Esquire Q&A with Emmitt

Esquire posted an excellent Q&A with Emmitt yesterday. Here are my favorite parts, but I highly suggest you check out the whole thing. They talk the competition, smack talk, and injuries.

ESQ: You talked some smack last week.

ES: The stuff about not being intimidated by an actor or Indy racer or speed skater?

ESQ: Yeah, that. Do you regret having said it?

ES: First of all, the show's producers cut it to make it look like I was going after those guys. If you know anything about me, I've never been a trash-talker. That's not even part of my DNA. I have a great deal of respect for their dancing as well as their athleticism and acting abilities. And they didn't even show the entire clip. That's the power of cutting and editing.

ESQ: You said more?

ES: They said more. The question proposed to me was, "Are you intimidated by Apolo and Hélio [Castroneves] and Gilles [Marini]?" They only mentioned those three people. They didn't pick any of the other contestants, like Sabrina [Bryan] or Shawn [Johnson] or anybody else. Just those three guys for some reason. And I was like, "Come on, I've been hit by 300-pound linemen."

ESQ: You don't intimidate easily.

ES: I really don't. But I don't think they should be intimidated by me either. Apolo understands that, and so does Hélio. They have no reason to be intimidated by me. These are pretty good-looking guys. Why would they be intimidated by me?

(Edit: I *KNEW* they edited that question weird)

ESQ: On last Monday's show, am I mistaken or did [judge] Bruno [Tonioli] meow at you?

ES: Yeah, he did meow at me. Because we danced to "Cool Cat in Town," and we had leopard prints on our outfits. It was an appropriate meow.

ESQ: Are you surprised sometimes by what comes out of Bruno's mouth?

ES: Always. Every show, I expect something great and surprising to come out of his mouth.

Read the entire Q&A HERE