DWTS 13 Rob Kardashian Not Practicing Like He Should?
Well, not sure if this news is true or not, but, TMZ is reporting today that Rob Kardashian is refusing to practice five hours like Cheryl wishes and that she’s fed up. Could this be what his sister forewarned us about with him having “committing” issues? You never know, but, I’d take this news with a grain of salt even though it wouldn’t surprise me. I guess I’ve never been a big Kardashian fan, but, I will reserve total judgement until I see him dance. Though poor Cheryl if true!
Sources close to the show tell us Rob is very nervous and has refused to rehearse longer than 2 hours with Cheryl Burke — while most of the contestants are logging more than 5 hour practices.
We’re told Cheryl is “fed up” with what she perceives to be Rob’s lack of interest in the show.
But Rob is still talking a big game … because we’re told he’s bragging constantly to big sis Kim that he will top her ‘DWTS’ performance by making it past week 3.
If this is the case, he may be the first victim. And I don’t think I would cry over it.
If this is true, poor Cheryl!
Poor Cheryl!
This way, I don’t think he will beat his sister… =/
Ok, I was one of the ones that stated I thought he might do well…. Now I know why just about everyone disagreed!! Wait until his momma reads this!
If this is so, then I hope he is the one to go first and doesn’t take out anyone else that was committed….
Not a strong work ethic in the Kardashian clan. I guess that comes from getting rich and famous without any discernable skills or talents.
At the risk of actually sticking up for the Kardashian clan, I do think that Kim has busted her ass to get where she is – that is, she’s worked pretty hard on her store and other things to make a name for herself. I’ve only seen their show once or twice, but from other things I’ve read she has a real entreprenurial spirit and drive. Can NOT say the same for her leech brother, however. I also don’t know about the other sisters and the mom. They seem to all ride on Kim’s coattails.
I think the whole family is kinda dumb, but there is something to be said for hard work. Kim has it, doesn’t sound like Rob does.
The goofy look on Rob’s face at the cast announcement and the fact that he keeps saying that his mom made him do the show makes me wonder if this might somehow be true…at least to some degree. I’ve always thought he was kind of a putz and a freeloader who mooched off of his sisters’ fame – as far as I know, he still lives at Khloe & Lamar’s house, and isn’t famous for anything he’s done himself. If he is the first to go – I won’t be very sad. Semi-sad for Cheryl, maybe, but then again, relieved that she doesn’t have to keep trying to light a fire underneath an unwilling partner. Guess this is what happens when TPTB let the celebs practice for as long (or as little) as they want…
I’ll also stick up for Khloe. She was smart and driven on Celebrity Apprentice. Definitely more than I would have expected. You could grab a glimpse of what she’s like in business. Sure, her and Kim both play the fame card plenty, but they are smart girls who have also worked hard. Can’t say I’ve seen the same about the little brothers though. Hard to be too condemning when they’ve been coddled their whole life.
Ummmm…..Kim DID NOT get famous because she opened DASH lol….we all know why she became famous
Her momma just is savvy—she even said that she’ll “help” Rob figure how what path he should start to take in life when they got back from Bora Bora (obviously this is from the recent episode prior to Kim getting hitched).
Khloe seems to be the only one who would have made Robert Sr. proud.
Busted her ass? Sorry Heidi, I do not know if you meant it as a joke but lolz with that comment. Joel McHale would like that one, lol.
Anyway Kim took her status with Paris Hilton and that infamous tape to be famous. Tbh, it is not Kim so much as Kris who worked hard to make sure Kim and her family became stars. She is a producer in their show along with Seacrest. Still not sure why the family is famous and their fifteen minutes are coming to an end IMO. I blame Paris, her tape, Seacrest and Kris for their fame.
But Rob’s actions do not surprise me at all. Like his sister, his mom forced him to do the show. Maybe to keep the family name in the eye until Kim gets pregnant or something.
