The Valley stars Nia Sanchez and Danny Booko are reacting after their castmate Michelle Saniei was spotted holding hands with none other than rap legend Dr. Dre.
“Well, I saw her today,” Danny, 42, exclusively told Luxury Handbag Shopping on Friday, May 1, while attending Calamigos Ranch Resort & Spa’s Leading Hotels of the World accreditation celebration. “We were doing some interviews for the show and she’s pretty tight-lipped. I said, ‘Hey, Michelle, what’s new? What’s going on?’ She’s like, ‘Nothing. Everything’s normal, everything’s great.’ You’re not going to give me anything, Michelle? Anything?”
The voice actor continued, “She’s like, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’ She was like, ‘It’s called privacy, Danny.’ One of the producers was like, ‘Privacy? You’re on a reality show.’”
Michelle, 37, and Dr. Dre, 61, were seen holding hands in pictures published recently by social media gossip account DeuxMoi. The pair were reportedly seen leaving the hip restaurant Nobu together. Neither Michelle or Dr. Dre, real name Andre Romell Young, have publicly addressed the photos or their relationship status.
Michelle’s ex and The Valley costar Jesse Lally broke his silence on the pair’s rumored romance, admitting that he didn’t have his ex-wife dating a hip-hop icon on his 2026 bingo card.
“Michelle’s divorced and she’s single, and whatever makes her happy is cool,” Jesse, 45, told TMZ on Tuesday, April 28. “I did not get a heads-up. I saw it on social media the same way as everybody else.”
Michelle and Jesse were married from 2018 to 2023 and share daughter Isabella, 6. Following their contentious split, Michelle dated Aaron Nosler, but the pair called it quits in July 2025 after just one year of dating.
Jesse continued, “The Dr. Dre thing — didn’t see that one coming. [Michelle didn’t] listen to rap music, so dating Dr. Dre, good for her. “
Danny joked with Us on Friday that he is “looking forward” to working with Dr. Dre in season 4 of The Valley.
“I don’t know if we’ll be getting paid,” he laughed at the event featuring Crazy Mountain beverages. “He’ll probably be taking a lot of the budget, but it will be a fun ride.”
“She deserves to have fun, because she’s been through it,” Nia chimed in of Michelle and her single status. “Her and Jesse clearly were not good together, and her and Aaron were not good together. So I want her to have a good time. Enjoy herself. She deserves it.”
