Janet Fitzgerald
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A lot of the instructors partied hard. I mean, partied hard. So the young ones would stay out all night doing God knows what, a lot of drugs, and then coming in, popping an Adderall, and then, like, getting on the bike, spinning a million miles an hour. Ah!
A lot of the instructors partied hard. I mean, partied hard. So the young ones would stay out all night doing God knows what, a lot of drugs, and then coming in, popping an Adderall, and then, like, getting on the bike, spinning a million miles an hour. Ah!
Okay. I've been a dancer my whole life, and I had a very colorful upbringing. And by colorful, I mean disaster. I eventually was such a mess. I was at Call Arts doing dance, majored in dance, with a minor in drugs, or maybe it was the other way around.
Okay. I've been a dancer my whole life, and I had a very colorful upbringing. And by colorful, I mean disaster. I eventually was such a mess. I was at Call Arts doing dance, majored in dance, with a minor in drugs, or maybe it was the other way around.
Eventually, it got so messy that I ended up attempting suicide and then was released to my parents in Palm Springs. It was wild because they wanted me to go to rehab. And I mean, like, maybe I should have. I promise we're going to get from crack to the wheel in a second.
Eventually, it got so messy that I ended up attempting suicide and then was released to my parents in Palm Springs. It was wild because they wanted me to go to rehab. And I mean, like, maybe I should have. I promise we're going to get from crack to the wheel in a second.
I was so in love with him that I got super sober, like literally hauled up in church on Sundays, praying to whoever will listen to like take the desire for wanting to do drugs out of my body.
I was so in love with him that I got super sober, like literally hauled up in church on Sundays, praying to whoever will listen to like take the desire for wanting to do drugs out of my body.
So I was like, no, no, no, I'm just going to pray and get this desire taken out of my body. And I did.
So I was like, no, no, no, I'm just going to pray and get this desire taken out of my body. And I did.
I call it Christian rehab, really, because that marriage only lasts a couple of years.
I call it Christian rehab, really, because that marriage only lasts a couple of years.
I would go and take class, download all of the choreography, take it back to the desert and teach it again. And I would make these trips often to become inspired, really, because Los Angeles was everything. They had all the cool music and all the cool mixes and the new choreography. And it was just like the best place in the whole world to go to. I mean, it was really like Studio 54 of fitness.
I would go and take class, download all of the choreography, take it back to the desert and teach it again. And I would make these trips often to become inspired, really, because Los Angeles was everything. They had all the cool music and all the cool mixes and the new choreography. And it was just like the best place in the whole world to go to. I mean, it was really like Studio 54 of fitness.
She would say things like, well, I see you have a ring on your finger. Now, are you in love with that man? And then I pause and she goes, it's okay. I already know the answer to that question. So let's go ahead and talk about a date that you're going to break up. That woman read me up and down and sideways. And it was the most transformative thing that I think has ever happened in my life.
She would say things like, well, I see you have a ring on your finger. Now, are you in love with that man? And then I pause and she goes, it's okay. I already know the answer to that question. So let's go ahead and talk about a date that you're going to break up. That woman read me up and down and sideways. And it was the most transformative thing that I think has ever happened in my life.
And it was also one of those things where she had said, she goes, you know, by the way, I'm not sure if you have ever thought about dating women before, but you definitely have had a lot of both male and female lifetimes. And so if you were to have an attraction toward women, Women, it wouldn't be a shocking thing. I was like, what?
And it was also one of those things where she had said, she goes, you know, by the way, I'm not sure if you have ever thought about dating women before, but you definitely have had a lot of both male and female lifetimes. And so if you were to have an attraction toward women, Women, it wouldn't be a shocking thing. I was like, what?
Let's fast forward to now I have a girlfriend and I'm living in Burbank, okay? I am depressed, laying on the couch, and my friends are like, listen, can you just please come to this spin class with us? And I'm like, no. I tried it one time and it's not for me.
Let's fast forward to now I have a girlfriend and I'm living in Burbank, okay? I am depressed, laying on the couch, and my friends are like, listen, can you just please come to this spin class with us? And I'm like, no. I tried it one time and it's not for me.