This week we're in Middleburg, Fla. to meet the Prewitt-Brewer family that consists of Carrie Prewitt and the three girls, Ashley, Taylor and Gina. Carrie Prewitt has been at the same high school as a teacher and a coach for the last 25 years. She is a mentor, she is an amazing coach and she's like a second mom to everyone she coaches there. Coach Prewitt first met Ashley when she coached her at the high school in volleyball and through that experience, she met her two younger sisters, Taylor and Gina.
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy
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First, I want to apologize for the delay. It's been a very busy week and unfortunately I didn't have time. I hope you all enjoyed the show last night. I think we set some sort of record for the most vast array of scores! All joking aside, I'm not trying to find the good in every bad. I'm kind of a perfectionist, but I can't not be happy for Kirstie. I can't be mad that it was the best dance. Yes, the steps were messed up. Yes, we were out of sync. But honestly, it was cool to dance next to her and to feel that positive energy. She was having ...
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This week we traveled to Virginia Beach, VA to surprise the Hill-Burdette family. The Hill-Burdette family is like one big beautiful puzzle. You have Shannell, Kenisha, Samantha, Kayla, Chyna, Shea, Fred, the dad and Beverly, the mom. Beverly is the glue that holds them all together. Beverly Hill is quite possibly the most selfless woman I've ever met in my entire life. She has fostered 35 children and then adopted her six current daughters. Even though there are eight people living in a 1600sq. ft. house, she still finds a way to give to the community by saving up her money to feed and cloth the homeless. She just gives and gives, and gives.
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy
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OK, so the "sex on a stick" speech. I was auditioning for a Woody Allen movie or something! I don't know what was going on there. I think it had a little Vince Vaughn delivery. After I said all of that, Kirstie was like, "OK, don't ever do that again." It all just sort of came out. The thing is, where I'm from in the Ukraine, we are known for a certain sense of humor and satire. When ...
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This week we traveled to Wichita, Kansas to surprise the Hall family. Carl Hall is an all-American baseball star that played at Wichita State. He married his high school sweetheart and they have four absolutely beautiful children. Not even a year ago Carl was injured in a tragic car accident leaving him a complete paraplegic. Since their home wasn't wheel chair accessible the family had to move to a cramped condo that was in no way ADA accessible, and definitely not large enough for a family of six. So we came in to try and make life a whole lot easier for them.
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy
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First of all, sorry for the delay. It's been a very busy week and I've been feeling a little under the weather. It's getting to the point in the competition where the scheduling is catching up to all of us now. It always happens around this time of the season. It's one of those, "Oh, here we go again." I'm overdosing on Vitamin C and a bunch of remedies. There's no point of dwelling on it. You just have to get over the hump.
Well, I'll just start by getting this out of the way. Kirstie's shoe came off because she has lost a lot of weight since she started the show. She's lost a couple of sizes and basically her feet lost weight as well, as funny as that sounds. This isn't something you'd notice normally, but we looked down and the shoe looked like it ...
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy
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Well, let's just get it out of the way. The fall was a fluke. My leg is fine now. It was a little bit of a pull. I was fine before the show and it was just something that happened at a bad time. I'm taking care of it and it's not going to be a problem. It was completely my fault. Kirstie did nothing wrong and I am so proud of ...
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy
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I thought our quickstep was a lot of fun. And the kiss was a total surprise! I'm not kidding. We never even talked about doing it in rehearsals. But I think it made sense at the end there. Kirstie's funny. She's a comedienne and she went for it. It was as shocking to me as it was to everyone else. It was funny and fun. I think it shows that we have an amazing relationship and everything's going well ...
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy
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What did you think of the premiere? Thank you in advance for all of your votes! I am so proud of Kirstie. I thought she did great and she was rewarded for all the hard work she put in. I had been saying that if everything goes well on the show like it had during rehearsals, she will shock everyone. People didn't know ...
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy
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Well, we're just a few days away. Everything's looking good. We are polishing up our cha-cha. Kirstie's improvement and progress grow in leaps and bounds every day. I'm so proud of her. It's important that she feels comfortable in her own skin. Her practice attire has changed. We've been rehearsing hard and long. It's been very interesting ...
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