JoJo Siwa and Amanda Kloots Defend Past Dance Experience Ahead of ‘DWTS’: ‘It’s Like a Football Player Trying to Play Baseball’

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A very different journey. Both JoJo Siwa and Amanda Kloots come from dance backgrounds, but that doesn’t mean they have a leg up on the competition when it comes to season 30 of Dancing With the Stars.“My partner actually texted me and said, ‘Don’t let your dance experience get to you because there’s a lot of dancers in this season, but also it’s totally different than anything you’ve ever done,'” Siwa, 39, told Us Weekly and other reporters on Wednesday, September 8, following the cast announcement. “I think for me, the best analogy that I came up with was it’s like a football player trying to play baseball or soccer or basketball.