During her interview for 50 ‘Inside, Tina Arena confided in her experience in Dancing with the stars. And she doesn’t just have good memories.
In 2011, Tina Arena, then 46 years old, participated in Dancing with the stars, the Australian version of Dance with the stars. With her partner Damian Whitewood, she climbs to the final of the game. A great performance that does not leave only good memories to the singer. Indeed, in an interview with Télé-Loisirs, she returned to her experience. “I was offered to do it two or three times in France, but I said no. I don’t want to relive this ordeal a second time mentally and physically. I’m too old now.”
In effect, Tina Arena guard a bitter memory. In an interview with Nikos Aliagas for 50 minutes inside, she recalled the difficult times she went through. “I was hurt. But not only physically, mentally too”, she confided. An astonishing revelation that she develops: “Because when you play sports at this level, athletic level, the body changes, it’s normal. So that triggered things: I entered perimenopause. I was young anyway, I was not not old… but more and more women are entering this younger phase”.
Tina Arena opens up about her childhood
During this interview, Tina Arena also makes heavy confidences about her childhood. Indeed, she made her first appearance on television at the age of 7. “It was a need, a destiny. I was confronted with a lot of racism because I did not speak English, only Italian and a few years later, I was catapulted on TV”, she confides. Painful revelations for the singer. If she has been away from the French scene for several years, Tina Arena announced her big return in November 2023 at the Salle Pleyel in Paris.
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“Because when you play sports at this level, athletic level, the body changes, it’s normal. So that triggered things: I entered perimenopause. I was young anyway, I was not not old… but more and more women are entering this younger phase”.