As Kelsey Anderson received an onslaught of comments about fiancé Joey Graziadei ’s connection with Dancing With the Stars partner Jenna Johnson , fellow franchise star Joan Vassos is making sure the couple ignore the criticism. “Don’t even listen to those people and let them doubt your love and question yours and Joey’s commitment to each other,” Joan, 61, wrote via Instagram comment on Saturday, September 21. “This is a show and you are real life.

Enjoy this crazy ride with him and only feel the joy!” Several hours earlier, Kelsey, 26, had reposted a recent TikTok video onto her page. In the video, Kelsey made it clear that she was “tired” of people questioning Joey’s dance partnership. “So many people are like, ‘Kelsey, why is Jenna touching your man like that?’ And honestly, I don’t know, maybe because it’s her job,” Kelsey quipped in her video.

“Maybe because she’s a professional dancer and she has to touch him to dance. I don’t know, that’s my understanding of it.” She continued, “Let’s do a little recap here.

Do y’all remember how Joey and I met? We met on The Bachelor . He was dating 31 other women while he was dating me and I won the Super Bowl ring. I have to have a certain level of security to go through all that.

Joey and I [are] still together and strong after a year of all that craziness.” Kelsey further stressed that she and Joey, 28, are “all good in the hood.” “If I can survive [ The Bachelor ], I can .