“She met Witney the first week,” he recalled, “and she’s like, ‘You gotta do it. You gotta do it. Remember, go have fun. Most of [the dancers] are in their 20s and the 30s. You’re not a dancer. Go learn as much from Witney so you can teach me.’ And I’m trying to learn as much as I can.”
The TV mainstay also plans to keep his “diva” mentality intact, just as he told the judges after his performance. Although Rodriguez was the first to admit, it does take some work.
“Listen, being a diva is hard,” he confessed. “I think you just gotta change the way you think. You just gotta think, ‘You know what? I got this.’ Be positive. Own it.”
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