 She describes herself as "a bit of a foodie" and won the second heat with her signature dish of Moroccan spiced lamb with eggplant and currant couscous, beating performer Kathleen de Leon Jones and journalist Peter FitzSimons to continue in the competition.In 2019, Bridges competed in the sixteenth season of "Dancing with the Stars", where she got paired with Aric Yegudkin.She was fifth to be eliminated from the competition.