Joey Graziadei Talks ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Weight Loss

Season 33 winner of “Dancing with the Stars,” Joey Graziadei, opened up in regards to 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 types had a transformative affect on his physique, highlighting the jive specifically.

“I undoubtedly acquired slightly too skinny rapidly,” Graziadei shared. “We misplaced a lot weight throughout that week as a result of we had been simply kicking and flicking and doing a lot. Identical factor within the samba. You need to transfer a lot in these dances that I, like — [my fiancée Kelsey Anderson’s] the one which tells you, she’s like, ‘You’re trying fairly skinny.’ I’m undoubtedly getting reduce, however I’m shedding quite a lot of weight and my dimension 32 pants, I want a 30 rapidly, it looks like, ‘trigger I’m having to buckle it up so tight.”

Within the remaining weeks of the competitors, nonetheless, dance types just like the Argentine tango and modern helped Graziadei rebuild power and muscle. “We’re doing quite a lot of lifts.…I’m truly holding up Jenna and having to do quite a lot of reps,” he defined. “And it looks 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 quite a lot of legs and higher physique it’s a must to do to sort of be robust throughout that.”

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

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 know the way I felt. I actually blacked out,” Graziadei advised Us Weekly after the win. “I bear 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 a couple of 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 proficient individuals. I imply it after I say that you’ve got modified my life for the higher. Nobody can query your artistic genius and expertise. You actually 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 pals. And thanks to all of YOU! This could have by no means been attainable with out the help 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 help of her husband, Val Chmerkovskiy, who introduced the trophy.

“I felt a lot sheer love and pleasure,” she shared with Us Weekly. “He’s been my primary supporter by means 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 dad and mom to their 22-month-old son, Rome.