Ezra Sosa shocked his Dancing with the Stars colleagues with his new ink!
In a recent TikTok video, the professional dancer, 23, showed his coworkers his latest tattoo, which is the word “nothing” in cursive on his shoulder blade over a small “33” as a nod to his former dance partner Anna Delvey’s famous last words before their season 33 elimination.
“I love this cast sm,” Sosa captioned the post.
The clip showed the dancer debuting his ink to several familiar faces and their reactions. Real Housewives alum and contestant Phaedra Parks reacted in shock to the tattoo, saying, “Oh my god, I’m going to beat your…”
After a quick cut, she was seen telling Sosa that he’s “hilarious for that.”
Other reactions include co-host Alfonso Ribeiro reading the tattoo aloud and saying, “Huh?” When Sosa asked if he liked it, he responded, “I’m going to say yes.”
Six-time Mirrorball winner Derek Hough delivered a one-word response saying, “Fantastic,” while dancer Alan Bersten gave Sosa a gentle pat on the back.
Rugby player Illona Maher, who cried onstage after a mishap in last week’s episode, gave Sosa a mixed reaction. “Okay, okay, that’s awesome,” she said before saying the ink is “a little cuckoo.”
Sosa revealed his tattoo in a TikTok on October 5 with a video that contained the audio from the controversial moment after Delvey and Sosa’s elimination. “What are you going to take away from this competition?” Show co host Julianne Hough’s voice asks as someone moves a paper towel off of the dancer’s back to reveal the tattoo while Delvey’s “nothing” reply plays in the background.
“There you have it,” the co host’s voice continued as Sosa lip-synced along to the audio. “Absolutely nothing.”
In the caption, Sosa lightheartedly wrote, “[I’m] such an idiot.”
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On October 10, the dancer opened up in a heartfelt Instagram post about the experience as he shared a snap of the tattoo. “I’ve been processing so much from my first season as a pro, and while there’s been a lot to unpack, there’s been a lot of good, more than I expected. It wasn’t easy; the highs were incredible, but the lows were challenging in ways I wasn’t prepared for,” he wrote.
Sosa admitted that there are “probably better ways to work through everything” rather than getting the words tattooed on his back, but insists that it “just felt right.”
“It’s not about glossing over what happened but taking back control of my story. It’s a quiet, personal reminder that l can shape how I carry those experiences forward, even if I can’t change what’s behind me,” he wrote. “t’s about accepting every part of the journey and moving on with a sense of clarity, knowing it’s all part of my story on my terms.”
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