Yet, there’s always been a lot of speculation aboutMonaco’s secretive love life.

There are a lot of things that fansdon’t know when it comes to Kelly Monaco.

That itself gave fans a reason to tune in that year.

Val Chmerkovskiy and Kelly Monaco at a basketball game

Did Kelly Monaco date Valentin Chmerkovskiy?

She said at the time, “I mean, this is not my thing.

I like to cry on camera and I like to study lines, I really do.

Val and Kelly dancing

I like my routine.

I have been doing soaps for 13 years now.”

TheirCha Cha was pretty frisky, and during another dance, they shared a lollipop.

The cast of Dancing With The Stars season 15

Their closeness even prompted judge Carrie Ann Inaba to wonder if they were really dating off-camera.

She even asked the pair after one of their routines.

“It’s so awesome to be called out on national television.

I don’t (care).

Whatever,” Monaco stated afterward, according toUSA Today.

She was quick to take out the ‘girl’ in girlfriend.

The dancer himself even added, “We have a great time when we’re together.

We have great conversations.

We make fun of the same people.

We compliment the same people.

We like similar things and that’s that.”