ManyofDancing With the Stars’ celebrity contestantsand their professional partnersdevelopedstrong bonds and friendships throughout the process.
Four years after competing on season 24 of the popular dance competition series in 2017, Simone Biles enlisted her former pro partner to helphercome up with agymnasticsroutine ahead of the TokyoOlympics. During the fifth episode of herSimone vs HerselfFacebook Watch series, whichaired in July 2021, theathleterevealed she brought in Sasha Farber to change up her floor routine.
“Usually, I have a different choreographer, but this year I felt like we needed to be a little bit different, spice it up,” Biles explained. “Whenever I worked with Sasha onDancing with the Stars,we always said, ‘Oh,my gosh, if we could do a floor routine, how cool would that be?’”
Throughout the Facebook Watch episode, Farber expressed his excitement to work with his former partner again. “From the first day to[being] where she is already, I can’t wait to see what it’s like in months to come,” the Australia native said at the time, noting that he hoped to bring outthe gold medalist’s“sassy” side in the new routine.
Scroll below to find out which other formerDWTSpairs have remained close after dancing up a storm in the ballroom:
