“It’s just about planning and making sure you’re setting aside time to see each other and make really cool experiences happen,” he told Us Weekly last month. “You only get one chance at a start of a relationship.”

As he described it, “We’re able to come together and just have an awesome relationship.”

And that also includes bonding with Maggie’s parents Pat and Lesly. As for how Jackson felt after meeting the legendary Wheel of Fortune host?

“He’s a great guy,” he added. “Everybody’s nervous to meet the father of the person they’re dating, or mother or both.”

Plus, he noted there is a freedom to having been his authentic, “weird” self with Maggie’s dad.

“I’m not going to hold back who I am as a person, and people seem to enjoy that company,” Jackson said. “I’m happy that I’m able to be myself truly in every aspect now.”

Ahead of Jackson’s appearance on Dancing With the Stars, read on to check out relationship details about other contestants from the show.