The Bachelor alum Joey Graziadei had a very successful stint on Dancing With the Stars — but could his fiancée, Kelsey Anderson, give him a run for his money as a possible contestant?
“If Dancing With the Stars wants Kelsey on that show, I guarantee they’re going to get some good stuff,” Graziadei, 31, teased exclusively to Us while on the set of ABC’s RJ Decker, in which he is set to make a cameo in the season 2 premiere.
Graziadei joked that he didn’t know “how good the dancing is going to be,” adding, “I know the quality of what they’re going to see on camera is going to be amazing. But I would just love to see her go through it because it was amazing for me. I think she would be great at it.”
The reality star, who has been engaged to Anderson, 28, since 2023, competed with Jenna Johnson in season 33 and came out a winner. Graziadei’s experience has made him want the same for others in Bachelor Nation.
“I’m going to throw a little deep cut one here [for my nomination] because he’s got some moves. My boy Andrew Spencer would be incredible on the show,” Graziadei suggested to Us. “I’ve seen him out a few times, break it down a little bit. He’s a better dancer than I am. So I think he would do really well and I would love to see that.”
As for Graziadei, he made it clear that he was always up to return in any capacity.
“If that show calls me back, I’m there. I’d love to always participate and be there. It’s done so much for me, and I really love seeing other people get to experience what I had such a great time doing,” he gushed. “So anytime I can be a part of that show and help other people and enhance their experience, I’d love to do that for them because it really is the best thing ever.”
Graziadei has also found himself expanding his career opportunities — including with his scripted acting debut in the season 2 premiere of RJ Decker.
“This is going to be my first time that people get to see me do a little bit of something different in scenes. I did 9-1-1 for ABC back in the day a little bit during my season, but I played myself,” he noted. “So this is the first time I’m playing a pickpocketer. I get to steal from people and I get to deliver a line or two. Hopefully people like to see me in this light because it’s been a lot of fun.”
Graziadei even got to share the screen with RJ Decker lead Scott Speedman.
“Scott was great. It was cool to be able to be alongside a successful actor like that and just to kind of riff off them,” he continued. “My job in this situation, since it’s such a small part, is just trying to elevate what they’re doing. So I’ve done that before on The Bachelor, just be a mirror and just try to have everyone else look great.”
Graziadei concluded: “ABC, if you want to toss me in Grey’s Anatomy, I will join. But I’m open to honestly whatever. This has been new jumping over to the scripted side, and it’s been really fun. I’ve enjoyed trying to be a character. I’ve enjoyed this idea of trying to remember lines and try to be someone different. There are similarities and some familiarity with being behind the camera already with reality, but it was also so different.”
Dancing With the Stars premieres with a two-night event on ABC and Disney+ starting Tuesday, September 15, at 8 p.m. ET. RJ Decker returns Tuesday, September 15, at 10 p.m. ET.
