\u201cAlthough Steve could read the rhythms of the seasons and every living creature, he was absolutely not gifted with a sense of musical rhythm,\u201d the Oscar winner \u2014 who\u2019s been friends with the Irwin family since the 1990s \u2014 told the New York Times<\/a> in a story published on Sunday, November 23. \u201cIn his hands, a tambourine became a deadly weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n However, Steve\u2019s son doesn\u2019t seem to have the same issue \u2014 Robert has made the finals on DWTS with partner Witney Carson.<\/p>\n \u201cI think [Steve] would watch Robert dancing and how he uses his body, the strength and poise, and he would be in awe of his son,\u201d Crowe added.<\/p>\n Irwins A Carlile \/ MEGA<\/p>\n Steve, known as the Crocodile Hunter, died in 2006 after a freak encounter with a stingray when his son was 2 and a half years old.<\/p>\n Robert told E!<\/a> in September that he\u2019s dedicated to keeping his father\u2019s \u201csense of passion and enthusiasm and his work as an environmental advocate\u201d alive for the next generation.<\/p>\n \u201cI never expected in a million years that I\u2019d be able to do that through dance,\u201d he added<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t know what dad would say if he were here, but I think he\u2019d be pretty stoked!\u201d<\/p>\n This story Russell Crowe Says Robert Irwin\u2019s Late Dad, Steve, \u2018Would Have Been In Awe\u2019 of His Son on \u2018DWTS\u2019<\/a> first appeared on Star<\/a>. Add Star as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Making his dad proud! According to Russell Crowe, the late Steve Irwin would be \u201cso impressed\u201d with his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,89228,111,139,69,16814,1380,101210,1381],"class_list":{"0":"post-151706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-irwin-family","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-robert-irwin","15":"tag-russell-crowe","16":"tag-son-robert","17":"tag-steve-irwin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/eddcbf4b723989b5465ce82054db4de2.jpeg\"\/)
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