Charli D’Ameliofinally feels excited about dancing again as she competes in the 31st season ofDancing with the Stars.D’Amelio, 18, hasspoken previously about the pressures of social media stardom as a teenagerin her and her sister Dixie’s Hulu reality seriesThe D’Amelio Show. And on Wednesday, Charli (who, along with Dixie, spoke to host Janine Rubenstein on thePEOPLE Every Day podcast), that starring inDWTS' current season has helped renew her excitement for performing.“You know, dance wasn’t something that I found fun anymore,” Charli says. “It was something that was more just, I did to do it and, you know, it was over when it was over and I didn’t look forward to it anymore. And I think withDancing With the Starsevery week, it’s like, you know, I’m hearing from other people that I finally look like I’m having fun.“Charli explains in the podcast that herDWTSperformances have helped her find the enthusiasm for dance that “I kind of lost” as she and Dixie, 21, first grew into TikTok sensations in 2019 and 2020.“I look happy and I’m feeling, kind of, those same things that I used to feel when I was younger, dancing, that I kind of lost and thought that I wouldn’t find again,” Charli says. “Just because it had been so long without being that excited for performance. To be able to do that again is really a full circle moment for me and just makes me really happy.“ABC/Eric McCandlessNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Last Wednesday, Charli told PEOPLE she is “figuring out now who I am and where I stand” after moving out of her parents Heidi and Marc’s home in Los Angeles and into a place “two minutes away” with older sister Dixie in March.“Alongside this work schedule and award shows and all of that, I’m trying to figure out how to be an adult,” she explained.Marc, 53, told PEOPLE last Wednesday that he at first doubted whetherThe D’Amelio Showwould strike a nerve when the family filmed season 1.“When we did the first season, we were like, ‘Is this really going to be interesting? We’re a pretty normal family,'” recalled Marc. “But then we realized that what’s happening to Dixie and Charli is what 95 percent of the kids in the United States want to happen to them.“The D’Amelios.FitOn"By showing this process you get to see some incredibly positive things, but opening your family up to public scrutiny is really hard to prepare for,” he added.On top ofThe D’Amelio Show’s season 2 premiere,Heidi, 50,joins Charli inDWTScompetitionas the show’s first mother and daughter facing off to claim the coveted Mirrorball Trophy.“I think we’re going into it both of us, going to do our best,” Heidi told PEOPLE on Sept. 8. “We’re not going to hold back. We’re going to do everything that we can to learn and grow and learn all the dances and perform. So I would do that either way and I think she would too.“Season 2 ofThe D’Amelio Showpremieres on Hulu Sept. 28, whileDancing with the Starsairs Mondays on Disney+ at 8 p.m. Eastern time.Check out more episodes ofPEOPLE Every Day, airing onApple podcasts,iHeartMedia, Spotify,Stitcher,Amazon Musicor wherever you listen to your podcasts.
Charli D’Ameliofinally feels excited about dancing again as she competes in the 31st season ofDancing with the Stars.
D’Amelio, 18, hasspoken previously about the pressures of social media stardom as a teenagerin her and her sister Dixie’s Hulu reality seriesThe D’Amelio Show. And on Wednesday, Charli (who, along with Dixie, spoke to host Janine Rubenstein on thePEOPLE Every Day podcast), that starring inDWTS’ current season has helped renew her excitement for performing.
“You know, dance wasn’t something that I found fun anymore,” Charli says. “It was something that was more just, I did to do it and, you know, it was over when it was over and I didn’t look forward to it anymore. And I think withDancing With the Starsevery week, it’s like, you know, I’m hearing from other people that I finally look like I’m having fun.”
Charli explains in the podcast that herDWTSperformances have helped her find the enthusiasm for dance that “I kind of lost” as she and Dixie, 21, first grew into TikTok sensations in 2019 and 2020.
“I look happy and I’m feeling, kind of, those same things that I used to feel when I was younger, dancing, that I kind of lost and thought that I wouldn’t find again,” Charli says. “Just because it had been so long without being that excited for performance. To be able to do that again is really a full circle moment for me and just makes me really happy.”
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Last Wednesday, Charli told PEOPLE she is “figuring out now who I am and where I stand” after moving out of her parents Heidi and Marc’s home in Los Angeles and into a place “two minutes away” with older sister Dixie in March.
“Alongside this work schedule and award shows and all of that, I’m trying to figure out how to be an adult,” she explained.
Marc, 53, told PEOPLE last Wednesday that he at first doubted whetherThe D’Amelio Showwould strike a nerve when the family filmed season 1.
“When we did the first season, we were like, ‘Is this really going to be interesting? We’re a pretty normal family,'” recalled Marc. “But then we realized that what’s happening to Dixie and Charli is what 95 percent of the kids in the United States want to happen to them.”
The D’Amelios.FitOn
“By showing this process you get to see some incredibly positive things, but opening your family up to public scrutiny is really hard to prepare for,” he added.
On top ofThe D’Amelio Show’s season 2 premiere,Heidi, 50,joins Charli inDWTScompetitionas the show’s first mother and daughter facing off to claim the coveted Mirrorball Trophy.
“I think we’re going into it both of us, going to do our best,” Heidi told PEOPLE on Sept. 8. “We’re not going to hold back. We’re going to do everything that we can to learn and grow and learn all the dances and perform. So I would do that either way and I think she would too.”
Season 2 ofThe D’Amelio Showpremieres on Hulu Sept. 28, whileDancing with the Starsairs Mondays on Disney+ at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
Check out more episodes ofPEOPLE Every Day, airing onApple podcasts,iHeartMedia, Spotify,Stitcher,Amazon Musicor wherever you listen to your podcasts.
source: people.com
