Snowboarder Chloe Kim Says She's ‘Jealous’ of Olympian Friend Ilona Maher’s ‘Moves’ onDWTS(Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Ilona Maher (left); Chloe Kim.Photo:Getty(2)

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Chloe Kimis ready to cheer on fellow Olympian and friendIlona Maherin the finale ofDancing with the Stars.

Although Kim and Maher’s friendship is relatively new, it’s already solid.

“Ilona and I actually went on a hot girl jog recently and then got brunch. So that was my first time meeting her,” Kim recalls. “I just love her and I love everything that she does, and I think she’s such an inspiration.”

Ilona Maher (left) dances with Alan Bersten onDancing with the Stars.Disney/Eric McCandless

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Maher is not the only Olympian who has made it to theDancing with the Starsfinale. GymnastStephen Nedoroscikis competing with his partnerRylee Arnoldfor the covetedLen Goodman Mirrorball Trophy. While Kim will be casting her vote for Maher and her partnerAlan Bersten, she is excited to watch Nedoroscik, 26, perform as well.

“I don’t know Stephen, but I am sure I’d adore him as a human being,” the Olympic snowboarder says. “He is an icon.”

Though Kim is excited to be a cheerleader for Maher, she admits that the dance floor is not her scene.

“I was invited to go on [Dancing with the Stars] a few years ago and I declined,” Kim reveals. “Because, well, I can’t dance.”

While dancing may not be her forte, singing certainly is. Instead ofDancing with the Stars, Kim joined theMasked Singerin 2020, making it all the wayto the semifinals.

“It was so much fun,” the gold medalist tells PEOPLE about her time on the show. “I would a hundred percent do it again.”

Chloe Kim onThe Masked Singer.Fox

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Although Kim passed on the chance to dance, Maher has sparked her interest in the experience.

“I think I’ll be seeing her soon, so I’ll pick her brain about it and see,” the 24-year-old says. “But from everything she’s told me, she seems like she’s having the most incredible experience and so she’s selling me. I’m into it.”

source: people.com