‘Dancing with the Stars’ Season 33 Cast Revealed! (Exclusive)
Dancing with the player.
Rylee Arnold shared her new romance with the world, going Instagram official with Walker Lyons, a player on the University of Southern California football team.
The Dancing With the Stars pro posted some photos on Instagram Oct. 27 with the USC Trojans' tight-end, jokingly asking her followers, "Is this a hard launch??" alongside flame, heart and giggling emojis.
In the adorable snaps, the 19-year-old dancer posed with her USC freshman boyfriend on the field after his team's win against Rutgers Oct. 25. In the first photo, Rylee placed her hand on Walker's chest and looked lovingly up at him. In another snap, he wraps her in his arms for a post-game hug.
The carousel post also featured photos with her sister Brynley Arnold McGinnis and her husband Donny McGinnis.
Rylee's Dancing With the Stars family was quick to show their love for her burgeoning new romance in the comments section.
In fact, her current DWTS partner, Olympian Stephen Nedoroscik wrote, "OHHHH SHOOT SHE DID IT GO RYLEE," while fellow pro Alan Bersten commented, "It's not a soft launch!!! That's for sure."
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Rylee's pal and fellow pro Ezra Sosa also chimed in, writing, "You deserve the best, and he treats [you] like the queen you are. So happy for you."
Among the other notable personalities showing their support in the comments were DWTS pro Emma Slater, Taylor Lautner and Rylee's sisters Brynley and Lindsay Arnold Cusick, who also used to be a pro on the ABC dance competition show.
Lindsay wrote, "IT'S HAPPENING PEOPLE STAY CALM!!!!!!!!"
Rylee also showed her new man some love on TikTok, sharing a compilation clip from his game that she cheekily captioned, "Really into football these days," before tagging Walker's account.
In the hours after her "hard launch" Instagram grid post, the Provo, Utah native shared another round of sweet snaps with Walker, this time from a nighttime trip to Disneyland.
The couple went with Rylee's sister, Lindsay, and her daughter, Sage, 3, and they went on rides together, ate churros and posed in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle.
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Rylee debuting her relationship with Walker on social media came a few weeks after she detailed an exciting date in an Oct. 4 TikTok.
"Okay friends, get ready with me for rehearsal while I debrief the date I went on a couple nights ago," she said in the clip. "Fun fact, we actually hung out last night as well. It was a little more spontaneous than the first one, but we've hung out two nights in a row now."
As she detailed their date in Santa Monica, Rylee couldn't contain her excitement about the mystery man and gushed about all of the qualities she likes about him.
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"He was so easy to talk to," she shared. "We have so many similarities which was so fun to talk about. He is so sweet and humble and just all the amazing qualities. So I’m really curious to see how this all pans out."
"What's super nice about him, too, is that he has a really busy schedule just like me," Rylee continued. "But, luckily, our schedules kind of work out together and we're both busy and free at the same time of the week, so it makes things kind of nice."
Rylee previously sparked dating rumors with Harry Jowsey, her partner on season 32 of DWTS last fall, but both have denied the romance.
Keep reading for all of the Dancing With the Stars pairings this season.