Dancing With The Stars continues to dig through the muck of those who barely qualify for the word "star" to fill its line-up. Now rumor has it that Howard Stern's wife Beth will be appearing on the show.Using "Beth O" is pushing the envelope in terms of actual "celebrity." I recognize that to have a show called Dancing With The Stars, you need to use actual stars, but it doesn't seem like Beth quite qualifies. But she's more famous than I am, even if it's by marriage; who am I to judge?
So please note: You can become a celebrity by DWTS standards even by being the trophy wife (or husband) of another actual celebrity. It actually works. You don't even have to be a trophy. Ask Tom Arnold. Say, why hasn't he been on Dancing With The Stars? What other marriage partners (trophy or not) could they scope out for the show?
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8-15-2009 @ 3:57PM
Pingles said...
Beth O was a swimsuit model and regular skit member on David Letterman (before she met Howard) and has actually hosted her own TV shows on Spike and G4 since leaving Letterman.
Granted, she's no ex-Olympic athlete but certainly more than a "trophy wife" which is a bit insulting.
Could be worse. They could let a "TV show Blogger" participate.
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8-15-2009 @ 8:26PM
sherry said...
Well she is a model, had her own TV series and I saw her in at least one movie
8-15-2009 @ 9:05PM
Kate said...
Oh please, she is the very definition of a "trophy wife". Despite what Howard says, she was NOT a " regular skit member on David Letterman" and no one had ever heard of her. You still wouldn't have if she hadn't married Howard Stern. And that equals trophy wife.
8-15-2009 @ 5:55PM
LC said...
"So please note: You can become a celebrity by DWTS standards even by being the trophy wife (or husband) of another actual celebrity."
Ummmm, are we forgetting Paul MCartney's ex Heather Mills?
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8-15-2009 @ 6:04PM
Aml said...
Actually, wouldn't Heather Mills qualify as a "trophy ex-wife"? LOL ;)
8-15-2009 @ 6:14PM
LC said...
This is true.
8-15-2009 @ 6:42PM
Owloo said...
get Charo on Dancing with the Stars cuchi-cuchi
and I will actually watch the show and she'd probably win it too
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8-15-2009 @ 9:33PM
dkaarma said...
How about Andy Millman?
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8-15-2009 @ 10:31PM
Tony said...
Maybe before you blog, you could have googled her name to see if she did anything else besides marry Stern. I wouldn't go so far as to call this fact-checking, but basic research goes a long way to prevent you from embarrassing yourself.
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8-16-2009 @ 1:40AM
Lola said...
She doesn't qualify as a "star". Does she want to be a star, yes. Dancing with the stars is just picking anyone they can get, who knows what they're qualifications are.
I would have to say, very few people would know who Beth was before she married Howard, and in areas that people don't listen to Howard, no one would even know her. No offense to her, she's obviously trying to get known, she's attractive, and bubbly, but no Meryl Streep. It was fun watching DWTS when they did have some known actors and actresses on, it showed they were real people, but it's becoming boring.
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8-16-2009 @ 1:25PM
segsig said...
The below d-list definition of star is not new to DWTS; nbc in their attempt to have the most inexpensive television schedule has always done this. I think the far worst example was the wife of a indicted politician
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8-16-2009 @ 12:49PM
edd said...
Howard has pluged the show for years and now this is just some payback, sad that fans are going to have to put up with more betho and DWTS talk on the stern show . as for her being a "Star", before Reality tv she was a bit player at best, now with stern and poor tv show she can get up with the best of the D-list
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8-16-2009 @ 2:48PM
LC said...
I think DWTS is starting to make the shift from "Has beens" to "Yet to Be's".
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8-16-2009 @ 3:14PM
Mike MacDonald said...
Who's Howard Stern??
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8-16-2009 @ 6:11PM
mrwirez said...
Who's high pitch?
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