Alexa PenaVega has spoken out about her experience competing on Dancing with the Stars alongside her husband, Carlos. On Monday, November 4 Alexa appeared on Cheryl Burke’s Sex, Lies, and Spraytans podcast where the Spy Kids alum discussed appearing on season 21 of the show with her husband competing against her. She candidly admitted that the reality show, which pairs a pro dancer with a celebrity, sparked jealousy between her and Carlos because of how close they needed to be to their dance partners.
“It was early in our marriage, and we literally said [to each other that] we don’t know how spouses do this show without doing it the way we did,” she told Burke, who was a pro-dancer on Dancing with the Stars for several seasons. “So we fully understood the dynamics of the show. “Like, if Carlos was doing this and I was watching this girl dance with him all close and the rehearsals or whatever, it would be so hard,” she explained.
“And for Carlos, at that season of his life, he was such a jealous man that even though he understood the dynamic, it was still hard for him. And you know how it is: It is incredibly flirty.” In an attempt to avoid causing any jealousy, she said the two of them “set boundaries” with their partners, Mark Ballas and Witney Carson, which included telling them when they thought they were being flirty.
“So, I love Mark. We got along great. But, like, if it was ever flirty, I’d just be, like, ‘I don’t do that,’” Alexa conti.
