As Kelsey Anderson obtained an onslaught of feedback about fiancé Joey Graziadei’s reference to Dancing With the Stars companion Jenna Johnson, fellow franchise star Joan Vassos is ensuring the couple ignore the criticism.
“Don’t even hearken to these folks and allow them to doubt your love and query yours and Joey’s dedication to one another,” Joan, 61, wrote by way of Instagram touch upon Saturday, September 21. “This can be a present and you might be actual life. Take pleasure in this loopy trip with him and solely really feel the enjoyment!”
A number of hours earlier, Kelsey, 26, had reposted a current TikTok video onto her web page. Within the video, Kelsey made it clear that she was “drained” of individuals questioning Joey’s dance partnership.
“So many individuals are like, ‘Kelsey, why is Jenna touching your man like that?’ And truthfully, I don’t know, possibly as a result of it’s her job,” Kelsey quipped in her video. “Perhaps as a result of she’s an expert dancer and he or she has to the touch him to bop. I don’t know, that’s my understanding of it.”
She continued, “Let’s perform a little recap right here. Do y’all bear in mind how Joey and I met? We met on The Bachelor. He was relationship 31 different ladies whereas he was relationship me and I gained the Tremendous Bowl ring. I’ve to have a sure degree of safety to undergo all that. Joey and I [are] nonetheless collectively and powerful after a yr of all that craziness.”
Kelsey additional confused that she and Joey, 28, are “all good within the hood.”
“If I can survive [The Bachelor], I can survive watching him dance with a married girl with a cute little child boy,” Kelsey added. “Crushing it. I’m very happy with Joey, I believe that everybody must be. He’s killing it. I don’t know if y’all noticed these hips on Tuesday however you’ll see them once more this subsequent Tuesday, and bear in mind to vote for Joey.”
Jenna, 30, is married to DWTS professional Val Chmerkovskiy, with whom she shares 20-month-old son Rome. She was paired up with Joey for DWTS season 33.
Jenna and Joey scored a 21 out of 30 for his or her country-inspired cha-cha to Tyler Hubbard’s “Dancin’ within the Nation” through the Tuesday, September 17, premiere. At one level within the routine, Joey even ripped his shirt open to reveal his abs.
“That is Dancing with the Stars. It’s excessive, he’s carrying rhinestones, like, we have to simply play to our viewers, and so they love that,” Jenna solely instructed Us Weekly. “It was actually humorous. I’ll always remember, like, speaking about it for the primary time and [Joey was] like, ‘What am I going to do?’ However, you nailed it.”
Joey, nevertheless, initially “was scared” to point out off his abs on reside TV.
“I’ve been doing nothing however push-ups these final two weeks,” he joked to Us. “I’m like, ‘I have to look higher, I haven’t labored out for, like, three months since I left The Bachelor.’ So, scary to do, however [I] trusted [Jenna] and he or she is aware of how one can make an incredible routine. So no matter she stated I used to be doing, I stated, ‘I’ll do it.’”
Kelsey, who moved from New Orleans to Los Angeles with Joey for his DWTS stint, cheered the pairing on from the group. She sat beside her dad, Mark Anderson, who’s a contestant on Joan’s season of The Golden Bachelorette.
Dancing With the Stars airs concurrently on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET, and The Golden Bachelorette debuts new episodes Wednesdays on ABC at 8 p.m. ET.