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Val Chmerkovskiy confessed that he used to get jealous of other men dancing with his wife, Jenna Johnson.
“I think it’s such a taboo thing and people catch feelings about it. So I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings because [of] that insecurity I feel, too,” the Dancing With the Stars pro, 38, said on the Monday, February 24 episode of the “Sibling Revelry With Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson” podcast. “I don’t feel it anymore, but I’ve had situations.”
While Chmerkovskiy has worked through his previous feelings, he confessed that sometimes the sensitivity comes back up, like when Johnson, 30, was partnered — and won — with Joey Graziadei last season.
“Even this season, my wife was partnered with Joey who is a previous Bachelor,” Chmerkovskiy recalled. “He had just got engaged and he has a beautiful fiancee and an amazing relationship. But he [was] a frontrunner on [the] season, he’s on fire on social media. He’s got incredible virality.”
Chmerkovskiy explained that he wasn’t worried about Johnson and Graziadei’s partnership thanks to his practice of “self-discipline, trust and good communication.”
“From a human level it’s weird,” he admitted. “But from a professional dancer level, who has dedicated 30 years of his life to telling stories through this medium, I’m telling this grown ass man to [grope] my wife like a f—ing man.”
Chmerkovskiy added that for him, what’s most important is putting in the “work” to make a good dance, whether that’s for him and his dance partner or Johnson with hers.
“The most important thing is that I love dance. I can’t enjoy dance without you being a part of it … I have an intention, I need you,” he said. “I need you to be great. I need you to be happy, I need you to be in love because I want my dance to be what I know you can be. We need to be on the same page, we need to do all of that.”
As for Chmerkovskiy’s take on getting attached to his dance partner, he said he sees his fellow dancer like a team member.
“If I’m an honest husband, I’m not gonna catch feelings that are irresponsible,” he shared. “I’m gonna catch other feelings [like] chemistry [and] camaraderie. Chemistry is not always sexual. There’s chemistry between teammates, it’s camaraderie.”
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When Chmerkovskiy has a dance partner who isn’t single, he likes to incorporate double dates to strengthen their bond.
“If you got a significant other, we’re gonna go on a date,” he reflected. “I’m going to really clearly communicate to him or her that ‘Val loves dance and he wants his partner to execute it to the level I’m used to executing at.’”
Chmerkovskiy and Johnson met while working together on Dancing With the Stars and started dating in 2015. They tied the knot four years later. In January 2023, the couple welcomed their first child, son Rome.
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