It's been almost three years sinceDancing with the stars“Pro Lindsay Arnold has announced her exit, and she has never regretted it.
In a new interview, the professional dancer who starred in… Dance competition series For 10 seasons, she spoke openly about her decision to leave the show at the height of its great fame and success.
“A lot of my priorities and where I wanted to spend my time… just changed,” she said. the people magazine. “My mindset has changed. Time goes 10 times faster when you have kids, and I know that time is so precious you won't get it back.”
Lindsay Arnold said her “mindset changed” before her exit from “DWTS.” (Martin de Boer/ABC via Getty Images)
“I wanted to have a sense of accomplishment within the show knowing that, okay, if we have kids and I don't come back, do I feel like I've achieved what I hope to do?” I felt like I was at that point, and honestly maybe we were past the point of being ready. “For us.”
Arnold, who has two daughters, Sage, 4, and June, almost 2, with her husband, Samuel Cusick, said: The hustle and bustle of Los Angeles It never appealed to her.
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“To be honest, I never really liked or embraced Hollywood, in the sense of where I wanted to live,” she said. “I loved everything she gave me, what she did in my career, what I was able to do there, but I was really always the professional who, between seasons, would sneak (from) to Utah to be with him.” My family has always been the place I knew I wanted to raise my family.”
Lindsay Arnold, who was seen in the season 30 premiere of “Dancing with the Stars,” has been on the show for 10 years. (Eric McCandless/ABC)
“Growing up in Utah, city life was never for me,” she added. “But like I said, I know my life wouldn’t be what it is without this time, so I’m very grateful.”
These days, Arnold continues to gain more attention on social media, from exercise classes to her lifestyle vlogs.
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“When I decided to step away from Dancing with the Stars, I didn't have this grand plan of, 'Okay, this is my career. This is where we're going to go.' I knew I wanted to do things that were real to me, but that can be really scary because you don't know how that will be received,” she said of becoming an influencer.
“At the time, I had a social media following of people who only watched and followed me because of 'Dancing with the Stars.' That was scary, because I was like, 'Will they hate me if I say, 'Sorry guys, I'm not going to do this anymore, I'm going to be a mom.' “Maybe people hate moms but it's been so amazing because every step of the way, by really being myself, and sharing what I'm doing, has naturally grown my career, my involvement, and my community in the perfect way.”
Lindsay Arnold and Jordan Fisher were the winners of the Mirrorball Cup for Season 25. (JB Lacroix/WireImage)
While Arnold said she still misses the show, she doesn't regret her decision to leave.
“There are so many things I miss about the show,” she said. “I miss all my friends on the show. The community, the family, it's real. The minute my sister is on the show, they treat her like a little sister because she's family.”
“What I don't miss is the full time commitment. If you want to be good at your job, if you want to do a good job, it's a 24/7 job,” she continued. “And when you're a mom, it's a 24/7 job, so that's a really tough battle.”
“It just felt like a very natural progression for me, which I'm grateful for because, of course, there were always those moments where I chose to step away from the first season of that kind of, like, 'Am I going to regret this?'” she said. “I'm really grateful,” she said. To say I didn't do it. “I have not regretted the decisions I made one step along the way.”
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