Alan Bersten is planning to “keep it professional” with Emma Slater after hard launching their relationship last month.
The Dancing with the Stars pros kissed at the end of their dance and finally confirmed their romance after months of fan speculation during their final performance on the DWTS: Live! 2025 tour on April 19.
The 30-year-old professional dancer told E! News that the pair are “just enjoying life together” following the viral moment, adding, “No pressure there, but we’re just enjoying it.”
“We’re both professionals,” he continued. “So, we’re going to keep it professional. I’m just excited for season 34.”
Despite Bersten keeping the focus on the ballroom, Dancing with the Stars host Alfonso Ribeiro previously told PEOPLE that “there was no surprise” amongst the show’s cast about Slater and Bersten’s “connection.” The “launch” of the relationship was a surprise, however, he told PEOPLE.
“Emma’s my sister and she’s at my house several times a week. So, clearly, my household knew what was going on. We just didn’t know that they had made the decision to launch,” he said at Disney’s Get Real event in Los Angeles on April 22.
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“At the end of the day, [I’m] happy for them,” Ribeiro, 53, added. “When people find something that they enjoy — enjoy it, live it. Why live a lie?”
The launch also made sense given the “rumors were out there” already about a potential connection between the dancers, as Ribeiro noted. “I think that people were already [speculating].”
Ribeiro wasn’t the only one in the DWTS family cheering on the couple.
After fan Callie Justine captured the steamy and unexpected moment at the closing performance in Rosemont, Illinois, and dubbed the kiss between Slater, 36, and Bersten “the greatest hard launch of all time,” fellow pro Ezra Sosa commented, “FINALLY.”
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Prior to their romance, Slater was married to fellow pro Sasha Farber until 2023. PEOPLE confirmed that the couple — who famously got engaged on DWTS in 2016 and wed in 2018 — had separated in August 2022, and Slater later filed for divorce in February 2023.
Bersten, meanwhile, dated model Alexis Ren, whom he was paired with in season 27 of DWTS. The former couple split in 2018.
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