'DWTS' : Amanda Kloots Dedicates Disney Performance of 'You'll Be in My Heart' to Son Elvis

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Amanda Klootsdelivered the feels for “Disney Heroes” night onDancing with the Stars.

TheTalkco-host, 39, dedicated her performance on Monday to 2-year-old son Elvis Eduardo as she and pro partner Alan Bersten danced to “You’ll Be in My Heart” fromTarzan.

“It’s such a beautiful song all about the relationship between a mother and a son,” she said. “Being a single parent, Elvis and I have an incredible bond. We only have each other. He brings me smiles and laughter, and he just means the world to me.”

“This song speaks so much to me,” Kloots added. “I’ve watched this movie with Elvis, he loves it. It’s going to be an honor to be able to dance to one of the songs.”

The pair’s rumba earned a score of 32 out of 40 from the judges. Kloots will return on Tuesday to perform another dance as part of this week’s two-night Disney event.

Before hitting the ballroom, Kloots got candid on Instagram as she further explained the personal significance behind thePhil Collinssong.

“The first time I saw Elvis after Nick passed I grabbed him in my arms and told him, ‘It’s just the two of us now. You and me,'” Kloots continued. “We then fell asleep together and cuddled for three hours straight. He didn’t move from my side, I didn’t move from his.”

“There’s an unspoken language between us,” she added. “We are a team, in this fight together. I will always do anything and everything I can for him. He is my hero.”

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“We chose it because it was the song he sang to book the jobBullets Over Broadway, which is the show that we met in,” she told Bersten during rehearsal. “It’ll be great to dance to it again.”

“This song holds such a special place in my heart, and our wedding will always remain in my mind as one of the happiest times of my life,” Kloots added.

Kloots also got emotional in the premiere episode as she explained why she decided tojoin the cast for season 30.

“I grew up dancing, I did Broadway for 17 years and then everything that happened to me, the pandemic and losing my husband, this opportunity is kind of a way to find myself again and to feel his presence every day,” she tearfully told Bersten.

“On July 5, 2020, I lost my husband from repercussions of COVID. I miss him every single day. I miss every single part of him,” she said. “If Nick could’ve said anything to me before he passed, he would’ve looked at me right in the eye and said you better not stop living. You better keep going.”

Dancing with the Starsairs Monday on ABC.

source: people.com