Alexa PenaVegarecalls her time competing against husband Carlos onDancing With the Starsas rocky, but ultimately positive.
One figure from theDWTS-verse who certainly didn’t help wasJulianne Hough.
“But then he has to go work with her right after.
Alexa PenaVega (left), Carlos PenaVega (center) and Julianna Hough (right).Gregg DeGuire/WireImage; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
And he was like, this is so weird because she won’t even say hi.”
So, literally, he’s like, ‘She’s not saying hi, this is super weird.
I don’t know the dynamic, but I’m just gonna be nice.'"
Carlos PenaVega on ‘Dancing with the Stars’.Adam Taylor/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Both Alexa and Carlos did reasonably well, placing sixth and fourth respectively with their partnersMark Ballasand Witney Carson.
“I’m sure it’s just a judge thing,” she reasoned.
“She wasn’t mean or anything, she just couldn’t interact with us at all.”
“And you know how it is.It is incredibly flirty.”
She continued, “I love Mark.
I absolutely, we got along great.
But, if it was ever flirty, I’d just be like, ‘Don’t do that’.
I was kinda a little mean, but it was only to set good boundaries.
Then we figured it out and we ended up having a really great partnership…
But when we went on the show, we literally said, ‘Look, we’re a married couple.
You guys are our partners, and we are so excited to team up with you.
But that doesn’t mean we ditch our marriage and this becomes our number one.
Our marriage is still first.”
PenaVega feels now that, “If I could go back, it doesn’t even matter.
It just should be fun.
You should just go out there and have fun.”
Who doesn’t love a good feel-good story?"
