It hasn’t been officially announced yet, but it’s rumored Paula Deen is joining the cast of the 21st season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.
As we previously reported, former Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter, Bindi Irwin and jockey Victor Espinoza are officially amongst this season’s competitors.
E! Online reports Deen has talked about being approached to join the show before, first being asked back in 2010. She said at the time, “They did ask me and I said no. Fat girls don't look good sweating."
However, Deen might need this show as a platform to get back into America’s good graces following her N-word scandal, which she hasn’t completely recovered from. Her latest scandal was just last month, when she posted a picture of her son wearing Blackface on Twitter and then deleted it.
On the professional dancers side, we do know Karina Smirnoff will be back after taking a break last season, along with Derek Hough, Val Chmerkovskiy, Artem Chigvintsev, Allison Holker, Witney Carson, Sharna Burgess, Mark Ballas and Peta Murgatroyd.
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