'Dancing With the Stars' Cast: Bindi Irwin Talks How Her Boyfriend Is 'An Old Fashioned Gentleman'
Despite a few rumors of Bindi Irwin dating her Dancing With the Stars partner Derek Hough, she is, in reality, very happy with her current boyfriend.
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Irwin has been dating her boyfriend, Chandler Powell, for quite some time now. The 17-year-old, who won Dancing With the Stars this past season, spoke with the Australian Women's Weekly recently about Powell.
"My mum has always described him as an old-fashioned gentleman," Irwin revealed. "He's always there to keep me going. He's a sweet, sweet person."
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Irwin is always busy with her animals and helping run the Australia Zoo, and Powell is often busy with his wake-boarding, so they are very compatible.
"He's the first person I've met who understands my life: the travel and the work and that real dedication and determination," Irwin said. "I think that's why I love him so much, because he gets my world."
Irwin's dedication helped her win the Mirrorball trophy this season on Dancing With the Stars. She and Hough were one of the frontrunner couples from Week 1, consistently performing near the top of the leaderboard every week.
In the end, she took home the trophy over finalists Nick Carter and Sharna Burgess and Alek Skarlatos and Lindsay Arnold. Irwin and Hough had an impressively high average judges score of 27.9 out of 30.
Dancing With the Stars returns for another season on Monday, March 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
