Jen Tran and Sasha Farber have retained fans — and us — on their toes about whether they’re pursuing romance.
After accepting a proposal from Devin Strader on The Bachelor season 21, Tran revealed during a live episode of After the Final Rose in September that he called off their engagement while the show was airing. The following day, Tran was cast in season 33 of the Dancing with the stars.
Like Tran started “treatment” in the form of dancing, she established a relationship with Farber. The two sparked romance rumors later that month when Farber called Tran “baby” in a TikTok posted to her account.
After being eliminated from the reality series in Week 6, Tran suggested that the two of them would continue to dance — and spend time together. “Private rehearsals starting ASAP,” she wrote via TikTok in October.
As they continued to put on their dancing shoes in their own time, Tran raised an eyebrow when he admitted that he living under one roof like Farber. “Sometimes I crash on his couch,” she said Us Weekly and other commercial establishments in DWTS season 33 finaleto which Farber quipped, “She needs to look for a house.”
So where do they stand? Scroll down to see the timeline of their relationship:
Sasha sent DWTS fans into a frenzy by calling Jen a ‘baby’
Farber showed off her loving moniker for Tran as they filmed TikTok eating an ice cream cone. “Honey, can I have some?” Farber asked Tran who refused him a try. “That’s so rude.”
The key to their chemistry
Farber and Tran frequently lashed out at each other during press for the show. “He’s just an amazing coach. Every week we get stronger and stronger, closer and closer,” Tran said us on week 2. “I really feel like we’ve built such a great foundation.”
Tran noted that she “really” trusts Farber, placing a hand on his shoulder. “And that trust gets stronger every day,” she said, to which Farber replied, “Why do you touch me every time? I can’t say enough how proud I am.”
“Air” couple
DWTS guest judge Gene Simmons joined the speculation when he called Tran and Farber “make a steaming pair”. The couple was unfazed by his comment.
“Listen, he’s an icon. The evening is rock and roll. It’s Hair Metal Night,” Farber said us. “And if you think of an icon, what icon would you think is bigger than Gene Simmons? No one. So to get him to say that – I’ll take whatever he says.
Jen Tran’s time on Dancing With the Stars was a healing experience, especially thanks to her partner Sacha Farber. Tran, 26, was announced as part of the season 33 cast just hours after her dramatic split from Devin Strader aired on The Bachelorette in September. In a recent interview with People, Tran pointed out that Farber, 40, (…)
To kiss the girl — or not
Before Disney Night DWTS in October, Tran was seen in the package before the dance asking Farber if he was going to “kiss the girl” after they danced to “Kiss the Girl” from The Little Mermaid. Farber finally kissed her on the forehead after the dance.
Tran said later us that they chose to keep their routine as accurate to the Disney film as possible, noting that Princess Ariel and Prince Eric “don’t kiss.”
“We wanted to do the scene justice and make it like the movie,” she said us. “We don’t want to make up things that didn’t happen in the movie, that would be crazy.”
Carrie Ann Inaba weighs in
DWTS Judge Inaba noted in October that Farber and Tran “they have a really great relationship,” but clarified that she didn’t mean to imply that they were more than friends.
“When I talk about (their) chemistry, I don’t mean it in a sexual way. In partner dancing, it really helps to have a natural chemistry where you can feel your partner,” she said Entertainment Weekly. “You can kind of predict where they’re going because there’s just a constant connection.”
‘Private Rehearsals’ After ‘DWTS’ Elimination
After their elimination of DWTSTran shared a TikTok in October when she knocked on Farber’s home. Farber opened the door and the two embraced.
“When one door closes, another door opens,” Tran Lip lip syncs in the clip. “So often we look so long and regretfully at the closed door that we do not see those that open for us.”
Fellow DWTS cast members took to the comments section to share their support. “I give this a 100. I’m happy for you both ❤️,” judge Derek Hough wrote while Ezra Sosa commented, “Sending it.”
Sosa posted the same audio on his page, captioning the clip, “This whole time (I’ve been) (sending) the wrong pair 🥲.” (Sosa seemed to mean DWTS season 33 couple Brooks Nader and Gleb Savchenko.)
Support from Jen’s brother
Tran and Farber got the stamp of approval from her brother, James. “When is the wedding rehearsal? 🤔,” James commented on their montage on Tran’s Instagram DWTS moments.
Bachelor Nation weighs in
Ex-Bachelor and DWTS season 29 winner Caitlin Bristow said during an October episode of her “Off the Vine” podcast that Tran and Farber are “definitely” dating.
