Dancing With The Stars Derek Hough And Nastia Liukin Do The View – Video
Today Derek Hough and Nastia Liukin were on The View to talk about Dancing With The Stars. Derek also talked about doing New York Spring Spectacular. Such a great interview. For more with this couple including their new blogs, photos, videos, and lots more, see Pure Derek Hough.
These two make such a lovely dance couplee. All blonde and beautiful. 😀
Really lady, how hard is it to pronounce “Nastia”? Do your homework; sound it out a few times–Nah-stee-ah. Sheesh! She never got it right. 🙄 Sorry, it’s just a pet peeve of mine. I think it’s the height of rudeness for an interviewer not to pronounce someone’s name correctly.
@Cidra- I had the same thoughts! Derek also said “Nastia” properly during the interview and she still closed it wrong. It was especially embarrassing when she said she got them correct…umm no you didn’t. When she mentioned Derek leaving the show originally, I think she also said that he said it last week which is certainly not the case. At least Nastia and Derek appeared to be laughing about it all.
Yeah, the interviewers were clearly not prepared to do interview them. I thought it was funny when Rosie then self-congratulated herself for pronouncing their names right. And no, Nastia did not win 5 Olympic gold medals – that is impossible – she wasn’t that good of a gymnast.
Kaitlyn, The way Nastia and Derek just smiled politely through all the errors, incorrect statements, and mispronounced names in the interview shows how accomplished they are at giving interviews. They know the public won’t care about the details of what color medals Nastia won or the timeline of when Derek revealed he was doing Season 20. They understand that they’re just doing publicity for DWTS and NYSS and that means getting their faces and the names of the shows in front of the public.
Yeah, it really didn’t seem like Rosie Perez was prepared for the interview at all. Maybe she tried to use Nastia’s full name (Anastasia) but no matter how you look at it she got it wrong.
It was still a nice interview though and I love Nastia and Derek together
Yes, even though the pronunciation was not completely correct, it was a nice interview. And, wow!! Whoopie is boss??? Did I hear right?
I just love this couple, and my new name for them is “The Golden Pair” 🙂
Yeah, Rosie Perez blew it, big time. But Nastia & Derek just showed elegance and class throughout. I love this team so much! I really hope they win!!
Loved this interview! I can’t get over how fresh and rested Derek looks! We all know how much stress he is under, but looking at him here, you’d never know it! That beautiful smile of his, kills me every time.
KreativeKat, she is the voice of God, if I remember correctly.
1st rule of interviewing. Know your subject. That includes pronouncing their names. TV 101.
Interviews on so many shows are mostly sound bytes. So little time and no time to really get into interesting stuff. I noticed how D in between all the mistakes was rushing to get the high points out before being interrupted. It’s like these shows (and not just the view)are more about multiple self centered hosts instead of their guests.
That is so true Raine! I find talk shows to be more about the hosts than the guests, which is one reason I don’t watch them except here during the season when I want to see how my favorite couples are doing on the press junket. As usual Derek knows how the game is played and, as you pointed out, made sure he got his message out. Such a smart man.
Yes Cidra it’s the only time I watch them too. The View was worth the pain this time just because Derek is looking about as HOT as I’ve ever seen him and he and Nastia together are beautiful.I like their vibe together—just wish she didn’t have a Bf so we might get an opportunity to see some real chemistry