He may be excited about winning his Mirrorball Trophy on “Dancing with the Stars,” but “The Bachelor” star Joey Graziadei admitted his road to victory was arduous, calling it “mental warfare.”

During the show’s finale, Fox News Digital asked the reality star and former tennis pro which was more challenging: being the frontman on “The Bachelor” or being a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars.”

“They are so different,” Graziadei said. “‘Bachelor’ wasn’t hard because it gave me my fiancée (Kelsey Anderson), and I’m so grateful for that. It’s a different experience. You have to really try hard.”

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Former “Bachelor” star Joey Graziadei and his dance partner Jenna Johnson took home the Mirrorball Trophy for season 33. (Disney/Eric McCandless/Getty Images)

“But this is mental warfare,” he added of the nine-week competition. “I’m doing something I don’t know how to do. And I have to make it look like I know how to do it every week.”

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Graziadei praised his partner Jenna Johnson for guiding him through the hardships.

“It’s because of her that she helped me do that, but yeah, this is just so different than anything else I’ve done.”

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Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson danced the cha-cha for their redemption dance in the finale. (Disney/Eric McCandless/Getty Images)

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Johnson, who has appeared on the show as a professional dancer since season 23 and won season 26 with professional figure skater Adam Rippon, shared why this particular achievement was so important.

“It’s crazy that my husband is giving me this trophy,” she said of her husband and fellow pro Valentin Chmerkovskiy, who won last season with his partner Xochitl Gomez. “And knowing that we both now have the first two Len Goodman Mirrorballs is the greatest honor. I’m just beyond grateful.”

Jenna Johnson received the Mirrorball Trophy from her husband Valentin Chmerkovskiy, who won the competition show last season. (Disney/Eric McCandless/Getty Images)

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The reality competition show was renamed Mirrorball Trophy in honor of former head judge Len Goodman, who died in 2023.