Zap2it interviewed Maria Menounos on her new internet project “AfterBuzz TV” where people can talk about their favorite TV shows after they air at night. Soon they will be headlining “Dancing With The Stars” when it begins on March 19th. Maria also dished on being one of the new dancing contestants on Season 14. Below is what she had to say about it….
She says she can’t even begin to speculate about her chances on “Dancing With the Stars,” saying, “I始m pretty good under pressure and I wrestled in the WWE in front of 20,000 people, so I think the different experiences of my life can help me know how I始ll be in different circumstances, and so I didn始t breathe during that and I was terrified. So I assume the same thing will be the case for ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ but you never know. I keep envisioning freezing up when I see everybody. You know dancing is a very intimate thing, we始re doing really sexy stuff, and to do it to Derek and a camera person in the room is one thing, but to do it in front of a huge audience, a live audience and millions of people at home, I might freeze, I don始t know. You never know. Insecurity and fatigue, there始s a lot that happens, it始s like a physical, a mental, and it始s a big game. There始s a lot involved.”
We asked her who her biggest competition is on the show. She says, “To me it始s anybody始s game. You never know who始s gonna be able to hang or not hang, who始s gonna capture the audience, who始s gonna be a great dancer. For the most part, I始m not a dancer, and Martina (Navratilova) wasn始t a dancer. There are a few of them on there, like William Levy and Rashad Fagen from the Disney channel, he has experience, so some of them have dance experience. William Levy, like Latin lover, he始s gonna kill it. And you始ve got Jaleel (White) who came out really swinging. I think everyone is gonna be really good. I just want to be good and proud of myself, being somebody who始s never taken a dance class in my life, and somebody who has been terrified of this. I just want to impress myself. I really do. I just want to have fun. It始s such a great excuse to have fun and to learn something I始ve never learned before, and impress myself.”
You can read the full article at Zap2it. Also, be sure to check out Pure Derek Hough. Heidi has posted a hilarious interview with Maria and Adam Carolla. According to Heidi, there is lots of discussion with Derek. She’s also got a video of Derek designing Maria a costume. Very cool.
Picture above taken yesterday of Maria going to the Grove courtesy of Zimbio Pictures.