Bindi Irwin, who won season 21 of Dancing With the Stars with pro Derek Hough, shared support for her younger brother Robert Irwin as he joins the season 34 cast in the sweetest message.
Bindi Irwin will never dance around her support for Robert Irwin.
Nearly a decade after the Bindi the Jungle Girl alum won first place on Dancing With the Stars alongside pro Derek Hough, she couldn't help but gush over her younger brother joining the season 34 cast.
"Robert, you are going to absolutely shine in the ballroom," Bindi—who, along with Robert, are the children of late Steve Irwin and his wife Terri Irwin—wrote on Instagram April 22. "I wish I could express the magnitude of how proud I am of you and everything you have achieved."
"Can't wait to cheer you on each week as you inspire so many with your strength, kindness and determination," she continued. "Here's to an extraordinary journey ahead."
As the 26-year-old comes up on the 10th anniversary of her season 21 win, she also praised her former partner. In fact, she called Derek "the most remarkable human being."
Bindi—who is mom to 4-year-old daughter Grace with husband Chandler Powell—concluded, "So excited to be back in the ballroom celebrating my brother."
Derek also shared some love for her brother's exciting chapter, commenting on the post with heart emojis, "Another Irwin in the arena."
Meanwhile, Robert revealed that it was Bindi who inspired him to put on his dancing shoes.
"I remember so vividly," the 21-year-old told E! News at Hulu's Get Real event April 22. "I was 11 years old when she did the show, a decade ago. I just sat there watching in the crowd every night. I was so proud of her."
"She described the feeling as flying," he continued. "I just thought, 'One day, that's gonna be me.' Now, here we are. It's a reality. It doesn't feel real yet, but I'm ready to hit the ballroom."
Although the wild conservationist admitted that he doesn't know how smooth his dance moves are, he emphasized, "I'm gonna give it 110 percent anyway."
It's a perspective that Bindi, then 17, also had during the dance competition. And it turns out, she didn't leave with just a trophy. Indeed, she credited her time on the show for her ability to jump on crocodiles for some of her research trips.
"Crocodiles can't actually handle sedatives," the zookeeper told E! following her 2015 win. "So, if we were able to give a crocodile a sedative, it would really get really sleepy because it's a modern-day dinosaur and it might drown."
"We can only jump on top of them to hold them down to hold them down to put tracking devices on them," she continued. "This requires some of the strongest people and after Dancing With the Stars, I never knew I would gain this newfound strength."
While Bindi and Robert were more than happy to make their way to the ballroom, not everyone was willing to. Keep reading to see all the celebs who turned down Dancing With the Stars.
