Derek Hough is an Emmy Award-winning dancer and choreographer in addition to a six-time winner on Dancing With the Stars.” Given his profitable profession, it appears he was born to bounce.
In 2019, Hough informed OnStage Blog that as a toddler, he was immersed within the dance scene in his Utah hometown as a result of his oldest sister was in dance lessons and the entire household began going to the dance college. “I appreciated going, as a result of I received to bounce with ladies,” he revealed.
But whereas Hough is used to being the “lead” in his dance routines, he just lately posted a hilarious clip that confirmed him in a reverse position – and he admitted it is not for him.
Derek Hough Spoofed a Viral Meme on Instagram
In a video shared on his Instagram web page, Hough was seen rehearsing a transfer with “World of Dance” season 4 winner Diego Pasillas. In the clip, Pasillas makes an attempt to raise Hough up and the TV choose turns into visibly freaked out and runs away from him.
The sound impact for the clip is the recognizable “Let me let you know one thing, let me let you know one thing” line from the viral Shotover Canyon Swing video that has been all the fad on social media. In the video, a terrified man is seen begging security staff to ensure the swing over the canyon is safe as they troll him.
Hough captioned his twist on the meme with, “It does not really feel proper being the one lifted. I get freaked out.” “I hate being lifted,” he added on his Instagram story on August 3.
Hough’s followers and mates reacted within the remark part.
“Haha! Gotta simply chill out ….. let it occur man,” wrote Breaking Benjamin singer Benjamin Burley.
“You’re the lifter, not the liftee!” one other fan wrote.
“LOL! Now you understand how the ladies really feel!” a 3rd fan chimed in.
“I truly love this idea…. @dancingwiththestarsshould dedicate an episode to reversing gender roles! So everybody is aware of what one another seems like,” one other fan wrote.
Derek Hough Revealed What He Does When He Gets Nervous About Dancing
The “raise” video is not the primary time Hough has been nervous about dancing. During a earlier look on the “Whine Down” podcast with Jana Kramer, he admitted he was under no circumstances assured of his skills when he first signed on to DWTS in 2007.
“In my earlier seasons, I used to be nervous, you already know, and I used to be unsure,” he revealed. “I used to be sort of faking it, to be sincere with you. I wasn’t actually like a trainer or choreographer. People used to say, ‘Oh, you are a good choreographer,’ however I by no means actually checked out myself in that approach. That made me fearful and afraid.”
In a video interview with “Meetin’ the Eatons,” Hough admitted that he nonetheless will get nervous onstage and revealed what he does when his coronary heart begins racing earlier than a dance efficiency.
“I simply consider a phrase, I say ‘I’m excited, I’m excited, I’m so excited,'” he mentioned. “And what that does is change your concentrate on all the nice issues about performing, and exhibiting everybody what you have been engaged on… it modifications your focus, and the place your focus goes, your vitality flows.”
