Christi And Kelly Explain Why Reality Stars Should NEVER FIGHT Online | Back To The Barre

Back to the Barre

Christi and Kelly discuss online drama surrounding the Dancing With the Stars finale, emphasizing why reality stars should avoid fighting ba

Key takeaways

• Engaging with online critics rarely resolves issues and often escalates drama.
• Reality TV casts are chosen for personality as much as talent, making public perception a key factor.

Main topics

• Online drama among DWTS cast
• Why reality stars should avoid public arguments

Notable quotes

"Every word gets picked apart, and the drama just gets bigger."

Conclusion

Christi and Kelly urge fans and public figures alike to avoid online confron

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:00) Baby, let's just dance, dance. Let's just dance, baby. Speaker 2 (0:03) I just wanna dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance Speaker 2 (0:38) I don't know. Sundays were always so depressing when I was young. Speaker 1 (0:41) Sunday's a little lazy day, like lay around and do nothing days. Speaker 2 (0:44) Oh. I don't know. Maybe Speaker 1 (0:45) Saturday's my favorite. Speaker 2 (0:47) I like Saturdays. I think I like Friday because the anticipation of the weekend. It's like, ooh, what's going to happen? Nothing. Exactly. Nothing. Although, when this one airs, I, by the time this airs, I will be in New Orleans. So I'm having a fun weekend. I'm jealous. I have not been there in a hot minute because of tour and stuff. So I am very excited to go. It's decadence weekend. Were Speaker 1 (1:15) tickets expensive? Speaker 2 (1:18) No, no more than usual. We're normal. Yeah, and on Saturday in the quarter, so it's Decadence Weekend. I'll circle back to that. But on Saturday in the quarter, there is a crew in New Orleans called the Crew of Jolly, and they are doing, because it's 9-5, they're doing a Jolly Tribute Parade. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my God. I've ordered so many. Wait, I should do, like, unboxing. Hold on. Do I have anything good in here? Because I ordered so many pink things to see if any of them are good. Oh, my God. You should see this one thing I ordered, Kelly. Clara literally looked at it and she goes, no. And I was like, I haven't even tried. No. I'm like, I haven't put it on my body. She's like, absolutely not, Christy. So Speaker 1 (2:01) are you looking for like a Dolly Parton kind of outfit? Well, Speaker 2 (2:05) just something that was like pink and Dolly-esque. Like I have a pink tank top. Like it's not that exciting, you know, but. I did order a hot pink cowboy hat. It came yesterday. Absolutely not. First of all, it was like $1.95 on Amazon. So you can imagine the shape it came in. It was like all crooked. And it's like, I'm like, I'm not wearing this. And any of the ones that were better quality wouldn't have arrived in time. Speaker 1 (2:33) Yeah. Speaker 2 (2:34) You know? So the hat is a no. And also. I was having a hard time considering wearing a cowboy hat. You know, considering the mockery. Seriously? Yeah. And how much I have mocked Jill in the past. So I feel like a little bit of a hypocrite if I wear a cowboy hat. Speaker 1 (2:54) True. Speaker 2 (2:55) So. I think of Speaker 1 (2:57) Dolly. I don't think of a cowboy hat. I Speaker 2 (2:59) don't really either, but that's kind of the vibe Speaker 1 (3:02) that everybody, you know. Yeah. Speaker 2 (3:04) I think of her. I actually think of her in steel magnolias. Yeah. Speaker 1 (3:11) Mm Speaker 2 (3:12) -hmm. I Speaker 1 (3:13) just always loved all of her little outfits that she wore. This is cute. This is cute. Boobs and a little waist. Tiny waist. Speaker 2 (3:23) Tiny. She's a tiny woman. She is tiny. So I'm actually excited for this weekend because I'm going to have fun. And I usually don't do many exciting things. So Christy's going out. Speaker 1 (3:37) She's going to have some fun. Who's going to be there? Speaker 2 (3:40) Well, Stephen and I are going out. My friend Mike. Remember Mike used to bring me the coffee? He'll be there. I don't know if my friend Jonathan and his girlfriend, they might be around. Brian's gonna be in town. I know Brian. Well, actually, funny story, Brian texted me when I saw the Dolly thing because I sent it to him because he used to work for her. Oh, really? Yeah, he used to open her show. He like would get the audience warmed up. When she died, he posted that and I like commented. So when I saw that there's a Dolly parade on Saturday, I texted him because I knew he was going to be in town. And he's like, oh, my God, how am I going to get an outfit? Because I guess he's at his parents house, which is like in the middle of nowhere. And I was like, Amazon. He's like, nothing will arrive. And I was like, Brian, if you want to send something to my house, I'll bring it. You ready? Speaker 1 (4:34) Oh, my God. Speaker 2 (4:37) He probably will kill me for doing this. Speaker 1 (4:41) Well, no, because you're going to have to take pictures of him in it. Well, Speaker 2 (4:44) like Speaker 1 (4:44) a mesh paint crop. Oh, my God. Speaker 1 (4:53) And what is he wearing on the bottom of that? I don't Speaker 2 (4:55) know, Kelly. I don't want to know. You know, sometimes it's better not to know. Speaker 1 (5:02) Oh, my. Speaker 2 (5:03) And so he texted me and he's like, I set some crop tops. I'm Speaker 1 (5:07) texting him and mesh paint. Yeah. Speaker 2 (5:12) Question mark. Yes. Is that not hysterical? Speaker 1 (5:16) Yeah. Mm Speaker 2 (5:17) hmm. So while you're texting him, shall we talk about the other exciting thing happening with us? Yes, we're going back out. We're going back out on tour. So October 2nd, we're going to be in Ridgefield, Connecticut. And October 3rd, we're going to be in New York City. And tickets are on sale now. They're