{"id":2029498,"date":"2025-09-17T18:26:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T18:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2029498"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:26:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T18:26:23","slug":"robert-irwin-might-be-feeling-some-good-natured-dwts-competition-with-his-sister-bindi-irwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/robert-irwin-might-be-feeling-some-good-natured-dwts-competition-with-his-sister-bindi-irwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Irwin might be feeling some good-natured \u2018DWTS\u2019 competition with his sister Bindi Irwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/action-bar\/instances\/cmfo5icpv002l26nud36j56sx@published\" data-label-id-prefix=\"action-bar-start-of-article\" class=\"action-bar\" 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I have so many memories of being there and watching [my sister, Bindi],\u201d he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lifestyle\/shopping\/robert-irwin-interview-tourism-australia-dwts-underwear-ad-1236372543\/\" target=\"_blank\">recently told The Hollywood Reporter. <\/a>\u201cI was just in such awe.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfo75bgq00093b6nhxo5bnyv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He and his sister, Bindi Irwin, are the children of the late Steve Irwin, the TV presenter and conservationist known as the \u201cCrocodile Hunter, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2006\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/09\/04\/australia.irwin\/\">who died in 2006 after being stung by a stingray.<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfo8l986000d3b6n2x54krrt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He was 44.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfo8oej4000g3b6ncorrb9zo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Robert Irwin is competing in Season 34 of \u201cDWTS\u201d and his sister won season 21, along with her partner, professional dancer Derek Hough.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfo8oysz000j3b6nzplmz3j9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            For his time on the show, Irwin said he just wants \u201cto follow in her footsteps and bring that kind of passion and energy into it.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmfo928zg00103b6nqwa2pnss@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"GettyImages-498642924.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"2000\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-498642924.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_large__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"679\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-498642924.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"967\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-498642924.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-498642924.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-498642924.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-498642924.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfo8uicc000o3b6nnrl0ux1w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI don\u2019t expect to do half the job she did,\u201d he told THR. \u201cBut it was like a little childhood dream that I\u2019ve had for 10 years. It feels pretty wild that I\u2019m finally fulfilling it.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfo8sj3b000m3b6nevtmm3q0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Australian native said that going from being in the audience cheering on his sister to competing himself \u201cfeels like coming home.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfo8x8tr000t3b6n2axjbe5j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s so funny, I go from neck deep in mud in the mangroves catching crocodiles in remote Australia, and I literally fly direct to Hollywood from there to start dancing,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s scarier, crocodiles or West Hollywood.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfo8ut1q000r3b6n3lccqley@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EST on ABC and Disney+.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook Tweet Email Link Robert Irwin is the second member of his famous family to appear on \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d and he sounds pretty excited about that. \u201cWhat a full circle thing. 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