Romantic getaway in Provence with @meryledavis and her fiancé driving the dream roads of the Luberon. Looking forward for their wedding with @matthewrobbinsdesign @robbinsotoya this Summer.
Happy Birthday Shai, you're two years old already. Such a big boy! 🎉🎂💥⚾️🏈 https://www.instagram.com/p/BsPIP33ndcX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ok1yxi7idqg3
One of my very favorites😍🌟😍Happy Birthday big boy, can't believe you're two already. Hope you have a lot of fun for your big day🎂🎉💥✨🎂 https://www.instagram.com/p/BpQF9BfH9pS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jdzto3m0fik3
One of my very best pics of these two loving people❤️Dr,Lawyer and copper is Indian chief 😘😘😘 https://www.instagram.com/p/BqSzWwinTmt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16p8uscyrjs4p
Has anyone heard or read anything about Papa C? Haven't seen anything posted in a long time and now sleep is in LA? I hope he is ok! Just concerned!! 🙏🏼
Newly engaged Dancing with the Stars couple Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson are getting married next year
Val Chmerkovskiy already pulled off the perfect proposal when he askedlongtime girlfriend and fellow Dancing with the Stars dancer Jenna Johnson to marry him in June.
“I was more nervous asking her father for permission than anything,” Chmerkovskiy, 32, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue.
During a vacation in Italy, Chmerkovskiy lured Johnson to St. Mark’s Square in Venice for a pre-dinner drink and asked her to slow dance outside of a café.
“Then he said, ‘I promised myself when I met the girl of my dreams, I’d take her to Venice and propose — and this is me proposing,’ ” Johnson, 24, recalls of the moment. “I was literally shocked.”
Chmerkovskiy worked with Jacob Arabo of Jacob & Co. to design Johnson’s rectangular cushion-cut diamond ring and secretly kept it in his backpack during the trip so Johnson couldn’t find it. “I think I hoped it would happen,” says Johnson of the engagement. “But before we left, I literally went through all of his luggage and so I kind of prepared myself, ‘Okay, it’s not happening right now.’ “
“I don’t know how she missed it,” adds Chmerkovskiy. “But I was very happy that she did!”
He also hired a local camera crew to document the entire proposal, unbeknownst to Johnson. “I’m so grateful he planned that. I look at the pictures and watch the video every day,” she says.
“Every day!” Chmerkovskiy confirms, laughing, with Johnson adding, “I got to show my parents since they weren’t there. They got to relive it with us.”
Now planning for their wedding next year, the couple is most excited about bringing their loved ones together to celebrate. “We both come from very big, passionate families, and so it’s going to be fun to have them all in one place,” Johnson says. “I can’t wait!”
Chmerkovskiy insists it’s going to be similar to “My Big Fat Greek Weddingmeets Eastern Promises meets Meet the Parents,” he says. “A big reason why I fell in love with Jenna was how much she cherishes her family. And my family means the world to me. Our families are very different but the common denominator is love. Together we can build a bigger family and create a bigger village.”
When it comes to having kids, Johnson is anxious to have “little Vals running around,” she says. “We’re literally both the same person, just male and female, so I can’t wait to see how intense and competitive and passionate about life our kids are too.”
Chmerkovskiy will be just as happy to see little “Valeries” running around as well. “I think Jenna’s going to be an incredible mom,” he says. “She’s already an amazing companion and I love her very much for many reasons — her loyalty and ambition and passion for life in general.”
He adds, “I know our future is bright because together we can do anything we want to do. I can’t wait to have her by my side.”
Season 27 of Dancing With the Stars premieres Monday on ABC.
For more details inside Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson’s engagement, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
iamvalc: Very rare throwback… our little ballroom dance school (Rising Stars Dance Academy) from Saddle Brook, New Jersey would take a coach bus every year to Columbus, Ohio for the Ohio Star Ball (North American Championships) at which this little dance school would be notorious for the loudest most dynamic cheering section. We would win most, lose some, but we always left an impression. Not always a good one, not always bad either, but one of intense unity! One for all and all for one was always the mantra in this dynamic sometimes dysfunctional family. Those hour long bus rides, even though weren’t always comfortable brought us all together. The parents upfront raising glasses talking bout “back in the day” and how grateful they are for this day, today. Chasing the sentiment with caviar and mamas chicken cutlets. Kids in the back playing spades, Rock Paper Scissors, arguing, testing each others wit constantly, engaging in every possible form of competition possible to pass the time. As mostly Hiphop music blared through the speakers, barely eclipsing the complaints of the disgruntled parents confused about “how’s this music,” we were a family. A team. On our way to what at the time seemed like the most important event in our lives. And we damn sure treated it as so. The truth is only hindsight can show you how insignificant something is in the long run, but then again it’s that same hindsight that looks at this picture and understands that memories like these shaped us into the people we are today.
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#tbt #risingstars
How do u feel about dwts S27? Have you heard anything about pairings? I read it will be a shorter season, so why have 13 couples?? I HATED all the double - even triple - eliminations last season. I hope they don't do that again, but considering the number of weeks & couples... Also, about Kiki in troupe, I feel it might happen, for him &/or Cole, due to their tie to Val & Maks. But I prefer Magda, she has great personality & superior technique. I'm excited for Strictly tho, it premieres Sept 8!
Below is the latest list I’ve seen [x]. I lied in the post 2 posts ago, I forgot about Demarcus I also know him. So that makes 3 that I’m familiar with lol which is an all-time low since I started watching. Maybe I’ll know the last 1 or 2 though when those get revealed. So the cast feels weak right now but maybe I’ll learn to like people as I get to know them once reveal happens/the show starts. I’m surprised they still went with 13 given the slightly shorter season but I’m very OK with some double elims so it’s whatever.
I would loveeeee for Magda or Jensen to get on, but the girls’ side is so much tougher. Still surprised Vlad is on troupe and not Kiki but I’m sure there are reasons.