Emma Slater and Mauricio Umansky. Getty Photos (2)
Dancing With the Stars pro Emma Slater thinks she will generally have former spouse Mauricio Umansky in her corner.
“I truly feel that Mauricio is an individual who’s going to be in my lifetime permanently,” Slater, 35, completely told Us Weekly on Friday, May well 10, at the Race to Erase MS Gala at the Fairmont Century Plaza. “We seriously do click on. We type of went by means of tricky instances at the exact same time with each other and were each other’s confidants. It was a genuinely nice season. Tough for both equally of us, but we’re truly truly grateful that we experienced each individual other.”
Slater was partnered with Umansky, 53, for period 32 of the ballroom dancing levels of competition. At the time, he was newly separated from spouse Kyle Richards. Slater, meanwhile, was previously married to fellow DWTS professional Sasha Farber and submitted for divorce in February 2023. (DWTS time 32 rehearsals started the next summer, but it’s not distinct if her “difficult” journey was relevant to the divorce.)
“You get seriously near to your partners on the time,” Slater instructed Us on Friday. “He’s this kind of an wonderful individual. We have this kind of a superior friendship that it meant a large amount that he was in a position to arrive to the [DWTS] tour and support as effectively.”
Slater and numerous of her fellow pro dancers toured the United States at the finish of year 32. Umansky arrived to check out the dwell clearly show in March.
“It’s so pleasant to have Mauricio come and observe the Dancing With the Stars tour,” Slater gushed.
Slater and Umansky’s friendship sparked speculation from lovers, who clocked their extreme stage chemistry. They were also spotted holding arms in involving rehearsals but shut down dating rumors.
“For full clarity, we are not dating,” Umansky previously claimed in an October 2023 Instagram Story movie. “We’ve been dancing collectively now for six weeks, 4 hrs a working day just about every solitary day.”
Slater chimed in at the time, conveying that they share “similar personalities” and are really “supportive” of 1 another.
Umansky had applied DWTS — he was removed on the Oct 31, 2023, broadcast — to assistance cope with his current breakup. Us confirmed in July 2023 that he and Richards, 55, experienced separated soon right before the pair denied third-get together involvement.
Umansky and Richards, who share a few daughters, have yet to file for divorce but the Purchasing Beverly Hills star just lately moved out.
“Kyle and Mauricio have been dwelling individually for the last few months and he’s been being [in a new condo],” a source solely explained to Us earlier this month. “They’ve equally been traveling a large amount lately, so it’s functioning out the place they never remain beneath a person roof.”
Shortly after Us broke the news of Umansky’s new pad, Richards formally eradicated his very last identify from her social media bios.
With reporting by Mike Vulpo
