Julia Stiles and her "Dancing With the Stars" pro partner, Ezra Sosa, have revealed matching tattoos following their elimination from Season 35 of the ABC competition series. The actress and the choreographer debuted identical ink featuring eight stars on their wrists.
In an Instagram post, Stiles and Sosa explained that the eight stars represent each dance they performed together on the show. Sosa also shared a personal tattoo on his ribs, depicting a chair, a nod to the prop Stiles famously used in the 2001 film "Save the Last Dance" and which they incorporated into their October jazz routine.
Stiles also got the phrase "diva check" tattooed in script. Sosa clarified in the comments that he used this phrase daily to check on Stiles' well-being during rehearsals.
Despite being cut from the competition, Stiles expressed that she and Sosa "won in so many ways." She reflected in her Instagram post about fulfilling a childhood dream of dancing, writing, "I did this for the little girl in me that stopped dancing."
Sosa has a history of commemorating his "DWTS" partnerships with tattoos. Previously, he got the word "nothing" tattooed after his time with contestant Anna Delvey and matching "just married" tattoos with Jordan Chiles, which arose from dating speculation.
Sosa, who has been a pro on "DWTS" since 2021, recently told Out magazine that he has expressed interest to the show's casting directors about competing with a same-sex partner in a future season, citing his passion for queer representation in dance.