Kayleigh Trappe has revealed how her boyfriend Tom supported her through the “challenging” competing on Dancing with the Stars.
The social media star is gearing up to compete in the final, and she and her partner, Ervinas Merfeldas, will dance their routine from Love Week back in week seven.
Each couple’s second routine will be a ‘Showdance’ – a freestyle performance that allows them to combine different dance styles to showcase the creativity, skills, and storytelling abilities they each developed throughout their Dancing with the Stars journey.
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Speaking exclusively to Goss.ie, Kayleigh revealed how having her boyfriend in the audience most weeks, comforted her: “He’s just very proud. It’s great to have that support behind me. He’ll be there suited and booted for Sunday.”
When asked if he’ll be seen with a big banner in the audience for her, Kayleigh laughed as she told us: “I don’t think there allowed have them and I definitely don’t want him to get kicked out.”
“But he’s been there pretty much close to every week and he’s getting plenty of slagging from the lads at football about how many camera moments he’s getting, but I think he loves it,” Kayleigh confessed.
Kayleigh previously spoke to Goss.ie about her boyfriend joking that she she had been reported as “gushing” over her boyfriend, to which he took “great pride in.”
“I remember the last time I had one of these chats, one of you said I was gushing over him, so he took great pride in that one. He was like, ‘I didn’t know you’d gush over me,’ I was like, ‘Jesus Christ.’”
“But no, he’s great. He’s in sport himself, so he knows the game. Not the dancing game, but it’s been brilliant. And yeah, we’re really happy.”
When asked how the pair met, the social media star confessed: “We just, listen, there’s no fancy story. We met in Dublin and it was from there that it just kind of kicked off. And then, it’s recent enough, it’s less than a year, but he’s great.”
