Bobby Bones still isn’t sure how he won Dancing With the Stars season 27 — but he might have “cheated.”

Bones — who took home the mirrorball trophy in 2018 with pro partner Sharna Burgess — looked back on his “weird” experience in the ballroom during the Monday, September 15, episode of Jason Tartick‘s “Trading Secrets” podcast.

“I never wanted to do the show,” Bones, 45, admitted. “I had never danced, not once. I was on American Idol … [and] they said, ‘Hey, go and do Dancing With the Stars to promote American Idol.’ I was like, ‘OK, but I’ve never danced.’ They were like, ‘It’s fine. Nobody wins that show that’s never danced and you’ll be off in four weeks.'”

Bones remembered committing to going “as hard as possible” despite not having any previous training. “I don’t do anything halfw

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