Emma Slater may have just gotten eliminated from season 34 of Dancing With the Stars, but her boyfriend and fellow pro, Alan Bersten, is still on her team.
“Forever grateful for your love and for the person who took this photo of you kissing me with your eyes open! @alanbersten,” Slater, 36, wrote of Bersten, 31, via Instagram on Friday, November 14.
In the pic, Slater wore a backless, sequined and fringed ensemble as Bersten, in a shimmering white top, held her shoulders and kissed her — yes, with his eyes open.
The image seemed to be snapped during DWTS’ 20th Birthday Party on Tuesday, November 11, during which Slater and her celebrity partner, Andy Richter, were eliminated after surviving nine weeks of competition.
“All I can really say right now is I love you Andy and thank you for changing my life,” Slater wrote of Richter, 59, alongside an Instagram video on Thursday, November 13. “I’m so glad now we are family. @richtercommaandy I cried about a million times putting this together. Look at these memories. You are SO SPECIAL.”
Bersten, who is currently still in the competition alongside his partner Elaine Hendrix, has been a longtime supporter of Slater and Richter’s partnership — despite some viewers feeling he should have been voted off earlier in terms of his skill level.
“Andy is incredible and just touching the hearts of America,” Bersten exclusively told Us Weekly following Week 3 in September. “Everyone deserves to be here. And it’s just a really tough season.”
Slater and Bersten reportedly began seeing each other romantically in 2024, as season 33 of DWTS was airing. Slater and Bersten sealed the rumors with a kiss during an April 2025 live show on tour.
“Did it go viral?” Bersten exclusively asked Us of the romance reveal. “We’re just enjoying life.”
Prior to dating Bersten, Slater was married to former pro Sasha Farber from 2018 to 2023. Farber, 41, for his part, fully supports Slater and Bersten’s relationship.
“Definitely not awkward,” he said during a TikTok Live in October. “I’m really happy for her and Alan and I wish them nothing but the best. That’s all I can say.”
Without sharing details, Farber explained that “things don’t always work out in life” so there’s “no point” to “ever have any hate” toward others.
“Because what’s the point? So you thank each other for your incredible time that you had together — because, you know, the time that we did have together wasn’t bad, it was amazing — and you move on and you wish the other person nothing but the best,” he explained. “There’s no point of hate, because it would only eat you up inside. So we don’t need that in life, right? Just be present, be happy, and the rest is history.”
While discussing their split during a 2023 episode of the “Viall Files” podcast, Slater revealed that “the kid thing” led to their separation.
“It’s interesting because I do want to have kids, I just don’t want to delay Sasha’s path in having kids because I know that he is ready for that,” she said. “I don’t want to talk about him too much because that’s really for him to say, but it’s about kids.”
She continued: “I do want kids. I don’t know what it is, I’m just figuring that out for myself. It’s not something I take lightly and I don’t want to enter into something that I’m not sure about because I would never do that.”
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Earlier this year, Todd Chrisley received a pardon from the President. However, Patricia Altschul is a tougher sell. Unlike POTUS, this Southern Charm star refuses to absolve Todd of his verbal crimes. Instead, this queen honey bee is standing ten wealthy toes down, adamant that Charleston is not a place for a “felon” like Todd.
Todd and Patricia are the reality feud I never saw coming. Their tiny tit for tat started after Todd’s release from prison. “During the [post-prison] press conference, I had stated that we are doing a hotel and it’s going to be near Charleston, South Carolina,” Todd explained. In response, Patricia said, “Well, there goes the neighborhood.”
Well, Todd did not like that. So, he made several jests about Patricia, which mainly focused on her older age and her finances. Overall, it was gross.
So, recently clapping back via Decider, Pat quipped, “He’s very irrelevant. I said four words—there goes the neighborhood — and he went on, and he did a whole program about me. It was just a comment in passing.” Nevertheless, Patricia stands by her original stance, saying, “We just don’t need any more felons in Charleston.”
Todd and his wife, Julie Chrisley, were indicted on charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States back in 2019. They swore they were innocent. Yet, they were still found guilty. In all, The Chrisleys: Back to Reality stars received a combined 19 years in federal prison, but thanks to their pardons, they walked out of their prison cells for good in May of this year.
And now, Ms. Pat wants them to heed her words and not walk toward her in Charleston.
Southern Charm Season 11 premieres on November 19, 2025, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock, or Hayu in Canada, the UK, and Ireland.