Vanderpump Rules star Ariana Madix is living her best life right now. She is competing in Season 32 of Dancing with the Stars. She is partnered with Pasha Pashkov, and the duo is getting good scores.
And she is putting Scandoval in the rear-view. Ariana is so determined that she danced during Motown Week with a foot injury. Another bonus from joining DWTS? Making some fantastic new friends. PEOPLE has the scoop.
Ariana met an icon
“Everyone is super, super nice and everyone is all really supportive of each other,” Ariana stated. A big bonus was meeting a television legend.
“I was really excited to meet Barry [Williams] because growing up I was a big Brady Bunch fan, and he’s the absolute sweetest,” the VPR star stated. “He’s incredible.”
Ariana also bonded with another cast member. “And I would be remiss if I didn’t mention my girl Lele [Pons] that I met only a few weeks ago. I love her so much and we’ve just been kind of like in each other’s corners with this whole process.”
“We were tango sisters the first week, then we were samba sisters the second week … I love watching her and supporting her. I think she’s killing it. And she’s just been really supportive of me too,” she added.
Ariana has channeled her emotions from Tom Sandoval’s betrayal into her dancing. “I mean, not every day is all fun all the time, but I’ve always really enjoyed creative self-expression and healing through creative self-expression,” the Pump Rules star stated. Dancing can be therapeutic.
“I think that with dancing, that is something that I’ve really been experiencing and I just want to keep that going,” Ariana said. She continued, “I love it so much and I do feel really free out there and I am really having the time of my life.”
Dancing with the Stars airs on Tuesdays at 8/7c on ABC and Disney+.
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