Ezra Sosa | His Coming Out Journey, JoJo Siwa, & DWTS

#933. Ezra Sosa is finally here! Ezra talks about his journey to becoming a pro, what it actually takes bts, and making it to the end on DTWS! Ezra also talks about his coming out journey, the role that JoJo Siwa played in that journey, growing up in Utah, landing DWTS, Anna Delvey, If you’re LOVING this podcast, please follow and leave a rating and review below ! PLUS, FOLLOW OUR PODCAST INSTAGRAM HERE! Thank you to our Sponsors! Check out these AMAZING deals! Tonal: Right now, Tonal.com is offering our listeners $200 off your Tonal purchase with promo code VINE. Apartments.com : The place to find a place! EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: 2:56 tour life is crazy so thank you for joining the podcast. Of course. It’s insane. 7:00 i didn’t know that you and jojo siwa were that tight before any of this. What age did you come out and why does jojo siwa have a big part of that? 18:45 who would be your dream guest if they did have two male partners and you got to be with him? And why is it zac efron? I think it would have to be someone from heated rivalry. Either of them. 45:55 I’m collecting kisses like infinity stones and i have to be able to kiss the whole cast on stage by the end of tour or else i did not accomplish this tour. Timestamps: 2:25 thats like a core memory for me was on tour alan and i loved gambling. 2:56 tour life is crazy so thank you for joining the podcast. Of course. It’s insane. 3:39 we started mid january and were done mid may, so its five months on a bus. Why? Why that long? 4:04 once the show hits im the happiest person ever. I love hearing the audiences, I love meeting the fans. 4:52 its exhausting but i am so snatched right now. Like i am looking in the mirror and im like girl you may be tired but you look so good. 5:55 how old are you? 25. You little baby with already so much wisdom and knowledge. 6:11 oh you know i f watch this shit. 6:30 some of the stuff that happens on that show isn’t far fetched from what i’ve experienced growing up in utah. 7:00 i didn’t know that you and jojo siwa were that tight before any of this. What age did you come out and why does jojo siwa have a big part of that? 8:20 on that tour it was the rainbow hair the glitter she did my makeup every single day every single day it was so hard for me. 8:36 she basically laid out my inner homophobia and helped me get thru it. So when i did come out it was so scary but she had my back. I’ll never forget that act of kindness of service that she did for me. 9:34 the thing i was afraid of losing was the people i cared about. Even when my parent were starting to find out i was gay, they were very like no this is not okay. If you do this this is the path that you’ll go down. 10:22 really coming out, it was the hardest, easiest thing i ever did. My finger was shaking when i hit send on that post. Days went by and everyone still loves me the same. 13:24 i also love that you celebrate your pride birthday every year now. 14:10 do you think the hardest part is external judgment or the internal one? 14:34 you want to come out in an environment that you feel youll be accepted in, and i already had that. I had someone who was a pop star, iconic diva, who had my back, not everyone has that. 15:13 utah is a different world. I want to go back to teen Ezra, what would you do to present a version of yourself to fit in? 16:39 you grew up dancing too like you always were a dancer? Was dance for you an escape or was it just another place you felt like you had to prove yourself? 17:09 i would say at the studio i grew up at they were very adamant about men dancing like men, so whenever i would dance a little feminine they would call me out on it. 17:31 looking back it was traumatic for me to hear but also really good for me to hear at the time. 17:41 so what was your take when there was two women when JoJo was on, and what would you think about two men being on the show? I would love it. 18:14 to me, watching jojo’s season was so refreshing because it was something dif