Olympian Mirai Nagasu Reveals Dancing With The Stars Diet

We're going to come in and dip. Yes! Look at that.

What's up guys? Leslie Robbins here for Young Hollywood. Joined by Olympic Champ and now Dancing with the Stars contestant Mariah Nagasu. Yes. You made it. You got your wish.

Yeah, welcome to my new home.

How did you manifest this? Because you put it out there in an interview, that's one thing. But then how did you really make this happen? Take me behind the scenes, how you got here.

I made a couple of calls. No. I just have a great team working with me and now I have a great partner and week one is coming up and I hope that I get to stay a little longer 'cause I'm having the best time of my life.

It looked like the best time of your life was at the Olympics.

That was a good time too. That was good.

Historic. You made an historic move there, girl. First American to land a triple axel at the games. Not to mention, you helped Team USA get their bronze medal. Talk about your feelings before the games and then the rush and the adrenaline after.

You know what? We work our entire lives for that Olympic moment and so it was a lot of pressure, it was a lot of nerves and it was a lot of anxiety and stress. But to have it come to fruition, it means everything to me and now I'm literally just having fun. Like I can't wait to compete. I've never competed in ballroom before and I have a partner, the best partner ever, Alan.

Take me into what it's like competing in the Olympics versus now Dancing with the Stars.

The Olympics is a lot, but it's like the best stage ever. It's beautiful and the rings are something else. Uh, just like 27 million viewers. So that's a lot of pressure. I think my favorite part about Dancing with the Stars is that I'm representing my Asian-American community and I'm competing with a partner which I've never done before and so I can't wait when I'm nervous to squeeze Alan's hand.

Now, don't you love the fact that Dancing with the Stars has their own studio. Chris, look at this. This is amazing. I like, look at this. Look take a look at these photos of the finalists. I hope I'll be able to be up here one day. I'm trying to manifest that to happen. Here he is. I got a-

You're the magic.

I'm the magic. Is that what you said? He's making it happen. Now, the two of you together, I have to say your social media game is on- on point. Which is the best social media avenue for you guys?

I feel like Insta stories are so much fun just because we can do whatever we want. And Insta lives, it's just it's nice because you get to interact with the audience on Instagram live.

You're talking a lot about your food. Yes. Of course. Food. Food is huge, but you're an athlete, you're a dancer, you're a dancer now. It tell me really what the diet is like that keeps you in shape.

It's a lot of salads and occasional cheeseburgers and fries because this isn't easy. And so we have to have a cheat meal all the time. Every day we have to have two cheat meals. Yesterday we had ramen after we rehearsed.

Oh they said cheap like C-H-E-A-P. I'm like hamburger fries that could be cheap. Well now that we're on the subject, what's the I guess grandest thing you've purchased since your big win at the Olympics and your stardom has just risen?

I purchased Alan's time. So he can make me into

I thought it was free, but I'll take it.

I'm the most expensive thing she bought.

That's impressive. Okay, well I would like to rent you for a couple minutes. If that's all right with Mariah. Is that okay?

It's going to cost you, girl, but I'll do it for you.

I got some pennies in the wallet. Some change. I thought I was expensive. We're going to do a little salsa basics. Okay. Okay. So first let's do it by ourselves. We're going to step forward with the left foot and you're going to go one, two, three and then back with the right. Five, six, seven. Again. One, two, three. Five, six. One more time. One, two, three. Five, six. Beautiful. Let's try that together. I'm going to do it with you first. Okay. And we go one, two, three, five, six, seven. Ooh, two, three. Oh. So you can do the basic. I'm going to go, I'm going to turn. Ooh. Oh, stop it. Yeah. Okay. I'm going to turn. Ready? And Oh. Oh okay. Look at that. I don't know what I'm doing. I'm going to come in and dip. Oh wait. Yeah. Look at that. Good for you, Leslie. It's amazing. Yes, Leslie. Okay. Okay, look at that. You know I was going to say, there are group dances in Dancing with the Stars. A little journalist action. Right? We'll give you a call. Our favorite reporter needs to join us. Yes. Absolutely. We'll keep you in touch.