Mauricio Umansky might have turned his dance partner into a real-life romantic partner — ’cause he’s out here looking real cozy with Emma Slater … or so it seems. The ‘Real Housewives’ star — who’s currently separated from his estranged wife, Kyle Richards — hit up a restaurant in Bev Hills Sunday night with Emma … who he’s sharing screen time with right now during his stint on “Dancing With the Stars” as her celeb plus-1. Welp, it looks like they’re taking their ballroom connection into the outside world — that is, if these photos on their face are to be believed — ’cause the ‘DWTS’ pair walked away from their one-on-one dinner hand in hand, coming across awfully couple-y. No other signs of PDA between ’em that we can see … but this feels telling on its own. Mauricio and Emma have actually been hanging out a lot lately — dressing up for Halloween as recently as last week. So, yeah … they’ve been chummy for a good while now. Now, our sources with direct knowledge tell us the hand-holding was spurred on by a deep convo the duo had over dinner — namely discussing their upcoming dance on this week’s episode. We’re told the theme is “most important year of your life” — and Mauricio opened up to Emma about why 1996 was so pivotal for him. Our sources say Mauricio actually revealed a lot to Emma last night on this topic — and we’re told that, as a result, they felt far more connected and closer than ever … which, we suppose, explains why they looked like this while exiting.
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