On Tuesday night, Dancing with the Stars celebrated Taylor Swift with a night of memorable performances and an emotional farewell. Despite gaining a significant following on social media, Too Hot to Handle star Harry Jowsey and his pro partner, Rylee Arnold, were eliminated from the competition.
Jowsey and Arnold had been at the bottom of the leaderboard for several weeks, but their popularity on social media suggested they might be able to survive the elimination round. Jowsey has over 4.2 million followers on Instagram and 5 million on TikTok, while Arnold has over 500,000 and 532,000 respectively on each platform.
Dancing with the Stars fans have grown to become particularly invested in this “couple” due to their innate chemistry and playful nature on social media, calling this relationship their “Roman Empire.”
One follower commented on an Instagram post asking, “Anybody else here for the love story?!” While another fan commented, “Are you guys in love yet??”
Others have had an opposing reaction to these videos due to Jowsey and Arnold’s eight-year age gap — with Arnold being only 18 years old.
Although they’ve garnered significant social media popularity, Jowsey and Arnold were unable to overcome their technical struggles on the dance floor, receiving mixed reviews from the judges throughout the season and consistently ranking at the bottom of the leaderboard.
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The Taylor Swift theme on the latest episode of Dancing with the Stars was a hit with fans, with the contestants delivering show-stopping performances in honor of the Eras World Tour singer. Jason Mraz and Daniella Karagach’s Argentine Tango to “Don’t Blame Me” was one of the highlights of the night, and Xochitl Gomez and Val Chmerkovskiy’s Quickstep to “Paper Rings” was another crowd-pleaser.
Jowsey and Arnold’s elimination after dancing the Rumba to “August” was a bittersweet moment for fans. While they were disappointed to see them go, Arnold said that she was “so proud” of Jowsey and everything they had accomplished.
Now that the social media fan-favorite couple is no longer training together, there’s one question left on everyone’s mind: will we finally receive confirmation that this partnership has developed into a real romantic relationship?!
