{"id":278436,"date":"2019-08-21T14:11:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T20:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1066827"},"modified":"2019-08-21T14:11:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T20:11:48","slug":"hannah-brown-wont-ever-be-shy-about-her-struggles-even-on-dancing-with-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/hannah-brown-wont-ever-be-shy-about-her-struggles-even-on-dancing-with-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah Brown Won&#8217;t Ever Be Shy About Her Struggles, Even on Dancing With the Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201969\/rs_600x600-190709065808-00-hannah-brown-ch-070919.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"32.161084529506\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"12.169059011164\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/hannah_brown\">Hannah Brown<\/a><\/strong> left <em>The Bachelorette<\/em> process a changed woman, and despite the heartache and headlines, she said it was all worth it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being <em>The Bachelorette<\/em> did not end the way I thought it was going to be. I could not have expected my ending in a million years, but I grew so much. I think the girl that started and the girl that finished the After the Final Rose is a totally different woman and that&#8217;s worth everything\u2014even the heartbreak through it. So, when I think of it in the large scheme of things, I would still do it,&#8221; Hannah told E! News after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1066586\/dancing-with-the-stars-season-28-cast-revealed-james-van-der-beek-hannah-brown-christie-brinkley-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she was announced as part of the <em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em> season 28 cast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"54.3125\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"9.875\">\n<p>Hannah said she thinks joining <em>DWTS<\/em> alongside the likes of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/james_van_der_beek\">James Van Der Beek<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/lamar_odom\">Lamar Odom<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/christie_brinkley\">Christie Brinkley<\/a><\/strong> is the perfect way to begin again, something she&#8217;s been looking forward to doing since moving to Los Angeles and opening up about her struggles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want a fresh start, something I can go all in with emotionally, physically and spiritually&#8221; and Hannah told the <em>Good Morning America<\/em> hosts that she thinks <em>DWTS<\/em> can do that for her.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"61.053601340034\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"16.345058626466\">\n<p>The reality star plans to bring her trademark honesty to the dance floor too. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1064406\/bachelorette-s-hannah-brown-reveals-she-s-struggling-after-roller-coaster-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a recent Instagram post<\/a>, Hannah admitted she had been &#8220;struggling&#8221; with just how different her life has become over the last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been in love with multiple people, I got engaged, I broke off an engagement, and I shared it all with millions of people. My faith has been questioned by thousands who don&#8217;t know my heart, and my transparency with my decisions has labeled me promiscuous. Simultaneously, I&#8217;ve become a role model for young women and started bigger conversations around faith, and sex,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"11\">\n<p>She said she has no regrets opening up about any of that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, I don&#8217;t think the struggle is over because I&#8217;m a human being and we all struggle. We all have different struggles. Mine&#8217;s just been for everyone to see and everybody wants to know how I&#8217;m doing, if I&#8217;m happy or I&#8217;m not,&#8221; she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah noted her mixture of emotions is what makes her a normal person.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"61\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"12\">\n<p>&#8220;I want to continue being as real and honest and authentic as I was on <em>The Bachelorette<\/em> because that&#8217;s how people are invested in who I am and my journey, and I&#8217;m going to continue do that. It doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m lying on the floor crying, it just means that I&#8217;m real,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Click play on the video above to hear more from Hannah.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em> season 28 premieres Monday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. on ABC.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1066827\/hannah-brown-won-t-ever-be-shy-about-her-struggles-even-on-dancing-with-the-stars?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hannah Brown left The Bachelorette process a changed woman, and despite the heartache and headlines, she said it was all worth it. &#8220;Being The Bachelorette did not end the way I thought it was going to be. I could not have expected my ending in a million years, but I grew so much. 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