Time to Over-Analyze Connor Wood’s Response to Being Asked About “Everyone Shipping” Him and Rylee Arnold

Dancing With the Stars fans are convinced Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold should date based on their intense chemistry in the ballroom, and even their fellow contestants are aware of the rumors. Cut to Ezra, who decided to get messy during a DWTS TikTok live and ask Connor, “What do you say about everyone shipping you and Rylee?”Connor’s response? Awkward silence, looking around, tripping over his words, and then “I say thanks for watching.”Reminder: Rylee is in a relationship with tight end Walker Lyons (who she’s been dating since 2024), but she and Connor are aware of the rumors—and they’re allegedly leaning into them.“Connor and Rylee are really leaning into the relationship rumors and are intentionally feeding into the fans shipping them to make it another week,” a source recently told The Sun. “They know they’re on the bubble so it’s a tactic, a hail mary, to get to the finals the season. Getting to the finals means everything to Rylee. And with Connor’s social media popularity she thinks they can make it.”Oh, and apparently “Rylee did say during rehearsals she had to have a talk with Walker to assure him their relationship is solid and this is all for them to go farther in the show and get votes. He seems supportive but he’s never on set since he’s at school.”She also told TV Insider that fans shouldn’t read too much into chemistry on the dance floor, saying, “To have that chemistry helps you get through the dance, get through the steps. Again, for me, I grew up doing this.”Noted!