Ripping T-Shirts With The Chippendales In Las Vegas

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Young Hollywood takes you to Las Vegas for an exclusive behind-the-scenes peek (and then some!) of the world-famous Chippendales all-male revue! We catch up with dancers Dio, Wilson, and Ivan at their theatre in Planet Hollywood where they give us the full run-down of their infamous show, including a little demonstration! Plus we head backstage where the boys show us the secret behind their iconic T-shirt-ripping! Is it getting hot in here?!
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Does this abs really need an introduction? I don't think so. Young Hollywood is in Las Vegas. I'm Leslie Robbins and these are the world famous iconic Chippendales. We're at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. You guys have your own theater, this place is out of control. Epic. Walk me through where we are right now.
Right now we are on stage right in front of the audience.
Walk me through actually when they walk in the screams the energy the drooling. What is that experience like here in Las Vegas?
Honestly it's amazing because when the ladies walk in here they walk with such conviction of like want. They just want to touch us, they just want to see us rip our clothes off and everything. It's euphoric.
So Chippendales, the brand, is almost 50 years old. I really don't have to ask what keeps it going. I mean look at this.
There's no other show like Chippendales. Because we include our audience, we make it fun. We're serious on stage but we also have fun and we include them in our fun.
The chairs on the stage are for the ladies, is that correct?
Correct.
Which I am one. Would you like to sit on it? I would love to. May I have this hand? Oh. Okay. So, if I was sitting on the stage during a show, what would happen?
Take your hand right here. And just run it down nice and easy. So you can feel every single ab. There's like 12 of them. Flirty not dirty yet. Right?
Exactly. We keep it clean. Okay. Then what? You want more. I'm in Vegas. I have to do something. How was that for an experience?
Well, now that I'm here, I need to see more. Yes, you do. What don't I take you backstage?
So we're backstage at the theater right now and there's a lot of wardrobe and I can't believe that because you don't wear a lot of clothes.
A lot. That is true.
Walk me through what's back here.
So this right here is where we all hang out in between sets, in between numbers, have a laugh with each other. We all hang back here and right here is all of our costumes, whether it's dressing up nice in a suit, in a tie, to make the ladies, you know, sweat a little bit.
So the joke is that you guys don't really wear clothes. So all of this has to be able to be taken off. Correct?
Correct.
Walk me through how you even get this body. It's nutrition, it's gym, it's lifestyle. What, a lot of water.
You have to make sure you drink your, you have your minerals, all of your minerals. You have to make sure you have all your meals in and everything like that. Um, also you have to balance the days off. You know, you can't just go, go, go, go, go. You have to have a time where you're just relaxing and let your body recuperate. Because the more you work out and you don't let it rest, you actually don't gain any muscle. So you have to let it rest.
Do you have any days off?
One day off a week.
I'm looking at some jeans with zippers and button down shirts. How fast can you actually take that off?
Pretty fast. We can unbuckle, unzip, and just take it off at the same time and do one leg at a time. And that makes the process go a lot faster.
What happens if you have a wardrobe malfunction? If too much comes off.
There's no such thing as too much coming off. So right here we have actually one of the favorite dances in the show is our cowboy. Would you like to wear the hat?
I would love to.
And when I tell you the curtain opens, the ladies go absolutely crazy.
You know what you guys do that's like epic? You guys like rip clothes off really well.
Would you like to learn?
I would like to learn. And then you can let me know if I'm good enough to be in the show.
Let's do it.
Okay sir, I see more wardrobe and I see the iconic white shirts. Right here.
Let's do it. Let's do it.
Okay. You guys look super hot with the shirts on but I kind of prefer it with the shirts off. Just saying.
You want me to show you how to take it off?
Yes.
Don't be nervous. It's easier than it looks. Okay. Our technique is we grab it right here and when we rip it, we go down and out, right? You have to put a little bit of force into it. Down and out. Same, same technique but it's just three steps you know it's like one, two,
One, two, three. Woo. Hey. Yes. Let's go. How about I leave Chippendales to you cause obviously I've seen the stage, I've seen the dance moves, I've seen the costumes, the hats, the shirts, we're missing some oil.
We are. I have one for you right here. Don't be shy. Get it all in there. There you go. It's like a mountain. Okay? I think you got it.
You sure?
Yeah, I think you got it.
I don't know you sure?
Yeah.
You sure?
Yeah.
Positive?
This ab right here needed a little bit. There you go. Yeah. Now you got it.
Okay, I think you're oiled up. The audience is ready for you. They're screaming. It's time. We'll be back here for more oil tomorrow?
Yeah. Let's go.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Leslie Robbins
Young Hollywood host visiting Chippendales
- Dio
Chippendales dancer interviewed
- Wilson
Chippendales dancer interviewed
- Ivan
Chippendales dancer interviewed




