On the Tuesday, December 3, episode of the Lightweights Podcast, dancer Val Chmerkovskiy revealed his opinions on having romantic relationships between the present’s professionals and their superstar companions, admitting he is “been responsible” of that dynamic up to now.

“Very long time in the past, my first couple of seasons, I have been given companions that I did have romantic exchanges with — extremely unprofessional to take action in my thoughts,” he instructed host Joe Vulpis.

“Throughout the season, I really feel like that was a bit irresponsible at occasions,” he admitted.

Chmerkovskiy defined he believes any such romance is inappropriate as a result of he “is there as their instructor,” and there must be a stage of boundaries. “Like, do not s–t the place you eat form of factor comes into play,” he added.

Val, after all, is now married to fellow dance professional Jenna Johnson. The 2 tied the knot in 2019 and welcomed their first youngster in 2023.

“I am very critical about my job and my craft. And so to have allowed myself to become involved throughout… now after this season, that is completely different. We’re each adults, we’re not at work,” he continued. “However throughout the season, I really feel like that was a bit irresponsible at occasions.”

“Behind closed doorways, I undermined my very own season by doing that,” he shared.

In the latest season of DWTS, there was definitely some romance buzzing behind the scenes.

Sasha Farber and Bachelorette alum Jenn Tran had been hit with courting hypothesis, whereas Gleb Savchenko despatched to Brooks Nader had been clearly an merchandise.