DWTS’ Sasha Farber Helped Jenn Tran Focus On ‘What Really Matters’
Jenn Tran’s relationship with Dancing With the Stars partner Sasha Farber travels further than the ballroom floor. The former Bachelorette thanked the professional dancer for reminding her of “what really matters” after experiencing heartbreak on the hit ABC series shortly before joining the DWTS cast.
“He kept reminding me that it’s the stuff that’s not online that really matters, It’s your friends and family who know you the best that really matters,” Jenn, 26, explained to People in a story published on Sunday, November 10. “Right after the breakup [with Devin Strader], I was going through a lot of stuff being said online and stuff being spilled out, and I had to just turn my phone off.”
The Bachelor Nation star continued, “Sasha really helped ground me and tell me that it’s my friends and family who really matter at the end of the day and everything’s going to blow over on social media and just keep doing me because at the end of the day, I only have myself, right?”
Jenn’s journey on The Bachelorette ended in an engagement to Devin, 28, but their fairy tale quickly ended once cameras went down and they re-entered the real world.
The former couple called it quits before reuniting during the After the Final Rose live show in September, and it was less than amicable. During their heated conversation, Jenn revealed that Devin didn’t put effort into their relationship and called off their engagement over the phone.
Jenn joined the DWTS season 33 cast right after The Bachelorette finale, and she exclusively told Life & Style how the dancing competition helped her get out of a bad breakup.
“Obviously after a breakup, your confidence definitely takes a toll,” she said in a story published on September 5. “But to be here, to learn something new, to be able to move my body in ways that I didn’t know I could do before, to put on a performance in front of a lot of people, it’s definitely helping me rebuild my confidence in ways that I didn’t think that I could before.”
During Jenn’s time on DWTS, she developed a strong relationship with Sasha, 40, like most professional and celebrity partners do. However, fans speculated that there was something more than platonic going on between the two – and Jenn and Sasha had fun fueling the dating rumors, whether they were true or not.
The pair raised eyebrows when they shared a video via TikTok on October 30, one day after they were eliminated from Dancing With the Stars. In the clip, Jenn knocked on Sasha’s front door before they embraced each other while flashing wide smiles.
“Private rehearsals starting ASAP,” Jenn captioned the post.
Although neither Jenn nor Sasha have publicly addressed the dynamic of their relationship, their friends and family have had fun fueling the dating rumors.
DWTS judge Derek Hough and professional dancer Ezra Sosa approved the potential romance in the comments section of Jenn’s post.
“I ship it,” Ezra wrote, while Derek commented, “I give this a 100. Happy for you two.”