‘Dancing With the Stars’ Pro Emma Slater Says It’s ‘So Easy’ to Be Herself With Trevor Donovan: ‘We’re Just Having Fun’

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The perfect match. While reflecting on their performance during Dancing With the Stars‘ James Bond-themed night, Emma Slater gave a special shout-out to her partner, Trevor Donovan.“I think it’s so easy to be myself with Trevor,” the professional dancer, 33, told Us Weekly and other reporters after the Monday, October 3, episode, before asking if the actor, 41, felt the same way.Donovan, for his part, offered a glimpse at their dynamic, saying, “We have a very familiar and light chemistry.

It’s a fun thing. It can show up as passion on the dance floor, but we’re just having fun. We have fun every day we rehearse even when she’s about to explode because I’m doing things wrong that I used to do right.”The 90210 alum continued: “But it’s the levity and the lightness of our friendship and stuff, I think, that really translates to the dance.

So we’re just 100 percent comfortable with each other.”Slater noted that the duo approach each episode as a new challenge. “You have to get into the character and you’ve gotta make it believable,” she shared. “You have to live it and feel it yourself.

And I think we are both emotional feeling type of people and so it’s easy.”During their performance on Monday, Donovan and Slater earned a 27 out of 40 for their tango to Chris Cornell’s “You Know My Name.” Judge Carrie Ann Inaba later praised the pair for their dedication to the dance.“What was really most impressive to me [was] the focus you had on Emma,” Inaba, 54, told Donovan and Slater. “I could have dove, [or] rolled in between you and you wouldn’t have even noticed.