Jenna Johnson Reveals Candid Thoughts About Joey Graziadei

Whereas Jenna Johnson and Joey Graziadei have resonated with followers and with the judges, the professional dancer is admitting that she was a bit disenchanted when she discovered she was partnered with “The Bachelor” alum.

On a current episode of “The Ben and Ashley I Virtually Well-known Podcast,” Jenna Johnson opened up about her preliminary response to being paired with Joey Graziadei on the ABC dancing competitors present.

Anticipating to associate with an athlete, Jenna admitted she was stunned and a bit disenchanted when she realized she can be dancing with the previous “Bachelor” star as a substitute of former NFL participant Danny Amendola, who has been paired with Witney Carson.

“Joey is aware of this, I’ve been trustworthy with him,” she admitted on the podcast. “I feel folks suppose that we all know who we’re gonna have for a little bit bit, that’s not the case. They actually wish to make it a secret so it’s an genuine response.”

Jenna added, “However I had a sense as a result of I heard his title within the combine, and so I used to be a little bit unhappy as a result of I’ve been promised — not promised — however I’ve by no means had a soccer participant. By my time on the present I’ve by no means had a soccer participant.”

Jenna, who’s married to “DWTS” professional Val Chmerkovskiy and welcomed their son, Rome, in January 2023 went on to say, “So I form of heard Danny [Amendola, former NFL wide receiver] was going to be concerned and I used to be like, ‘That is my yr. I’m gonna get the NFL man.’”

After sharing her candid ideas with co-hosts Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti, each fellow “Bachelor” alums, she revealed that she is comfortable to be paired with Joey as “he is without doubt one of the most real people I’ve ever met.”

“I feel we simply linked actually simply and shortly and we’ve a lot enjoyable,” she stated, including that it’s “such a pleasure to work with him.” “He is a kind of annoying those who’s freakishly good at every little thing,” she stated with fun. “You simply need to punch him.”

“It’s been so superior being his associate,” she concluded.

Jenna’s current feedback come after the previous “Bachelor” star revealed that he had requested to be partnered with somebody in “a healthy relationship” to keep away from any romantic rumors as he simply grew to become engaged to Kelsey in the course of the season 28 finale of “The Bachelor.”

“[I am in] such a fantastic place in my life with every little thing that Kelsey and I’ve constructed that I didn’t need to have a distraction,” he stated on the “Virtually Well-known” podcast. “It was one thing I thought of coming in. I needed to be in a scenario the place I used to be comfy that I didn’t have to fret about quite a lot of this noise. So, I requested once I bought on the present to be paired with somebody that was in a profitable and wholesome relationship.”

“I didn’t need there to be any probability of noise on this as a result of I do know that comes with the present and the territory generally,” he added.

Regardless of Joey and Jenna each being in severe relationships with different folks, followers nonetheless speculated that one thing greater than a friendship was blossoming, which did not come as a lot of a shock to Jenna and Joey.

“We knew coming in as a Bachelor Nation factor,” Joey shared. “I feel it is comprehensible that persons are taking note of my relationship at all times, and it was one thing that Kelsey and I talked about. I made positive earlier than doing this that she was comfy with placing that into the world once more.”

“I feel that we had been extra stunned that individuals could not step away and perceive the scenario of the connection I used to be in, the connection that Jenna was in. We had been form of hoping that individuals can be a little bit bit extra conscious of that, however we weren’t essentially stunned,” he added.

“Dancing With the Stars” airs on ABC and Disney+ on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET.