, 56:09)

Injuries, Setbacks & Recovery

• On-set Injury:
  • Jodie suffered a severe bone bruise in her foot during a physically demanding “Try” (Pink) performance, which resulted in a dramatic ambulance ride (35:56).
  • Later, she suffered a nose injury and, after DWTS, a major ankle fracture while chasing a toy for her child (36:44).
  • “I heard a crack, and I was like, oh no…ran out of the room because I thought it was blood. It was just, like, snot from getting hit really hard.” (36:09)

Partnerships, Chemistry & Competition

• With Keo Motsepe:

  • Immediate chemistry; Keo was patient but pushed her to improve. Their dynamic allowed vulnerability, “inside jokes,” and trust on the ballroom floor.
  • “We got along so well, and we had so much fun, and I was actually really grateful for him as a teacher because he was patient, but pushed me…” (18:30)

• Peer Group and DWTS Camaraderie:

  • Became closest to Wanye Morris, Paige Van Zant and Ginger Z. Some contestants (e.g. Antonio Brown) were less dedicated.
  • “Antonio was Antonio-ing all over the place…three hours later. Sharna was like, guess we’re not rehearsing today.” (22:19)

• The Elimination Mind Game:

  • Even after excellent scores, being called “last safe” was “tormenting.” Eliminations are partly about narrative tension, not always reflective of ability.
  • “It’s just a mind game sometimes too…They have to scare people occasionally.” (29:58)

Memorable Dances & Final Scores

• Highs and Lows:

  • Her samba in the infamous heavy dress (44:10) and perfect jive in week 8 (38:33) stand out.
  • On unfair scores: “That wasn’t a 21. That was not a 21. Yeah, definitely not.” (45:07)
  • Exited the show after achieving her first perfect 30, frustrated but proud:
    “I was super happy to go out how I did. I loved that jive…Felt like I went out on top.” (38:59)

• On Not Winning:

  • Ultimately proud, even if she wanted to reach the finals:
  • “I had to let go of this idea that everything was going to be perfect and just do my best…” (45:49)
  • Participation is as much a popularity contest as a dance one.
  • “There’s how well you do…and then there’s the popularity contest of it all.” (51:33)

Survival Tips for Danielle (and New Contestants)

• Practical Advice:

  • Voltaren gel for feet (53:16).
  • Prepare for nerves, visible onstage concentration (“deep face”), and surprise criticism.
  • Accept that spray tan and hair will become a weekly ordeal.
  • Don’t let a bad week get in your head; you’re always one meltdown away from a breakthrough—or an on-camera door-handle struggle.

• One Key Piece of Advice – Week 1:

  • “Have fun, and connect to the audience, both in the room and at home. Those are the people that—like—you know what I mean? Give them an interesting story… the more you’re having fun, the more the audience at home sees it, the more the judges see it, and also the less you beat yourself up.” (57:13)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On being terrified despite dance experience:
  “Oh my God. Oh, terrified. Yes…I will tell you this. You will learn to hate those three clicks.” (05:32)

• On rehearsal breakdowns:
  “I tried to make a really dramatic exit to the bathroom, and the door handle wouldn’t work…It made me laugh at myself because I was like, okay, yeah…” (13:43)

• On dance scores and tough feedback:
  “Carrie Ann said something…‘The whole time you were dancing, I just didn’t like your face.’ So that I was like, cool, thanks. It’s called concentration.” (26:05)

• On elimination order mind games:
  “It feels awful…you feel like you’ve worked so hard, and you’ve done so much, and you’re like, oh, well, I guess…I guess that could be it.” (29:37)

• On the cumulative effects of competition:
  “By week three, you gotta just—we’re like, ‘I need a whole new layer of skin.’” (54:32)

• On partnership trust:
  “When you’re dancing out there…you are just, like, in it. And, yeah, you really—I mean, you definitely get to know and trust the people that you’re out there dancing with.” (19:28)

• On audience, nerves, and live TV chaos:
  “It’s such a fun…in that regard, it is, it’s really exciting…We’re on the razor’s edge of, like, if something goes wrong, what then.” (59:55)

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Useful Timestamps

• [02:28] Danielle’s intro and reason for the episode
• [04:19] Jodie joins; playful banter begins
• [05:32] Jodie recalls the fear—even as a dancer
• [08:59] Jodie’s childhood dance origins
• [13:43] Jodie’s rehearsal tantrum story
• [15:22] Costuming realities and modesty vanishing
• [16:13] Dancing in heavy costumes for the first time
• [25:33] Jodie’s nerves before her first show
• [26:05] On being judged for her “face”
• [35:56] The story of Jodie’s on-set ballroom injury
• [44:10] Favorite dance—the samba in the 12-lb dress
• [53:16] How to care for battered dancer’s feet
• [57:13] Jodie’s #1 Week One piece of advice (“have fun…”)
• [59:14] Danielle’s nerves, Jodie’s encouragement

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Conclusion

Jodie Sweetin offers Danielle heartfelt advice and a host of memorable stories about the challenges, physical toll, emotional minefields, and exhilarating highs of competing on “Dancing with the Stars.” Danielle’s nerves are palpable, but Jodie’s candor, humor, and honest commiseration underscore how even the most seasoned entertainers find the show daunting, intensely rewarding, and, above all, unforgettable. The baton is passed with love, laughter, and the encouragement to—above all—have fun, let go, and always check the door handle before your dramatic rehearsal exit.

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Recommended for:
Fans of TGIF nostalgia, aspiring “DWTS” contestants, and anyone curious about the true, often comedic chaos behind the glitz and sequins of live TV dance competitions.

Transcript

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[Danielle Fishel]

Welcome to Danielle with the Stars. I am Danielle Fishel, a TV director, a podcaster forever Topanga and a mom of two. Currently though, I am learning how to ballroom dance one step at a time. You will see me on season 34 of Dancing with the Stars premiering September 16th on ABC and Disney. And throughout the process I am recording this Podcast chronicling my journey, giving you the inside story of one celebrity's quest for a mirrorball trophy. I am in the mix as we speak, practicing every day for the debut episode, a night that will mark the first time I have danced in front of an audience since I recited a poem for Corey and applied lipstick across my face on Boy Meets world at only 12 years old. Not kidding, but I figure the best way to prep for the moment is to talk to those who have competed before me. And today, I have the privilege of talking to another superhero from the extended Pod Meets World universe, a fellow TGIF alum who already competed on Dancing with the Stars and lived to talk about it. She appeared on season 22 of the show back in 2016 and was partnered with dancer Kiyo Matsepi, finishing in sixth place and suffering one of the more dramatic injuries in Dancing with the Stars history. But don't get it twisted like her ankle. Even though week eight was her last shelter, she went out with two basically Perfect scores. A 30 on her jive and a 29 for her tango team up. She's the real deal, and I know I need her help. Today on Danielle with the Stars, I am paired with Stephanie Tanner herself, the iconic middle child of Full and Fuller House and the co host of How Rude. Tanneritos, say hello to Jody Sweeten.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Hello.

