DWTS aired its latest episode on ABC on September 24, 2024. Dancing With the Stars Season 33 Episode 2 featured various performances, including one from Joey Graziadei. He competes on the show with his pro dance partner, Jenna Johnson.
In his recent appearance on Almost Famous podcast on September 27, 2024, The Bachelor star Joey Graziadei shared his thoughts about what kind of dancing partner he wanted on the show. Fans must know that Joey is engaged to Kelsey Anderson from the 28th season of The Bachelor.
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Referring to his dancing partner Jenna and his bond, Joey shared,
"We want to be able to connect and have what we have on the dance floor and have this friendship and trust with each other without this assumption of something that we would never be doing."
DWTS: Joey Graziadei opens up about his "pro dance partner" request
The podcast episode "Will You Accept This Waltz? with Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson aired on September 27, 2024. In it, DWTS star Joey Graziadei revealed his "specific" request related to his potential dance partner.
"It was something I thought about coming in. I wanted to be in a situation where I was comfortable that I didn't have to worry about a lot of this noise. So, I asked when I got on the show to be paired with someone that was in a successful and healthy relationship."
Talking about various speculations and rumors from people, Joey added,
"I didn't want there to be any chance of noise on this because I know that comes with the show and the territory sometimes."
The DWTS contestant also shared that he didn't want the competition show to become a "distraction" between him and his fiance Kelsey.
The Bachelor star also revealed that he and Kelsey had already discussed how many people have followed their relationship since their engagement.
"We knew coming in as a Bachelor Nation thing. I think it's understandable that people are paying attention to my relationship always, and it was something that Kelsey and I talked about. I made sure before doing this that she was comfortable with putting that into the world again."
Talking about the rumors about him and his dance partner Jenna, Joey said they were "more surprised." He said people "couldn't step away" and understand that he is engaged to Kelsey while his pro dance partner Jenna is also in her own relationship.
"We were kind of hoping that people would be a little bit more aware of that, but we weren't necessarily surprised."
Later on the podcast, DWTS contestant Joey Graziadei stated that he and Jenna had "friendship and trust." On the other hand, Jenna also revealed that she had a husband and a child, and her relationship has also been "known" on the show.
Fans can stream new Dancing With the Stars Season 33 episodes on Tuesdays at 8 pm ET on ABC.
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