Harry Jowsey made it very clear that he’s no longer friends with anyone from Dancing With the Stars.
During the Wednesday, March 11, episode of the “Teen Beat With Danielle Fishel” podcast, Jowsey, 28, revealed he hasn’t stayed in touch with any of the cast since competing on season 32 in 2023. Jowsey, who was paired with Rylee Arnold, initially called the show “the best experience ever, so rewarding and amazing.”
“I had the best time,” the reality star noted. “Everyone was really lovely, and then they weren’t.”
Jowsey agreed with Fishel, 44, that competing on the show meant the cast is “locked in” for months with a busy schedule, saying, “[It] deletes every plan and everything that you have.” (Fishel competed on season 34 last year with partner Pasha Pashkov.)
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Despite being proud of his time on Dancing With the Stars, Jowsey surprised Fishel when he admitted he is no longer in contact with any of the pros.
“The next season came around of the show, and I realized that a lot of the people would not text me back or unfollowed me,” he claimed. “And actually, the biggest thing that upset me the most is when my dad passed, no one texted me, and I was really close to them.”
Jowsey, who announced the death of his father in December 2024, recalled only Sasha Farber reaching out as he dealt with the “horrible” personal loss. In the aftermath of the situation, Jowsey questioned whether he was friends with any of his former DWTS castmates.
“I’m kind of glad that I’m not friends with any of them,” he continued about the “very telling moment” that came as he was “trying my best with all the noise.”
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Jowsey also claimed he trained at the gym with one of his former DWTS castmates who didn’t share their condolences despite knowing that his dad died.
“But when I posted the photo … and my dad’s passed, they just ‘like’ it,” he added. “And I’m like, I would have moved mountains. If it was you, I would have been there. So I think that’s why I’m like, I’m kind of glad that that chapter [is behind me].”
Jowsey claimed he wasn’t sure whether the cast members are “really real people” while clarifying that it’s “all good,” since former contestants agreed with his experience of the competition because it’s “such a bubble and nothing else matters.”
“And I think when you’re a dancer, and you’re on that show, that’s like you made the NFL, because a lot of the other pros that leave the show, they’re kind of like the outcasts,” Jowsey continued. “They don’t really talk to them, so it’s a bit weird.”
The segment ended with Jowsey noting that he is probably going to get in “trouble” for his candid comments. “I don’t really care,” he added.