[Danielle Fishel]

Hello, Jodi. Thank you so much for agreeing to talk to me.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I am for agreeing to talk to you. As if I. That you're right, because I don't agree, my friend. Yeah, Yeah. I have agreed for these purposes only. For the next 45 to 55 minutes, I will speak to you. Thank you.

[Danielle Fishel]

I really appreciate it. I know normally you have a strict no Danielle policy.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Do. Yeah. Yeah. From the second I met you, it's just been like, no, we don't get along. We don't. We will.

[Danielle Fishel]

We will not discuss. Yeah, no. Okay. I know. But seriously, I really do appreciate it because I am in week one of practice, and not. Not since our Kushlings commercial have I felt this nervous about what I'm doing, so.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Oh, my God. Well, look, if you can handle Kushlings, you can handle Dancing with the Stars. You know what I mean? They're very transferable skills.

[Danielle Fishel]

That makes me feel a lot better. I just wanted to know, did I make a bad decision here agreeing to do the show?

[Jodie Sweetin]

I don't know. I don't know. Did you? Do you like to dance and also be terrified on live TV in front of a large room full of screaming people?

[Danielle Fishel]

So were you terrified. Even though you're a great dancer? Absolutely.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Oh, my God. Oh, Terrified. Yes. There's. I. I will tell you this. I will tell you this. You will learn to hate those three clicks.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, gosh.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Because you'll hear them. And that's when your music starts. And when you're in the ballroom, half the time, you can't hear it because people, they want everybody to scream. So ghost duck first, like, 10 seconds when you're there, and you're like, I just want to hear the music. Because if, you know, if you don't hear that, you're like, you're just going to be off.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Once. If you start off on a bad foot, how do you ever finish up?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Right, right, right, right. But no, I. And I don't mean to scare you, because it was so much fun. It was such incredibly hard work, but I loved it, and I. I did it. I mean, I used to go watch ballroom dance competitions when I was, like, in my late teens. I'm a nerd, and I love dance.

[Danielle Fishel]

That was your fun time.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I mean, not like every weekend, but I definitely went to a few because I loved ballroom dance. And it was a type of dance that I never did. I mean, was partnering, but I just loved watching it. And so when I got the chance to do it, it was amazing.

[Danielle Fishel]

How did you get the chance to do it? Did they approach you? What was the situation with how you joined the season?

[Jodie Sweetin]

They approached me. It had been something. I was like, oh, this would be fun. And we had talked about it a little bit. I think maybe second season first. I'm trying to remember what. Because we were shooting Fuller. We started shooting Fuller in 2015, and I want to say it was 2016, like, season two. I think that I did Dancing with the Stars, and they came to me. Max and Val had done an episode on Fuller House. Oh, okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

Famous dancer brother duo.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Famous dancer brothers. The Chmerkovskis. And Candace had been Val's partner when she did Dancing with Stars. And so they had done an episode, and it was super fun. And, you know, and so then it was just kind of like, I think that was maybe the seed planted amongst them a little bit. But it definitely. Once I went back to Fuller, that was kind of when it happened. And then I got eliminated the night before I went back to start working on season three, season two season anyway. So, yeah, I would have been doing both shows, and I was like, yeah, I could do it. And then once I started back doing Fuller, I was like, I am so glad I'M not doing two.

[Danielle Fishel]

How would it have been possible?

[Jodie Sweetin]

I don't know. It was one of those things where, like, I do. I say yes and then figure it out and then panic later. Yeah. So that's how I try to rule my life is just sure. And then go, oh, my God, what have you done? What have you done?

[Danielle Fishel]

Help me figure this out. Someone help me.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But no, I was glad that. Cause that would have been a lot. Because it's as, you know. I mean, you're in just the first week, but it's a lot anyway.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, it's a lot. And I think maybe the rules have changed. I don't know about when you.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah, I'm like, what are the rules now? Post Covid. Post. It's been such a long times. It's been almost 10 years since I.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, they. They're limiting it. Limiting us currently to only four hours a day, five days a week.

[Jodie Sweetin]

That was. We had a limit. Okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

We had a limit.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Four hours a day, five days a week. But I. That was. I. I went full out from day one.

[Danielle Fishel]

Got it. That's what I figured.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I figured you were.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. I want to talk a little bit about your dance history, because I know you had never done ballroom before, but if people remember Full House or have just kept track of your history and memes, they would know that.

[Jodie Sweetin]

True. If you've seen a meme, you've seen me dancing. Y.

[Danielle Fishel]

When did you start dancing as a kid?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Dance was the first thing I ever did. I started dancing when I was about three. I started in, like, ballet and tap and just having fun. But I loved it. I always loved performing. And really, my first dance recital was where my mom kind of saw that. Not saw that I enjoyed performing, but saw that I had zero problem being on a stage and moving other people out of the way so I could get stuck.

[Danielle Fishel]

Excuse me. Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah. Oh, no. I was dressed as a little cabbage patch with a giant. 1984. Okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

So 1985.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Sequins, satin, homemade costumes. I had, like, a giant bonnet thing for, like, looked like a little Cabbage Patch kid. And that was my ballet number. And then I was dressed like a small duck. Oh, my tap dancing number called I am a dancing Duck. I am a dancing duck. I am tap, tap, tap. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, my. Do you have video of this?

[Jodie Sweetin]

It's on vhs and my parents have it. But I do have the costume somewhere.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I have. Oh, I have the little duck costume. I've got little orange tights that are probably this big. You are Kidding me. My little tap shoes and the little feathers and the hat. Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

So as you mentioned, it's a difference than doing a partner dance.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Absolutely.

[Danielle Fishel]

Do you think having a background in dance helped you or hurt you?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Of course, no. Having a background in dance definitely helps. I mean, it gives you the baseline for everything. Okay. For turns, for holds, for posture, all of that kind of stuff.

[Danielle Fishel]

Great. I'm so glad I have zero. I'm sorry.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Hand placement, all of that. It just makes it a little easier if your hands don't look like this. You know, you're used to kind of blowing them or whatever. What was I saying?

[Danielle Fishel]

Did dance help you? Thank you. Thank you.

[Jodie Sweetin]

There we go.

[Danielle Fishel]

So it helps.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Good thing I'm not doing Dancing with the Stars now because I'd forget my own name. No, it definitely helped. It definitely helped. And because I loved it, I wanted to do it every day. I mean, I want. I was like, I want to dance four hours a day, every day and push myself.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right. And so how quickly did you adjust to being with a partner?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Well, you learn very quickly that your job is sort of just to follow.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Which is hard.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I think you're probably much like I am and you're like, no, no, no, no, I'm. I can't.

