Skai Jackson Dedicated Her "Dancing With The Stars" Performance To Cameron Boyce, And It Was Such A Touching Tribute
"I know that he'd be really proud of me."
Last night on Dancing with the Stars, Skai Jackson turned her foxtrot into a touching tribute to her late Jessie costar and close friend, Cameron Boyce.
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Cameron, who had epilepsy, died in July 2019 after he had a seizure in his sleep.
Skai chose the song "Ordinary People" by John Legend, and explained to her partner Alan Bersten that she wanted to dedicate the dance to Cameron.
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Skai tearfully went on to say that she misses Cameron every day and has a picture of them together on her phone case.
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"It makes me a little bit sad, of course, that he's not here," Skai continued. "But I know that he'd be really proud of me. I know that he loved Dancing with the Stars and he loved dancing. That's why I'm really excited to do this dance, because it is for him."
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"I'm really glad that he's here to watch over us and I just want to show him that this dance is for him."
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After that beautiful introduction, Skai and Alan went out and danced a stunning foxtrot to rave reviews from the judges — even scoring the first 10 of the season from Carrie Ann Inaba.
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Skai also encouraged viewers to donate to the Cameron Boyce Foundation, which was extremely important to Cameron.
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And then she followed up with another tweet about the experience right after she got off stage:
Just got off stage.. I did my thing for Cameron tonight ❤️
You can watch Skai's full moving performance here:
