Derek Hough Shares Rare DWTS Video of ‘Fearless’ Kellie Pickler
Derek Hough gave fans a rare look at the rehearsal process with his “Dancing With the Stars” season 16 partner, Kellie Pickler. In the video, Hough and the singer attempt a challenging move that they ended up scrapping for their show performance.
Derek Hough & Kellie Pickler Tackle Dance Move in Throwback Video
On October 5, Hough took to Instagram to give fans a look at a season 16 rehearsal with Pickler.
“Just stumbled upon an old hard drive and found a treasure trove of dance rehearsal archives, basically a little time capsule from the @kelliepickler season,” he wrote in the caption.
The “DWTS” judge noted, “Here’s a fun, behind-the-scenes clip of us trying out a trick we never ended up using, but wow, it’s amazing to look back and see how fearless and talented Kellie was, just going for anything I threw at her.”
He added, “Let me know if you’d like to see more of these little archive vids! Should I keep sharing them?”
In the clip, Hough spun Pickler around as she attempted to twist under his arm mid-spin and stick an ending pose.
It didn’t quite work out, however. Hough added, “ended up doing this move instead” to show how they ended their samba performance.
Hough noted in the comments, “It honestly looked like I was trying to give her a wild neck adjustment.”
Pickler and Hough won the season of “Dancing With the Stars.”
Fans Hope to See More of Hough’s Videos
Fans lit up the comments section with reactions to Hough and Pickler’s dance rehearsal video.
“Your contemporary piece with @kelliepickler was the greatest dance of all time for me,” one fan noted. “Yes, please post more magical memories from the archives.”
“Yes, please show it all to us!! Kellie was one of your best partnerships in my opinion,” another fan wrote.
One of his followers commented, “Yes! So inspiring to see the ‘process’ and all the mess ups and hard work to get to that Tuesday night!”
Others expressed their love for the Hough and Pickler pairing, with comments including, “Kellie was my favorite ‘DWTS’ partnership of his” and “She worked so hard and all of your dances with her were memorable.”
“LOVED you and Kelly! One of the BEST seasons for me,” one fan shared. “The move where she bends over you almost to the floor … and back up again! 😳🤯🙌”
“Your freestyle with her was amazing! I still go back and watch it!” another follower wrote, calling Pickler their “favorite female contestant of all time.”
Why Golden Bachelorette's Chock Chapple, Joan Vassos "Haven't Seen Each Other" for Nearly a Month
Distance makes the heart grow fonder.
That phrase has proven true for the Golden Bachelorette’s Joan Vassos and her fiancé Chock Chapple, whose conflicting responsibilities have kept them separated in recent months.
“Right now, I cannot go into any details—hint, hint—but she's doing a special project,” Chock explained to E! News in an exclusive interview, “and we haven't seen each other for almost a month. Something's probably going to change pretty soon, so we'll see each other, but we miss each other.”
Thankfully, the pair have a game plan. “Joan and I, from the fantasy suites, made a commitment that we would talk every day,” he continued. “So, we talk at least twice a day, and it's great.”
And while Chock is happy to report their first year together since The Golden Bachelorette aired has “really been fantastic,” he admits of his and Joan’s whirlwind lifestyle, “We haven't had this real life that people normally have because you're living in the same town, you see each other all the time.”
Instead, the 62-year-old added, “We've made a commitment to see each other every other week.”
Thankfully, that’s held true—beyond Joan’s recent commitments that have kept them apart. Plus, they’ve got plenty of plans coming up that will bring them together, including spending the holiday season in New York City and an eventual European vacation with friends.
And Chock—who is the new face of Inspire therapy, a sleep apnea treatment he is happy to report he “truly” believes in, having benefitted from the implant himself—is hopeful their month in New York in December helps him and Joan, 62, narrow down their search for a place to live in the city.
“We've been to all the different areas in New York, and the first time, Joan loved Soho,” Chock explained. “Well, we couldn't find a place, really, that would fit our families and all that. And we've looked all over. Now, we're that typical couple where I kind of like the West side, she likes Midtown. Then we've gone to the East side.”
It’s an important decision, after all, “When you're going to buy a place, other than if that's all you can afford, you definitely want to find a place that both of you really like and fit your lifestyle.”
Instagram / Joan Vassos
In the meantime, the pair are happily making the distance work.
For Chock, the secret is “just really taking the time and then talking,” he explained. “This has given us a chance to really talk and listen to each other a lot more than when you're together. She’s got the grandkids, she's very busy with this, but we're talking 30 minutes to an hour every day. It's been nonstop. So, it's a lot of fun. I miss it when I don't talk to her in the morning.”