[Danielle Fishel]

I'll be in charge.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah. I got to know what I'm doing. And so that was like the hardest thing was really holds. You think you're just in a hold and dancing, but like, no, no, no. Your back and your arms and you're like, it's. And I remember when I. We had a switch up week. I was with Kiyo and we had Val and he would make me wear weights on my hands. So that then when you took the weights off, it was that much easier to hold your hand. You know what I mean? So you got used to having that sort of weight. Yeah, it was a lot, but it definitely. Having a dance background was kind of key. I think it helped kind of push me along a little further. And I definitely think it helped. Who. I think who won our season was Ginger Z. And I think she had some dance background as well. So it can help.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay, it can help for sure. Okay, great. Well, I don't have that, so we're gonna have to find other things.

[Jodie Sweetin]

But let me tell you, there's also been like amazing ice skaters, ice dancers, and other dancers that just don't make it the show. You never do.

[Danielle Fishel]

We know of any klutzy middle aged women who've won.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Oh. Who've Won.

[Danielle Fishel]

Cause that's what I'm going for. I'm a real. A real klutzy middle aged woman. I'm going to just try to learn some grace.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I feel like. Learn. Learn some grace. Be patient with yourself.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Somewhere around week three or four, you'll probably have a meltdown.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

That's kind of when it happens. It's. I found that like, by the, like week four, I had been practicing every day. We had had a couple show. Like, I was just burnt and it was like my brain stopped being able to kind of absorb information for like two days.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

And I. Yeah, it was. I had to be.

[Danielle Fishel]

Did you slow down during those days? Did you then.

[Jodie Sweetin]

No, no, no, no. But I did throw a fit. I did in the middle of my rehearsal. I wasn't getting something. I don't remember what it was, but it was like one of those stupid things where for whatever reason in my brain I was like turning right and it was supposed to be left and I just couldn't get it. And. And I was just frustrated. And so I tried to make a really dramatic exit to the bathroom.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Jodie Sweetin]

And the door handle wouldn't work. And so I was just spinning the door handle on camera because, you know, they record everything while trying to. And I actually. It made me laugh at myself because I was like, okay, yeah, I mean.

[Danielle Fishel]

What are you gonna do? You were really having a tantrum.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I mean, I still had to go have a little tantrum and like cry in the bathroom. And then I was like, okay, okay, I'm better. Yeah. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. Well, thank you for thinking it's. I'm gonna get to week four before a breakdown. But I do appreciate that you are.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Absolutely gonna make it to week four.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. Thank you. Can we talk about wardrobe also? Because I don't really fully know what I'm in for with the outfits. So any advice you have is appreciated. How much input do you have in the things you wear?

[Jodie Sweetin]

A fair amount.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Because they come to your rehearsals, usually the wardrobe people, they will come to your rehearsals and see what your dance looks like.

[Danielle Fishel]

Great.

[Jodie Sweetin]

So that whatever they are creating for you kind of works well. And there's also like, you know, foxtrot, some of the, like, ballroom dances like that you have to wear a long dress. That's, you know, samba. You're always in a like sort of swingy little thing because it makes your hips look really great. But you will. You will have people changing you and putting body makeup in places while you're standing in a room full of crowded people. And you will. The thing about dance, live theater, and live television is you learn there is no modesty. You're like, I don't. I have a quick change. I have to change from one number to the next, and I'm getting naked right here. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Gotta do it.

[Jodie Sweetin]

They don't make you get naked in front of the whole room of people. But it's. You're like, just, we gotta get this done. Like, we gotta go. You know, I remember thinking before I.

[Danielle Fishel]

Had children, someone saying, like, I don't remember what I had said, but saying something like. And then. So then you just have all those people in the room. And my mom said, oh, yeah, Danielle, you're not thinking about it when you're giving birth. And I was like, oh, I bet I'm going to think about it. And then guess what?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Guess you're not thinking about it. It's amazing how things. Certain things take over, and you're like, I don't care. Don't get it out of me. Yeah. But, yeah, I mean that. I will say, it's really fun. The costumes are really fun. But I will warn you, you do not dance in your costume right until dress rehearsal.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. Which is the day before the show.

[Jodie Sweetin]

No, I mean the day of the show.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, you don't. You. For camera blocking, you're not in your wardrobe.

[Jodie Sweetin]

No.

[Danielle Fishel]

Wow.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Camera blocking. You're not in your wardrobe. You wear your wardrobe. Day of the show. At least we did our season day of the show for your dress rehearsal that day.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jodie Sweetin]

And let me tell you, it throws things off sometimes because when we did our samba, I was used to turning with zero weight on me.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I put a beaded dress on that weighed probably 12 pounds.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jodie Sweetin]

And all of the beating is at the hips. So when you're turning now, Keel was like, you got to turn harder. Like, you can't. It's not reading. And I'm like, I'm trying, you know, like, swinging my hips around. And. Yeah. It. It. Like. That's another thing that you don't think of is all of a sudden, once you have that on things that you may have been doing in gym clothes.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes.

[Jodie Sweetin]

All of a sudden, you. It just makes it a little bit different. So.

[Danielle Fishel]

Wow. Okay. That's really good to think about. Like, what am I going to be wearing? How quickly am I. How am I going to need to swing these hips?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

How important does picking songs end up being?

[Jodie Sweetin]

It's pretty important, but they have a lot of say so, like, they. They have most of the say as. Like, it'll usually be like, oh, here's whatever, the few songs, the five songs that we like for this particular dance style or whatever. And then they'll kind of choose one, and sometimes they'll be like, those are great. We didn't pick any of those. So here's what you're gonna do. You know, it's. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

For week one for you, who did you invite into the audience to watch.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Week one? I believe it was my parents and my kids.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, I think.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah. I think I'm trying to think of people I invited kind of over time. I know Lori Loughlin came, Candace came. I believe Andrea came, and then just like, you know, other friends and stuff. But, yeah, I think my. It was my parents and my kids in the audience that. For that first one.

[Danielle Fishel]

That is so cute. Did you have immediate chemistry with Kio, or was it something that grew over time? Did it click right away? What was your relationship like with him?

