Gleb Savchenko is officially single again.
The “Dancing With the Stars” pro and his longtime girlfriend, Elena Belle, have called it quits after nearly three years of their relationship.
“Yes, Elena and I broke up a few months ago,” Savchenko specifically told Page Six. “It just happened. People always say life happens and sometimes I wonder, ‘How did this happen?’”
The professional dancer, 40, had been publicly dating the Swedish model (real name: Natacha Peyre Requena), 39, since August 2021. She told us the two “had a lot of fun together” and that he “still loves her very much.” ” she stops at the moment.
“She’s an amazing mom, she’s an amazing person and everything. It’s just timing,” he said of Belle, who is mother to daughter Luna from her previous marriage to late husband Michael Theanne.
“We had been together for almost three years and I had, like, one of the best times of my life with her. There are certain things that just didn’t work.”
Savchenko made the revelation while speaking to Page Six about her upcoming Chippendales show, which kicks off April 25 in Las Vegas. Although he’s planning to remain fully focused on work now, he told us the new job had nothing to do with the split.
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“I want all the best for her and I’m sure she will be good. She’s a brilliant and hot woman and everything,” he said, calling Belle a “complete package” and a “dream” woman. “She is superior. I will miss her very much.”
Savchenko will serve as celebrity guest host and Chippendales dancer for a limited run in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, NJ. He told us that saying “yes” to the show felt “natural” and was “an absolute no-brainer,” joking, “Everyone knows I’m an amazing dancer… but the second my shirt comes off, the group goes crazy!”
The Russian began training just days after wrapping up the “Dancing With the Stars” live tour in 2024, which hit more than 70 cities across the United States.
“I want to have time to relax! Last Wednesday was my last gift and then I flew to Las Vegas on Friday to meet (the Chippendales team) and see my new office,” she revealed. “I am very grateful to have this expertise once again. I always say that the most rewarding thing for me on tour is being able to connect with the fans. Like, when they see us playing live… it’s crazy. The vitality within the room is wild.”
Savchenko informed Page Six that she had her first official Chippendales rehearsal on Monday with famed choreographer Dana Wilson. His spectacular resume includes working alongside artists such as Justin Timberlake, Kesha and Miley Cyrus, choreographing for “Within the Heights”, “Elvis” and more.
“I’m really excited because Chippendales has just celebrated its 45th anniversary, which is iconic. And their show, which I’m participating in, they just celebrated 22 years on that same stage at that theater,” he said of the Chippendales Theater at Rio Lodge.
“When I got the opportunity, I thought, ‘This is the right thing, what the fans have been waiting for.’ I’m really doing this for the followers.”
Except for her current schedule, Savchenko expects to spend the rest of 2024 working, traveling and spending time with her two children, daughters Olivia and Zlata, whom she shares with ex Elena Samodanova.
He also hopes to return for the next season of “Dancing With the Stars” this fall — if, after all, he gets the call to return from producers.
“I haven’t won the mirror ball trophy yet, so the mirror ball is in my dreams, in my manifestations and in my meditation practices that I do every day,” he told us, laughing. “So clear, I need to come back and do an amazing job and win the mirror ball.”
He added: “I’m definitely not hanging up my dancing shoes just yet. I still have at least three, four seasons left in me, for sure.”
Savchenko also noted that she plans to have some familiar “DWTS” faces in the audience at her various Chippendales shows — and power even bring some of them to the stage.
“Throughout the show, there will definitely be some dance contests and things will get pretty wild on stage,” he joked. “I will definitely, definitely, definitely take someone on stage for the twerk competition or the ‘what’s your favorite sexual spot’ ‘segment’.”
See Savchenko on the move with the Chippendales starting April 25 in Las Vegas. Visit glebsavchenko.com for more information, including the full schedule and how to purchase tickets.