“I was super shocked,” he continued. “I don’t know if you caught my face but I literally could not believe it. When I heard Tom say our names … you have to imagine being there. It’s not something that happens every day. It solidified all of the hard work that we put in.”
According to Jennings it was during boy band week that a casual conversation was struck up about who might win, and all four male competitors agreed that four women would be standing at the end. “For it to be me and David up there, we looked at each other and said, ‘This is completely different from what we thought,’” he laughed. “David has become a friend. There are no losers in this at all. We were going to be for happy for whoever won but I can tell you it feels so good that it was us!” (Pictured below awaiting the outcome, left to right: Lindsay Arnold, David Ross, Normani Kordei, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Emma Slater and Rashad Jennings.)
Jennings won’t be hanging up his dance shoes anytime soon; he’ll be joining the “DWTS: Live! Hot Summer Nights” tour, traveling across the country while continuing his football training. “I’m enjoying myself,” he admitted. “When the team calls, I’m ready! I’m training and dancing so they’ll know I’m in shape.”
“How about that!” beamed runner-up David Ross after the show. “I’ve said this a million times, but I didn’t plan on being here past week three, so the fact Lindsay (Arnold) brought me to this level and I’ve enjoyed it so much and grown as a person … she’s pushed me to the limit and what I’m most proud of is that I took her way further than she’s ever been.”
“I’m so proud of that,” an elated Arnold added. “Especially [because David] is somebody nobody would have ever guessed. We got to the finals and second place! I couldn’t be prouder.”