‘Oh my God, you were hilarious, you looked like a crash test dummy!’ Todd McKenney blurted out for roughly one million viewers to hear.
While these weren’t quite the words I was hoping for after dancing on national television, I knew in my heart that they were true. When my Dancing with the Stars partner, Carmelo Pizzino, spun me through the air in the final episode of the show, I really did feel like a crash test dummy. That said, I also felt wild, free, comfortable, in my element and, for the first time in a long time, unapologetically me. (I was also at peace knowing that people generally can’t look away from a car crash.)
For much of my career, Paul had acted as my manager. Since I wasn’t bouncing around from job to job, this mostly entailed basic contract negotiations for Home and Away. While this was perfectly fine with me, Ada kept raving about her manager, Claire McLennan (now Savage), and said that we should meet up and have a chat. On top of negotiating my deals, Claire could get me side gigs and endorsements…
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