The On-Going Saga of The Bachelorette (Ashley Hebert) and DWTS – Rumor or Reality?
Yes, it is an on-going saga. First it was “rumored” she was in talks to sign up. Then it was supposedly confirmed. Well, now, a friend of hers is saying that she did the Bachelor in the first place in order to get a spot on DWTS. :::sigh::: I dunno, it seems to me that DWTS opened themselves up to people trying to establish themselves as “stars” (as if) in order to try to get on their show when they started taking reality faux stars. Ashley seems like a nice girl and all, but this, if true, is just ridiculous. “I want to be on DWTS because I can dance, but I’m not a star. They took other people from The Bachelor, so I’ll just go on there.” Oy veh.
On the other hand, it would be nice to see a higher level of dance than what we had last season. But still – Kirstie Alley = STAR. Ashley? Not so much. From Hollywood Life:
A close friend of Ashley’s tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively that she didn’t think she’d make it that far on ‘The Bachelor’ — so she was going to use it to move on to ‘DWTS!’
Most people go on The Bachelor to find love. But Ashley Hebert — currently starring as The Bachelorette — thought she would give it a go to boost her chances of getting a spot on Dancing with the Stars!
“Going on Dancing with the Stars was one of her main reasons going on The Bachelor,” a source very close to Ashley tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively! “Because of her dancing background,” Ashley thought she would have a shot.
No. No no no no no.
Nononono nononono NONONONO!!!!!
And in case that’s not clear, NO Ashley.
I’m okay with reality stars but not like this. You do have to draw the lines some times and in this case, no. If she can dance but is not a star, she is someone who can dance. I agree Heidi, Kirstie Alley=Star . And I hate to retract, but I take back what I said a long time ago, but now that I think about it, Season 12 was a pretty washed up cast. I hate to say it but the only legitimate Star was Kirstie. And she is a STAR. I guess it can be argued that she was the biggest star they’ve gotten.
I’m not against reality stars, but lately, it seems like DWTS has ran out of options that they go to these first. Remember Trista on Season 1? She was the first one out (I didn’t watch Season 1, but I like to look up history). The next Reality star? Shanna Moakler Season 3. Gone in week 2. To my knowledge, the only reality star that went far was Melissa Rycroft in Season 8 and since then, they’ve really gone after Reality Stars. But you do need to draw the line somewhere. I think if they are going to cast Reality Stars, limit it to one, if they have to maybe two.
But I also remember not feeling great when Sitch and Audrina were on (together) I would’ve just kept Audrina for obvious reasons but other than that, this show is titled DWT-STARS. Then again, they did get Bristol Palin on too. :-/
Please Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Oh, Nathan, I thought there were a lot of “legitimate” stars on Season 12 – Ralph certainly was, and they’ve always had sports people. Chelsea was, although not as well known. I just don’t think that allowing cameras into your life really equals “stardom” – or it shouldn’t. Don’t see why Sitch, Audrina, or Melissa qualified.
And you do realize that now that we’re all complaining, Derek will come back and get Ashley as a partner right?
People will cry “Derek always gets the good dancers!!!!!!” and I’ll be forced to kill someone. 
ROTFL Heidi. Of course, if Derek gets Ashley, we’ll never hear the end of it. And I’ll cover up for you!
And you are right. Ralph was a star, Kirstie was a star, Chelsea to some extent was a star, and sports people always make it on there. So yeah there were stars. But I can’t shake the feeling that something was up…cant put my finger on it (WTA cha cha, Judges bashing Ralph) hmm. can’t think of it
I should have definitely used a better word than “legitimate” though.
So then does that mean she only did the Bachelorette to get on DWTS as well??
I hope Ashley is not on DWTS, she is rather boring and not that appealing.
Well, Nathan – it’s my mission to point out when people are just acting crazy.
And saying “Derek always gets the good partners” or, even worse, “Mark NEVER gets good parters” or “Maks and Tony NEVER get good partners” is right up there in terms of an extreme LACK of critical thinking. 
So, I won’t give up – in fact, I’ll write a post on how stupid those comments are and just provide a link every single time someone tries to beat that dead horse. 
Sandy – that’s the implication of the article. Who knows if it’s true or not. I would NOT be surprised at all. I can’t imagine her relationship lasts when both Ashley and the guy she chose see how they are portraying her on the Bachelorette, so she’ll have time. Seriously awful. I almost feel bad for her – I would, except for the fact that you’ve GOT to know that that show will do whatever it takes for ratings – even throwing their “star” under an extended bus. You know, the type with the accordian thing in the middle.
Okay, I must say who is this “close friend” of Ashley’s? It seems like sources “very close” to whatever person are always saying incriminating things.
Honestly, Ashley seems sweet and I wouldn’t mind if she were on next season just so the dancing might be better. This season set the bar kind of low in my opinion.
I just wish for one Season we’d get a whole cast of true Stars and not wannabees, reality stars, or people we’ve never heard of.