Jennifer Grey on the iconic Dirty Dancing lift: ‘Never rehearsed it, never
But Jennifer Grey doesn’t understand why anyone would replicate her and Patrick Swayze’s iconic lift from 1987’s Dirty Dancing.
WATCH: This adorable boy reenacts the Dirty Dancing final scene! . “Dancing With the Stars” airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. She held fast to her rule during her run on Dancing with the Stars, where she was asked repeatedly, but declined just as often.
Jennifer Grey is starring in new Amazon comedy “Red Oaks”, which is set in the 1980s – so the “Dirty Dancing” nostalgia is strong for viewers.
Grey did, however, break down in tears when she looked back at her time with Swayze, who passed away at age 57 in 2009 from pancreatic cancer. However, they did pay tribute to Patrick Swayze and Dirty Dancing by performing a Viennese Waltz to “These Arms of Mine”. Baby wants to change the world.
But even with Jennifer’s help, can Derek really impress the judges following his perfect-scoring Week 5 routine with Alexa PenaVega?
We imagine that Bindi would love to be just as successful on the show as Jennifer was, given that she ended up winning her season. Alexa’s husband, Carlos PenaVega, was a close second with three tens of his own. We try every day and we’ve gotten really close. “And in my eyes, Bindi always gets a ideal score!” She explained in a later interview, “I went in the operating theatre a celebrity – and come out anonymous”. It’s probably going to be pretty tough for Bindi to top that. You can relive the magic of the movie scene below.