Jennie Garth's Dancing With the Stars Blog (10/2)

October 2

Hi there!

Sorry for the delay! I’ve been busy all day working on our next dance – the tango! But of course, I have to take time out to talk to you guys! And I suppose we must address what I know you’re all thinking about – our little fall on the dance floor last night.

I guess it might have been hard to tell what happened if you were watching on television, but Derek slipped on my dress and we both went down. We only had one dress rehearsal and I guess you might say it was a wardrobe malfunction!

I have to admit I was a bit embarrassed, but isn’t falling always embarrassing?! What I was most upset about was that the fall happened at the end – our finale to our quickstep, which we had worked so hard on! We practiced it and did it perfectly so many times. I wanted to see our hard work pay off on the show and I wanted everyone at home to see how much I have been working on my dancing!

I’ve been lucky that my family has been there to support me through all of this. They were in the audience last night and I felt better as soon as I saw my husband and daughter smiling at me. I know they are proud of me no matter what.

The night was also hard because I haven’t been feeling well lately and have – if you watched last night – lost my voice! It’s lucky for me that this is a blog, which means I get to type, and that Dancing with the Stars is just dancing, because my voice is pretty much gone. I’ve been a bit under the weather and with our workout schedule I haven’t really had time to recoup. This may work to my advantage. We’ll have to see on Monday, but let’s just say I’ve been a much better listener.

And trust me, I’ve been listening intently to Derek – the most amazing partner. Really! I couldn’t have asked for a better teacher and friend. Of course rehearsals are filled with work, but Derek and I always have fun and are able to laugh with and at each other, as you may have seen last night in the rehearsal clip!

Next week we’re doing the tango — it’s a sexy dance with a lot of fun moves. Like I said in my interview on the show last night: when Derek asks me to look at him as a strapping, leading man I do my best to see it in him...and not laugh too much!

Well tonight is the results show, which I am very nervous about. I just want to thank everyone in advance who has voted for us! We really appreciate your support. Cross your fingers! I’ll give you another update later!

- Jennie