Professional dancer Jenna Johnson is revealing her current relationship struggles with fellow dancer Val Chmerkovskiy amid competing on Dancing With The Stars season 30. This is Jenna’s seventh season as a professional dancer, whereas Val has been dancing in the ballroom for a total of 17 seasons. The dancing couple has been married for two years.
For the milestone DWTS season 30, Jenna is making history by being a part of the first same-sex dancing couple ever on Dancing With The Stars. Jenna has been dancing alongside Dance Moms star and digital influencer Jojo Siwa this season. Her husband, on the other hand, has been paired with a controversial contestant this year: influencer Olivia Jade. Both dancing duos have been dominating the scoreboard thus far.
With doing well in the dancing competition comes a ton of time spent rehearsing in the studio, which means very little time spent at home. Jenna has opened up about the relationship struggles she and Val have been experiencing amid competing on DWTS this year. In an interview with Us Weekly, Jenna admitted that finding the balance between rehearsing for the show and spending alone time with each other can be difficult. Since Jenna and Val have been together since 2017, this is not their first time finding this balance. However, that doesn’t mean it ever gets easier. Jenna recalled the beginning of their relationship, saying: “It was a challenge for us to find a good balance of work life and home life because we were constantly talking about work.”
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Over the years, both Jenna and Val have made a conscious effort to find a separation between their work life and home life. Jenna explained, “We really pushed ourselves to finish work at the door, come home and just be humans, just be a married couple.” Just as they were starting to learn how to leave work talk at the door, the couple was faced with even more difficulties. Due to the stricter COVID-19 protocols this season, Jenna and Val are not allowed to live together during the duration of the season. Therefore, it’s been hard for the couple to keep the romance alive within their relationship. In an effort to do so, they check in on each other daily while also sharing “sneak peek videos” of their upcoming performances.
Although it has not been easy spending such little time together as a couple, both Jenna and Val’s hard work has been paying off. As all of the remaining dancing couples prepare for the upcoming two-night Disney theme, they’re faced with learning two dances in just one week. This means Jenna and Val were faced with another challenge this week within their marriage as they have even less free time. While it may not be easy right now, in a few months they’ll be able to make up for all of the missed time spent together.
Dancing With The Stars airs Mondays at 8pm EST on ABC.
Source: US Weekly
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