The Bachelor winner Kelsey Anderson has addressed the current status of her relationship with Joey Graziadei after she recently took a break from social media.
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"Haven't been on social media much the past couple days due to personal reasons," Kelsey wrote in a since-expired November 5 post via Instagram Stories.
Kelsey, holding a glass of wine in her selfie, added in subsequent slide, "Don't want yall to get the wrong idea. Joey and I are good."
Alongside Kelsey's message, she included a pink heart emoji.
The Bachelor 28 winner also made a point to show off that her diamond Neil Lane engagement ring is still on her finger.
Dancing with the Stars viewers have been commenting on Joey and his pro partner Jenna Johnson's chemistry and flirtation ever since Season 33 began airing.
Some trolls wrote on social media how Jenna needed to stop touching Kelsey's man, and the Dancing with the Stars partners were accused of being too touchy-feely when Joey is engaged.
Kelsey has defended Joey and their romance on numerous occasions.
Late last month, Kelsey shared on Jason Tartick's "Trading Secrets" podcast that she "fully trusts" Joey and is "very secure" in their relationship after getting engaged on The Bachelor's 28th season.
Kelsey also pointed out how Joey needs to touch Jenna in order "to dance and to win" the Season 33 competition.
Although Kelsey has maintained a positive attitude throughout his Dancing with the Stars journey, she admitted to Jason that the gossip and criticism occasionally gets to her.
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When Jason asked if she's felt "any strain whatsoever," Kelsey admitted, "I mean, obviously I'm reading all these comments like, 'Oh my gosh, Kelsey, why is [Jenna] touching him like this?!' And I'm like, 'Am I not seeing something that everyone else is?'"
Kelsey confessed to The Bachelorette 14 alum, "I'm questioning myself."
However, Kelsey explained, "I'm able to bring it up to Joey and he reassures me or talks to me in a way, like, 'Oh, you know... Jenna feels this way,' or, 'We have to do this for this.'"
Joey and Jenna, for example, had to perform a sexy rumba during the season, and Kelsey noted how the choreography for that routine "has to be" sensual.
"He spends four hours practicing every day at this point, but then he spends all of the other 20 hours with me! So it's [balanced] out. It's worked out," Kelsey said with a laugh.
Kelsey also joked about how Joey and Jenna "look alike" and so "it would be weird" if they dated.
Kelsey admitted to Jason that she's come a long way since falling in love with Joey on The Bachelor in terms of dealing with noise and rude comments in her Instagram DMs.
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"It's so funny sometimes to see the DMs. I'll look through my requests sometimes and I got one the other day -- it honestly made me laugh out loud."
The Louisiana native and aspiring model continued, "Someone just DMed me, 'I hate you.' And I was like, 'Okay! What?!' It was very to the point and I loved that... And one girl said, 'You're so pretty until you smile with your gums.'"
"It's just crazy to me that people think they need to say those things. You could've just kept that in your head!" she complained.
But Kelsey said once a person finds fame and success in life, negativity typically comes with the territory.
"I think with anything, people are going to hate on you. I think that just shows that you're making [something of yourself]. In my mind, I'm happy," Kelsey concluded.
Kelsey previously admitted "it stinks whenever people want to pick" her relationship apart but she's thankful for all the great things The Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars have brought her and Joey.
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"Maybe we should just focus more on positives and not always assume the worst of things. So yeah, that's all," Kelsey said in an October TikTok video.
Kelsey also made it known at the time that she's not jealous of his partnership with Jenna.
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