Lisa Ann Walter couldn't be extra happy with finest buddy Elaine Hendrix as her Dancing With the Stars journey continues.
“It is a stacked season,” Walter, 62, informed Us Weekly solely whereas attending the Paley Honors Fall Gala on the Beverly Hilton Resort in Los Angeles on Monday, November 10. “I might not rely out any of the folks which might be nonetheless within the present.”
Walter argued that Hendrix, who's competing with professional Alan Bersten on season 34 of the ballroom dance present, was “underscored” for almost all of her performances. “She will be able to't say that, however I can,” the actress teased.
Whereas praising Hendrix's expertise, Walter additionally gave a shout-out to Bersten, 31, for not watering down his choreography. “She has dance coaching. She had no ballroom [experience]. And the way in which she picked up the body and holds in body, the way in which she picked up heel leads in her clean dances — she is actually good,” Walter informed Us. “Her instructor is an enormous a part of the explanation. Alan teaches her legit ballroom. There isn't any fudging. There isn't any, ‘We're going to throw in some jazz.' When she does a tango, it's actual tango. Quickstep is actual quickstep.”
Walter is “actually proud” of how a lot Hendrix has “achieved” on the present, particularly as a lady in her 50s. “I might rely no person out,” Walter reiterated, citing Alix Earle as one among her different frontrunners this season. “However I'm specifically, after all, happy with my buddy who — on a present that doesn't essentially reward girls as they become older like they do the lads — I feel that she has proven up.”
Lisa Ann Walter, Elaine Hendrix, Alan Bersten on ‘Dancing With the Stars' Disney/Eric McCandless
Hendrix has impressed DWTS followers since she first hit the ballroom in September, staying constantly close to the highest of the leaderboard all through the competitors. She's additionally spoken candidly about overcoming stereotypes surrounding her age.
“I wish to show to myself and show to different girls that age is only a quantity. It doesn't matter,” she informed Julianne Hough after dancing a cha-cha throughout week 1.
Walter has been a continuing supply of help for her buddy and former Guardian Entice costar, usually cheering on Hendrix from the viewers. For Dedication Evening, Walter joined Hendrix and Bersten to carry out a candy foxtrot. “Feminine friendships are important,” Hendrix mentioned within the intro package deal throughout the episode. “We help each other. When my mother died, the primary individual I known as was Lisa.”
Dancing With the Stars alum Ilona Maher remains to be cheering for her former accomplice, Alan Bersten, as he takes on the competitors with Elaine Hendrix on season 34. “We FaceTimed a bit bit final week,” Bersten, 31, solely informed Us Weekly following their efficiency on the Tuesday, September 23, episode of the ABC hit. “She's […]
Hendrix's DWTS expertise was briefly stalled by an harm throughout week 7, however she bounced again instantly, incomes her first 10 of the season for her Viennese waltz on Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame Evening.
As Hendrix will get one step nearer to the mirrorball trophy, Walter is celebrating successes of her personal. Together with starring on Abbott Elementary, at the moment in its fifth season, Walter is gearing as much as launch her personal stand-up particular subsequent yr.
“My comedy has all the time been, each in my stand-up and likewise the tv reveals that I cocreated again within the '90s, was based mostly on what was taking place in my life. So again then it was doing the plate spinning act of elevating a household, discovering a remedy for most cancers and having a flat abdomen,” she informed Us on Monday. “And now it's the type of second act handed that — the post-divorce, making an attempt thus far, the youngsters are in faculty however they nonetheless transfer house, all of that life. And so I simply inform the tales of what's really taking place, what's taking place within the nation a bit bit.”
