Phaedra Parks and Val Chmerkovskiy Reveal Lessons Learned on DWTS

Phaedra Parks and three-time Dancing With the Stars winner Val Chmerkovskiy noticed their run on season 33 come to an finish within the Tuesday, October 22 episode, however their time was not wasted.

Talking completely to Us Weekly, the pair shared what they realized from the expertise.

“I realized that I may actually belief somebody as a result of couple dancing is rather a lot about trusting your companion and never at all times being in management,” mentioned Parks, 50. “And he was a really light companion, and he actually helped me a variety of instances simply get out of my head and, you realize, get on the dance ground.”

As for Chmerkovskiy, 38, this marked his twentieth season as a competitor on the present. A 14-time U.S. Nationwide Latin Dance champion, there’s not a lot left for him to study dancing, however Parks helped him grasp the enterprise facet of leisure.

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Dancing With the Stars season 33 has its solid, bringing collectively skilled athletes, actuality TV royalty, fashions and extra to vie for the coveted Len Goodman Memorial Mirrorball trophy. “I believe it’s gonna be a wonderful season. I believe that this is likely one of the few seasons the place there actually isn’t an automated frontrunner,” DWTS […]

“She taught me to at all times overlook the contract, make certain all the pieces’s proper, redline it a few instances,” he mentioned. “Phaedra taught me learn how to actually not field your self in. You already know, I’m additionally ready the place I mastered a craft, and I’m nonetheless curious and nonetheless need extra. She’s a testomony you can have extra.”

That goes past enterprise. Parks is a mom of two who has not simply carved a profession for herself on The Actual Housewives of Atlanta, however has now expanded her actuality TV repertoire to competitions exhibits, like DWTS and The Traitors, the place she was one of many stars of season 2.

Parks additionally has greater than 20 years of expertise as a lawyer and has a facet enterprise as a mortician.

“You may have no matter you set your thoughts to,” Chmerkovskiy continued. “You may have a household, you generally is a nice mother, you possibly can have spectacular youngsters, and on the identical time have a enterprise, after which one other enterprise, after which a 3rd enterprise, and do tv on the identical time. And, you realize, that’s actually inspiring to me to see [that work ethic] so up shut.”

Chmerkovskiy additionally noticed the work Parks put in. Recognized for her confidence, on stage and on TV, he mentioned each little bit of it’s earned.

“I believe folks assume that she simply wakes up and believes in herself so dramatically,” he mentioned. “No, she wakes up and places in work, and that work provides her confidence and self-belief.”

Dancing With the Stars airs concurrently on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays on ABC at 8 p.m. ET. You may stream episodes on Disney+ the subsequent day.

With reporting Carly Konsker