December 2nd, 2010 at 5:56 pm by
Anne
Bristol Palin was ‘forced’ to do Dancing With The Stars according to fellow contestant Margaret Cho. She wrote on her blog:
Everyone was trying to pit me against Bristol, but the truth is, we got along well. She never asked me to babysit Tripp or anything like that, but I consider her a friend. So what’s my take on her television debut? Well…
Why did Bristol do Dancing with the Stars? I heard from someone who really should know (really should seriously know the dirt really really) that the only reason Bristol was on the show was because Sarah Palin forced her to do it. Sarah supposedly blames Bristol harshly and openly (in the circles that I heard it from) for not winning the election, and so she told Bristol she “owed” it to her to do DWTS so that “America would fall in love with her again” and make it possible for Sarah Palin to run in 2012 with America behind her all the way. Instead of being supposedly “handicapped” by the presence of her teen mom daughter, now Bristol is going to be an “asset” – a celebrity beloved for her dancing. I am sure the show wasn’t in on this (but who knows anything really).
Although I don’t agree with the family’s politics at all, I really like Bristol as a person. She’s warm and incredibly supportive, and I think that she looks beautiful out on the dance floor. It’s heartbreaking that people are so awful to her about her weight. I think she looks fantastic, and why does everybody think they have a right to comment on our bodies? What are young girls going to take away from that? If people call her fat what kind of impact does that have on women who have similar body types – which is most of us??!! Still, it is a dance competition, and so I am sure that people feel they have the right to judge bodies and not just ability. That’s just wrong.
Bristol is learning. She improved a lot, in my opinion. Her tango was fierce and really the best dance she did. You really do learn to dance in this competition! I am proud of her for shaking her ass! But keep in mind there are other forces at work here and it’s not just for the love of dance.
Now I am scared I am going to wake up with a decapitated moose head in my bed.
First of all in Hollywood (and the rest of the world for that matter) everyone tries to pit women against one another all the time! But whether or not this is true, who knows?
Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas Still Side By Side
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It’s not outrageously surprising if it is true, but if she considers Bristol Palin a friend, why would she write this on her blog? I would be dumping that friend stat! What about keeping your friend’s confidences?
Margaret Cho is a grown woman and should know when she should and shouldn’t speak out on behalf of others. What did she gain from this? Media attention? Was this all about getting her name out there? I can’t imagine why else she would feel the need to do that.
I don’t know what Sarah Palin stands for politically, but she comes across as out-to-lunch. Not saying she is (lawyer people) just saying that’s my interpretation of her. I almost expect her to pull a unicorn out of her purse and start brushing it or something equally crazy. Is she that selfish a mother? Who knows?
I wonder if Bristol will respond to this.
What do you think of what Margaret Cho wrote?
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