Celebrity Circus with Antonio Sabato Jr.

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Young Hollywood visits the training set of NBC’s reality show, Celebrity Circus. We follow one of the contestants, Antonio Sabato Jr., who tells us all about the dedication and pain that he faces as he gets ready for the competition. He shows us the different acts that he will perform on the show, including hanging from Tissue (Silks), and climbing the Chinese Poles. Hosted by Michelle Marie.
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Welcome to YoungHollywood. com.
This is celebrity Circus.
The hottest show on NBC this summer.
We're trying to do uh my first act, which is going to be on the silken, we're going to fly.
Sebastian is here.
He's training me.
But it's all good.
Pain is knowledge.
I am here with Antonio Sabato Jr. and you are one of the castmates on celebrity Circus.
I have to say right now, I'm really freaking out.
I cannot believe what I've been seeing you do.
I can't believe it either.
It's been extremely hard for me for the last almost six weeks now, and it's been just amazing that I can do this stuff now.
So tell us a little bit about the show.
Well, no, this is just a different format on reality TV.
We're all competing here to do something extremely hard.
The circus is Solei, acts that, you know, people have been training for years.
And we're just throwing in this mix, trying to learn this stuff in 8 weeks.
Rachel, and Blue, and Janet, and Jason, and Chris, everybody has just been amazing.
So you are also on the silks over there.
Yeah.
First, we started with the straps, which is just two straps coming down.
You wrap them around a certain way, and you just fly around and do all kinds of acrobatics.
What motivated you to do the show?
Of all the shows, there's dancing shows.
Yeah, I haven't had a show like this in years.
I believe since the 70s, and I always love the circus Solei.
Everyone remembers you from the Calvin Klein campaigns you've done.
Janet Jackson's videos, all the great things.
So, do you still get free underwear?
I get them all the time.
Calvin hooks me up.
So we saw you on the acrobatic poles over there.
I don't know how you were doing that.
You have to tell me your technique.
Two poles that go way up.
And this is Steve.
I Steve.
Hello, hello.
How are we doing?
He's he's a friend now, because I mean, we just bonded.
There's just no way we can't walk away with being friends after you do this every day.
The flag, what you saw me do, I kid you not.
I mean, that was the most frustrating thing to do.
And now I'm able to do it from down here.
All about the arms and the abs, right?
It's about technique.
It's about how you hold yourself a certain way and being straight like a handstand.
This is Christine.
He's actually my partner in the hand balancing that we're doing together.
She want to know what this is.
Actually, this is hers, personal one.
My personal technique.
Tell us about it.
I do a lot of supporting tricks, and I dance on it, and I move on it.
I go upside down, and I flip and roll and doing.
So who do you think is going to be your biggest competitor?
Everybody.
We all have different acts.
And they're all amazing and beautiful.
Everybody's working so, so hard.
We saw we men over there lifting a guy that's like over 250 pounds.
Yeah.
I mean, Jason is doing crazy stuff, and we're all so proud because, you know, we're all competing, but the reality is that this stuff is so hard.
And it's just, you know, we're walking home just with pain and bruises and all kinds of stuff going on every day.
So, to actually pull this stuff off is amazing.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Antonio Sabato Jr.
Contestant on Celebrity Circus, demonstrating his acts
- Michelle Marie
Host for Young Hollywood
- Sebastian
Trainer for Antonio Sabato Jr. on the silks
- Rachel
Fellow castmate on Celebrity Circus
- Blue
Fellow castmate on Celebrity Circus
- Janet
Fellow castmate on Celebrity Circus
- Jason
Fellow castmate on Celebrity Circus
- Chris
Fellow castmate on Celebrity Circus
- Janet Jackson
Artist whose videos Antonio Sabato Jr. has appeared in
- Steve
Trainer for Antonio Sabato Jr. on the Chinese Poles
- Christine
Antonio Sabato Jr.'s partner for hand balancing




