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Sarah Jane Nader, Part of Third Same-Sex Pairing in ‘DWTS’ History, Eliminated in Premiere

Bisexual model and reality television star Sarah Jane Nader got the first axe of the 36th season of Dancing With the Stars on Wednesday night and was eliminated, alongside her dancing partner Hailey Bills. Nader and Bills earned a score of 14/30 during the second night of the two-night premiere, in which female celebrities and their partners were tasked with putting on a number from the year in which the celebrity dancer was born. Nader and Bills did a jive to Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi.”Nader and Bills were the first same-sex pairing on Dancing with the Stars in four years. JoJo Siwa and Jenna Johnson were the show’s first-ever same sex pairing on season 30, with the next season seeing a pairing up of RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Shangela and Gleb Savchenko, who also happens to be ex-boyfriend to Nader’s older sister, Brooks Nader. (What a tangled reality TV web we weave, right?)Prior to the season premiere, Nader opened up about being part of just the third same-sex pairing in the show’s history, telling Entertainment Weekly that it is “so cool to be the representation that I didn’t have growing up.”“I’m just so honored to be here and be doing this,” Nader told EW. “And I hope that in a few years it’s very normal that two girls are dancing together on this show.”Nader showed support for Bills ahead of the premiere, pointing out on Instagram that, due to it being a night of all the female celebrities dancing and them being the only same-sex couple, Bills would be the only professional dancer competing. See on Instagram Nader was the first female celebrity to be voted off this season as part of a two-night premiere event. The first night saw the competition show say goodbye to Connor Leavitt, another reality show star from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Nader came out as bisexual on Love Thy Nader, the show which features her and her sisters making it as models in New York City. Her sexuality became a topic of discussion after she brought a

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