Brooks Nader, Gleb Savchenko Keep Feud Alive With ‘Petty’ Jabs

The Moment

Just when you thought this Dancing With the Stars showmance had taken its final bow, Brooks Nader and Gleb Savchenko are back for an encore – and it’s less waltz, more cage match.

On a new episode of the podcast Olivia’s House, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Brooks Nader, 28, went off on her ex and former dance partner Gleb Savchenko, 42, calling him “f-king petty” and accusing him of ranting about her and her family on Instagram Live a year after their breakup.

According to her recounting on the podcast, Gleb allegedly jumped on IG Live recently to vent about her, while insisting he “doesn’t care.” Brooks – who has been criticized as “bitter” for still discussing the split – basically said, if I’m petty, he’s petty too.

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She even admitted they were both “so f-king petty” during the relationship and did “f-ked up, toxic, petty things” to each other. So yes, at least one person in this story is self-aware.

The romance started when they were paired for Season 33 of Dancing With the Stars, went from paso doble to PDA in record time, and fizzled for good this past April. Yet here we are, months later, still listening to emotional bonus tracks no one ordered.

The Take

I’ll say it: this breakup is starting to feel like when you try to leave a group chat and it just keeps renaming itself around you.

On one hand, Brooks has every right to tell her story. She lived it, it affected her, and we’re in the era of women refusing to politely swallow relationship fallout to protect a man’s image. Her calling herself and Gleb “toxic” and “petty” is refreshingly honest – not many people will admit their role in the drama on a microphone.

On the other hand, when you’re both in your late 20s and early 40s, respectively, still lobbing quotes across social media and podcasts a year later, the vibe shifts from juicy to exhausting. It stops being a love story gone wrong and starts feeling like a PR tug-of-war for who gets the “good ex” edit.

The most telling part is that Brooks says critics are calling her bitter, while she claims Gleb is the one still ranting on IG Live – and insisting he doesn’t care. It’s the classic post-breakup paradox: the person yelling “I’m over this” the loudest is usually the person who absolutely is not.

There’s also a bigger pop-culture piece here. We’ve officially entered the era of the permanent breakup rollout. It used to be one messy statement and a few blinds, and then everyone quietly moved on. Now we get:

• Soft-launch breakup clues on TikTok.
• Public allegations (in this case, she says he cheated; he flatly denies it).
• Months-later podcast tours re-litigating the whole thing.

It’s like the relationship is a franchise and every platform needs a sequel.

Is it entertaining? Absolutely. But the danger is that the relationship becomes content first and a real experience second. When Brooks says they both did “f-ked up, toxic, petty things,” that sounds less like a grand romance and more like two very attractive people locked in a reality-TV feedback loop.

The analogy that comes to mind: this whole saga is like trying to throw away a glitter bomb. You think it’s over, and then you find sparkles – or in this case, quotes – months later in your hair, your DMs, your podcast queue.

If there’s a win here, it’s that Brooks is leaning into the mess instead of pretending it was all perfect until the last five minutes. But if both of them really want to prove they’ve moved on? At some point, the pettiest thing you can do is say nothing at all.

Receipts

Here’s what’s on the record versus what’s still up in the air.

Confirmed:

• Brooks Nader discussed her relationship and breakup with Gleb Savchenko on the Olivia’s House podcast, released the week of November 21, 2025, where she called him “f-king petty” and described them both as toxic and petty as a couple (per the podcast appearance and a November 21, 2025 entertainment report summarizing it).
• She said on the podcast that Gleb recently went on Instagram Live and ranted about her and her family while insisting he “doesn’t care.”
• Nader and Savchenko met when they were partnered on Season 33 of Dancing With the Stars in 2024.
• They sparked dating rumors soon after their partnership began, were later photographed kissing, and even got matching tattoos during a PDA-filled outing, which she has previously described as their “special little thing.”
• The relationship was on-again, off-again through late 2024, with Gleb reportedly spending Thanksgiving with Brooks’ family before they split for good in April 2025.
• Brooks has publicly claimed that Gleb cheated during their relationship, while Gleb has issued a statement firmly denying any infidelity and saying he was surprised to learn the relationship had ended through media reports.

Unverified / Disputed:

• Whether Gleb actually cheated: this remains an allegation by Brooks, directly denied by Gleb in his statement. No independent evidence has been produced publicly.
• The specific content and tone of Gleb’s recent Instagram Live: we only have Brooks’ description of it on the podcast; the full Live has not been widely circulated or officially transcribed.

Backstory (For Casual Readers)

If you’re not glued to every season of Dancing With the Stars, a quick catch-up: Brooks Nader is a model best known for appearing in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, and Gleb Savchenko is a longtime pro dancer on the show. In 2024, the two were paired for Season 33 and their chemistry jumped quickly from ballroom to real life. Within weeks, rumors swirled that they were dating, which they eventually confirmed with PDA-heavy outings and even matching tattoos. The relationship turned into a classic on-again, off-again situation, reportedly ending for good in April 2025 amid Brooks’ claim that he cheated and Gleb’s strong denial.

What’s Next

Where does this go from here? That depends entirely on how addicted each of them is to the storyline.

Brooks has now shifted the narrative from “he hurt me” to “we were both toxic and petty,” which is actually a stronger position if she wants to pivot into a more reflective, healed chapter. If she stays in that lane – telling her truth without using his name as a headline every few months – she could easily spin this into a “lessons learned” arc.

For Gleb, the next move is simple but not easy: either ignore the noise or address it once, clearly, and then stop fueling the fire with more Lives or cryptic comments. If he really doesn’t care, logging off would prove it faster than any rant ever could.

What to watch for:

• Whether Gleb responds – again – on social media or in a new interview.
• If Brooks continues to unpack this relationship on more podcasts or shifts to speaking in broader, less name-specific terms.
• Any sign of real closure: new relationships going public, a jokey “we’ve moved on” acknowledgment, or simply a long stretch of silence.

Until then, this remains a very modern kind of celebrity breakup: less about who was right or wrong, and more about who’s finally willing to let the comments section close.

What do you think: at what point does talking through a breakup in public become healing, and when does it tip into plain old pettiness?