“You cannot leave my life”- Stephen Nedoroscik’s DWTS partner Rylee Arnold shares a heartfelt message for gymnast as he praises the latter's boyfriend

Stephen Nedoroscik and his Dancing With The Stars partner Rylee Arnold recently shared an adorable moment while enjoying a celebratory night after the 500th episode of the reality TV show. The gymnast heaped praise on Arnold’s boyfriend, leading the dancer to share a heartfelt reply.

Nedoroscik rose to fame outside of the gymnastics world during the Paris Olympics, when his performances as a pommel horse specialist caught the eyes of many Team USA fans. Not only did the 26-year-old help USA claim a team bronze medal, he also went on to win an individual bronze medal himself.

After returning from the Games, the American chose to participate in the dance reality show DWTS, making him the first male gymnast to achieve this feat. Recently, Nedoroscik and his dance partner Rylee Arnold performed on the 500th episode and took some time afterward to speak to the media.

In an interaction with ExtraTV, Stephen Nedoroscik praised Arnold's boyfriend Walker Lyon, saying,

“It was a blast going on that double date with Walker. We did like the 45 minute ride with each other and just got to talk the whole time. I mean he's just a really good dude and I completely approve.”

To this, the interviewer responded by encouraging Arnold to keep Nedoroscik around in her life. The dancer replied,

“Yes, you literally cannot leave my life.”

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Stephen Nedoroscik receives praise from Rylee Arnold for his Viennese Waltz

For the 500th episode of Dancing With The Stars, Stephen Nedoroscik and Rylee Arnold performed two dances. Their first dance was a Viennese Waltz, for which they scored a 29 out of a possible 30. They followed this up with a jive in an ‘instant dance challenge’, for which they scored a 25 out of 30.

After their performances, Arnold praised Nedoroscik for his Viennese Waltz, telling ExtraTV,

“It was so fun to do the Viennese Waltz it was just like something we worked so hard on and just something I had so much like gratitude towards Stephen for and how he just really indulged himself into that character and the technicalities of the Viennese Waltz it was just so awesome and just an unmatched feeling.”

With this performance, Stephen Nedoroscik and Rylee Arnold have made it to the final five of DWTS. The remaining pairs are TV star Chandler Kinney and partner Brandon Armstrong, “The Bachelor” Season 28 lead Joey Graziadei and partner Jenna Johnson, Super Bowl Champion Danny Amendola and partner Witney Carson, as well as Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher and partner Alan Bersten.