Brooks Nader and Gleb Savchenko are taking their ballroom chemistry into the real world following their elimination from Dancing With the Stars earlier this week.
“Brooks and Gleb plan on seeing each other post-DWTS, they’re still having fun together,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “They will still be spending time together not rehearsing and are excited to be living life without having such a rigorous rehearsal schedule.”
The duo were sent home on the Tuesday, October 15, Dedication Night episode of the ABC competition series. They earned a score of 32 out of 40 points for their salsa to J Balvin and Willy William’s “Mi Gente,” which they dedicated to Nader’s sisters Mary Holland, Grace Ann and Sarah Jane.
“It’s been amazing and we had so much fun,” Nader, 27, told cohosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough after learning her DWTS fate. Savchenko, 41, gushed about his partner’s performance by stating, “I want to thank you for an amazing season, it was so unexpected. I had a blast working with you. You are super talented and I love you.”
The model and pro dancer sparked romance rumors from the very beginning of this season, which premiered last month. “We have a good energy. Like, I think we got good vibes. I mean, it’s nice to be in the room for five hours a day with someone that you get along with,” Savchenko exclusively told Us after the season 33 cast announcement on September 4. Addressing Nader, he added, “And also, you know, looking like that. … She’s hot.”
Nader, for her part, told Us that she “felt the same way,” stating, “It’s perfect. It’s so, like, annoying when you’re trying to learn something and you have to look at [Gleb], but no, we’ll work it out.”
The two even shared a near-kiss in a rehearsal video package shown during DWTS’ September 24 episode. “I kiss everyone I know. All my friends,” Nader exclusively told Us of the moment after dancing a quickstep to “9 to 5” by Dolly Parton. “I love to kiss, so, like, don’t take it to heart. Don’t take offense. It’s just a peck.”
Less than one week later, a separate source exclusively told Us that Nader and Savchenko were officially “hooking up,” adding, “It’s casual for now, and they’re both just having fun.”
Us confirmed in May that Nader and her estranged husband, Billy Haire, were getting a divorce after four years of marriage. Savchenko, for his part, was married to Elena Samodanova for 14 years before they parted ways in 2020. (The exes share daughters Olivia, 13, and Zlata, 7.)
Nader — who got matching tattoos with Savchenko earlier this month — called her DWTS partnership with him “a blessing” while exclusively chatting with Us on October 8. “It was an instant connection and chemistry,” she shared. “We don’t get to pick out partners, so we have no idea until we meet them that first day who it is. It was definitely a sign from some universe that I got paired with Gleb.”
Dancing With the Stars airs simultaneously on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. You can stream episodes on Disney+ the next day.