Bristow explained that she had recently spoken to Farber on the phone. “I thought, ‘Well, do you just love your partner and your time with Jen?'” He said, “I really do,” Bristow recalled. “He was really picking her up and I was like, ‘Are there flirtatious emotions?'” He says, “It’s a dance, there’s always flirtatious emotions.”
Coordinating outfits
Tran and Farber were spotted in similar outfits while out and about in Los Angeles in November and color-coordinated their looks at a farmers market later that month.
Dancing With the Stars season 33 couple Jen Tran and Sasha Farber’s alleged romance seems to have gotten the thumbs up from her brother James Tran. In a sweet Instagram montage on Sunday, Nov. 3, Jen, 26, reminisced about her DWTS journey. The clip opens with the Season 21 Bachelorette crying during After the Finale (…)
Sasha helped Jen “land”.
Tran credits Farber with helping her deal with the aftermath of the breakup. “He kept reminding me that the things that aren’t online are really important, your friends and family who know you best are really important,” she said people in November. “Immediately after the breakup, I experienced a lot of things being said online and coming out, and I had to just turn off my phone.”
She continued: “Sasha really helped to set me free and told me that my friends and family are the ones that really matter at the end of the day and it’s all going to disappear on social media and just keep doing me because at the end of the day “I only have myself, don’t I?”
Devin enters the chat
Strader shared a series of photos via Instagram in November and threw shade at Farber in the comments section. “Jen found a great boy, his name is Sasha,” one user wrote, to which Strader replied: “It’s a girls name (sic).”
Farber continued to clarify the origin of his name. “The name Sasha is short for Alexander,” Farber wrote via her Instagram story in November. “You know who else had the same name, Alexander the Great!!! FYI 😂.”
BFFs for Life
During the performance of Tish Cyruspodcast, “Sorry, We’re Cyrus,” Tran said that she and Farber are “BFFs for life.” Cyrus subsequently mentioned Farber as Tran’s boyfriend later in the episode. “Oh my God! If you say boyfriend, he freaks out,” Tran quipped.
Let’s live together
After Tran said on the Sorry We’re Cyrus podcast that she’s figuring out a place to live and “this is probably Sasha’s couch right now,” she gave an update on her living situation.
“Sometimes I crash on his couch,” she told Us and other outlets after the November season finale of DWTS. “I’m also out of an apartment very soon and he has five bedrooms in (his) place.”
Farber noted that Tran would stay at her home when “they had a lot of rehearsals.” DWTS.
Kaitlyn Bristowe is further fueling rumors that Jen Tran and Sasha Farber are more than just friends. “(Jen) and Sasha are dating for sure,” Bristow, 39, speculated during the Thursday, Oct. 31, episode of her “Off the Vine” podcast, which was taped weeks earlier. “I just have to ask them because I’m friends with both of them (…)
“The cutest couple”
Tran and Farber attended DWTS co-owner Alfonso Ribeirogathers for thanksgiving with his wife, Angelaand the pair were photographed eating next to each other. “The cutest couple: Sasha and Jen,” Angela wrote via Instagram.
Cologne
Tran said during a December TikTok that Farber wore a similar cologne to her former Bachelorette contestant Sam McKinney.
“I thought, ‘Oh my God, I smell Sam M right now,'” Tran said. “Isn’t it crazy how a cologne or smell can just take you back to a certain time period? Because I was like, “This smells really familiar.” Like, “Who do I know?” And then it was just flashback after flashback.”
It looks like Jen Tran’s relationship with Dancing With the Stars pro Sasha Farber is stronger than ever. Although their DWTS journey came to an end following the elimination of Tran, 27, and Farber, 40, during the Oct. 31 episode of Halloween Night, Tran looked cozy on Farber’s couch in a TikTok video posted by Tran (…)
“Stay Friends”
While all signs pointed to dating, things got weird in December when Tran shared a long-term relationship Instagram a tribute to her time DWTS and praised Farber for helping to “heal a wound you didn’t make.” At the time, Farber commented, “Awww, thank you, you’ve blossomed into a beautiful dancer, I hope we can stay friends and keep in touch! 🙏🙌🏻.”
Hours later, Farber picked up Instagram to share a cute photo of Tran holding his dog. “She says I’ll take Ruby for a walk and when she says that she means I’ll take her everywhere 😂😍,” he wrote, to which Tran commented, “I love Ruby as a friend😍 hope she stays with me touch! “
Farber may just be trolling as fans are fixated on their status, but only time will tell.
