Bumping and grinding on 'DWTS' leads to off-screen hookups between dancers, stars
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Who needs “The Bachelor”?
“Dancing With the Stars” is prime-time’s most compelling dating show.
All the bumping, grinding and half-naked bodies have both pros and celebrities hopping in the sack like teenagers on prom night.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“When you have two single people in a room and you are spending so much time together, it’s natural to have chemistry and to be curious,” longtime pro Cheryl Burke tells The Post.
“All of a sudden you think you are in love because you are grinding on each other seven days a week.”
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Backstage love connections happen “a lot more than people know,” pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy confirms.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}And they rarely end well.
One celebrity nearly left his wife for a pro who has bedded as many as four other participants, an on-set source reveals.
“They all fool around with each other,” the insider says. “The problem is that many of these people are married. It is disgusting!”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}While much of their time at work is spent in front of producers and cameras, the dancing partners often retreat to L.A nightclubs for late-night rendezvous.
Last month, Pamela Anderson fueled speculation of a budding romance when she invited partner Tristan MacManus on a Mexican vacation, during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
“Pam is totally into him, but Tristan is madly in love with his girlfriend [Australian model Tahyna Tozzi, 26],” our spy says.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The show has no official policy about workplace hookups, but producers are often faced with cleaning up the mess when a showmance fizzles out.
All-Star contestant Shawn Johnson had “a nasty breakup” with pro Mark Ballas after they won the mirrorball trophy in season eight, a source says. “That’s why they couldn’t be paired up again [for the All-Star shows].”
Both parties have denied the affair.
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