As a kid, he even competed for Mr. Dance of the United States. “It was a modern dance. I remember I was barefoot,” Messina laughed. “I wanted to be Baryshnikov, I loved dance so much.

Messina received rabid cheering and applause upon nearly every mention of his name, with the other hot topic of the panel being that dance from the “Christmas Sex Trap” episode.

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And I think there’s only really one Chris… and that’s Christopher Walken.” Messina belongs in the Chris Club for that answer alone. Walken, too. Obviously. They should compare dance moves.

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Messina’s mother, Phyllis, was a dancer and dance teacher, and after seeing him dance around the house at a young age she put him in dance school. “I fell in love with it,” he said.

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Given Messina’s childhood dancing background (his mother was a dance teacher), not to mention his epic moves to Aaliyah’s “Try Again” last season, the actor was a pro.