[Jodie Sweetin]

It clicked right away. We got along so well, and we had so much fun, and I was actually really grateful for him as a teacher because he was patient but pushed me, if that makes sense. Like, he. It wasn't. I mean, look, Max and Val are amazing dancers, but the Ukrainian methods of teaching things are strict. Again, weights. You know, you're dancing with a broom handle, and it's.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Jodie Sweetin]

It's. It's strict. It's a lot. And. And. And Keough, I think, was able to push me in ways, but also knew when I was like, again, having a frustrated moment, and he'd be like, okay, let's. You know what let's say. And we would just be stupid and laugh, and we had all kinds of little inside jokes and, you know, code words and stuff. And, you know, when you're dancing out there doing the show, you're talking to each other the whole time.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah. You know, you are just, like, in it. And, yeah, you really. I mean, you definitely get to know and trust the people that you're out there dancing with. And I'd say for women on the show, it's a little bit different because the guys, the male contestants, are kind of. They have to lead, and they don't know how. You know what I mean? So, like, it's sort of a. I think in some ways, being a woman on the show is a little bit easier in that you can kind of fall into the trust of going with your partner a little bit easier, which is kind of one of the keys of ballroom. So.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, it's interesting you say that because in all the seasons I've watched, I've always thought, man, the women have it so much harder. It feels like they have to do so many more. Like they do so many more spins. And I notice no matter what, my eye is watching the woman. I'm just watching her. I'm just watching her.

[Jodie Sweetin]

That's why we get the fancy costumes and the things. And it is true, as women, you are expected to do more because the male dancer in partners just kind of leading and sort of the position there while somebody else. So it is in that regard, like, their partner can do a lot of showy things. And you're like, oh, I'm not even looking at him. You guys did great.

[Danielle Fishel]

That dance was amazing.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I did an amazing. You were there. Yeah, but. Yeah, but also, like, knowing that you can kind of relax and you don't have to be the. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

The one to remember every single next step.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Right.

[Danielle Fishel]

They'll put you into it.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Right. Although I did, when we did our season, I did have to dance with another contestant. I danced with Nyle DiMarco at one point. Really? Yes. Which is interesting because he's deaf. Oh, wow.

[Danielle Fishel]

You did have quite a season of fellow competitors. Geraldo Rivera, Marla Maples, Antonia Brown, Misha Barton. Did you. Did you do any fraternizing with the other? Not with those four.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Okay. Any reason? I mean, I feel like the first two are fairly obvious. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah, got it. No, I did. I mean, they were lovely. Everyone was nice. No, I would say the people I probably got closest to. Wanye Morris was on my season from Boyz II Men, so he and I spent a lot of time together. Who else? Who else? Paige Van Zant. Paige and I spent a lot of time together. Ginger Z. She was a doll. We kind of always had similar, like, rehearsal schedules. Yeah, right. Antonio was, like, never there. I felt so bad for Sharna. Like, really? Yeah, it was kind of. It was Antonio. Was Antonio ing all over the place and. Yeah, he would just leave. Like, the car would be there to pick him up and it'd be like three hours later. And Sean was like, guess we're not rehearsing today.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, gosh.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. Did you have any weird run ins?

[Jodie Sweetin]

No.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay, good.

[Jodie Sweetin]

No. Yeah. No weird run ins. No. Everyone, like I said, everyone was excited and, like, happy to be there. So it was all super supportive and, you know, but it was. I think the people that go the first few weeks. Yeah, it's. You don't. You just don't get as close to them because by week one and two they're not. They're gone, right?

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[Danielle Fishel]

So your first dance was to Confident by Demi Lovato. What do you remember from that first night? What were your nerves like?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Oh my God, I was terrified. Okay, terrified. I actually have a pic. Oh, I did. Where did it go?

[Danielle Fishel]

Someone stole your photo.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Someone stole my photo? No, I had A photo of it somewhere. A picture from that first dance. Oh, it's terrifying. And you. And. And then you think you did great. And then you get the judges. You know what I mean? And you're like, oh, what was your.

[Danielle Fishel]

Do you remember your first score?

[Jodie Sweetin]

I remember. I don't remember my first score. I think it was pretty good. It was, I think sevens.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay, that's great.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Sevens, sixes. Sevens, maybe. But I do remember Carrie Ann said something. She was like, your face. The whole time you were dancing, I just didn't like your face. So that I was like, cool, thanks. Yeah, yeah. She was like, I just didn't like what was happening on your face. I was like, it's called concentration. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

You know what that is? Actually, it's funny that you say that. It's been one of the things that's been the hardest for me trying to learn. You think that doing what we do, our personalities would come through while we're dancing. But I'm so focused on remembering the steps and the form and everything else that my face is very, like, resting deep.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Or I just kind of like. I get like an intense. When I'm, like, doing something and so I'm like. And it was like, I looked kind of angry.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Jodie Sweetin]

But I was just focused.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Just focus.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know.

[Jodie Sweetin]

No, but. But yeah, you'll get notes on stuff where you're like, really? And then sometimes you'll be like, okay, now I see that. I see that.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

But, yeah, it's. It's nerve wracking. And like, I said those. When you get out there and the room starts screaming and you hear the announcement of, like, it's Jody and Keough dancing that. And you're like, oh, God. Oh, no. I don't know anything. I don't know anything. And then, like, you just hear the three clicks and you're like, it's go time. It's like a roller coaster. Like, you get. You're just going. Going up to the top, and then the music starts and you're just kind of going. And you go. And you're just following along and you're like. And there's a sort of a freedom in it because once you get there.

[Danielle Fishel]

You'Re like, okay, yeah, what am I gonna do?

[Jodie Sweetin]

What am I gonna do? Yeah. It's like any live show. The terrifying part of stepping off the ledge.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Is actually really cool.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, absolutely. Exactly. Once you get through that part or rubbing your pants, which is always my, like, go to feeling like I'm gonna.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Be I'm gonna pee. I'm gonna be. Suddenly, let me tell you, you ain't being in those outfits. Yeah, no, those. Not those outfits. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Great. Okay, so I won't be staying hydrated on the show is what you're saying, right?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Oh, no, you will be hydrated, but you'll be sweating so much that you could drink a. Just a giant arrowhead, gallons of water and it would sweat right out.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. When you get a not so great score or a score you're not happy about, how do you maintain a smile? Because I. I'm worried they're going to give me a score and I'm going to think I did much better than that. And then I'm going to want to be like, hey, let me tell you something.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Right? Well, that happens. Look, that does happen. I seem to remember somebody on our season being like, kind of being like, well, you know, you, you. Because sometimes they'll pick at something that you're like, well, that wasn't. I mean, I, you know. Okay. But like, I couldn't fix that, you know, whatever it is, I can't fix my face. That's just the face I got. Like, whatever it is that you're, like, kind of frustrated by.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Jodie Sweetin]

But yeah, it's an exercise in. In grace.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right, Exactly.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Have someone tell you something that you did wrong live on television and just go, yes, yes, you're right. Yes, I saw that, too.

[Danielle Fishel]

Thank you. Thanks for the.

[Jodie Sweetin]

And then you're walking off stage with your partner and you're like, yeah, I can't believe I missed such stupid turn. Yeah. All right.

[Danielle Fishel]

So then in week three and four, you ended up being the last celebrity to be called safe.

