Ariana Madix chats with THR at the Disney post-Emmys carpet and dishes on what it was like host 'Love Island USA' and if she will return to 'Vanderpump Rules.' Plus, she shares advice for this season's DWTS contestants
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00:00Hosting Love Island this past season it was so well-received and this season was such a success and a lot of people really
00:05Gave you credit for that and you're hosting. What was that fan response like for you?
00:09It was incredible Love Island all of the iterations on all of the different countries
00:13It's been my favorite show for a really long time
00:16So be able to be a part of it on that level was amazing
00:18But I don't feel like I can really take credit because the cast was so absolutely incredible
00:23They just had a personality
00:26They had the connections with each other and they really just gave themselves and I I feel like it was all them
00:31You've been so busy from Broadway the sandwich shop Love Island. Will we get to see you on the next season of Vanderpump Rules?
00:38I don't know
00:40You can't say totally understandable. Yeah, but just what is this whole year been like for you with all these new opportunities that have popped up
00:47It's been a dream come true
00:48I mean when you've been kicking around in this business as long as I have
00:52You wonder if certain things are ever gonna happen, you know, and I'm 39
00:58so, you know, you start to look at that clock and wonder, you know, what what is my future gonna hold and so
01:03It's been a dream come true to be able to to work
01:06I've always wanted to just be someone who's able to do what I love and be able to make a living doing it
01:11So I'm just really really grateful for that. The new season of Dancing with the Stars is about to kick off
01:16What's your advice for the contestants having been through that rodeo before?
01:20Book your appointments with the physical therapist now
01:24And book them now and book them often
01:27That takes such a toll on your body like no other thing I've ever experienced in my life
01:33But also just have so much fun when that click track starts not music starts and the live audience is there
01:39It is electric. And so it is the best time. It's so much fun. Who are you rooting for this season?
01:45Well, I have to root for my boy Pasha
01:48Obviously
01:49But there's so many incredible people. I am an old-school Orlando Magic fan. So Dwight Howard, I'm very excited to see
01:55I'm not sure how the height difference is gonna work with him and Danny, but I'm very excited for that
01:59I'm excited for Val and Phaedra. I think she's gonna be so much fun. There's
02:04So many exciting Oh Brandon and Chandler like I think they're gonna be real top contenders
02:09So yeah, I'm just excited to see how it all plays out
02:12And like I was saying earlier you've been so busy. What was the highlight of your Broadway experience for you?
02:17Just the family that we have. They're the Ambassador Theatre
02:23I
02:24They are truly my family
02:25I feel like we sit backstage and we we joke and we
02:28Tell each other our deepest darkest secrets and if we're having a bad day
02:32We work that out with each other and we get to perform every night. We get to all live our dreams
02:37And so yeah, it's it's definitely everybody there at the Ambassador and everyone in that company
02:47You