Lindsay Arnold is really impressed by how much Scott Hoying’s dancing has already improved in just two weeks of Dancing With the Stars.
On Tuesday, September 23, Lindsay, 31, shared an Instagram Story of her daughters Sage, 4, and June, 2, copying the moves to her younger sister, Rylee Arnold, and her Pentatonix partner’s week 2 dance on DWTS.
“Nothing is cuter than watching these girlies copying their auntie @ryleearnold also Sage isn’t wrong this was a hard dance!!!!” Lindsay, who shares Sage and June with husband Samuel Lightner Cusick, captioned the clip. “@scotthoying you should be sooo proud of yourself! Content, performance, technique!!!! So much improvement.”
For their week 2 dance, Rylee, 20, and Hoying, 34, performed the cha-cha dance to “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” by Eiffel 65 and scored an 18 out of 30. The duo were safe in the elimination and are moving on to week 3.
“What I really like about Scott is he’s so musically inclined, and he can move!” Rylee told Good Housekeeping in an interview published on Wednesday, September 24. “He’s got really good rhythm and he’s just fierce! And I’m thinking that whatever week it is, we need to have some Pentatonix music, please!”
Rylee started as a DWTS pro in 2023 after Lindsay was a pro dancer on the show from 2013 until announcing in August 2022 that she wanted to step back from the show to focus on being a mom.
“This has been one of the hardest decisions to make but ultimately, I have chosen what I feel is best for myself and my family,” she wrote via Instagram in August 2022. “As many of you know my family and I live in [Utah] and in order to do DWTS I have to move myself and my daughter Sage out to LA and leave behind my husband Sam who works full time here in Utah.”
Since her departure, Lindsay — and her daughters — have been cheering on her little sister.
“People always ask, they’re like, ‘Is it so much harder to not do the show now that Riley’s on?’ I’m like, ‘Honestly, no,’” Lindsay shared in a July 2024 interview on “The Squeeze Podcast.” “It’s literally like I’m watching myself 12 years ago. I feel everything more for Riley than I ever did for myself. I’m more nervous for Riley than I ever was for myself. I’m more excited for her. I’m more proud.”
Lindsay noted that now she’s able to watch DWTS from an “outside perspective,” while still feeling like the show is part of her life.
“It’s still in my life through her in a way. It makes it easier for me to want to be a fan,” she gushed. “I just want to watch. I just want to cheer you on. This is just the start for her and it’s so cool to see that.”
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