[Jodie Sweetin]

What tormenting me, does that feel, like, awful?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, just the worst awful.

[Jodie Sweetin]

It feels awful because. Because, you know, like, there's some people. You're like, okay. They're like. And not to sound, but there are. There's some people. You're like, okay. I know. They're probably like that the dance was maybe wasn't greater, you know?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

But then there's some things you're like, I. I know I did. I am not in the bottom.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I know I'm not in the bottom. You know, like.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Jodie Sweetin]

It's just a. It's a mind game. You know what I mean? It's just sort of a mind game sometimes, too. They got some. Several people have to be in the bottom and somebody's got to go home, so they have to scare people occasionally. But it's awful because you feel like you've worked so hard, and you've done so much, and you're like, oh, well, I guess.

[Danielle Fishel]

I guess that could be it.

[Jodie Sweetin]

That sucked, you know?

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, I. You had a trajectory that I hope to emulate in the sense that your first week was your lowest score. But by the time you then got to week five, it all had just seemed to click. And you scored under a 25 again.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah. What.

[Danielle Fishel]

What do you think happened in those first five weeks that really just catapulted you?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Well, after that first week, I replaced my face.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. You. You put a smile on.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I did, yeah. I put. I just put the smile on. I think one nerves. But I also think that that first week, everybody kind of scores pretty look, you know what I mean? Like, they gotta give you somewhere to go.

[Danielle Fishel]

Totally.

[Jodie Sweetin]

And that first week isn't great usually, you know, I mean, there's. It's. You're getting used to it. It's your first live show. By the time you're in a few weeks, you're kind of like, okay, I know the routine. I know what happens. This seems a little more like a normal schedule that I have that I can be accustomed to. But, like, that first week just feels like you're kind of all over the place.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right. Okay. So it's then week six, and you get injured and rushed to the hospital. Oh, what happened here? Walk us through the whole injury.

[Jodie Sweetin]

This was before I had my big injury where I snapped my ankle on my left side and have a bunch of pins and a plate and all that kind of stuff still.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jodie Sweetin]

This was prior to that. Okay. Which probably made dancing a lot easier, But I definitely, like. So we were doing. There's things that you do, and you're like, I don't know. This feels kind of hard.

[Danielle Fishel]

We were.

[Jodie Sweetin]

It was the week we were recreating iconic dances, and we were doing Pink's video for Try.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Which I don't know if you've ever seen the video. It's like she's being thrown on the mattress and dragged and, you know, and all this kind of stuff. It's very, like, intense and physical and very physical. Because Pink.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes, exactly.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Goodness.

[Danielle Fishel]

An absolute athlete.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Oh, my God. So they were like, you're gonna recreate that? I'm like, oh, okay. And there was one move that they did where basically it was a counterbalance of myself and Kyo. Right.

[Danielle Fishel]

So you guys were, like, leaning away from each other.

[Jodie Sweetin]

So we're leaning away from each other, but I am supporting our weight. My legs are the ones on the ground. And I forget how we were intertwined, but basically, I have to keep my hips and my core up or the whole thing collapses down. We had tried it a couple times before cameras got there. We had tried it. We had tried it, and it was like. I was like, I. It's a lot. It's. He, you know, like, Q's a big dude. And it was just the. Like, the. The balance of it if you. If you weren't exactly right, and if I didn't hold that strength, like, everything came crashing down. And that's basically what happened, was the original choreographers came to help us with the. You know, with our. Our dance and perfecting stuff and whatever, and they were like, okay, we want to see you try this. You know, this move. Of course they wanted it on camera. And I was like, this one was hard. Okay, let's do it. Yes, I guess. And. And we did it. And then I. I was tired, and so my core just kind of collapsed, and my ankle rolled, and Keo, with his tailbone came down right on top of my ankle bone and just jammed it into the wood floor. Wood floor. Oh, gosh. I. It. I was like, oh, there we go. There. It was so painful. It was the side of my foot. Like, the bones on the side of my foot. Yes.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes. On the outer edge.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Huh?

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, gosh.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Those little metatarsals and the ankle bone. And I was cr. I mean, I was like, oh, my God. I. It was really, really painful. And I was, like, trying to put weight on it, and it just hurt. And I was like, oh. And I was so upset because I was like, no, no, this can't be. Like, this is not. This is not the way I go home. Like, sobbing, crying. They call an ambulance because, of course, you know, ship you over there and drama. So they ship the ambulance. Kyo gets in the ambulance with me. I remember he's sitting there holding my purse, and we're, like, on our way to the emergency room. I call my mom. I'm like, oh, I'm going to the ER she's like, oh, my God. I'm like, no, no, it's just my ankle. It's okay. Then we're in the E.R. kyo's there with me, and we're there, and they do all these X rays and everything, and they find out it was a. Like, a severe bone bruise. So I like, okay. It bruised the bones on the outside of my foot and the soft tissue, so it was really, really tender to the touch. But nothing was broken. It didn't feel great to dance on, but it wasn't. I wasn't gonna, you know, further aggravate anything. But while we were sitting there waiting for the doctor, I will never forget, that's when the news that Prince died came in, and I was sitting in Cedar Sinai, and then I started crying all over again, because I love Prince, but I will never forget. I was like, oh, yeah, yeah. That was when I was doing Dancing the Stars, and I hurt myself, and I was in the hospital, and Q and I went, oh, no. Because we had just been talking about some song that. Yeah. So.

[Danielle Fishel]

Wow.

[Jodie Sweetin]

So weird, random, like, things that I remember from that.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, you definitely win. You know, whenever somebody's like, I know. You always remember where you were during. Yeah, you have. You. You're like, yes, I do.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I do. I do.

[Danielle Fishel]

And then there's a very bruised bone.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yes. And then there was another injury where he thought he broke my nose, where we were doing a hold, and he had to, like, drop me really, like, into a thing really quick and, like, spin, and I hit his. He just punched me right in the nose. And I heard a crack, and I was like, oh, no. Like, I ran out of the room because I thought it was blood. It was just, like, snot from getting hit really hard. But I was like, oh, great. Cool. Broke my nose. Like, oh, wow.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. And then you ended up hurting your ankle where it, like, shattered, and you needed a plate and screws, or. That was a separate injury.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Oh, that was a separate injury. I was rescuing a $1 toy for baby, like, the next year sometime, and I went over a small fence and landed on the inside of my left ankle, and then the bottom of my foot was pointing sideways.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yep.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Okay. Yeah. You know what? It does make sense, actually, to me that children are how we hurt ourselves more.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like, oh, I'll get it. Totally worth the $1 toy. Yeah, exactly.

