Val Chmerkovskiy Gushes Over 'DWTS' Partner Xochitl Gomez
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00:00 making it to the finale all five couples how does that feel?
00:03 I'm so happy
00:06 I'm so happy literally
00:09 so happy? No I don't think you get it because the thing is this is like one of the hardest parts
00:15 of this show is saying goodbye to people and you know
00:19 having to come up with that when back there's only
00:23 five of us? She's so sweet, she's happy for others
00:26 I'm happy for us. I'm happy for us too
00:30 but at the same time it's like you don't want to say goodbye to people that you've known for the
00:34 past three months you know
00:35 yeah it's nice it's nice to have a finale you know it's a three-hour final so
00:39 it's nice to make it feel like a almost like a Christmas special
00:43 you guys had a perfect score tonight how did you feel about your overall
00:47 performance?
00:48 this is how I felt about our overall performance, ready?
00:52 that's how I felt. And how did it feel
00:56 you were so emotional your performance how did it feel hearing the judges
01:00 and how they said that Len would be really proud and he would love your dance?
01:03 I didn't think that I'd get emotional okay so when it happened
01:08 I was like aw man
01:11 but it was it's crazy you know to be able to perform something and
01:16 actually have it like emotionally affect you
01:19 and having that being not validated but being like
01:24 you know noticed by the judges and also have it impact them
01:28 too is really special and I
01:31 don't think that happens occasionally so I'm glad that we were able to touch their
01:36 hearts in a certain way
01:37 yeah you wanna you wanna be vulnerable in anything that you do
01:41 and this is a very vulnerable place to be live in front of millions of people
01:46 in front of these judges doing something
01:48 that's a bit foreign
01:51 so no it's a beautiful moment you know again to kind of
01:54 let go and surrender in a moment of incredible fear and anxiety
01:59 it takes a lot of courage and it takes a lot of
02:02 again vulnerability so I was really really proud of her
02:05 now you guys have trained all season for this what's it gonna take to win the
02:10 mirrorball?
02:10 to continue to have fun I think because
02:14 it's kinda similar to what I think in my everyday life don't change anything
02:18 don't change your motivations just continue and usually that's
02:21 what gets you there look at where I'm at now
02:24 so yeah it's
02:28 it's hard to say what will win for us I know what will bring us the most joy
02:33 on the night
02:34 and what will bring this this room
02:37 I guess the most joy and
02:41 and that's what we're gonna go for I know that she's capable of bringing this
02:45 house down
02:45 and that's what I'm going for I want this to be the biggest loudest most
02:50 exciting performance of our season
02:51 aww we'll see about that
02:55 okay so you guys have spent the last 10 weeks together we're gonna test your
02:58 knowledge on how well you know each other
03:00 okay let's see let's see let's see okay what's your partner's pre-show ritual
03:05 his pre-show ritual I think
03:09 I don't know his
03:12 I know ours is that usually we do like a little
03:16 moment to kinda pray and just be thankful and to ground ourselves and to compose
03:21 ourselves because usually when you're standing out here
03:23 can be a bit like well there's a lot of people we're gonna have to dance in front of all of them
03:27 and so it's just good to kinda ground ourselves and so that's
03:31 what we do yeah every time yeah we do it together
03:34 okay what's your partner's biggest pet peeve
03:38 my partner's biggest pet peeve is probably when I chew too loud
03:42 which I don't do usually because I'm a gentleman obviously
03:45 but there are times where in close proximity and I still have a little
03:50 little something from lunch and I'm like he's like chewing gum
03:53 I'm like
03:57 um yours? I don't know
04:00 I think when I burp yeah that's weird
04:05 I like I burp and then I forget no she apologizes but it's you know it doesn't feel authentic
04:10 it feels like a by-the-way
04:13 I have never been this close in proximity with someone
04:17 like I burp I burp like excuse moi but like
04:21 okay what's your partner's reaction when they mess up
04:28 um
04:31 what's my reaction? what's your reaction?
04:36 she takes a moment and I usually have to like
04:39 walk her off that moment well that's like when I mess up bad
04:43 okay okay no I think we have a healthy amount of
04:47 self reflection and at the same time just moving along
04:52 when he messes up it's usually like a
04:55 followed up by a lot of profanity a lot of profanity
04:59 it's that one first when the first time
05:02 happens and then the second time it's like
05:05 we're starting over
05:10 okay and lastly what's your partner's go-to move on the dance floor
05:14 what's your go-to move? she does like a
05:17 I don't even know if it's contempt oh she's doing mine there you go
05:20 is the James Brown
05:24 yeah he does it better than me
05:27 mine is this ready she does like this little contemporary every time she comes
05:32 into the ballroom
05:33 she's so excited she just can't contain it
05:38 I do yeah
05:39 it's not the most graceful thing
05:42 there it is
05:44 every time yeah
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