Laurie Hernandez and the exhausted 'DWTS' finalists appear on 'GMA'

          • D'Arcy Maine
          Nov 23, 2016, 10:42 AM ET

          After winning Season 23 of "Dancing with the Stars" on Tuesday night, Laurie Hernandez and her partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, hopped on a plane at LAX with a dream and a mirror ball trophy. OK, and probably a cardigan as well. It gets cold on airplanes after all!

          Making their way overnight to New York, the bleary-eyed stars -- along with Calvin Johnson, James Hinchcliffe, Jana Kramer and their partners -- somehow had enough caffeine to not only appear on Wednesday's "Good Morning America," but to also perform.

          Chmerkovskiy also revealed how absolutely amazing Hernandez is (tell us something we don't already know, Val!) and how she helped bring out a rare emotional side of him -- resulting in the "ugliest cry" and "new Michael Jordan meme" from him after the victory. Those are his word, FYI, not mine.

          Now let's just hope Hernandez, Chmerkovskiy and the rest of the finalists are napping, and do so until Thanksgiving dinner is served on Thursday.

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