Roshon Fegan Talks Of Chelsie Hightower, Trying Harder On Dancing With The Stars, And More
Roshon recently told E Online that he’s taken “a couple back hands to the face”, an “elbow to the rib” and “a head-butt to the chest” by parter Chelsie Hightower in rehearsals. She’s “dangerous”. He also chatted about the elimination and how hard it was to be in the bottom two. Through it all, it makes him want to try harder. Here is more…
“She’s like a vortex,” he laughed. “She just doesn’t care. She spins out of nowhere, dives into me like a football player with no warning. I’ve kind of gotten used to it. I’m keeping my eye on her now. She’s dangerous!”
Fegan says “words can’t really describe” how tired he is from rehearsing six hours a day. Despite the rigorous practice schedule, he and Hightower ended up in the bottom two on this week’s show.
“It was pretty hard,” he admitted. “It was pretty jacked up. It’s not a feeling that you ever want to be in because being in the bottom two feels like you let your people down.”
But luckily Fegan was saved when singer Gladys Knight was voted off. “That was a bad feeling,” he said. “She was like my mom on set…we loved her.”
Fegan added, “With that, it makes you want to try harder and be on top.”
Read more at E Online.
Love these two and I so hope they find themselves in the top three this week!
Thanks for posting this, Voguerista. Love these two. I too hope they make it in the top 3 this week.
Little Chelise as a vortex – 😉
YW Beka and thanks! I loved when he called her a vortex too. lol Stay tuned. We’ll have more with Roshon in a bit. 😉
heres to hoping the judges will make up for that travesty of scores they called judging them last week, and they do wind up top 3….cuz they deserve it
Hopefully, last week’s scoring was just a ploy by the producers to change up the participants in the dance off and not a real reflection of the judges’ current attitude toward Chelsie and Roshon. I don’t hold out any hope with the favoritism being displayed and the huge voting blocks of some couples of their making even the semi-finals, but I would at least like to see them dance for another two weeks on the show and wind up 5th place in the standings overall.
Team Rochee works so hard but TPTB seem to believe they’re not useful anymore. IMO, there’s a new veil of maturity on Roshon – he’s still 20 years old and a hip hop dude, but he’s not so out there with it like when he first started the show. All that work and then being beat down will do it to a young man.
@Voguerista, Team Rochee was also on KTLA this morning. Are you perchance waiting for the video? 🙂
Roshon has grown and matured so much since the start of the season. i totally adore him as well as his partnership with Chelsie. I would love to see Chelsie have not just a guest spot but a recurring role on Shake It Up and see her and Roshon interact and even dance together more. Those 2 are my favorite partnership ever on DWTS. I hope the judges don’t give Team Rochee another smackdown this coming week. Chelsie and Roshon are putting in so much harder word, excellent dances, so it would be nice to see them get the scores they deserve as well as the votes they deserve. It annoys me how the judges give harsh critiques to him but some of the older competitors they don’t. Maybe it’s just but when I was his age I was very sensitive to critiques like that and now I’m much more thick skinned. Sending Team Rochee lots of love!!!
@Harriett, IMO, Roshon’s a lot tougher than he looks. He’s been is show business since he was a little kid, so he’s used to not “getting the job” and being professionally critiqued, but also agree the judges have hammered him and they’ve been lowballed. I also like how the older cast members, as well as Chelsie, seem to have adopted Roshon and watch out for him.
As a Team Rochee fan, I have watched Shake it Up and agree it could be fun for Chelsie to schedule some guest appearances. She and Roshon could not only dance together, perhaps she could choreograph some routines for the two girls, who are the actual focus of the show. Choreographing for a very popular Disney show might look really good on Chelsie’s resume.
@Deena Good points, I forget that critiques is big part of showbiz life and he handled the scoring much better than other Stars in the past have. The cast does seem like a big family and all guys like Donald, Jaleel, and William seem to act as Roshon’s big/older protective brother.
Roshon’s recent interview on Cambio was quite funny. He said something like he has 2 grandma’s that will spank him if he doesn’t win the MBT. Made me laugh.
Can’t wait to see Chelsie and Roshon dance this week!!! I wonder if he will remember to do the Rambi-bambi dance-hop he talked about with the ladies on AfterBuzztv.
