Danny Amendola and Witney Carson. Disney/Eric McCandless
Danny Amendola just isn’t against promoting toes footage following his retirement from the NFL.
“I like toes, you bought to stroll on them on daily basis,” Amendola, 38, informed Us Weekly completely following the Dancing With the Stars stay present on Tuesday, October 15. “They’re dancing toes, they’re working toes. My toes are horrible to have a look at, however yeah, thanks for being a fan.”
Amendola was, in fact, thanking his wikiFeet followers (sure, there’s a web site for rating superstar toes) during which he boasts a fairly excessive rating apparently.
“Belief me, these toes usually are not fairly,” Amendola informed Us.
The NFL has nothing on Dancing With the Stars — simply ask Danny Amendola. “My joints are a lot extra sore. We’re enjoying on grass, so it’s somewhat softer. The hardwood is, like, I’m icing up,” Amendola, 38, informed Us Weekly completely following the Dancing With the Stars season 33 premiere on Tuesday, September […]
The toes dialog got here after Amendola’s dance companion, Witney Carson, shared a social media video of the previous soccer star taping his toes.
“I didn’t even take into consideration that after I was videoing,” Carson, 30, declared. Amendola joked, “Perhaps I ought to begin monetizing that.”
On a extra critical observe, the athlete defined that taping his toes has helped all through the DWTS course of — particularly together with his up to date routine on Tuesday.
“Naked toes on wooden if you’re spinning round, it’s blister metropolis,” Amendola defined. “I believe I received three toes taped at this second proper now which can be throbbing. That’s dance life, man.”
Amendola danced to the “Unsteady (Erich Lee Gravity Remix)” by X Ambassadors on Dedication Night time. The routine was devoted to the soccer participant’s late Texas Tech soccer coach, Mike Leach, who died at age 61 in December 2022 following problems of a coronary heart situation.
“He taught us quite a bit about resiliency, quite a bit about grit. His saying was ‘swing your sword,’ and anytime you go right into a state of affairs, he would relate it to being a pirate,” Amendola recalled to Us. “He was obsessive about pirates. If Mike Leach, Mike Leach.”
Dancing With the Stars received emotional as they carried out for these closest to them on Dedication Night time — however earlier than the present was over, one couple received despatched dwelling. Former DWTS professional Mark Ballas (and three-time winner) joined Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli on the judges desk on Tuesday, October 15. This […]
Amendola mentioned that Leach would at all times “commit” which is what he and Carson embodied throughout their efficiency.
The athlete informed Us that couldn’t assist however really feel some kind of approach on such an emotional night time, particularly when his intro package deal was proven forward of their dance.
“Once I watched the promo earlier than we began dancing, I positively felt a deep stage of emotion,” he mentioned. “I simply was replaying all of the issues that Coach Leach did for me and all my ex-teammates and making an attempt to channel that. It was good.”
Dancing With the Stars airs concurrently on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. You’ll be able to stream episodes on Disney+ the following day.
With reporting by Carly Konsker
