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A Sad Farewell
Sure, Jerry Springer has been insisting that he should get voted off Dancing with the Stars, but when it finally happened it was a melancholy moment. "I can't help it," Springer told us while wiping tears from his eyes. "This is the nicest group. I'm a grown-up now and grown-ups don't usually get to play games. This was like you get to go to camp as a grown-up." As for tearing up during the telecast, Springer says, "I saw that I was losing it and I grabbed for the microphone. That's my security blanket. I figured if I could just hold onto that mic I'd be okay!"And though the talk-show host won't be on the 38-city DWTS tour kicking off Dec. 19 in San Diego ("They couldn't meet my price," he joked), partner Kym Johnson will take her fancy footwork on the road and will return for the Nov. 15 season finale.
All in the Family
Dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy (who got the boot with partner Willa Ford two weeks ago) brought his younger brother Valentin into the DWTS fold when he performed an exhibition number to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" with students from Rising Stars Dance Academy in Saddle Brook, N.J., where both siblings teach. Valentin told us that he was asked to join the cast but had to decline. "I'm very involved with my competitive dance career at the moment so it's a bit unfair for me to leave my partner for a few months for the show," he said. "But I would love to do it some day." Watch out – it'll be Chmerkovskiy squared!What Would Jerry Do?
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TUESDAY'S SHOW
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Where Was Mama Lopez?
Mario Lopez's biggest supporter was missing Tuesday night, but don't worry, mom Elvia had a good excuse: She was home baby-sitting his sister Marisa's kids, Makai, 2, and 2-month-old Kalia. "It was weird not seeing my mom here. She's our good-luck charm," Lopez told us. Partner Karina Smirnoff agreed: "I said to her yesterday, 'That's not good. Something might go wrong.' And the music was a lot slower tonight and it threw us a little." But Smirnoff spiced things up by wearing a blonde wig – and anything's possible for the score leaders in Wednesday's performance. "I might go red and then who knows? Mario wanted me to go bald like Sinead O'Connor."Joey's Baby Love
Keen viewers saw a little something extra on Joey Lawrence's right bicep – a silkscreen tattoo of a heart with a banner through the middle that reads "Charli." The actor plans to make the tribute to his 5-month-old daughter permanent. "I'm going to get one for real," he told us. "I've designed this and I'm going to get this eventually. I love it. They say it's bad luck to put your wife's name on your arm but it's good luck to put one on with your children."Going to the Chapel?
Edyta Sliwinska, Joey Lawrence's partner, tells us that she and her dancer fiancé Alec Mazo (who was Kelly Monaco's partner in season one have had to put their wedding on hold until "next summer, hopefully. It's just been too busy with everything on the show." And Sliwinska's hectic pace won't be ending anytime soon: She'll be touring with the Dancing with the Stars cast later this year.Watch Out for Emmitt
When Emmitt Smith debuted this season he was compared to his predecessor, football great and season two finalist Jerry Rice. Now it's Smith's shoes that will need to be filled. "Any athlete that comes after me has a lot to live up to because I had a great partner teaching me. Jerry did, too. He made it to the finals and it's our quest to make it to the finals as well and hopefully we will win it. That will make the difference." |
Father-Daughter Dance
Jerry Springer has lamented for weeks that the other partners on Dancing with the Stars exhibit far more talent. But the talk-show host is glad he lasted long enough to learn the fox trot. "I'm going to do two dances at (my daughter) Katie's (December) wedding and I think the fox trot will be my other dance." The first, of course, being the waltz, which he did several weeks ago in the competition. He also may have found what he's going to wear for it. "I loved the tuxedo," Springer said of his fox-trot attire. "I'm going to see if I can buy it from ABC. It's a nice suit. I want to wear it to the wedding. Plus, when I die they can lay me out in it."Last week's Dancing with the Stars: What You Didn't See
JOSH & FERGIE: ROCKED BY SCANDAL
Did he cheat with a stripper?
Married less than a year, the couple denies an Atlanta woman’s claims that she and Josh had a fling
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