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We're back right here on Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans, and ready to kickstart our first episode since our holiday break with Dave Quinn, as he is back and co-hosting your favorite dancing podcast with yours truly.

The one and only Dave Quinn, a senior editor for people working across a number of

verticals including the entertainment, lifestyle, and news teams. He is known for his Bravo and Broadway

exclusives across print and digital. Considered to be a housewives expert, Dave is the author of the number one

New York Times bestselling book, Not All Diamonds and Rose. The Inside Story of the Real

Housewives from the people who lived it. Please welcome back to the show, our friend Dave Quinn.

Let's get this party started, Dave. What's up? Welcome back. I'm so happy to be here.

So Dancing with the Stars, finally, there's a premiere date. Can you believe it? Season 33,000,

coming your way. Yeah, what number is this? 33. 33. Yeah, season 33. Anyway, the premiere date is Tuesday, September 17th. Are you excited about it? I'm excited about it. You know, I always watch every year. I'm a big fan. And I thought last season was really great. I thought Jason Raz killed it. I thought so she was amazing. Ariana, there was a lot of great personalities and great dancers. So I'm excited to see what they bring in the mix.

I'm sure there'll be a bachelor or a bachelorette in there. I wonder if any of our like conspiracy

theories are going to come to life. I just know this. Like I'm, you know, the casting director has a

hard job. Not only does she have to cast the whole show, but like celebrities drop out like quick on during this casting period because as soon as they have to sign this contract, they start having, you know, you're like, oh, actually.

And I just know that they have not only the actual like their wish list of casts, but they also have backup plans just in case.

And that's actually really scary for the pro dancers because I'm not going to mention any names, but they also have backup plans just in case. And that's actually really scary

for the pro dancers because I'm not going to mention any names, but I know last season, one of the pro dancers,

they weren't even going to be asked back to join until one celebrity dropped out last minute and they

replaced the celebrity. Wow. That's crazy. Yeah. Have you ever had an instance where they were like, you're going to be paired with this person? I had no partner before, like up until a week or five days prior to the premiere because they were waiting for him to sign the contract. I think it was William Levy season. Have you ever had a partner that you thought you were going to have that disappeared that they dropped out?

Oh, yeah.

Oh, my goodness.

Like my last season.

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