[Danielle Fishel]

Anything to avoid the tantrum.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Right? I was like, well, and I was being a hotshot. I was like, I can hop a fen. I was like, four fence. I'm like, I've hopped fence under way worse conditions than this, you know? And then I. But apparently I'd never hopped a fence in Uggs, right? Oh, that's not. I do not recommend that. There is the killer 0 ankle support. 0. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

So were you at any point in time? I know you mentioned that when you were then let go from the show, you then started season three. Was there ever a time where you were shooting Season two and doing Dancing with the Stars at the same time. No. Okay. Because on hiatus.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I was on hiatus because we had, I think, the season before they had asked me to do it. And we were trying to figure out, how can I make this work. And my manager, Rachel, who, you know, has had several clients on there as dancers and as contestants, and she was just like, I don't know. I don't think this. I don't know. You really want to do this? And I was like, yeah, yeah, I really want to do this. And it just. Full House was like. Fuller was like, yep. No, we can't.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right?

[Jodie Sweetin]

This is. We love you, but no. And so it kind of happened over hiatus, but then, like I said, I. I got a perfect score. All tens on my jive. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

This is week eight. One week before the semifinals.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah. Yeah. One week before the semifinals. And. And I was eliminated. And literally the next morning was back on the set of Fuller.

[Danielle Fishel]

So, my gosh. Okay, so you scored a perfect 30 on your drive, and then you also got a 29 on your team up tango, and somehow you were eliminated. Did you feel like this was coming? This seems like people should have been protesting outside of cbs.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Honestly, I was super happy to go out how I did. I loved that jive. It was one of my favorites. Got a great score. I felt like I went out on top and I was like. And I didn't have to, like, yeah, kill myself to get right.

[Danielle Fishel]

To do both jobs.

[Jodie Sweetin]

To do both jobs. Because I think I. I would have sucked at both of them. You know what I mean? Like, that would have been great to suffer, and I wouldn't have been very funny. So, yeah, it was probably better that I just tried to do one thing at a time.

[Danielle Fishel]

After you were eliminated, did you watch the semis and the finals, or did.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Was.

[Danielle Fishel]

Did you just need some distance from it?

[Jodie Sweetin]

I didn't, but I was like, I knew all what was. That was going on. You know, I mean, like, I didn't care about watching it on tv. I was like, oh, let me just hear the gossip from everybody. Yeah, you were still in the mix. And people on set and contestants, you know, sending pictures or doing, oh, this one went really well, or. Yeah, no, I wasn't. I was really sad the night we got eliminated. And I remember. Cause you get eliminated, and then they're like, okay, now go do a press line. And you're like, we did our press line. And then Keough and I went back into the ballroom, and it was empty. They cleared everything out for the night and he and I just went and sat in there for a while and talked and it was really nice and it was like a really nice way to feel like, okay, I gave this floor everything I could. I gave this partner everything I could. And we. He went further than he had ever gone in the show. His mom flew in from South Africa to see us dance. He hadn't seen her in like nine years. So yeah, it was really cool and really special. And yeah. And I didn't. But I didn't, I didn't watch the rest of it after. Wow. I saw highlights. But yeah, but yeah, I have. And I have a picture of Kyo and I sitting on the steps of the the ballroom floor, like where the band and stuff is.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

And somebody took a picture of us from behind. Just kind of like that is like that looking out at the. Yeah. Yeah. It was a nice moment to get to say like, thank you. I'm really glad I got to do this.

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[Danielle Fishel]

There is one more dance I want to ask you about, because when I first signed on to doing the show, Jensen and I decided to just pick one of our friends who had been on it and just see how they did. And we picked you, and we were like, let's watch one of Jody's dances.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Which one did you watch? Tell me you didn't watch the Disney one.

[Danielle Fishel]

Samba.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Oh, the samba. Yes, the samba with the dress that weighed.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's the one that weighed 12 pounds.

[Jodie Sweetin]

That's the one. Well, weighed like 12 pounds. Yeah. And that was the one that I had put on, and I was like, okay, we're hauling ourselves out there. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

I watched that dance, and I said, how did she not win? It was spectacular.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Thank you. Thank you. That one was really great. I loved that dance. That dance was amazing. And I think Haley Ebert and Jenna.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Were. I think it was. Jenna and Haley were like the other two kind of backup dancers for, like, the first little moment or whatever. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

I mean, really incredible. I think you. That you scored a 21 for that dance, and I.

[Jodie Sweetin]

That.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's one of those moments where I want to be like, hold on. I'm gonna need you to. To put the scores down and.

[Jodie Sweetin]

And.

[Danielle Fishel]

And rewatch. Let's replay. Play the clip and then. And then give her a better score because I literally am floored if I that was even do a fraction.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Definitely one of those where I was like, yeah, that wasn't a 21.

[Danielle Fishel]

That was not a 21. Yeah, definitely not. So I just have to tell you how. How incredible I thought specifically that dance was.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Thank you. That one was. Yeah, that one was really fun. And, like, the costume was amazing. But that was one of those where I was like, oh, this is. This is the. The costume challenge where you're like, I just figured this out two hours ago, and now I have to Relearn things. Yes.

[Danielle Fishel]

So looking back now, how do you feel about your overall performance? Do you think you exceeded your own expectations?

[Jodie Sweetin]

To be honest, I. I wanted to make it to the end.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. You wanted to make it to the final?

[Jodie Sweetin]

I wanted to make it to the end, but I was really happy with how I did. I had to, like, let go of this idea that everything was going to be perfect and just do my best, you know?

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I mean, I think everybody that goes on is like, I want to make it to the end. Maybe. I mean, maybe not like Geraldo, but I think most people, if you're really serious about it or you have any kind of dance or you just are loving the show, you're like, I really want to make it to the end. But, no, I was really proud of how hard I worked. I was really proud of what Keough and I did. You know, some of the things that we fought for. To get for set design and stuff like that, you know, it's You. You are. You have a lot of input. You and your partner have a lot of input, and sometimes you got to really fight for what you want.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

You know, and I was just really proud of. Of what we did and what we accomplished, and I thought it looked great. Except for my Disney week. I hated my Disney Week.

[Danielle Fishel]

What was Disney week? What did you do?

[Jodie Sweetin]

This Shakira song from Zootopia. It still gives me nightmares. Yeah, no, it was so Disney week because, like, they do a big, you know, Disney whatever crossover or did when it was on. Is it still in it? It's still on abc.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

So, yeah, they do, like, a big Disney crossover week or whatever, and they give you Disney songs to do stuff to. And that fricking Zootopia song that. Oh, that was the week. I think it was week three or four. And that was the week that my brain left.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, that you had your meltdown over Chicago.

