Joey Graziadei Talks ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Weight Loss

Season 33 winner of “Dancing with the Stars,” Joey Graziadei, opened up concerning the bodily and emotional toll of the competitors.

Earlier than claiming the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy alongside professional accomplice Jenna Johnson, Joey Graziadei mirrored on his weight reduction journey throughout his time on the ABC present.

Throughout an look on the “Lightweights Podcast with Joe Vulpis,” Graziadei revealed how sure dance kinds had a transformative impression on his physique, highlighting the jive particularly.

“I positively acquired a little bit too skinny rapidly,” Graziadei shared. “We misplaced a lot weight throughout that week as a result of we have been simply kicking and flicking and doing a lot. Similar factor within the samba. You must transfer a lot in these dances that I, like — [my fiancée Kelsey Anderson’s] the one which tells you, she’s like, ‘You’re wanting fairly skinny.’ I’m positively getting minimize, however I’m shedding plenty of weight and my measurement 32 pants, I want a 30 unexpectedly, it seems like, ‘trigger I’m having to buckle it up so tight.”

Within the remaining weeks of the competitors, nevertheless, dance kinds just like the Argentine tango and modern helped Graziadei rebuild energy and muscle. “We’re doing plenty of lifts.…I’m truly holding up Jenna and having to do plenty of reps,” he defined. “And it seems like, the one factor I can evaluate it to, is like I simply labored out, like an higher physique exercise, each single time we do these lifts as a result of there’s plenty of legs and higher physique it’s a must to do to form of be robust throughout that.”

Graziadei shared his ideas on the bodily modifications he skilled by way of the competitors, calling the method outstanding. “The transformation of your physique by way of dancing is wild,” he mentioned, including that he’s keen to maintain dancing sooner or later. “If I might do that on daily basis, I might as a result of I might by no means be out of form and it’s wonderful.”

All through season 33 of “Dancing with the Stars,” Graziadei persistently impressed, typically topping the leaderboard alongside his partner Jenna Johnson. His exhausting work paid off within the Tuesday, November 26, season finale when he made historical past as the primary former “Bachelor” to win the Mirrorball Trophy.

“I don’t even understand how I felt. I actually blacked out,” Graziadei advised Us Weekly after the win. “I keep in mind this [trophy] was heavier than I believed it was going to be and that was about it. That’s the place we’re at now. And now we’re right here.”

Graziadei took to Instagram on Saturday, November 30, to mirror on his “Dancing with the Stars” journey and categorical his gratitude to Johnson, in a heartfelt tribute.

“After just a few days it’s lastly beginning to settle in that this season of @dancingwiththestars has come to an finish and we’re champions…,” he started. “Jenna, from the underside of my coronary heart I need to say THANK YOU. Thanks for crafting the expertise of a lifetime. Thanks for pushing me to be higher than I believed I might ever be. Thanks for believing in me and making me really feel like I belonged in a room filled with exceptionally gifted individuals. I imply it after I say that you’ve modified my life for the higher. Nobody can query your inventive genius and expertise. You really deserve this and I couldn’t be happier for you.”

He continued, “Final however not least, I need to thank my lovely fiancée, my loving household, and buddies. And thanks to all of YOU! This is able to have by no means been potential with out the assist and love of all of you every week. Thanks for believing in me, voting for me, and bringing a lot pleasure to my life. I like you all.”

Johnson mirrored on the emotional second, expressing her gratitude for the assist of her husband, Val Chmerkovskiy, who offered the trophy.

“I felt a lot sheer love and pleasure,” she shared with Us Weekly. “He’s been my primary supporter by way of this. He’s been mommy and daddy for us proper now whereas I’ve been preparing for this finale. So, I’m simply so grateful for him.” The couple, married since 2019, are mother and father to their 22-month-old son, Rome.