I just wanted to say I am just so excited. Yesterday when I went out and I had to dance I was so nervous. I was watching all the other dancers and they were so amazing. Mel B. was out there with Maks and they were just heating up the dance floor. I looked at Tony and he said, “we're not doing that, we're doing a foxtrot” and I looked in his eyes and I went out there.

I didn't dare look at anyone, I didn't dare think about anything, I just decided to pretend I was Ginger Rogers with Fred Astaire and that I was going to have my dream come true, I was going to dance in the clouds and do this little dance. I don't remember anything about it except that I seem to remember the audience going, “oh my god”, when I fell backwards. It was so exciting I couldn't even remember anything the judges had to say. But I just want everyone to know that I had the time of my life, it really was my dream come true and the support from all the fans has just been unbelievable.

I am just so grateful to all of you and just let it be known that I am working really hard, but I am having a lot of fun. I'm hoping that this will inspire lots and lots of people either with ailments or whatever is stopping them from getting up and dancing to realize that dancing is very life affirming and very spiritually uplifting as well as physically a great thing to do.