TYRA, CONGRATULATIONS ON DANCING WITH THE STARS IT IS SEASON 30
OF THE SHOW, THIS WEEK, CHERYL BURKE TESTED POSITIVE, HOW DOES
THIS AFFECT THE SHOW.
>> I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE CHERYL WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS, HER EYES
LOOKED GOOD.
I THINK SHE IS DOING GOOD.
SHE WAS VACCINATED AND SO I'M HAPPY THAT SHE IS IN GOOD
SPIRITS AND HOPEFULLY WE SEE HER BACK.
>> NOW YOUR LOOKS ON THE SHOW ARE SO, THE ONE OF YOUR LOOKS
WENT VIRAL THIS WEEK BECAUSE THIS WAS THE DRESS.
>> YEAH.
>> AND PEOPLE WERE-- PEOPLE WERE COMMENTING ONLINE THAT YOU HAD
TAKEN INSPIRATION FROM JURASSIC PARK, HERE, LOOK.
IT IS KIND OF UNCANNY.
WAS THIS PART OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS.
>> WHAT IS SO FUNNY, I KEPT SAYING, MY STYLIST WAS GIGGLING
AND STUFF SO WE STARTED SEEING ALL OF THIS, AND SO THEN I
POSTED ON MY SOCIAL TIE RAN SOR-- TYRANNOSAURUS REX, RIGHT,
TYRA.
OR TYRASSIC PARK.
>> James: THEY BOTH WORK.
>> AND SO YEAH, ANYWAY, BUT THEN MY STYLIST WAS LIKE WE DID
NOTICE YOU LOOKED LIKE A LIZARD BEFORE THE SHOW STARTED.
>> James: THEY DID.
>> THEY DID THOUGH, BUT I DON'T REALLY CARE, DIFFERENT IS WHAT?
BETTER.
>> ST. >> IT IS BETTER THAN BETTER.
>> I DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE PRETTY IN A NORMAL DRESS BECAUSE
NOBODY IS GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT A PRETTY DRESS, YOU HAVE
TO PUSH IT, GO FOR IT.
>> James: WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHO WOULD BE THE MOST
PHENOMENAL PERSON ON THE SHOW, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE KNOW THIS,
LESLIE ODOM, JR. WAS AWARDED THE ASTAIRE AWARD FOR BEST MALE
DANCER ON BROADWAY.
>> I KNOW.
>> I NEVER KNEW.
>> James: WHY HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING THIS.
WHY HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING THIS?
>> BECAUSE I'M A FEW YEARS AWAY FROM THAT, THAT WAS A LONG TIME
AGO.
>> James: THAT WAS A LEAP OF FAITH, RIGHT.
IT WASN'T THAT LONG.
>> IT WAS AWHILE AGO.
>> James: HAVE YOU DONE MUCH PARTNER DANCING.
>> I HAVEN'T DONE A TON OF PARTNER DANCING, THAT IS A WHOLE
NEW WORLD.
I WOULD CONSIDER IT THOUGH.
>>.
>> I WOULD COME PARTY WITH YOU.
>> James: TYRA, YOU SEND SPEND EACH WEEK WATCHING PROFESSIONALS
DO THEIR THING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES A GOOD CONTESTANT ON THE SHOW.
>> DANCING-- -- 8, 2, 2-RBGS I THOUGHT THAT WAS MODELING AND
POSING, IF YOU WERE DOING EVERYTHING, AND YOU ARE AMAZING
BUT YOUR FACE IS DEAD, THE AUDIENCE WON'T FEEL IT.
>> James: WHAT IF YOU CAN'T DANCE BUT YOUR FACE IS ON POINT.
>> THEN ARE-- .
>> James: WHAT IF THE MOVES ARE BAD BUT THE FACE IS GOOD.
>> THAT IS 8, 8 TO 10RBGS HEAD TO NECK.
LOOK, IT ACTUALLY WORKS.
>> James: YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
>> BUT THAT IS THE KEY, THAT IS SO GOOD.
THAT IS SUCH A GOOD CHEAT.
JUST A LITTLE MORE FACE.
>> James: GIVE THEM MORE FACE, THAT IS ALL THEY SHOULD STAY ON
DANCING WITH THE CARS, PUT IT ALL IN THE FANS.
PUT IT ALL IN THE FACE.
>> James: NOW LESLIE, YOU HAVE HAD THE MOST INCREDIBLE SICK
MONTHS.
YOU HAVE BEEN, IN ADDITION TO ACTING, YOU SANK AT THE OSCARS,
HALL HAMILTON WON AN EMMY, HOSTED THE TONYS AND WELCOMED A
BABY BOY IN MARCH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> NAH.
>> James: MY QUESTION TO YOU, I THINK IS HOW ARE YOU EVEN
AWAKE AND LOOKING SO GOOD.
>> I WAS THINKING THE SAME.
>> THE BODY IS COMPLETELY ASLEEP BUT THE EIGHT IS AWAKE.
>> YEAH, KNOW, IT IS CRAMMING FIVE YEARS INTO A SINGLE YEAR.
>> James: AND YOU MOVED DURING LOCKDOWN, IN LOCKDOWN.
>> MY MOM MOVED IN WITH US.
>> James: HOW WAS THAT, WAS SHE A GOOD HOUSEGUEST.
>> SHE IS GREAT.
BECAUSE SHE HELPS ME WITH MY SON.
BUT HE, HE WOULD GET ON HER NERVES, AND THEN LIKE STOP
FEEDING MY SON ICE CREAM FOR DINNER.
HE NEEDS O TO HAVE DINNER FIRST, AND THEN DESSERT, YEAH GIRL,
YEAH.
WE JUST MOVED HER BED OUT OF HER BED ROOM AND THERE WERE ABOUT 27
ICE CREAM WRAPPERS UNDERNEATH HER BED.
>> James: I LOVE YOUR MOM SO MUCH.
BECAUSE ANYONE WHO EATS ICE CREAM IN BED AND THEN GOES I'M
NOT PUTTING THIS IN THE TRASH, I WILL DEAL WITH THAT TOMORROW.
>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHAT IS IT.
>> James: A DREAM WOMAN.
>> A CRAZY WOMAN.
>> James: YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT'S DIFFERENT.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, EVERYBODY.