"Bad Girl" of Ballroom with Lacey Schwimmer
Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans
iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2023
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
She lit up the hardwood with her fiery moves on SYTYCD and DWTS
for six sizzling seasons . . . and now she joins Cheryl to serve up some hot tea!
Lacey Schwimmer opens up about what it was like growing up at ballroom competitions, what made her hate dancing for a while, why she blocked out a lot of memories from SYTYCD, and dealing with being fat-shamed on DWTS while being size 6.
Plus, Lacey reveals how she felt after being told she would not win on SYTYCD . . . in advance, wild shenanigans backstage on DWTS, and, of course, a round of rapid-fire questions!
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| 0:00.0 | This is Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans with me, Cheryl Burke, and IHeart Radio podcast. |
| 0:07.4 | Hey guys, welcome to Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans. |
| 0:10.2 | I am so happy to be welcoming another fellow pro dancer that a lot of you had requested to have me interview on the podcast today. |
| 0:16.2 | This is a person I respect immensely and whose career started at such a young age because dance |
| 0:21.3 | was a huge part of her life and her family's life. You know her also from So You Think You Can Dance |
| 0:27.2 | and she was actually the first dancer from that show that was cast and joined the cast of Dancing |
| 0:32.1 | with the Stars all the way back in season seven and danced with Lance Bass, who was her very first celebrity partner. |
| 0:39.0 | She is not one to shy away from speaking her mind and for standing up for herself. |
| 0:43.3 | We haven't seen or talked to each other, you guys, in like, at least over a decade. |
| 0:47.4 | So this catch up has been a long time coming. |
| 0:50.0 | Please welcome, my friend, Lacey Schwimmer. |
| 0:54.0 | Hi, Lacey! |
| 0:56.1 | Girlfriend! |
| 0:57.3 | When was the last time we talked like actually, I mean, it sucks. |
| 1:00.2 | We're not in person, but we're via, I mean, last time we saw each other like face to |
| 1:04.1 | face-ish was over a decade ago, right? |
| 1:06.7 | Before Lachops came out. |
| 1:08.1 | No, that can't be. |
| 1:09.8 | Yes, that can't be right. |
| 1:11.8 | It totally is. |
| 1:16.9 | Are you sure? Yes, I stocked you for the past like 48 hours. I think I know more about you than you know about yourself. I am very shocked. Uh, that's sad. That's very, that's way too long. |
| 1:22.4 | I mean, look, we've text like random things. Yes, we do. But like, I mean, but we haven't had like a sit down interview. |
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