For Cat Cora, (spoiler alert!)

Like most working relationships, it took some time to mature.

“Our chemistry just kept building and getting better and better every day.”

Cat Cora smiling

“So I think that he made me feel so safe from the very beginning.

I felt like I was in great hands.

I was so lucky to get him as my partner from day one.”

Cat Cora and Corbin Bleu dancing

In addition, she said that his professional acting and dancing experience challenged her to up her game.

“Corbin is such an incredible dancer.

He’s an incredible actor.

Cat Cora dancing in a pink dress with Corbin Bleu

He brought out the absolute best of me,” she said.

Over time, Cora said, she and Bleu became not only cordial colleagues but good friends.

“We built an amazing friendship that lasts today,” she said.

“Now I know his wife as well, and they know our family.

We all have gotten to know each other and each other’s families as well.

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