Chapter 1: What insights do Robert Irwin and Witney Carson share about Dancing with The Stars?
can we get a little sip of water a water water water it's pronounced water this is a perfect angle Rob, Whitney, welcome to the show. Thank you. Welcome back, Whitney. Thanks. Welcome, Rob. Yeah. Thank you. How are you doing? I'm excited to have you all. Mate, so good. So good. I'm tired.
I was saying to Whitney just then, I've had coffee three times in my life, and one of those times was this morning. So I'm like on another plane right now, so this could go anywhere. Yeah. Yeah, real jittery. Could do a backflip. I could do a backflip off that table. You should do this before dancing. Drink a cup of coffee. I think that would be worse. He needs like a Xanax before dancing.
What were the other two times you drank coffee? Okay, so once I was hosting a show in South Africa, which is a live show that I do called I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. And it's this show where... It shoots live and you start at like 4.30 a.m. And I had tasted coffee once before, you know, my first little taste of coffee.
I didn't really love it, but I was getting up really early and I went, oh, I was just exhausted. I need to pick me up. So I just downed a double shot. And the weird thing with coffee is it does wake me up, but it also just puts my mind in like 50 different places. So I'm just like, and then there's this and then there's that. So yeah, this is a dangerous conversation.
I know, this morning I saw him, I'm like, you're different today. You already seem like a pretty high energy guy. Yeah, so it's like another level. But I was just tired and I thought, ah, I'll grab a coffee. Bad idea. Bad idea. Rehearsals are going to be fun today. Are you tired from all the dancing? Oh, absolutely. Whitney's a goer. We are going for it. I do give him breaks, though. Yes.
I give you breaks. Are you very much like a drill sergeant? Are you like, let's fucking go, get your ass up? I don't feel like I'm a drill sergeant. But we definitely work really hard. We laugh a lot, but we definitely get stuff done. Because you have to.
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Chapter 2: How does Robert Irwin describe his unique experiences with coffee?
You only have four hours a day. You got to learn an entire new dance by Tuesday. Can you go a little longer? For what? More than four hours. Can you guys? I always try and show up as early as I can to try and stretch. Okay. Yeah. But like, you know, you don't have the room. Like there's someone who's in there rehearsing and then the room sort of becomes available. Yeah.
So you're pretty, you're kind of limited to time, but it's, Yeah, we're not allowed any extra time. We kind of start from square one. Obviously, every Tuesday is the show, and every Wednesday feels like the first week all over again because it's a new style.
We start back from scratch, and it's humbling, really humbling, because I just feel like I'm – I always say it's like Whitney has to teach a stick how to dance. There's no rhythm at all, but we just work so hard, and we're – I think we're just an awesome team. Like, I'm very, very grateful for you, Whitney. Y'all came out of the gate. I mean, like, you, first week, crushed.
And I think you, like, blew America away with how good you are. I mean, like, did you... I mean, not a stick. You're a pretty good dancing stick. Well, that's all Whitney's fault. Like, it was... That was honestly one of the best nights of my whole life. Like that was so much fun and it was such a, it was such a privilege and the jive just felt so perfect. Our first dance was born to be wild.
It was a jive. It's just like high energy. If I was a ballroom dance, that would be it. Yeah. And it was the best to just kind of come out swinging and just go, yeah, let's go. But to feel the love and the kindness from everyone here in America has just been amazing because, you know, I moved out from Australia. I'm here for like three months. It's a daunting experience.
But the second like we got in a room together and started rehearsing, I just felt this sigh of relief like, okay, this is going to be fun. This is going to be awesome. And the love from everyone has been incredible. I'm just so grateful. You've been obviously a public figure most of your life and obviously you've been worked in media.
But I'm curious because like when I did Dancing with the Stars long ago, like you said, first of all, super much relate to like the first day of the next week. You were on like not far after when Bindi was on, my sister. She was on the show, I think like season 21. Yeah. Okay. I was 2017. Yeah. That's like the year after she was on. Okay.
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Chapter 3: What challenges do Robert and Witney face while preparing for their performances?
Yeah. Yeah. Wow. And yeah, like you're just learning. You've just did a dance. You spent all week learning it. And the next week you're just like, that's over. New language. New language. It's very like. That's what we say. It's a total new language. And you have to really go from ground zero. It's like, not only does he have to remember the steps. Yeah.
But like how to do them properly and get your hips moving and then where are your arms looking and where's your head? Like there's so many layers that it's really hard. It's very difficult to get everything in in five days. Oh, yeah, and it's such a brain-heavy thing as well. Like the physical side of it is there. Like my body this morning, I woke up and I felt like I got run over.
