Warning: This article contains spoilers about Sunday’s episode ofThe Masked Dancer.
And we’re off!
He said they want me to doThe Masked Dancer.
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I said, “No, it’sThe Masked Singer.”
He says, “No, it’sThe Masked Dancer, they got a new one coming out.”
I used to dance.
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Those are days long gone, you know, my body don’t move like it used to.
So I’m like, “Well, I can’t dance like that.”
And he’s like, “Nah, you’re gonna have a helmet on.
And it’s more of just a guessing game.”
She’s only five years old.
That’ll blow her mind.
So I said, “Yeah, let’s go.”
And at this point in my career, you got to have fun with it.
So I went for it.
So your daughter still has no idea?That’s the biggest secret in our household.
I’m glad we only got to hold it till Sunday.
We’ll have her sit down, and we’ll attempt to videotape her reaction.
And by the time they know who I am, I don’t have to dance no more.
Your costume was so fun.
I guess if I’d hated it they would have come with something different.
But I didn’t have anything against disco balls.
I was able to hit a couple of disco, John Travolta moves.
So how did this all work?
Did they let you pick the song or choreography?This is how it happened with me.
You get off the plane, and you go to the hotel.
They take you [to set].
Before you get out of the van, they bring a hoodie and this face shield and gloves.
And the shirt says, “Don’t talk to me.”
And from there, you’re just moved around.
You don’t talk to anybody.
No one on the set knows who you are.
There’s only certain people that know, and then they put you in the costume.
You got about two hours to learn the choreography.
Oh wow.Yeah, it’s fast.
You’re just concerned with not falling.
Like at that point, I threw all the choreography out the window.
I said I just don’t want to bust my ass on national television like that.
That would be the nightmare, you know?
So I said, I’m just gonna make a run at keep my balance in this outfit.
The head is heavy, it’s top heavy.
It’s harder thanThe Masked Singerbecause they don’t get to hear your voice really.
So I’m interested on if they ever guess anybody right.
So did they let you pick the song you danced to?Nope.
Don’t get to pick anything.
Don’t pick the outfit.
You don’t pick the song.
You don’t pick the choreography.
I guess the way I was moving they knew I was a brother.
I guess Black people move different, ya dig?
At least they could figure out I was Black.
Their only guesses came out as Black people.
So I guess the hips don’t lie.
How did you balance doing this show with filmingSVU?It happened just on a weekend.
Filmed on Saturday, and was back Sunday.
AndSVU, we just broke for Christmas break, but we’re not done.
We’re still filming season 22.
I think so far, we filmed seven episodes, and a season is 23.
So we’ll be filming all the way till the end of May.
