Derek Hough’s first kiss with his fiancee was on stage

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Derek Hough & Kelly Clarkson

American Idol and The Voice star Kelly Clarkson heats up her daytime talk show. The singer had Dancing With the Stars champion-turned-judge Derek Hough on the February 17 episode of her show and asked Hough all about starting his relationship with fiancé Hayley Erbert.

Derek Hough has taken the first step in his relationship with Hayley Erbert

“I was wondering who made the first move,” Clarkson said in a clip provided to her show’s official Instagram accountto which Erbert replied from the audience that it was “definitely [Hough]’ before letting Hough tell the story of their first kiss.

“I’ll say there was a moment where we were actually dancing on stage, we were doing a rumba, the dance of love,” Hough said, “and it was the last show, and the dancers were from the side of the stage.” all like: ‘kiss, kiss’. So our first kiss was actually on stage.”

Clarkson was blown away by the moment, saying: “This is sexy. I would watch the movie. Two dancers who fall in love.”

Hough continued perform a dance later in the episode to promote his upcoming 50 city “A Symphony of Dance” Tour. He was joined on stage by Erbert and eight other backup dancers as he performed a tap dance on a deconstructed grand piano and performed many lifts, twists and turns throughout the stage of The Kelly Clarkson Show. Almost speechless at the end of the epic performance, Clarkson laughed in disbelief as she said “Oh my God.”

Kelly Clarkson appeared twice on “Dancing With the Stars”.

Though Clarkson has never appeared as a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars,” she has appeared on two separate occasions as a special musical guest.

The first was on one of the Season 13 live results shows, where Clarkson performed two songs, “Mr. Know-It-All” And “Go away”. Clarkson’s performances were accompanied by dances from some of the show’s professional partners and dance group members, including Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Mark Ballas, Peta Murgatroyd and Sharna Burgess. At the end of her “Walk Away” performance, host Tom Bergeron said Clarkson “blew the roof off of this place!”

Clarkson returned to the Final season 14 to perform two more singles from their album Stronger: Dark Side, followed by the album’s title track. For this performance, Clarkson was joined by five pairs of professional dancers, and by the end she had everyone in the audience, including judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli, on their feet and fists in the air.

Between her talk show, her next album (which she plans to release in 2023), and her personal life, Clarkson may be too busy to be a part of “Dancing With the Stars” anytime soon, but she’s learned a few steps from the pros ahead. Season 28 third place finishers Ally Brooke and Sasha Farber appeared on Clarkson’s show in 2019 taught Clarkson and actor Mike Colter a few steps to the Viennese waltz, which Clarkson felt was a natural talent and referred to her background in musical theater as a child.

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