Joey Graziadei is officially a rom-com leading man, but there’s only one woman whose opinion matters to him: his fiancée Kelsey Anderson.
Graziadei, 31, revealed on the Thursday, November 12, episode of the “Viall Files” podcast that Anderson, 28, was “so funny” about his casting as single firefighter Dean in Roku Channel’s The Holiday Spark, especially when he told her there would be a movie makeout. (His character enlists Jamie Chung’s illustrator Laura to help plan a holiday party for his firehouse where a possible love connection ignites.)
“I got the offer and I asked first, ‘Does a holiday movie — is there a kiss?’ And they’re like, ‘Yeah, there’s a kiss at the end,’” he recalled. “I’m like, ‘Alright, let me talk to Kelsey.’”
Anderson, however, was totally unfazed by the idea of him kissing another woman after the couple met on The Bachelor in 2023, getting engaged during the season 28 finale, which aired in 2024.
“Kelsey, like, literally laughed in my face,” Anderson remembered. “She’s like, ‘I saw you kiss all these girls on TV. This is literally the foundation of our relationship. If you think I’m going to keep you from getting your first acting opportunity, because there’s a kiss scene, you’re crazy.’”
Graziadei said he was just making sure she was cool with the idea, telling her, “I was like, ‘I’m trying to be a good fiancé.’ I’m asking.”
Graziadei noted that Anderson has always been supportive of his career, including his stint on Dancing With the Stars season 33.
Throughout the season, which he won, his connection with dance partner Jenna Johnson was criticized and questioned for being too cozy, but Anderson never took the bait and always backed Graziadei.
“If Kelsey for some reason said, ‘I just am not comfortable, I feel like it’s not something I want to keep dealing with.’ I wouldn’t be doing it,” Graziadei explained on the podcast. “That is my first and foremost, what I want in life is to make sure — this could all go away — I need to make sure that Kelsey and I are still good.”
He added that with everything that’s happened since they got engaged, he couldn’t be happier with his partner.
“The fact that she was so supportive of me, I’m just grateful,” Graziadei gushed.
Outside of The Holiday Spark, which is currently streaming on Roku, Graziadei has been focused on his and Anderson’s upcoming wedding.
“It’s fun man. We’re really close to the final stages of it all,” he shared of the planning process. “Welcome party’s locked. Venue’s locked. Location. Date. We’re finishing up our invites right now to get them out.”
The Traitors star added, “It’s been so much fun, because I’m like I can’t wait for the day to be here. But now, it’s also the point where it’s sneaking up a little bit.”
