Maggie Sajak is showing support for boyfriend Jackson Olson after his Dancing With the Stars casting news.
“SO PROUD @jacksonolson_ !!!” Sajak, 31, wrote via her Instagram Story on Tuesday, May 12, while sharing Olson’s cast announcement.
In another slide, Sajak shared a photo of herself and Olson, 28, cuddled up together as they watched a fireworks display.
“Beyond proud of you @jacksonolson_ …the dance floor better get ready,” she added.
Olson, a player for the Savannah Bananas and viral internet sensation, was announced as DWTS season 35’s latest celebrity cast member during Disney’s Upfront presentation on Tuesday.
“This banana is hitting the ballroom! 🍌🕺,” the official DWTS Instagram page shared. “Catch @jacksonolson_ on the new season of #DWTS, this fall on ABC, Disney+, and Hulu.”
Love Island’s Maura Higgins and Summer House star Ciara Miller were previously revealed as cast members.
During an appearance on Good Morning America on Wednesday, May 13, Olson said he “manifested” his casting.
“When I was a kid, I never thought any of this was possible, even like, playing for the Bananas or anything like that. I was a shy kid that never danced, never put myself out there, never entertained and found a passion for it,” he explained. “And now I kind of manifested this whole thing and posted a couple TikToks last year just joking [about joining the show], pranking my coach that I was going to be on the show, never thinking that it was a possibility. But when I posted it, I’m like, ‘Maybe there is a possibility.’ I saw some comments. I’m like, ‘OK, maybe this is possible.’”
Olson’s DWTS casting comes weeks after Maggie, the daughter of former Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak, hard-launched their romance via Instagram by sharing a photo of the couple at Disneyland.
The athlete later gushed about his long-distance relationship with Maggie in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly.
“It’s really cool because we’re obviously living very different lives right now on the opposite side of the country, but we’re able to come together and just have an awesome relationship,” he shared on May 1. “I feel like in any relationship, you’re trying to figure out how to see each other as frequently as possible, which is never something that I thought in my past I was going to want to do … but now I really do.”
Olson continued, “It’s just about planning and making sure you’re setting aside time to see each other and make really cool experiences happen because a start of a relationship never happens again. You only get one chance at a start of a relationship.”
