Cody Linley confesses to BOP mag that learning how to dance changed him, for good.

The 19-year-old actor, who recently placed fourth in Dancing With the Stars‘ seventh season, dished that he switched from soccer to samba and his friends didn’t mind a bit.

Cody shared, “They don’t think it’s weird at all. They know how much I love going out there and entertaining people. That’s just my personality.”

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