Like I'm just like, whew. But also the mental fatigue of trying to remember all of these layers. To me, that was way harder. I've never moved my body. I'm a very active person. I wrangle crocodiles. That takes a lot of footwork and upper body strength and all of that. But dance, you have to harness all of that energy into flowy and elegant movements. It's a real challenge.
What I was most impressed about with you, to Nellie's point, and I'm just curious because I had done enough of TV before I did Dancing with the Stars where I was familiar with cameras and being on TV didn't psych me out. But I had no experience with the live performances.
So when I was dancing, mostly the whole time I was on, it wasn't until I was cut where they brought me back to redo stuff when they're filling out the episodes. I looked scared. You know, I'm like counting in my head when you were like you were out there week one, just like your your facial expressions were giving like professional dancer.
And I think and it was just like it was really like, yeah, you were in it. You were in character. Mm hmm. You look like you're, I was really impressed by that because I, you know, did you have any type of performance experience other than, because I think there's a big difference between like hosting TV shows, being on camera and performing in front of a live studio audience.
Oh, it's, it's insane. The feeling in the ballroom when you step in there and you know that you're next up on the roster, like our first night we were last. So it was, Kind of scary watching everyone else go. The competition is insane. Like this season, everybody is incredible and you're just sitting there watching it and then going, oh my gosh, I got to go last. This is terrifying.
But I found the second the music started playing, you know, you hear those counts, dancing the jive, it's Robert and Whitney. And then all of a sudden you just kind of go tunnel vision. You hear the audience, you feel the energy and it's amazing. Like I've spent my whole life, you know, on camera. Like I was literally film being born. My poor mum.
There was quite literally the Crocodile Hunter TV crew were in the hospital when I was, you know, when I popped out. And so it was, you know, it's always been part of my life. But I feel like through everything I do, there is a message and a mission behind what I do, not only for wildlife conservation, but also to try and spread some positivity, to put some passion out into the world, you know?
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Chapter 4: How does Robert Irwin reflect on his childhood and his father's influence?
he's daddy's right he comments on everything he's like he's like oh no i think every past partner has like a little bit of like hey like a little bit like i want to be doing that again because it's such a special time and you never get it again feeling that and you never get it again and so when you're seeing your partner your teammate your partner with another person's kind of like
Hold on a second. I'm not ready for that. How is it already been a year? You know, like, oh my gosh. I know. I feel like we just were here doing the same thing. But no, he's been very supportive and commenting on all of our stuff. You are definitely my wife's favorite choreographer because you do a lot of the flips and the spins and the turns and the lifts.
And as far as my wife is concerned, Natalie, if you're not being lifted and thrown around, like she... She's like, I'm out. But then I've been told, I've been told that like there's rules, you can't have lift and every day. It's a nice, you have to have a balance because you need good scores from the judges, but you also, you want America's vote as well.
And you also want to do something that you're passionate about. You know, with the song and the choir and you want to be able to show his strengths and every partner has different strengths. Like it's just it's different from season to season. So it's just finding that right balance. How what is like how does choreographing go in your brain?
Like are you on the weekends like taking your boys to, you know, I don't know, practice and also like in your head trying to figure out the next dance? 100%. I am like 24-7 working in here. So it starts with the track. So the music is super important. And who picks the song? I think it's a collective team effort. The music team is really incredible. And we have theme weeks.
And so we're a little bit dialed in, a little bit on what we can choose from. And then from there, it's the celebrity has to like the song because we want them to be passionate about it. And then obviously the professional who's creating it You know, I have to really love it as well.
And then, you know, it goes through lots of different channels and everybody has to be kind of happy with the song choices. Yeah, you don't always get, you don't usually get the first option you have. Like sometimes there's another and it can change several times. But often you end up with something that you go, I wouldn't have even thought of this song, but this is perfect. Yeah.
It's amazing to watch.
you like take a song like I'll play a song and instantly you'll be like that's jive and this is how I would do it it's it's incredible to watch your brain work with choreography like I just it's it's so foreign to me but it's so impressive like it's anytime I listen to a song I go straight to choreography straight I can't just listen to a song and just like yeah she just starts putting it and this would go to trick there and like it's kind of a curse a little bit amazing
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Chapter 5: How does Robert Irwin connect his father's legacy to his current work?
Like, was Whitney always your first choice? Did you not care? It was interesting because when I... Same question to you because I am curious. I don't know how it works on the pro side. Whitney said anyone but Robert. It was interesting because my sister did this show in, what, 2015, 2016? I was 11 years old. And since then, I went, I want to do this show. Like, I really, I wanted to.
And, you know, I was 11, so it was a long way off. But, you know, Dina, who obviously decides the cast and everything, we would talk about it. We would kind of joke around about it. For years, we talked about it. And then I kind of always had in my mind, like, after watching Bindi's season, because, Whitney, you were there. Mm-hmm.
