"It goes really well": Dancing With The Stars' Alan Bersten on working with Emma Slater and balancing their relationship

Dancing with the Stars pro dancer Alan Bersten attended the House of Maher podcast episode aired on December 2, 2025. Fans must remember Ilona Maher was partnered with Alan on the show's 33rd season.

The podcast was hosted by Ilona, Olivia, and Adrianna Maher. Alan opened up about working with fellow pro dancer Emma Slater and managing their personal relationship.

When asked about keeping their work-life balance and navigating their relationship, Alan responded:

"It goes really well. I know it's like, sometimes people like, 'Oh, you want to keep work and life separate, which Emma really tries to do as well. Like, she's really important about like, when we're at home, let's try not to talk about work too much. But then she brings it up (Laughs)."

Dancing with the Stars: Alan Bersten and Emma Slater share their thoughts on managing work-life balance and their relationship with each other

While on the House of Maher podcast, Dancing with the Stars pro dancer Alan faced a question regarding maintaining a beautiful working partnership and being in a relationship with Emma. He shared that their relationship has been going really well.

Alan talked about trying to keep their work life at work and not bringing it back to their house.

"But it's, you know, it's that work-life balance. But when you're going through something simultaneously together, even though it's not together, it's nice to know that, like, we can support each other, and like, you know exactly what that other person is going through. So, it kind of helps our relationship," added Alan.

Dancing with the Stars' Alan shared that he learned the importance of communication from Emma. Giving her the credit about the same, Alan noted:

"I think what really helps our relationship, and I'll give Emma the credit on this one. She...communication is so so important. She really wants me to talk about my feelings, which I do. I'm a very vulnerable person."

While Alan grew up moving past and not needing to talk about certain things, Emma was different. She would suggest talking about it and helping him talk through things, which he loved.

On the other hand, Dancing with the Stars' Emma felt that Alan was really good at communicating. She talked about needing a second after getting mad at the other person. But Alan was the type of person who would want to sort things right away.

Sharing more about that, Alan noted that he was the type of person who would want to talk and solve things. But Emma would want to have a second to process it and then talk about it.

"The biggest thing that I learned is that men like to try to solve things, and women just like to talk. They just want to vent," shared Alan.

Listening to him, Emma asked him what he would hear in general. Alan's response was that he would ask her whether she wanted him to help or just listen. Emma's most probable answer would be to just listen to her.

Alan admitted that Emma was the reason why he was getting better and more patient with everything. On the other hand, Emma revealed that Alan was the reason why she had been apologizing more.

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