riley arnold ready to return to dancing with the stars Live tour after taking a break to focus on your health.
“I’m really excited to be back,” Arnold, 21, exclusively revealed. We Following his participation on Tuesday, October 6 in the 2026 tour Announced on-air. “It’s a little shorter than last year, so I felt like I could manage it with my health and everything.”
Arnold, who has been a professional dwts From 2023, chose not to perform To focus on managing his Type 1 diabetes during the 2025 Tour. (Arnold was diagnosed at age 15 and has since found it difficult to understand his condition during a long touring show.)
“I can’t wait to come back and do it again,” she said of that partner. Connor Wood Will be joining them for select tour dates. “I think we should catch him [to join]”
While it’s not known which celebrity contestants will appear on the 2026 tour, Arnold and Wood, 31, are currently heating up the ballroom on season 35. couple dancing on tuesday Scored 19 marks out of 30 For their hot rumba Mariah Carey“Touch My Body” is punctuated by the comedian hitting a bug on the floor.
“Rylee’s knee slipped [in her choreography]And then I think that one-legged worm…is from a comedy special [I filmed] In June in Florida,” Wood explained. We. “I visited a male strip club, and the young men there taught me some moves. That was it. They were like, ‘It’s not as much of a bug as Magic Mike ‘Because you can steady yourself with your right foot.’ He is very talented.”
While Wood nailed the adult entertainers’ signature move, it caused an unexpected wardrobe mishap along the way.
“[The] When I fell to the ground the first time, I was like, ‘Huh, this is different,'” he said, revealing his silk shirt torn in the process. ‘I was wondering if it was like my butt or my back, because I just heard it. It goes on – and I was like, ‘I hope my butt isn’t out.’ Like, imagine trying to be sexy and, like, your white-tights show up on TV!”
Connor Wood and Riley Arnold will perform on DWTS’s Mariah Carey Night on Tuesday, October 6.
Disney/Eric McCandlessArnold, who did not notice Wood’s wardrobe malfunction, was instead making sure his dance partner performed the steps correctly.
“I would say it’s the first week [our] The joking around was over because I hadn’t done the choreography until yesterday,” Wood admitted of his friendship with Arnold.[I had to] get serious. It was just like, when you’re in the kitchen with your dad and he’s teaching you math in grade school, and he’s like, ‘2 times 2 is—’ and I say, ‘6.’ And he’s like, ‘No, like, what?’ Don’t you…?’ Felt like learning dance.”
dancing with the stars Airs Tuesdays at 8pm on ABC and Disney+