Janel Parrish and Sasha Farber just hit the red (orange) carpet together for the first time as a couple!
The 37-year-old actress and the 42-year-old Dancing With the Stars pro dancer stepped out for the 2026 Race to Erase MS Gala at Fairmont Century Plaza on Friday night (June 5) in Los Angeles.
At the event, Janel even bid on a private dancing class with Sasha as one of the items up for auction to raise money to benefit Race to Erase MS and its Center Without Walls program. The gala raised over $1.8 million that night, for the collaboration of top MS research centers working together as a team on groundbreaking research with the goal of treating and, ultimately, finding a cure for MS.
At the event, Janel and Sasha dished on their unexpected romance, which was only made public a few months ago.
“He is like the sweetest, most brightest light to everybody that he meets,” she told Us Weekly. “He [has] the kindest heart to everyone, to his friends, his family or if he just met you walking his dogs. He just has the biggest heart and is so caring and loving.”
“She is so sweet, down to earth, so loving, so real, and I just feel so much support coming from her side,” Sasha added. “She’s just so supportive and wonderful. She loves animals, she loves dogs [and] she loves everyone who she meets.”
“They always leave with a smile on their face, and I feel like no matter what day I’m having, I know when I see Janel, this is where I’m meant to be,” the dancer continued.
“We were friends for years,” Janel noted. “I did the show and he was my buddy Sash for a very long time, and then we reconnected and here we are.”
“You never know where life is going to take you. Reconnecting with Sasha has shown me a new kind of love and happiness that I didn’t know existed,” she went on. “I think that those are some of the most beautiful and exciting things in life, and sometimes it’s the most unexpected things that can be the most beautiful things.”
Also stepping out at the event was Sasha‘s ex-wife Emma Slater and her boyfriend Alan Bersten. The DWTS pros kicked off the evening with a dance performance, which was introduced by the night’s host Jesse Palmer.
Other DWTS pros in attendance included Jenna Johnson and Val Chmerkovskiy, Britt Stewart, Brandon Armstrong and wife Brylee, Jan Ravnik, and Ezra Sosa with sister Stephani, as well as season 34 competitor Andy Richter with wife Jennifer.
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills‘ friend of Kathy Hilton and husband Rick Hilton were seen hitting the carpet, where she also posed with actress Jaime King.
This past week, Kathy announced she was stepping down as grand marshal of the 2026 West Hollywood Pride Parade after much backlash. See what she said!
Other Real Housewives stars at the event included RHOBH alum Crystal Kung Minkoff, RHONJ alum Jennifer Fessler and husband Jeff Fessler, and RHONY alum Luann de Lesseps, who will star in the upcoming E! series The Golden Life with more of her RHONY OGs.
Tons of stars stepped out for the event that night, and you can see them all below!
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