Phaedra Parks is living for Dancing With the Stars judge Derek Hough ’s flirtatious feedback on her debut routine. “Oh, he is so hot,” Phaedra, 50, exclusively told Us Weekly after the Tuesday, September 17, live premiere of DWTS season 33. “Derek, hot ho.
That sounds a little weird, [but] he is so sexy to me. Woo!” After Phaedra and pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy performed a cha cha to Whitney Houston ’s “I’m Every Woman,” Derek, 39, praised the attempt. (Phaedra and Val, 38, received a score of 19 out of 30.
) “You look incredible. You look fabulous, you really truly do,” Derek gushed. “Oh, my goodness, I feel like I have to talk to you [with a deep, slow voice] the whole time.
I just feel that energy between us. Sorry.” Fellow judge Bruno Tonioli cut in, reminding Derek that he is married to professional dancer Hayley Erbert .
“Derek, you’re married. You cannot do that,” Bruno, 68, quipped, wagging a finger. “He cannot do that.
He’s married.” Phaedra, meanwhile, was excited by the feedback and her score. “I feel really good.
I mean, it was my first time dancing on a platform like this [with a] live audience, so I think I did pretty good,” she told Us. Derek, meanwhile, told Us on Wednesday, September 18, that Phaedra was “fierce and fabulous” in her ballroom debut. “I love her,” Derek added.
“She was slipping around a little bit last night, but I think that’s more of a technical thing that we can work on.” Outside of put.