Brooks Nader is getting right to the pointe when it comes to her relationship with dance partner Gleb Savchenko.
“We’re just having the best time and really enjoying each other’s company,” the supermodel gushed exclusively to The Post on Tuesday. “I am so blessed to have Gleb as my partner. It’s really fun.”
And it’s safe to say Savchenko, 41, is in sync with his partner. In fact, the professional dancer revealed what Nader has taught him on this journey.
“Don’t take away the fun,” Savchenko expressed. “It’s all about the balance, and I actually love it. I’ve never done anything like that when I am working on a season. I am a very strict teacher, and it’s a very hardcore Russian school. But with her, I have a lot of fun.”
Although the duo’s time together hasn’t been all fun and games.
“I had a lot of injuries,” Nader confessed. “It’s so hard being a ballroom dancer, and your body goes through so much, and I am not used to that.”
She added, “I feel like I was pleasantly surprised with how my body was able to adapt to the changes. We had a few little rib moments and bruises, but we worked through it together, and overcame the odds, and got really good scores.”
Their Cha Cha to “Nothin’ But a Good Time” by Poison earned them eights from judges Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli. However, when it came to guest judge Gene Simmons, he tried giving the duo a 10 but locked in a nine instead. The total for Nader and Savchenko was 33/40.
But the choreographer is dancing around the technicality.
“We just say this is the first ten of the season, and that was us,” Savchenko stated, before Nader replied, “We made history this season. The first ten. We’re still counting it.”
Savchenko and Nader’s high scores came a day after their PDA-filled night at a tattoo shop in Los Angeles.
According to photos obtained by Page Six, the “Dancing With the Stars” partners were getting handsy during an ink session in Hollywood, Calif.
At one point, Nader and a shirtless Savchenko had their arms wrapped around each other and shared a passionate kiss inside the tattoo shop.
The Russian native also leaned over to kiss the star on the lips before kissing her neck while she was lying on the table, getting a tattoo on her lower abdomen.
Savchenko got his own ink on his side, with photos showing Nader straddling him when he was on the tattoo table.
The “DWTS” partners previously got candid about whether their intense chemistry in the ballroom makes it hard for them to focus on the craft.
“No,” Nader, 27, revealed to The Post in September. “I think that in both our industries, we’re always around beautiful, gorgeous people, and you just have to keep your eye on the prize and focus on dance.”
Savchenko shared that their main goal is “competing for the Mirrorball.”
“We’re super focused on the Mirrorball, getting into the finals and, look, like Brooks said, it’s important to have good energy in the room because when you’re not, they can see you’re not vibing with each other; it’s really hard.”
He added: “You have to want to be physically close up to the person, with that person. We have that, [we’re] vibing, itmakes it so much easier.”
“It helps a lot,” Nader agreed. “Imagine being this close to somebody you hate all day.”
