Jessie James Decker Admits She Loses Sleep Over 'Dancing With the Stars'
By Kelly Coffey-Behrens on October 17, 2022 at 2:45 PM EDT
Jessie James Decker is currently competing on this season of “Dancing With the Stars." While competing, she is still performing her shows and being a mother to her three children — daughter Vivianne Rose, 7, and sons Eric “Bubby” Thomas II, 6, and Forrest Bradley, 3.
The “Boys in the Summer” singer is opening up once again, admitting she "always tosses and turns" the night before a live show.
Jessie James Decker Says She "Tosses and Turns" the Night Before Live 'DWTS' Shows
The 34-year-old singer just shared a video with her fans, expressing how "anxious" she is over this week's competition.
"Good morning you guys," Decker began her Instagram Story. "[I] slept pretty good last night, but every single night, like the night before a show I always kind of toss and turn just because I'm nervous."
Decker continued to explain, "I get so nervous, and I get anxious, and I have butterflies, and I'm like reviewing the dances in my head over and over again -- like I literally play them in my head from top to bottom and I just want to do so good tonight."
The country music singer will be competing tonight on "Dancing With the Stars" for a dance that will focus on her "Most Memorable Year."
"I'm really looking forward to tonight, and I'm going to do my absolute best. Alan and I have worked so hard this week and I hope you all tune in, and you watch the dance, and you love it," Decker concluded.
Jessie James Decker's Journey With 'Dancing With the Stars'
On the premiere episode of the reality competition show, Decker and her partner, Alan Bersten danced the cha-cha to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 1974 classic “Sweet Home Alabama.”
“Work on your legs, and get stronger leg action,” judge Len Goodman told her. “Racier than the Kentucky Derby,” Bruno Tonioli said laughing.
The 34-year-old singer received a score of 20 out of 40. “I really want to be here,” Decker told host Alfonso Ribeiro. “But, I’m a mom first. It’s been hard, but I’m up for the challenge,” she added.
After the show premiered, Decker took to Instagram to express her gratitude. “Wow this has been one of the craziest weeks of my life!!! ,” she wrote. “Learning this dance in a week was such a challenge. I completely stepped out of my comfort zone and attempted to do something that scared the u know what out of me – and on live TV lol.”
Last week, Jessie James Decker and Alan Bersten were near doppelgangers for Sarah Sanderson and Billy Butcherson from "Hocus Pocus" during Disney+ night. Decker improved massively with her Jive to "One Way or Another" from "Hocus Pocus 2," receiving a total of 31 out of 40.
"We worked so hard this week, it really was kind of a breaking point for me," Decker said after Disney+ Night concluded. "I felt so overwhelmed I just felt, like, honestly there was a time this week where I was like, 'I don't know if I’m ever gonna get this' and I felt like that. And it was a moment that needed to happen, and I need to let the emotions flow and I feel like it changed the game."
Jessie James Decker will compete again tonight on "Dancing With the Stars."
