Posted on 11/12/2010 6:44:22 AM PST by WebFocus
Portia DeGeneres could be the first celebrity to dance with a same-sex partner on "Dancing With the Stars."
The hit competition series is "planning to feature a same-sex couple. You're at the top of the list,"Ryan Seacrest told Portia (who changed her last name from de Rossi to DeGeneres) on his radio show yesterday.
The proclamation seemed to surprise DeGeneres, who is married to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. "Goodness, you really do break news," she said.
Rather than flat out pooh-pooh the notion, DeGeneres said, "I'm not gonna pass, let me think about it. I used to be a ballet dancer. It's not completely a pass. You never know."
While ABC does not comment on casting rumors, the network is said to be keeping an eye on how the same-sex couple fares on Israel's "Dancing With the Stars," before deciding whether to go ahead with its own same-sex pairing here in the US.
Last week, Gili Shem Tov, an openly gay TV sportscaster, and Dorit Milman, a heterosexual professional dancer, became the first same-sex dance duo to ever appear on any of the 30 adaptations of the series airing around the world.
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i think it would be better if they had a two man couple competing
Agree. I will never ever watch the show if this happens and thats big cause I watch it all of the time. I hope she gets kicked off first, lol
This is obviously a trial balloon.
DWTS is notorious for stunt casting. However, even from a technical point of view, I can’t see how this would work.
Who would lead? Would they have one partner wear male costuming and the other wear female (especially on the ballroom dances which are judged on traditional elements?) And, as someone has mentioned, with two females, aren’t they at a disadvantage with the lifts?
Maybe they’ll do it, but I just don’t see it.
My cat was killed by a stray dog this weekend. I'm certain it was caused by watching too much TV.
And then this morning my coffee maker failed to start my coffee on time. I knew I should have never put that TV in the kitchen where the coffee maker could see it.
Now I'm afrid to go into my kitchen anymore. Who knows what evils my TV watching appliances are going to unleash on my next!?
ABC cutting their own throat!
No she is not. Marriage requires one man and one woman. They are short a man. Therefore no marriage exists.
“Good Grief, this may turn off half the nation and half the viewers might turn it off and this would tangentially nix the show..”
I definitely won’t be watching.
A steamy tango is not a sock hop! WE WON'T BE TUNING IN!
"For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
Therefore GOD GAVE THEM OVER IN THE LUSTS OF THEIR HEARTS TO IMPURITY, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
For this reason God gave them over to DEGRADING PASSIONS; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is UNNATURAL (literally "AGAINST NATURE" in the Greek), and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing INDECENT ACTS and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. ...
and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of DEATH, they not only do the same, but also give HEARTY APPROVAL to those who practice them." (Romans 1:21-27, 32 Emphasis added)
While these two are enjoying and flaunting their pervesion and sin they are both heading for a Christless eternity in the Lake of Fire unless they repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ to save them from their sin:
"Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyones name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire." Revelation 20:14
Well, based on what I’ve observed in almost fifty-five years of living, the rules will be “adjusted” to accommodate the gay agenda.
If this dude was Thomas Paine he would have spent his every waking hour producing and distributing pamphlets that attempted to destroy the credibility of the town crier system, declaring all those who listed to ANYTHING the Town Crier had to say as imbeciles.
Should read, "When it was legislated from the bench to be legal"...we in CA have twice voted NOT to leagalize same sex marriage...TWICE!
If DWTS does this, their viewership will suffer. The Amazing Race used to put on a ton of gay people but I've noticed that has stopped. This season's race had no gay couples and was actually fun to watch again.
“Israel is supposed to be a country where religion is a daily part of life....Did it affect the ratings there?”
I don’t know how religious they are, but from my own experience from a trip to Israel in 1995 — One of the first things I was exposed to was a threesome taking place on the beach in Tel Aviv - at least it was dark and I couldn’t see much. Two days later I was walking amongst muddy and non-muddy naked people at the Dead Sea.
“How could anyone man or woman marry DeGeneres?”
$$$$$$$$$$$$
Fame
Go-nowhere career needed boost
I actually think Degineret is very funny for an angry lesbian. I could go drink beer or watch hockey with her.
Remember when her self named show was in the ratings dump? she came out and it was cancelled.
Wait.....you said that about all cruises yesterday.
I see a pattern, here. :0
Velousy and Yolandish
(....you have to be of a certain age.....)
Leni
I have never see the show and now I will never see it. Just the thought of this dog and pony show being force fed across the television makes me puke. Hey if they want to dance great just do it when there are no cameras. No they have to shove a living life style most of us do not want any part of down our throats just like the current administration shoves their policies - phooey on you.
Music will be by last years air guitar winner.
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