[Jodie Sweetin]

That I had my meltdown. I couldn't. For whatever reason that dance, it was that week, I was like, it broke you. No, we're not. No, we're not. And so we got out there, and in the middle of the dance, at one moment, it was like my entire mind just went, wow. Blank, blank. And I will never forget. Kiyo sees the terror in my eyes. And I was like, I forgot. And he's like, just keep going. Just keep going. Just keep moving. Okay. And turn and turn. And then we're, like, communicating the whole time, and he's just telling me step by step because it was like someone snatched My brain out of my body.

[Danielle Fishel]

Can you hear him even with the loud music?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Can you hear your brain when you're right here? You can. Yeah. Yeah. You are, like, in each other's ear. The only thing you can really hear is them.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Jodie Sweetin]

So, yeah, it's. You come to rely on them Very. Yeah. Because you're like, if all. If I fail.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Jodie Sweetin]

You're the backup engine.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, exactly. You have to. You're the co pilot here.

[Jodie Sweetin]

You're gonna have to throw me around and jar something loose until I remember where my feet are supposed to be. Yeah. And I, I. And I remember. I got. I think that was one of our lower ones. And. And of course, when you get a low score on something that you're already pissed about. You know what I mean? You're like, dad, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, we get it. We can just speed through this. Just. You know what?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Just. Just.

[Danielle Fishel]

I'm just gonna go back stage.

[Jodie Sweetin]

That was kind of how that one felt. I was like, I know. You don't need to rub it in that it sucked. I forgot, you know, but that was the week that was like, the mid. Because I did. I made it to week eight. So that was. It was like week three. Ish. Four was the midpoint where my body and brain went. Yeah. What are you doing?

[Danielle Fishel]

What are you doing? Ma', am, I've given you four weeks of this. I don't. I don't know what else you want.

[Jodie Sweetin]

From me in any more information. We're done.

[Danielle Fishel]

Would you do it again if you were given the chance at an all Star season?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. I'm an idiot. You know what I mean?

[Danielle Fishel]

Like, I'm a glutton for punishment.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I am. I'm a glutton for punishment. And, you know, I did. So I've done three different, like, reality show competition ones like that, and it was because they were all three things that I really wanted to learn how to do ballroom dance.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yep.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Cook. Yeah. And push myself physically to the limit, like on a survival sort of thing. Yeah. And I did that. But I would definitely go back and dance again. It would be interesting to see. I mean, I. I feel like I would do okay now that it's been long enough from my injury, like, that doesn't really interfere anymore, but for a long time, it was, you know, I wouldn't have been able to dance in heels or do anything like that.

[Danielle Fishel]

That was from the. The bee injury.

[Jodie Sweetin]

From the bee. Yeah. From the. The bee injury. Yeah. Yeah. Well, really it was the.

[Danielle Fishel]

It was the small toy fence and the.

[Jodie Sweetin]

By the way, Zoe and her dad, because they were. It was Zoe's soccer tournament that we were at when this all happened. Zoe's dad and her went and retrieved the little toy and put it in a shadow box. Oh, my gosh. Framed. And that was my Christmas present, and it's sitting upstairs on my. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh. To remind you of your case. You don't remember the broken ankle.

[Jodie Sweetin]

You know what it was? That broken ankle led to a lot of reevaluation of a lot of things. So, if anything, I look at that little thing as, like, remember to be still before life forces you to.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Wow. Good lesson to take from that.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I mean, I haven't learned it. It's probably still. You know, but I look at it and I think about it.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right, you think about it.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I should do that. I'm not going to. Yep. Good memory.

[Danielle Fishel]

Good memory there. Do people still talk to you about Dancing with the Stars everywhere you go when the season is on?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Oh, yeah, Absolutely. Yeah. People were like, I mean, I get a lot of people like, oh, you and Keough should have gone further. You know, and. Yeah, there were. We had a lot of really great support on our season and a lot of really great fans. And, you know, at the end of the day, like, there's how well you do, which is its own thing, and then there's the popularity contest of it. All.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Jodie Sweetin]

And that you can't account for if, you know, if it's a sports person that has a bazillion.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Fans. They're gonna get a lot of, you know, so there's part of it that you're like, I can't take. This isn't personal. You know, like, it is.

[Danielle Fishel]

Exactly. There's also the aspect of people who are thinking like, oh, that dance was so good. I bet they don't need the votes. Like, people thinking like, right, right.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I bet a lot of safe.

[Danielle Fishel]

I'm gonna put my vote over here.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Right.

[Danielle Fishel]

So, yeah, there's so many things you can't account for also, you know, they don't tell you what the math is. They don't tell you, like, it's. Here's how much of it accounts for the judges, and here's how much are the fans.

[Jodie Sweetin]

It's based on the week before your elimination.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right, right.

[Jodie Sweetin]

So you're not. So, like, I knew I. I didn't get eliminated for the perfect score for the job.

[Danielle Fishel]

Exactly.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I got eliminated for the week before, which I was like, oh, I could have Done better. You know, but that's the thing is you. You're like, oh, I'm gonna get eliminated. But I had my best night.

[Danielle Fishel]

But I just did great.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah. But I just did the frustrating part, but also kind of the part where I was like, okay, good, I got my perfect score and now I can leave, right?

[Danielle Fishel]

Exactly. Thank you. I'm going out on a high.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah. And that. Honestly, we did. We went out on such a high with that dance.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

And we had so many. We had like, people, you know, in like the little choir that we had all the dancers with us. So it was a big number and it was high energy and just. It was so much fun. Yeah. And I got to wear tennis shoes. I think that's why I did so well, because I didn't have to dance in those stupid heels. I had plantar fasci. I had plantar fasciitis. By the end, I had. My feet were a nightmare. Nightmare.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, gosh.

[Jodie Sweetin]

From all the dancing in heels. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

And how are your feet now?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Still a nightmare. I've had bunionectomy on my right foot. Oh, gosh. I've had. Yeah. You know, take care of your little tootsies. I will tell you. Voltaren gel.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Buy it now. What's buy it now? It is. It's like an anti inflammatory gel. It used to be prescription only. Now you can get it over the counter at a it. I would rub that on the bottom of my feet to help the inflammation from my ankles and my feet. Because you're dancing, as you know, in two to three inch heels, five hours a day, six days a week. And. Yeah. It becomes a lot. Comes a lot on your feet.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. Voltaire.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I will. I'm. I'm writing it down. I'm telling you, I. Yeah, I should have been sponsored by them when I was.

[Danielle Fishel]

You're like, I'm just putting it on my whole body.

[Jodie Sweetin]

On my whole body. Everything. Yeah. And I get another. You will also love the spray tanning. Oh, I can't wait. Every week you get spray tanned. But let me tell you, there's some interesting things that happen.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Jodie Sweetin]

One is your body really only holds on to so much spray tan. So by like week three, it's. You're gross. And they will tell you, go to the Korean spa.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Go get everything scrubbed off of you and start over. And you literally, like, by week three, you gotta just. We're like, I need a whole new layer of skin. And with all the physical therapy. Because you're constantly seeing the physical therapist for like, oh, my shoulder hurts, my knee, my. This. So you're getting taped up. Up with all this physio tape. Well, the physio tape is sort of that weird, like, wavy thing, and you put it on your shoulder or on your back or wherever.

