DWTS’ Olivia Jade ‘had a small crush’ on partner Val Chmerkovskiy but now ‘views him like a brother’ after hookup rumors
OLIVIA Jade had a “little crush” on her Dancing With The Stars partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, but now views him “like a brother” following hookup rumors, The Sun can reveal.
The infamous YouTuber slammed rumors she was having an affair with the married dance pro – who’s wife is DWTS’ Jenna Johnson – in a TikTok video last month.
While a source exclusively told The Sun that there is “for sure” no romantic relationship between Olivia, 22, and Val, 35, they admitted she did initially have a crush on the dancer.
The insider claimed: ”There is for sure nothing going on with Olivia and Val.
“She is close with both him and his wife because she genuinely cares so passionately about the show but that’s it.
“She for sure thinks he’s cute and maybe originally had a little crush but looks up to him now like a brother. His advice means a lot to her.”
Last week, Olivia raised eyebrows as she responded to a TikTok post from a woman who alleged to working on the set of DWTS.
In the original clip, the content creator, @dearjane1, claimed that while working on the ABC competition series, she was approached by a “male cast mate with a strange request.”
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The TikTok account claimed the dancer requested “for his wife not to come near his trailer.”
She added that the dancer in question “and his wife are never seen on set together,” before alleging to have heard the “dancer and young female dancer partner/contestant giggling.”
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While she didn’t name specific names, many fans believed it was clear she was referring to Olivia with many tagging her in the original video.
In the clip Olivia posted to her page, she played out the video and then jumped in at the end.
Appearing amused by the speculation, Olivia said: “I just want to clear the air before this goes any further or this video blows up any more.
“First of all, the woman who posted it blocked me and somebody sent me this video.
“I’m just gonna be super blunt and straight up and say Val and I are not hooking up, we have never hooked up.”
SQUASHING ‘AFFAIR’ RUMORS
Olivia continued to explain: “This is a complete rumor. We’re genuinely really good friends and I adore his wife.
“It’s literally just a dance show and we’re just friends and I don’t know why everything always has to be something.
“But I’ve obviously already seen a ton of negative comments and, yeah, I mean, I get it if it was true, but it’s not.
“So let’s end this here and lets f**king dance and have fun on this show and not create lies.”
She concluded the scathing video by labeling the rumors “not cool,” and left it at that.
Following Olivia’s response, the original video has since been deleted.
Val has been married to wife Jenna Johnson, 27, since 2019.
She is also a pro on the show and this season, Jenna made history when she got partnered with JoJo Siwa – making them the first same-sex pair on the series.
Last week, Olivia and Val raked in high scores after nearly getting sent home the Monday before while landing in the bottom two.
‘PEOPLE DON’T LIKE ME’
Reflecting on not receiving many votes from viewers, the beauty influencer confessed in her intro package that she’s aware most of the audience may not be huge fans of hers.
“I guess people just don’t like me,” she said after landing in the bottom two last week despite having high scores.
“But I want to stay in this competition and give people no choice but to vote for me.”
Her partner, Val, appeared to agree with her sentiment, and replied: “We don’t have the luxury of getting a lot of votes so we have to step it up in other ways.”
Complete with terrifying makeup, they did a Paso Doble to a Halloween theme and received praise from the judges.
They received a 9 from each of the panelists, giving them a total score of 36 out of 40 and moved on to tonight’s episode – which will be themed around the iconic rock band, Queen.
Dancing With The Stars airs on Monday’s at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
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