Connor Wood DWTS is heading into Dancing With the Stars Season 35 while appearing to be single. That makes his ballroom run a public-facing answer to a relationship question his audience has followed for years.
Wood has never publicly been in a relationship, and he was most recently connected to Sally Carden. He will dance with Rylee Arnold on Dancing With the Stars, which gives the season a built-in crossover between his online following and a mainstream TV audience.
September 10 and Bumble
September 10 brings a separate booking: Wood is set to make his return to Bumble and give dating advice on Bumble Bee Line. He previously worked in marketing for Bumble, so the platform is using a familiar face at the exact moment his dating life is under the microscope.
Wood is also known online as Fibula, cohosts Brooke and Connor Make a Podcast with Brooke Averick, and is the voice behind the viral audio, "I have purse." That mix of podcast reach and short-form recognition is why a relationship-status story about him travels faster than a normal casting note.
Hallie Batchelder Video
In 2025, rumors about Wood and Sally Carden circulated after Hallie Batchelder posted a video of them cuddling and Wood kissing Carden's forehead. Batchelder captioned it, "Oop."
That clip is the wrinkle in the cleanest reading of the story: Wood appears single now, but the public record around him includes a recent connection that was never framed by either side as a relationship announcement. For readers trying to parse the difference between internet speculation and a real couple, that is the part to watch.
ABC on September 15
Dancing With the Stars, Season 35 Premiere is scheduled for September 15 at 8/7c on ABC. If Wood's audience follows him from podcast clips to primetime, this is the week when a private-life search term becomes part of a TV rollout.
The practical answer is simple: Wood is entering the season as a single-seeming contestant with a visible dance partner, a dating-advice platform on September 10, and a lingering question about Sally Carden that his public history still does not settle.
