"Dancing on 'Dancing With The Stars' really broadened my fan base. I jumped off the stage backwards one week, and so many women come up to me now and say, 'You're so brave. I can't believe you put yourself out there like that'. If that inspires some girl out there, then great, because boys aren't the only ones who get to have fun. We get to have fun too"
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Coleman also names the machinery at work: the show “broadened my fan base.” She’s candid about career optics without sounding cynical, which is part of why the quote lands. It acknowledges celebrity as a relationship, not a pedestal. Women coming up to her aren’t praising technical skill; they’re praising permission. The subtext is that a female performer’s “fun” is often policed into being either sexy, flawless, or quietly grateful. Coleman offers a fourth option: messy, visible play.
The line “boys aren’t the only ones who get to have fun” is doing more than gender fairness. It’s pushing back on the idea that confidence and physical abandon are masculine privileges, while women are expected to perform competence without joy. Dancing becomes a proxy for taking up space, risking embarrassment, and still being celebrated. It’s not deep theory; it’s a pop-cultural micro-rebellion packaged in sequins, broadcast to families, and made legible through one backward jump.
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Coleman, Monique. (2026, January 15). Dancing on 'Dancing With The Stars' really broadened my fan base. I jumped off the stage backwards one week, and so many women come up to me now and say, 'You're so brave. I can't believe you put yourself out there like that'. If that inspires some girl out there, then great, because boys aren't the only ones who get to have fun. We get to have fun too. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/dancing-on-dancing-with-the-stars-really-165528/
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Coleman, Monique. "Dancing on 'Dancing With The Stars' really broadened my fan base. I jumped off the stage backwards one week, and so many women come up to me now and say, 'You're so brave. I can't believe you put yourself out there like that'. If that inspires some girl out there, then great, because boys aren't the only ones who get to have fun. We get to have fun too." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/dancing-on-dancing-with-the-stars-really-165528/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Dancing on 'Dancing With The Stars' really broadened my fan base. I jumped off the stage backwards one week, and so many women come up to me now and say, 'You're so brave. I can't believe you put yourself out there like that'. If that inspires some girl out there, then great, because boys aren't the only ones who get to have fun. We get to have fun too." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/dancing-on-dancing-with-the-stars-really-165528/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
