Dancing With the Stars professional Alan Bersten is so superstitious that he must put on one very particular piece of clothes for every stay efficiency.
“I put on the identical underwear each present,” Bersten, 31, mentioned throughout the Saturday, October 11, episode of Joe Vulpis’ eponymous podcast. “Clearly, they wash it, however [it’s the] similar precise pair. It is perhaps just a few seasons of the very same pair.”
Bersten went on to notice that the briefs he presently wears on present days will not be the identical ones that he sported when he gained his first mirrorball trophy. (Bersten and movie star accomplice Hannah Brown got here victorious throughout 2019’s season 28.)
“‘Trigger these can be outdated,” he joked on Saturday’s episode. “I’m a creature of behavior, however I’m very superstitious.”
Bersten’s pre-show superstitions prolong properly past rewearing even essentially the most intimate articles of clothes, too.
“I hearken to the identical tune each time I’m going to the studio, like, each Tuesday,” he mentioned. “I solely hearken to this tune. You gained’t know what it’s. It’s, like, very off-brand for me. I do it each season [with] a distinct tune. One season was ‘All of the Approach Up’ by Fats Joe, like, random. There was one season I did ‘Chop Suey.’ Each season I’ve one.”
Bersten is presently partnered with Mother or father Entice actress Elaine Hendrix, and are persistently scoring in the midst of the leaderboard.
“We’re gonna take the notes of the judges and ensure to work on that connection, as a result of we do have such an awesome connection,” Bersten solely informed Us Weekly after TikTok Evening on September 30. “I feel the tango is simply such a strong dance that we had been like, let’s simply nail the facility for our subsequent dance. We’re simply gonna get pleasure from it.”
Elaine Hendrix and Alan Bersten on ‘DWTS’ Disney Evening. Eric McCandless/Disney through Getty Photographs
He continued, “We’re having such a good time, and Elaine’s doing such unimaginable dances week after week.”
On the time, Hendrix, 54, was criticized by the judges for showing to bop independently.
“It’s an extremely intricate dance, and that’s not an excuse. It’s simply that there’s a lot to consider,” Hendrix informed Us late final month. “I really feel like at any given second, I’m with him, after which I bought to consider my heel, after which I bought to consider my shoulder. It’s juggling quite a bit.”
Hendrix and Bersten adopted up their TikTok-inspired tango with a quickstep to the Area Mountain attraction theme tune, scoring 24 out of 30.
Alan Bersten and Elaine Hendrix are responding to the Dancing With the Stars judges’ newest critiques. After Carrie Ann Inaba accused the actress of being “too impartial,” Hendrix, 54, mentioned she understands the constructive criticism. “She’s not fallacious. I discovered the tango in 5 days,” Hendrix solely shared with Us Weekly on Tuesday, September 30, […]
“I feel it was considerably of a bet to do it as a result of everybody else did films or characters and this one is only a experience,” Bersten mentioned on Saturday of paying tribute to the Disneyland attraction. “I feel it turned out so properly, and the gamble actually paid off.”
Subsequent, Bersten and Hendrix will carry out a foxtrot to Natalie Cole’s “This Will Be (An Eternal Love)” with the actress’ Mother or father Entice costar and BFF, Lisa Ann Walter.
Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
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