'Dancing With the Stars' Fans Sound off on Derek Hough's Return to the Dancefloor
10/19/2020 10:58 pm EDT
During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Hough confirmed they were not going to get engaged on the show. "I'm just going to be straight up, that's not happening," he said. "Just because, that's just not my style I don't think, you know?" Hough later said it was exhausting to keep the details of his dance under wraps.
"It's just tiring. It was liberating, honestly, just being like, 'Hey, this is our relationship. This is cool. This is what it is and it's great,'" he told ET. "I think I just kind of got almost conditioned to feel or believe that I have to hide everything. When in reality I was just like, 'You know what? There's a freedom to just being open about it.'"
This is Hough's first time dancing on the show since 2017. He has won two Emmys for Outstanding Choreography for his work on the show and has won the most mirror ball trophies with six. He won with Brooke Burke, Nicole Scherzinger, Jennifer Grey, Kellie Pickler, Amber Riley, and Bindi Irwin.
"Someone said, 'Are you nervous about the expectations people might have for you, or that you might have for yourself?' And it's a sort of great expression -- of trading your expectation for appreciation," Hough told Entertainment Tonight. "That's how I feel. I just feel appreciative of being a part of this beautiful show once again and to have the opportunity to dance. I feel like that's the part that I'm taking with this one and I'm looking forward to it."
One person thought it would be really hard to follow-up Hough. That job landed with contestant Jeannie Mai.
Most of the responses to the dance were overwhelmingly positive. "Like damn....Derek!!!! That was some intense dance moves there. So quick and fast!!" one person wrote.
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