Danielle Fishel reveals husband’s supportive message that made her accept ‘DWTS’
Boy meets ballroom.
While Danielle Fishel is competing on Season 34 of “Dancing with the Stars” alongside partner Pasha Pashkov, her real-life partner, husband Jensen Karp, has been her fiercest supporter.
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“Every single person in my life has just picked up all the slack,” Fishel, 44, exclusively told The Post after Tuesday’s episode. “I normally am a pretty active person who runs the household and the kids. When I decided I was going to do this, my husband said, ‘I want you to clear your mind. I promise I have the house, I have the kids, they’re going to be great, and you just focus on you.’”
However, after week one, the “Boy Meets World” actress suffered a hamstring tear, and Karp immediately jumped to her rescue.
Fishel continued, “When I got injured, he was the first person saying, ‘I’m going to call a P.T. I’m going to call this.’ He started making doctor’s appointments for me. I literally couldn’t do any of this without his support.”
Another role, in particular, her 45-year-old husband has taken on: social media coordinator.
“He’s amazing. And even on top of all of that, he’s also part of our social media group chat where he gives us ideas,” Pashkov, 39, admitted.
“TikToks,” Fishel added. “He’s sending us some TikToks and says, ‘You guys should do this.’ It’s really great.”
Along with her husband of seven years, their two boys, Adler, 6, and Keaton, 4, have jived with their mom’s latest venture.
“The next day, Adler went to school and said to his teacher, ‘My mom did the most beautiful dance last night, and she’s going to win because they’re the best,’” recounted Fishel. “And then when Jensen picked Adler up from school, his teacher said to him, ‘If my kids love me half as much as Adler loves the two of you, I’ll feel like I’ve won the lottery.’ They are so excited for me.”
The affection didn’t stop there. Keaton made sure to remind the Hollywood vet how great her dance chops were just one more time.
“[Keaton woke up at] three o’clock in the morning [and said], ‘Mommy, your dance was so beautiful,’” recalled Fishel.
“They won’t be back each week. It’s just a late night for them,” the sitcom star added about her children returning to the ballroom. “They’re six and four, it’s a school night, but they came for the premiere. They’ll come again for sure. I can’t wait to have them back.”
Although Adler and Keaton will take a few breaks, Fishel had several famous besties in the “DWTS” audience.
Fellow ’90s stars, Andrea Barber and Jodie Sweetin from “Full House,” along with “Clueless” actress Elisa Donovan, cheered the “Harry and the Hendersons” vet on during week two.
“Honestly, I’m close with everyone [from that era],” Fishel revealed. “Very similarly to this ‘Dancing with the Stars’ family, once you’re in it and you realize what a machine it is and how wonderful it is – but like, we’re pouring our blood, sweat and tears into this. In order to do this, you have to really love it.”
“It’s kind of the same as being a child actor,” she explained, “like you have to really love it. So I just love that we’re all still so supportive of each other. And you know, Jodie was on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ before, so I get to soak up all of her information. It’s really a beautiful thing to have friendships that have lasted for 30 years.”
‘DWTS’ airs on ABC every Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET and PT and is available to stream on Disney+.
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