@Harriet – this is JMO, but I think the 3 Stooges will smack him around again this week. I think TPTB have decided Roshon is the designated “Dance Duel Hit Man”. 🙁 I look for him to wind up in the bottom 2, and duel (and win) against Melissa. After that? Again, just a guess, but Roshon will have one of those “remarkable comebacks” that DWTS producers just love. The question is whether it will be enough to keep him out of the double elim…
Yep, that’s exactly what I’ve been waiting for Deena, and it’s still not up.
Well said, All!! Couldn’t agree more!!
LOL he’s always cracking me up with some kind of funny statement. I think some get put off by his sense of humor and some the rap slang of his generation, but, I like it. Hey, we had our slang when we were kids too. I think he is a fun mix up to the show.
I hope so, Sally!!
I’m with you, Vogue! The problem after this week will be:
Roshon/Jaleel/Maria/Donald…. pick any 2 to continue… 🙁 Unless, of course, TPTB are willing to give up one of their pets.
So true Sally. It’s going to painful to let them go….no matter who it is (except for Jaleel for me).
I really don’t think Roshon will make it past next week.
I wonder how well Jaleel is doing with the voting public? Or Maria? or Donald for that matter? I wish we knew.
I hope Roshon does make it past next week because I would rather see him dancing than Melissa, Jaleel, and Maria. I really like Melissa and Maria even Jaleel to degree but there dancing does nothing for me even (but if they were in a movie, tv show, etc. I would watch). Based on what has happened so far with voting/scoring there is a chance of him not returning which makes me super sad. Geez, once he is gone and now that the figure skating season is over, I will have to find something else to do.
It’s interesting this year with knowing the bottom 2 each week.
Chelsie tweeted that they are also practicing their dance duel already. I know Roshon and Chelsie are working hard and his fans are working hard at voting too. That’s all Team Rochee can do. I still think that when they come back to do the last dance on the final (if they get eliminated before the finals), that their dance be the hightlight of the season. Just sayin’.
One last thing I promise.
About his fanbase, I know a lot of people talk about the teens/tweens not voting but he has even younger fans too that may have access to a phone (maybe even an email). I just thinking of my friends 6 year old who was in near tears on Tuesday because he thought was Roshon was going to be kicked off. Even Sheri Shepherd’s son was a fan of Roshon maybe even more so than his mom’s dancing:)
Well, then Sherri needs to teach Jeffrey how to vote via hone, text, and email. 🙂
Sandy (#15) Good question. I keep thinking about the post Vogue did, where Wisconsin officials were saying that DWTS voting was crashing the phone system in the state…. yeah, I know, it’s Wisconsin, and not, say, California. But crashing phone switches takes some SERIOUS load… 😉
I also love Roshson &. Chelsie, & I loved their rumba. It’s a pity the judgesw chose to magnify Roshon’s shortcoming in the rumba — his tendency to hit hard…What about the highligths? just that move where Roshon executed a deep lunge while Chelsie lifted her leg way up high deserves an extra point, in my opnion. They were sensual in a classy way. looking forward to their team Tango & AT.
I adore Roshon & Chelsie sooo much. I’m hoping they can make it through this week! I think them being on the same team as Derek will help them big time.
I’ve watched Shake It Up a little bit before this season becuase my little sister loves that show, but now I find myself watching it even more, even when my sister isn’t around now haha.
I’ve watched Shake it Up before, and I’d love to see Chelsie do something on it. It doesn’t have to be dancing, she could have some role for a particular episode, kind of like when Karina guest starred on Hannah Montana. I’d like to see her with a recurring role, but I can’t see how she would fit in. I’m happy with anything really.
I really hope Roshon does well with the judges this week, he should at least be in the semi finals IMO. I really want to see him do freestyle, it would be really interesting. I also really want to see Chelsie in the finals.
KTLA 5 Morning News’ facebook page has some pictures of Roshon and Chelsie from their Friday appearance.
Cool Harriett! Now if they’d just post the video. Hopefully, they will post it tomorrow morning.
On Chelsie’s twitter a week or more ago said that she was meeting with ABC Family. I’m curious to see if she is auditioning for a role on one of the shows. There’s a new show called Bunheads about a dancer played by Sutton Foster who ends up teaching at a dance school. That would be a great opportunity for Chelsie. Still want to see her on Shake It Up too.