We always sort of, I don't know, as a family, we would always kind of talk about, I bet I'd end up getting partnered with Whitney. And I kind of just, it was this weird like feeling I had. I had this feeling if I ever do the show, I don't know, I just, I kept thinking it's going to be Whitney.
And so when I came into this experience and they said, well, we did our first meeting, which they capture on camera and Whitney was standing there. I just felt this sense of, whoa, this is a full circle moment. Like this is 10 years in the making. Here we are. And I instantly felt so protected. And so like Whitney's become like an older sister so quickly. I know. It's so funny. So it's like. Yes.
I've got my mum here, my actual older sister, and now you. Yes, I know. He doesn't have a life. No. He's an indie hero. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. So very protective. No dating life at the moment, that's for sure. You guys are like. No. We've exceeded that. They have quite the people to go through. I know. Yeah. I mean, girlfriends at this point are just a distraction. That's what I'm saying.
I'm locked in. That's what I'm saying. I'm locked in. But no, it is really cool. But you don't, yeah, you have no idea. You have no idea. But I've known a lot of the professional dancers on this show since I was 10 years old. Like when I came to the announcement to announce, you know, I'm doing this, everyone was there and everyone's just like,
Oh, my gosh, the last time I saw you, you were this big. You were tiny. Yeah. You had a little bowl haircut, you know, like what's up? So, yeah. And the pros also, we don't get a say in our partners at all. So it's kind of. They don't ask. You don't. I mean, I think. You get like a tip? I personally don't ask.
Like I kind of leave it up to fate and I leave it up to the casting producers because they, you know, they're so good at that. And so I trust them completely. But I didn't know. I thought everyone was talking about Robert and Riley. So I kind of had checked Robert off the list. And so I was looking at all the celebrities.
And in my head, I had like one celebrity that was like, oh, they'll probably pair me with him. Not thinking it was Robert at all. So when I walked in, I was like so shocked. Were you thinking Riley like, you know, younger? Maybe they would hope there's some kind of like a showman's kind of thing. Yes. Just I think like just them two being so young and like it was in the press a lot.
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Chapter 6: What emotional themes are explored in Robert's upcoming dance performance?
I've got time. If you, just to indulge the fans. Okay. Because I know you have a lot of fans. This is Whitney's favorite company. Yeah, I love this. If you were to date, describe your perfect partner in a way. I've got it. All right. I know exactly what you're going to say. Okay, so I think… Well, I want to hear from him and then I want Whitney's notes. No, no, no. Yeah.
Well, honestly, I think, first of all, I try to surround myself with people, genuine people.
authentic people who are just really kind like that's that's the thing you in in life you've got to find people that lift you up and that you can kind of just support one another my life is pretty crazy like it's here and there and everywhere the amount of side quests i'm going on i was thinking i'm like you really don't have i mean how would that even work you're so busy
You'd need someone who's also like a content creator who could just travel with you. Because one day I'm like rescuing a crocodile and then the next day I'm dancing with the stars and the next day I'm, you know, so it's here and there. Then you're in Africa. But to find someone, yeah, who's up for an adventure to come along. Yeah, you need that, yeah.
And someone who's got like their own world and passions that you can kind of find what you both love and sort of, you know, form that together. So someone just adventurous and fun and... And really kind, you know, is really important to me. And someone kind of family focused. Like family is everything to me. Does she have to like animals? I mean, yeah. That would help.
What if she was like allergic to cats? Yeah. The only cats I have, I've got tigers and a couple of cheetahs. But apart from that, I don't have any cats. You don't have any cats. Yeah. What would be like a dating pet peeve? Or do you have like an ick where it's just like, you know, it's petty, but I can't do it. Oh, this is a good question. That is a fun question. Like the only ick that I get.
Sorry. Look, I'm going all red. I'm getting hot now. I'm getting all sweaty. No, like, people who are, like, rude to white stuff. Well, that's a given. That's a given. We want something really petty. Like, any time Nick gets road rage, I'm, like, icked out, you know? When do I get road rage? Well, if you ever do.
You know, anytime Nick, like, trips, I'm like, oh, God, could have done without that. You know? Could have done without that. Oh, my gosh, that's funny. Like, does Carson do anything where you're like, oh. Well, actually, he did. He had a little bit of road rage. But in this case, I found it really attractive because... He was protecting the kids.
This guy got out of the car and was yelling at us in traffic. Here in LA? Here in LA. Oh, gosh. And Carson just got right out. It was like we were about to get in a fight. Carson's a big guy, isn't he? Yeah, as soon as he got out of the car, the guy was like, bye. He would have been like, wait a minute. Never mind, you guys are great. He's a unit. I know. He's built like a house.
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