Sasha Farber Responds to Jenn Tran's Ex Devin Strader's Name Diss
Oh snap! Dancing With the Stars pro Sasha Farber had an epic response to his season 33 partner Jenn Tran‘s ex Devin Strader dissing him for having a “girl’s name.”
“The name Sasha is short for Alexander,” Sasha, 40, wrote in a Monday, November 11, Instagram Story. “You know who else had the name Alexander the Great!!! FYI,” he added along with a laughing emoji.
The response came after Devin, 28, replied to a fan who wrote in the comments of his November 9 Instagram post, “Jenn found a great guy his name is Sasha,” hinting at speculation Jenn, 26, is dating her DWTS partner. “That’s a girl’s name,” he wrote in response.
Some users chastised Devin for being childish.
One person told him, “Devin is also a girl’s name.” Another user wrote referring to Jenn, “Not only did she dodge a bullet with you but a whole ass grenade. You don’t want to come for Sasha … He’s a straight 10. You on the other hand … you’re tall. Congrats.”
“Sasha is half the man you should aspire to be. Someone degrading other people’s significant others in the comments isn’t a man. That’s a boy,” a user noted, while another commented, “Everyone would kindly leave you alone if you leave her hot new boyfriend‘s name out of your gummy mouth.”
Devin eventually wrote to those critical of his comment, “Hey! STFU! This is my Instagram!”
Sasha and Jenn were eliminated in week 7 of DWTS on the October 29 episode, despite receiving their first 10 of the season and winning their dance-off against Olympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik and pro Rylee Arnold.
The duo hinted that their story together wasn’t over despite the elimination when they shared a cryptic TikTok video on October 31.
“Private rehearsals starting ASAP,” Jenn wrote on the clip, which showed herself knocking on Sasha’s door at home. Sasha then opened the door, and they embraced in a sweet hug.
“When one door closes another door opens,” Jenn mouthed along to a viral sound in the clip. “We so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the ones that open for us.”
Some fans in the comments believed that Jenn and Sasha were “soft launching” a romance, while DWTS members seemed to think so as well.
“I give this a 100 [smiling emoji] Happy for you two,” judge Derek Hough wrote alongside a red heart emoji. Meanwhile, professional dancer Ezra Sosa commented, “I ship it.”
Jenn’s brother, James, fueled dating rumors with a curious comment he left on a November 3 video she shared on Instagram, documenting her journey on DWTS.
“Am I a star or are you a star?” Jenn asked Sasha during a rehearsal, referencing the show’s name. He grabbed her hand and sweetly responded, “You are my star!”
“When’s the wedding rehearsal?” James asked
Jenn and Sasha continued to fuel dating speculation when they attended the Los Angeles premiere of Wicked on November 9 as each other’s dates.
Jenn picked Devin as her final rose recipient on season 21 of The Bachelorette. While he proposed in the show’s finale — which was filmed in June — the pair had split by the time it aired on September 3, as Jenn revealed she was dumped via a phone call.
“I promised my life to somebody who I thought was going to put every effort into the relationship. I didn’t feel that. I felt like I was secondary to everything in his life,” she said through tears during the After the Final Rose special. “He wasn’t introducing me to his family anymore. Every little thing made me feel secondary to his life and I didn’t understand why.”
After the pair had an awkward first encounter since their split during ATFR, Jenn said she was glad to finally get “closure” during a September 4 appearance on Good Morning America the morning after her split from Devin was revealed. “I just needed to get that off my chest and start a clean slate and move on with my life,” she shared.
“I was so happy, and I was so ready to start our life together. But I had realized that his energy had shifted, and his priorities had shifted. He wasn’t the same person on the show as he was off the show,” Jenn added. “I am very confident in knowing that’s still what I want. Unfortunately, he just wasn’t the man he talked himself up to be.”