Arnold said<\/a>. \u201cMaybe it can come off strong to some people, but like I didn\u2019t really do that much. I was literally just dancing, you know, I was just being me.\u201d<\/p>\nShe recalled that every time she saw Fudd, the look on her face felt discouraging.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike, I felt like really sad. Oh, she upset me. Like I was really upset.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Fudd acknowledged the tension as well, responding directly to Arnold during the show.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou upset me when you were doing a lot,\u201d she admitted, describing her initial reaction.<\/p>\n
Arnold said that as the season wore on, she tried to adjust.<\/p>\n
\u201cTowards the end of the year as I read the room, I left her alone. Then I saw the other side of her where she was like smiling at me, which is weird,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
According to Arnold, the turning point came late in that first year.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow it took a whole year for her to warm up. And then the next year we were besties. And now look at us. We\u2019ve come a long way.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pair\u2019s friendship has since flourished, with much of their bonding happening in the gym and online. Their frequent TikTok appearances are a testament to how much their relationship has shifted. Arnold explained their routine:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe send each other dances. I\u2019m like, KK, let\u2019s make a TikTok today. KK, can we make a TikTok today? That\u2019s how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added that most clips come together quickly, and joked about teaching Fudd to dance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m like, well, learn this real quick. Real quick. Takes a little 5-10 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n
What began with side-eyes and misunderstandings has turned into one of UConn\u2019s strongest bonds. Arnold and Fudd are expected to lead the Huskies next year as they aim to repeat as national champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KK Arnold recently admitted her first encounter with Azzi Fudd did not go smoothly, saying the introduction left…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":206279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[1339,1317,1337,1338,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-206278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}