Derek Hough is an accomplished ballroom dancer, choreographer, singer, and actor. He has won Dancing with the Starssix times and has since become a judge for the show. Although dancing has helped him rise to fame, he recently revealed that he used to be tormented by other kids in his neighborhood, partially due to the fact that he was a dancer.
“We had these neighbors who were — bullying is kind of too nice of a word — they tormented me,” he said during "The Bossticks" podcast on May 25. “They would hang me up in a tree by my ankles and put a gun to my head and spit on me or hogtie me in a field. I was scared. I would have night terrors and I would wet the bed. I was a scared kid, I was a terrified kid. Scared of the dark, scared of my shadow, just scared and constantly on edge.”
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Hough continued, “I was always on the outside just trying to fit in and get in there. Being a dancer didn't help. I would get the crap beaten out of me. At one school, a kid punched me in the face. I'm bleeding everywhere, but then I retaliated and started beating him up, and then I got expelled from school.”
During a panel discussion earlier this year, Hough spoke about how much Dancing with the Stars means to him, since it has changed the way that many people view dance, and has shown that dance is an art for athletes.
“For me, having a platform and having a stage like Dancing with the Stars that is elevating dance to new heights over this past, almost, 20 years, I can't tell you how much it means to me on some deeper level than just a compliment,” he said, as reported by PEOPLE. “It means a lot more because to see that little boy that grew up when dancing wasn't cool, and to see where it's now — it's looked at as artistic athletes. Dancers are artistic athletes. And that, for me, is just an amazing thing. So, I'm just thankful for this beautiful show that has elevated dance so much.”
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