Ezra Sosa and Anna Delvey could have left the dance ground, however their friendship remains to be going sturdy.
Whereas attending the DirecTV Will get Actual celebration hosted by DirecTV, PEOPLE and Leisure Weekly on Sept. 26, Sosa — who was partnered with Delvey for season 33 of Dancing with the Stars — instructed PEOPLE the pair have stayed in contact since they have been eradicated from the truth competitors present through the second episode on Sept. 24.
“We’re texting daily,” he says. “Sure, we’re. She’s like, ‘It’s important to come to New York!’ And I used to be like, ‘Do you miss me?’ She goes, ‘Positive.’ However each single time she says certain it means sure. Like, I sort of have her down slightly bit.”
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Sosa, 23, who was promoted to professional dancer this season, additionally addressed Delvey’s quite blunt response to their elimination from the present. When requested by host Julianne Hough what she was taking from her expertise on the present, the convicted con artist, 33, gave a one-word reply: “Nothing.”
On the time, Sosa appeared shocked by her response, elevating his eyebrows in shock. However the dancer instructed PEOPLE he thinks Delvey’s response was really “iconic.” He recalled that he might inform within the second that his dance accomplice was “furious” after they weren’t introduced as being “secure” from elimination.
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“So after we’re strolling proper subsequent to Julianne, she requested her that query, I used to be — I’m not going to lie — I used to be slightly nervous what she was going to say,” he remembers. “However with what she mentioned, I believe it was very iconic.”
Sosa mentioned he’s “actually pleased with how [Delvey] ended [her run on the show]” as a result of she stayed true to herself. “With me being her accomplice on the present, I wished her to point out totally different sides of herself to America, but additionally I don’t need her to ever change who she is, as a result of I actually assume she’s so sensible and every little thing,” he explains.
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As he mirrored on the pair’s expertise on DWTS collectively, Sosa mentioned he’s grateful for the entire assist they acquired from each the followers and present producers and that it was Delvey who was by his facet for his first season as a professional.
“I felt like I used to be in nice arms and getting to bounce with Anna and letting her confide in me, and exhibiting a distinct facet of herself to me, I really feel so grateful that she even felt that snug round me,” he tells PEOPLE. “Yeah, I’m simply so pleased that she was my first accomplice. Actually, actually.”
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Now that he’s merely a spectator watching from the sidelines, Sosa says he’s rooting for former Bachelor star Joey Graziadei and professional Jenna Johnson to take dwelling the Mirrorball Trophy. “I simply bumped into them, and that’s the very first thing that got here to my head,” he jokes.
Dancing with the Stars season 33 airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, with the episode accessible to stream the following day on Hulu.
