“I’m not up there; I have zero control of what’s happening,” she said.
“When Austin got hurt, I couldn’t even believe it,” says Aldama.
“I thought, ‘Oh, wow, Austin just fell.’
“Right there I was thinking, ‘Who’s going to do this part?’
I didn’t have time to be nervous, scared, or anything like that.
Whiteley admits that, as a television producer, the unexpected setback actually made for TV gold.
“That was a great thing!”
he said when asked if he was secretly glad it happened after the fact.
“I was worried for Austin because I know La’Darius.”
Simianer added that the director shared that sentiment with the cheerleaders after the incident.
“[Whiteley] said, ‘You couldn’t have scripted it better!’
And we’re just like, ‘Okay?!'”
I was more tired than I had ever been that entire season.”
Aldama was also aware of how exhausted her team would be getting back out there.
Watch the full conversation above.
