Hilaria Baldwin Says Competing on “DWTS” 'Can Be Uncomfortable and Embarrassing,’ but Says She Wants ‘to Be Brave’ (Exclusive)

Hilaria Baldwin is getting existent astir her acquisition connected Dancing pinch nan Stars.

The entrepreneur, 41, who is presently competing connected play 34 of nan iconic reality creation series, caught up pinch PEOPLE exclusively astatine nan premiere successful Hollywood, Calif. connected Tuesday, Sept. 16. During nan conversation, Baldwin — who danced successful her younger years — revealed that returning to activity tin beryllium “embarrassing” astatine times.

“I mean, immoderate of it is for illustration visiting a acquainted friend erstwhile you're older, and you've had a batch of children, and surgery immoderate bones, if you tin subordinate to that,” she began, explaining, “But also, immoderate of it is marque new. [My partner], Gleb Savchenko, is asking maine to creation connected a overmuch higher level than I ever danced.”

“[I'm] really focusing connected nan quality, nan footwork, nan authenticity of nan dance. And being independent connected my own, truthful I'm not conscionable relying connected him to propulsion maine astir nan creation floor. He makes maine do nan regular connected my own,” she continued.

The Baldwins prima added, “And it's uncomfortable and embarrassing sometimes.”

However, nan reality prima said that she didn’t motion up for nan rigorous live title series to do thing easy. "I support connected reminding myself: I didn't motion up for this to beryllium comfortable. I signed up for this to do difficult things and to beryllium brave. And [Gleb] is nan cleanable personification to do that with,” she said.

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Savchenko, who besides said to PEOPLE exclusively astatine nan event, raved astir Baldwin's activity ethic. “Hilaria's specified a difficult worker, and I'm conscionable truthful impressed pinch nan passion that she puts into it,” nan master dancer, 42, said. 

He added, “She's specified a perfectionist. You’re moving connected small details, and she goes, like, ‘No, let's do it again. Let's do it again.’ She gets truthful disappointment pinch herself. And I'm like, ‘It's okay. It was really good.’ [And she goes], ‘No, let's do it again.’ ”

“And I emotion that, because that's nan tone of a existent champion, and I really admit that. It's really inspiring,” Savchenko continued.

Baldwin, who performed a cha-cha-cha to "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez for nan first week of nan show, shared pinch PEOPLE that she is astir excited to activity connected creation styles she’s ne'er done before. “I don't person immoderate acquisition pinch nan modular dances, truthful I'm tense but besides excited,” she explained. 

She added, “Because I deliberation erstwhile you effort thing that's marque new, it's a small liberating because you're like, ‘All right, I'm going to effort this.’ And it's conscionable that different expectation. As [Gleb] says, I'm very difficult connected myself. And so, I'm trying to study to chill retired a small bit. And I deliberation I've done a better occupation astatine relaxing.”

Dancing pinch nan Stars airs Tuesdays connected ABC and simulcasts connected Disney+. The show streams nan adjacent time connected Hulu.