Why Alexa PenaVega Set ‘Boundaries’ on DANCING WITH THE STARS
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Alexa PenaVega is opening up about how she and her husband Carlos set “boundaries” when they were on DANCING WITH THE STARS in 2015.
“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,” Alexa said in a recent podcast. “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 added. “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.”
The couple “set big boundaries,” which the SPY KIDS star said were “super hard” to uphold. However, they kept their word to each other.
“You know how it’s like, super flirty backstage and whatever. So, I love Mark. We got along great,” she said of her dance partner.
“But, like, if it was ever flirty, I’d just be, like, ‘I don’t do that.’ I was a little mean, but it was only to set good boundaries. And then we figured it out, and we ended up having a really great partnership,” she said.
“But I know it was really kind of rocky for everybody because when we went on the show, we literally said, ‘Look, we’re a married couple. You guys are our partners, and we are so excited to team up with you, but that doesn’t mean we ditch our marriage and this becomes our No. 1. Our marriage is still first,’” she continued.
She did have a little trouble with the producers on the show because they took issue with her standards.
“[They were] trying to make it like, ‘Alexa only cares about her husband. She doesn’t care about the competition at all,’” she said before adding that her overall experience was positive.
“The show is just so fun to watch, and it feels good,” she said. “Like, who doesn’t love a good feel-good story where they’re not great at dancing, but look at how far they’ve come. Like, that’s awesome.”
“I love the premise of it. It’s just the behind-the-scenes can be tough, but it was as difficult as it was fun because there were really, really high highs,” she recalled.
The couple competed against each other on the show. Carlos ended up in fifth place and Alexa in sixth.
Carlos PenaVega, who got his big break in entertainment on BIG TIME RUSH, shared why he believes that their relationship started in a healthy spot…
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The PenaVegas previously spoke about their boundaries with Fox News.
“So, years ago, Carlos would get a little jealous, but I think the more confident and comfortable, and honestly the closer we got to God, the more our roles started shifting with what we were taking,” Alexa told Fox News. “But, also, I think there’s just so much trust in our relationship that there was never a need to be, like, threatened by anybody else.”
“There are boundaries, though. There are healthy boundaries,” Carlos said.
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