selling really fast. I was surprised at how fast they were selling. But not really, because those have always been good markets for us. But also... This time, just so you guys know, the way, because we're working with a different company, if you want to do like the whole VIP experience, it's like a different add-on. Doing add-on, yeah. Yeah, when you buy your ticket, if you want to do pictures and get like the swag bag and meet us, you have to add that on. It's like, it's considered like an add-on. So just so you're not confused, we were confused. How many emails did I send? Question. I'm like, how does this work? Speaker 1 (6:15) Now can they add on anything else? Like, are, like, sweatshirts and stuff available for an add-on and they just pick them up when they get there? No. Okay. I think that's too hard logistically to, like, track that kind of stuff. Speaker 2 (6:29) But we do have merch, like, our cute merch. And actually, you and I have to figure out if when we did New York last time, we did, like, that limited edition green New York shirt. Everybody loved that shirt. And I wondered if we should do it again there. Because people really like that one. Yeah. Speaker 1 (6:49) I think we should. All right. Either that or make a different one. Speaker 1 (6:57) Yeah, I mean, whatever we Speaker 2 (7:00) can get done. But I will say our shirts are some of my favorites because they're so freaking soft. I live in them when I'm at home, like nobody's seeing me. Because Claire does have an issue at times. She's like, are you really wearing your own merch? I'm like, yeah. Speaker 1 (7:17) I'm like, it's cozy. I wear it all the time, too. Yeah. Speaker 1 (7:23) Brian answered me back. He says, ha ha ha. A friendly reminder that opening mail is illegal. It Speaker 2 (7:30) doesn't say his name, does it? Hold on. Hold on. Let me look. Oh God, he's going to send me to jail. It doesn't say his name on it. It says my name. Here's my witness. Everything on here says Christy Lukasiak. Speaker 1 (7:51) Okay, I told him. Calm down. Speaker 2 (7:54) Yeah. Speaker 2 (7:57) Tell him if he wants... Speaker 1 (7:58) I'm telling Speaker 2 (8:00) you. Speaker 1 (8:03) Tell him I'll Speaker 2 (8:04) forget it if he is going to play that game. I won't pack it. Speaker 1 (8:10) Then he'll be screwed. Speaker 2 (8:12) Ask him if he wants me to rhinestone the bottom for him, like how I used to do Chloe's and Paige's. Remember, they would wear those little meshy crop tops? Speaker 1 (8:20) Yeah. Speaker 2 (8:21) Christy has some ABs. Do you want her to stone the bottom of that real quick? Speaker 2 (8:28) So, yes, we're coming back on tour. We can't wait to see you guys. And there are more cities coming soon. We didn't want to wait to announce the October dates until we had everything else lined up. But because we made some changes and it's now fall. Speaker 2 (8:45) Like they're trying to get ahead of it, but it's taking a little bit longer. So stuff is coming. And I mean, it probably will be over the next. We probably will end up going out for a while, you know, not just like everything in one month because it might not be available. But don't worry. I mean, I don't care if we only do like two Speaker 1 (9:04) in a month and then we do two in a month and then we do Speaker 2 (9:06) two in a month. Like it's not that big of a deal. But we are trying to see all of you guys. It's exciting. Oh, my God. I'm like looking for a Dolly outfit like people do back to the bar outfits. Oh, yeah. Speaker 1 (9:19) Yeah. Speaker 2 (9:20) Yeah. All the Becky Helmeckis. Speaker 1 (9:23) Gosh. I don't even know what I would have that would be Dolly Parton look. Speaker 2 (9:29) I don't know. I bought some shaky. Wear like a Speaker 1 (9:32) bustier or something. Yeah, I should. Yeah. Because that's like a little waist with the big boobs. You got big boobs. So like I would wear like a bustier and then like a skirt and maybe some cowboy boots. No, she only ever wore. five inch heels and they were Speaker 2 (9:49) platform but they were slingback i Speaker 1 (9:52) don't know how she walked in those they were all every interview i see her in they're slingbacks i Speaker 2 (9:57) prefer slingback over a full really Speaker 1 (10:00) yeah i would break my ankle i Speaker 2 (10:03) wear a lot of slingbacks um i do because it they just i don't Speaker 1 (10:10) know they fit my feet better oh Speaker 2 (10:11) yeah i don't know I do like a slingback. A lot of my favorites are slingbacks. There's actually a pair of classic Manolos that are called the Carolyn. Not after Carolyn Bissett or, you know, but they're called Carolyn. I think that like the next time I buy myself something that's, you know, like nice that I want, I think I'm going to buy those. Oh, I do know. And then we'll get into the episode. Someone when we were talking about the shoes that I said are my best pumps that like I can wear all day. A bunch of people were in the comments being like, Christy, drop the details. OK, so what they are is they are. Wait, they are. Jimmy Choo's. They're Jimmy Choo's, but I'm trying to remember what the name of those ones are. I think I know. Did I? I can't remember. Of course, as soon as I say it, I'm like, well, shit, what is it? Speaker 1 (11:06) Jimmy Choo Pumps. Speaker 1 (11:11) Iconic Speaker 2 (11:12) Jimmy Choo pumps. I get to like stand Speaker 1 (11:14) when they update your phone. Speaker 2 (11:18) Oh, yeah. No. Okay. So mine are the Romies. So I like Jimmy Choo. They're the Romies. I have them in suede. I also have them in leather. I think I prefer the suede. They're just more comfortable, but I have them in leather and Speaker 1 (11:33) they are the what? The suede. I Speaker 2 (11:36) do. I think. They're just softer, you know? So like if I'm wearing a shoe all day that aren't going to hurt me, it's