[Danielle Fishel]

Then when you take it off, right.

[Jodie Sweetin]

There goes the spray tan, some of that spray tan. And now you have all of these strange patterns all over your body that you're just gonna spray over again. Yeah. Like. Yeah, it's a lot. And you are never. I. Your hair girl. I don't know how.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, no. What? What?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Your hair.

[Danielle Fishel]

What?

[Jodie Sweetin]

But I'm just saying, one of my best friends, Brooke, that you met in San Francisco for the live show, Brooke came to the show one night and he was staying with me. And of course, I get home and I'm having to take my hair out. There were over 80 bobby pins on my head.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, my gosh, 80 bobby pins.

[Jodie Sweetin]

To mention, not to say anything of the extensions. So I had all kinds of extensions, plus for the. The last group number, we did the Beyonce medley thing. I had a half wig clipped to my hair, plus extensions in the front. Like, my head. Not only did does a dress weigh 12 pounds, you don't have your hair done and all everywhere until dress rehearsal. Right. So now all of a sudden, you're like, oh, my God, my head.

[Danielle Fishel]

My head weighs a thousand.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Head weighs a ton. Because my hair's piled up and you're sprayed like, I mean, there is nothing moving. And I'm just saying that because you got hair. I. Me and my three strands of hair, it was heavy because they had to attach a bunch of stuff. It might be okay for you because there's no room to attach any more hair to your head, but for those of us who are follically challenged, it's. It was a lot of extensions.

[Danielle Fishel]

This is good for me to know because I. I hadn't even thought about.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah. Your hair will be so dried and crispy and fried from the gel and the heat styling and the hairspray and the bobby pins and the. Yeah, it's. Yeah, your skin and your hair. Basically, the outer shell of you when you're done is just. You're just going to want to just scrub it all off.

[Danielle Fishel]

Just in an air fryer.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Just in. Yeah, just crisp yourself, peel it off, start over.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay, well, this was all very good advice, but as my last question for you, if you could just give me, like, one piece of advice as I prep for episode one, what do you think is the most important Thing specific specifically for week one.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I would say the most important thing is. Oh, God. Now, see, I've had, like, three ideas, but I would say, have fun, okay? And connect to the audience, both in the room and at home.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay?

[Jodie Sweetin]

Because that. Those are the people that like. You know what I mean? You have to give them an interesting story. Give them, you know, you gotta give some reality TV moments that they love because that's, you know.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

The show. But have fun. And the more you're having fun, the more the audience at home sees it, the more the judges see it, and also the less you beat yourself up.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right. Right.

[Jodie Sweetin]

And I know you, and you're like, it can be. You can be like, I'm an idiot.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah. How could I screw that up? You stupid. Just have fun.

[Danielle Fishel]

And that is the hardest part is overcoming that. When that happens. When you. Like you said in your example, where you were like that Disney Week, and you kept wanting to turn right once. I'm upset with myself and I. And I'm self. Talking in such a negative way.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Forget it.

[Danielle Fishel]

Forget it. I'm never. I can't. I can't learn anything. I can't pay attention to anything. Things I knew for sure I had locked in a second ago. Now I no longer have.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Well, you. You will probably also have a tantrum, but I suggest just check the door handle first so that you can make sure it's a clean exit. Yeah. Yeah. It really ruins the mood when you're like, I'm pissed. Door handle. Door handle, door. Right.

[Danielle Fishel]

Can't get out of here.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Yeah. But, yeah, have fun because it is really fun and it's unlike anything you've ever done in your life.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Okay, good.

[Danielle Fishel]

I'm still very excited. I can't believe how nervous I already am leading into week one. But it does make me feel a little better knowing that even you, who it was such a good dancer, is such a good dancer that you were that nervous. Because I'm like, maybe I'm just a dummy for taking this on, knowing I have no dance experience, but no dance experience, I'd be this nervous.

[Jodie Sweetin]

No, but people. You're Topanga girl. People love you. That's got. You're gonna. You're you. You and your hair will go far. Thank you.

[Danielle Fishel]

I just want me and my little crispy hair to go far.

[Jodie Sweetin]

She said, yeah, that's it. You and your 9,000 bobby pins. But no, it really is. It's fun, but it is, I think, more so. It's not even the dance necessarily. I Mean, that's one thing, but it's the live show of it all.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I mean, watching what happens in between on commercial breaks or what's going on over here as they're hosting and there's a set being built and there's, like, things flying in, and it's kind of incredible to watch and be a part of. Like, I love live theater.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Jodie Sweetin]

It's such a fun. You know, so in that regard, it is. It's really exciting. Yeah. Because you're like, we're. If. We're on the. The razor's edge of, like, if something goes wrong, what then. Yeah. You know.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, so great. Jody, thank you so much for agreeing to be my friend for this hour.

[Jodie Sweetin]

You're so welcome. I'm so glad I can go back now to not talking to you and blocking your number.

[Danielle Fishel]

You can block me again. I love you so much.

[Jodie Sweetin]

I love you, too.

[Danielle Fishel]

I really so appreciate you and thank you for the advice. And. Will you. Will you come visit me?

[Jodie Sweetin]

I was gonna say, I was like, not to invite myself, but I will come watch you. I would love to. I would love to come sit in the audience and support you and cheer and be screaming for your hair and for you. But no, mostly my hair. But mostly your hair. No, I. I would absolutely be honored to come support you.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. Thank you so much.

[Jodie Sweetin]

And I will bring. I will bring all of the kushlings I can find.

[Danielle Fishel]

Bring all the kushlings.

[Jodie Sweetin]

And instead of roses, I'm gonna throw kushlings at you when you do it. When you. When you have a great number, per se. Perfect. Yeah. Yeah, perfect.

[Danielle Fishel]

Just aim low. I don't want to get hit in the face with a cushion.

[Jodie Sweetin]

No, no, no, no.

[Danielle Fishel]

They're harder than you.

[Jodie Sweetin]

You'll have, like, four sets of lashes on. We don't want to do that now. You'll just kind of at the. You know, at the floor.

[Danielle Fishel]

Perfect. At my feet. Great. I love it. Thank you so much, Jodi.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Always, Always a pleasure to see you.

[Danielle Fishel]

Thank you.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Oh, so good to see you too, Danielle. Thanks.

[Danielle Fishel]

Bye.

[Jodie Sweetin]

Bye.

[Danielle Fishel]

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 Siegel. Follow us on Instagram daniellewithstars and vote for me.

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