Barry Williams on GMA in September.Photo:Lou Rocco/ABC
Lou Rocco/ABC
Barry Williamsis dancing his way into his 70s!
“I’m booking a cruise,” Williams tells PEOPLE. “For my 70th birthday, I’m booking a cruise with a ballroom on it.”
Referring to his wife of six years,Tina Mahina, the actor continues: “And my wife and I are going to learn some routines and I’m going to have Peta choreograph a couple of numbers and email them to me.”
Barry Williams and wife Tina Mahina.Barry Williams/Instagram
Barry Williams/Instagram
Murgatroyd teased that she would even choreograph a dance for Williams and his wife if they decide to renew their vows at some point in the future. The pro dancer got to know Mahina, who is also a professional dancer, when she made a cameo on the hit dance show to help teach a lesson.
“It was fantastic,” Williams recalls. “It was very special to make her part of this show and this family. I think she had really good advice and it raised the level of our performance.”
Barry Williams and pro Peta Murgatroyd on DWTS.Christopher Willard/Disney
Christopher Willard/Disney
Williams also opened up about the “biggest lesson” he learned from hisDWTSexperience, which was to not be so hard on himself.
“Being good to myself, turning down the self-critical knob, keeping my attitude positive and looking forward to making things better and improving, rather than [saying], ‘What the heck happened on the last one?’” he says.
Barry Williams and Peta Murgatroyd during DWTS' Whitney Houston night on Nov. 14.Christopher Willard/Disney
Despite being challenged every week to learn new routines and be in sync with Murgatroyd, Williams shares that it was ”perhaps the most rewarding, positive, enjoyable, demanding and challenging professional experiences” he’s ever done.
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He adds that he “loved every minute” of competing on the show and that he was “passionate about it from the beginning.”
source: people.com
