“I don’t know
what you’re going to write about,” jokes Tom Bergeron, wandering over during a commercial break. “It’s been such a
boring evening.”
Blame it on the full moon, but Monday night’s
Dancing With the Stars was chock full of crazy. Some of the dancing, including Mya and Dmitry’s rumba, was sensational. But then there was the spectacle of Donny Osmond molesting judge Bruno Tonioli at the judges’ table after Osmond let loose with
his rumba, which earned a more-than-respectable score of “21.” “I don’t know what came over me,” says Osmond after the show. “Clearly, I’ve lost my mind. And I may never be able to go back to Utah again.”
Then he gets serious and reveals the real reason for blowing off steam: The rumba is the most sensual of all ballroom dances, and a potential minefield for those who feel self-conscious about expressing man/woman fireworks. “You have to understand: I’ve been married for 31 years and I’ve never been with another woman,” says Osmond. “So to do a dance like that....” His partner, Kym Johnson, understands. “It’s very hard because it’s so intimate,” she says.
Then there was the always-entertaining Paula Abdul, who causes a stir every time she shows up in the ballroom. She scolded head judge Len Goodman for becoming “Len Badman,” given his crankiness and the exceptionally low scores he was doling out. And as to the smooching going on between Osmond and Tonioli, she suggested that she and judge Carrie Ann Inaba “should start making out.” Inaba didn’t look receptive to the idea.
But nothing could top the nail-biter that came in the form of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who chose to dance on two broken feet. No one in the audience seemed to be breathing as he powered through his samba with stress fractures in both feet. “That guy is tough,” says football legend Michael Irvin, who knows a thing or two about playing in pain. “I have respect for him. I actually asked Tom, ‘Where’d you play ball?‘ Because he has that mentality.”
“I told him to go take his osteoporosis medicine right away,” jokes Debi Mazar, who has grown fond of DeLay. “He’s very funny and warm, very self-deprecating. And he’s not giving up.”
Maybe not, but after getting the second-lowest score of the night, it was clear that DeLay was in a world of hurt. After the show, he limped off the ballroom floor.
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