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Weeks before Julian Hough and The Bachelor alum Tanner Cortad met for dinner, he might have gotten a kick out of her dating mindset.
Cortad, 31, was spotted in Dancing with the stars ballroom during the live semi-final show on November 19. He sat down next to Kelsey AndersonI applaud eventual winner Joey Graziadei. (Cortad attended many DWTS season 33 episodes in support of the 29-year-old ex-Bachelor.)
“Couldn’t be more proud of you my man! It’s been a wild ride watching you dance week after week,” Cortad wrote via Instagram last month before DWTS final. “Your attention to detail and work ethic are second to none. No wonder you are doing great things. Thanks for taking me with you. Now go win the whole damn thing!”
In addition to Graziadei and pro partner Jenna Johnson slaying both of his semifinal matches, the 36-year-old Howe got in on the action. Amid her hosting duties, Hough performed a surprise number prepared to the viral TikTok sound of “Looking for a man in finance.”
Julianne Gaff had her fair share of relationships before marrying — and later splitting — from ex-husband Brooks Leich. The Dancing With the Stars host was introduced to Laich by her Curve co-star Teddy Sears in December 2013. Us Weekly confirmed in February 2014 that Laich and Hough were dating and the couple was engaged (…)
“Well, you know, I’m single and I’m looking for a boyfriend anywhere I can find one,” Hough quipped afterward.
Landlord Alfonso Ribeiro then joked that any interested suitors could “text Julian’s little name” for a date, recounting the typical way he and Hugh called DWTS votes every week.
“That won’t work, please don’t,” Hough added with a smile.
Julian Hough Disney/Eric McCandless
Adjournment to Thursday, December 5, when Howe and Cortad were spotted enjoying dinner at the Sportsman’s Lodge Mall in Studio City, California.
Cortad was one of them Charity Lawsonsuitors of The Bachelor season 20 where he meets Graziadei. Cortad didn’t get his last rose then either appeared on Bachelor in Paradise in the summer of 2023, but he also left single. He was too spotted with Brittany Cartwright in the background of his divorce from Jax Taylor.
Howe, meanwhile, was previously married to Brooks Leich between 2017 and 2020 Before their divorce, she publicly came out as “incorrect” but still believes that the One will be a man.
Julianne Gaff is an open book when it comes to her sexuality. The Dancing With the Stars co-host previously revealed that he’s “not heterosexual” while speaking to Women’s Health for a 2019 cover story. At the time, she was married to former NHL player Brooks Leich. (The couple split in 2020 after almost (…)
“I feel like I’m going to end up with a man,” she said on “The Jamie Kern Lima Show” in September. “I want to live and vibrate at the pace of my most authentic self to be what attracts anyone as opposed to putting what I think I want and need and then I will literally create it by force.”
According to Howe, she is looking for a “partner” to “build a life” with and start a family.
“People are like, ‘Well, what are you looking for?’ And I’m like, ‘I’m a master manifester.’ I don’t want to put out exactly what I think I want because I’m going to get it,” Hough added at the time. “There are certain feelings that I want to have in a relationship and there are certain qualities and values that are important to me (and) certain things which are not negotiable.’
