{"id":443,"date":"2025-11-21T15:38:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/?p=443"},"modified":"2025-11-21T15:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:38:27","slug":"robert-irwin-opens-up-about-paying-touching-tribute-to-his-deceased-father-before-dwts-audience-in-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/?p=443","title":{"rendered":"Robert Irwin Opens Up About Paying Touching Tribute to His Deceased Father Before \u2018DWTS\u2019 \u2013 Audience in Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Robert Irwin has captivated the nation, not just with his dance moves on <em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em> but with a heartfelt tribute to his late father, Steve Irwin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The 21-year-old wildlife warrior revealed the personal rituals he performs before each <em>DWTS<\/em> performance, leaving fans both teary-eyed and inspired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Shirt That Holds a Legacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 16, Robert shared a TikTok video explaining his pre-show good luck charms. The first is his father\u2019s green button-up shirt, tattered and missing buttons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI found this shirt while going through my dad\u2019s things,\u201d Robert explained. \u201cIt has holes and tears, but each tells a story. It\u2019s exactly how Dad lived his life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He patches it, but not too much\u2014wanting it to remain authentic. Before every rehearsal with partner Witney Carson, he wears the shirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LIKCGIf--576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LIKCGIf--576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LIKCGIf--169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LIKCGIf-.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Irwin has captivated the nation, not just with his dance moves on Dancing With the Stars but with a heartfelt tribute to his late father, Steve Irwin. The 21-year-old wildlife warrior revealed the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":444,"href":"https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshora.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}