Joey Graziadei Reveals His Special Request After Joining ‘DWTS’

Because the “Bachelorette” fan-favorite ready to tackle an entire new sort of competitors, he made certain the present knew precisely what he wanted in a dance companion.

Joey Graziadei wished to prioritize his relationship with Kelsey Anderson whereas navigating the challenges of the ballroom.

The fact star, who grew to become engaged to Kelsey throughout the season 28 finale of “The Bachelor,” talked about that he was in “such an important place in my life with every part that Kelsey and I’ve constructed that I didn’t need to have a distraction.”

“It was one thing I considered coming in,” Joey mentioned on the “Nearly Well-known” podcast of how followers would analyze his partnership on “Dancing With the Stars.” “I wished to be in a scenario the place I used to be comfy that I didn’t have to fret about numerous this noise. So, I requested after I received on the present to be paired with somebody that was in a profitable and wholesome relationship.”

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

Joey is partnered with Jenna Johnson, who’s married to fellow “DWTS” professional Val Chmerkovskiy.

“I feel it’s very apparent that my relationship is thought on the present. I imply, I’ve a baby [and] my husband’s on the present as properly,” Jenna chimed in. “I believed, , individuals would clearly know that Joey’s engaged.”

Joey additionally famous that going into the competitors, he made certain that his fiancée was “comfy with placing that into sort of the world once more.”

“We’re in most likely the very best spot we’ve been [on the show] now with Kelsey being extra vocal,” Joey mentioned on the podcast.

Kelsey additionally addressed her fiancé’s relationship together with his dance companion.

“So many individuals are like, ‘Kelsey, why is Jenna touching your man like that?’ And truthfully, I don’t know, perhaps as a result of it’s her job,” she shared in a TikTok video. “Possibly as a result of she’s knowledgeable dancer and he or she has to the touch him to bounce. I don’t know, that’s my understanding of it.”

“I’ve to have a sure stage of safety to undergo all that, and Joey and I are nonetheless collectively and powerful after a yr of all that craziness,” Anderson continued. “Joey can be the kind of man to provide me the safety that I want or give me the reassurance that I want and deserve in {our relationships}.”

She later added that if she and Joey may deal with relationship on actuality TV—with 31 different ladies vying for his consideration initially—then she may positively “survive watching him dance with a married lady who has a cute little child boy.”

Jenna shared on Thursday that Kelsey’s public feedback in regards to the scenario have helped scale back the variety of remarks she and Joey obtain.

“Kelsey’s unbelievable. She’s been so supportive throughout this entire expertise,” Jenna shared. “Clearly, my husband loves Joey and is so supportive. So I feel we may have requested for higher companions on this scenario.”

On September 17, Joey made his “DWTS” debut alongside companion Jenna Johnson, performing to Tyler Hubbard’s “Dancing within the Nation.” Earlier than his second week on “Dancing With the Stars,” the Bachelor Nation star underwent a minor process to scale back moisture on his silk shirts.

A video posted on the Velour Medical Spa TikTok account was captioned, “Botox within the underarms treats hyperhidrosis & helps scale back pit stains!” Within the clip, the 29-year-old actuality star was proven sitting shirtless in a chair because the injections got below his arms.

Joey is competing towards Jenn Tran, Danny Amendola, Dwight Howard, Chandler Kinney, Ilona Maher, Brooks Nader, Phaedra Parks, Eric Roberts, Stephen Nederoscik, and Reginald VelJohnson. Tori Spelling and Anna Delvey have been eradicated.

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