How she got famous is pretty irrelevant from where I sit. From what I’ve seen she works really hard – and really, what more can you ask from a person?? It’s easy to sit back and point fingers and Judge, but it seems to me it would have been easier for HER just to play the fame game and rake in the money. Instead she seems to work pretty hard for it. Harder than Paris Hilton, for sure. Although that bar is set pretty low.
Oh dear, it’s getting harder for me to stick to my commitment to “wait until I’ve seen him dance”. If this is really true, I hope he gets the heave-ho Week 1. Can’t imagine Cheryl would be that sorry to be put out of her misery; she doesn’t strike me as the kind of woman to have much patience for spoiled brats with no work ethic.
Besides the point but from what I saw, she does not seem to work hard. More Kris working hard and then Kim shows up. What she has done to me is no different than what Paris does to work. Play the fame game which pretty much more reality stars do, including Rob and Kristin.
I will agree with Rob on Khloe. She does seem to have some hustle.
We’ll have to agree to disagree on that one. It is Kris’s JOB to do what she does, if she’s their manager. That’s the job description. She best do that rather than just sponge off her kids.
Forgot to add – Rob and Cheryl both tweeted they are done with their dance – he knows it the whole way through already.
This isn’t new, Rob is not the only one ever (or even this season) to show a lack of commitment. Others have regularly shown up late or canceled practices. And saying everyone else rehearses for 5 hours is a huge exaggeration – maybe if you count all their breaks and their lunch break, but even then it’s not the norm.
Agree to disagree. Kris is the mom-manager. Yes it is her job but I do not see Kim hustling. It is not like she is some poor girl who worked her way up. She was not as wealthy as Paris but it is not like they were working jobs to pay their way through college either. I will say if their father was alive, I would think differently. He did make Khloe work which maybe why I see more hard work in her. What Kris sets her up to do, as well as her kids, seems more for her to get her cut. Also Kim’s work to me is no more than what Paris does, did. Kris found a nice way to make money off her kids. Khloe and Kourtney even call her out it that is pretty amusing.
Rob is not the last but I wonder if Len will call him out like he did some others. Or the fact Bruce Jenner is friends with one of the producers will keep Len from calling out.
I do think there is some relevance to how and why Kim and and her family are famous. They set themselves also as role models/ influential. As Reese Witherspoon pointed out, years ago if she had such a tape, it would not make her famous but they would be embarrassed.
Well TMZ has been wrong about a lot of things this pre-season. But, if this is true, I’m gonna find a way to vote against them. I like Cheryl, she’s one of the best pros. I don’t hate Rob either. But when someone doesn’t put in any effort, I don’t want them to stay in the competion. And really, 5 hours a day isn’t all that much. Ralph and Karina rehearsed at least 40 hours a week(except that week where he had the injury) of I were in the competion, I would dance inthose studios as long as I could, then, when we couldn’t rehearse in those studios anymore(my 18th birthday isn’t for a few more months, so technically I’m still a kid, and I can’t rehearse at ABC 12 hours a day) Id go find somewhere else to rehearse. Then at 11:00 at night, I would go home and sleeP until 7:00 am then go rehearse more. So, if he isn’t doing 5 hours, I would be fed up too.
You know, you guys might be too quick on your feet to judge. Why don’t you watch the kid dance before you start talking? Maybe Kim was being dramatic when she said he has a problem “committing”, or maybe she wasn’t; the thing is we don’t know. It’s not right to base assumptions on mere rumours that something might be going on when there is no real evidence.
I thought we were agreeing to disagree -that doesn’t mean continue the argument/discussion.
Alright, but anyway if anyone wants references that might explain what’s going on, visit rob kardashian and cheryl burke at twitter.
She’s “proud” and he “fully knows his routine”. Go see for yourselves.
Not to re-open a closed discussion but ive seen a few episodes and KUWTK and it’s pretty clear the intire family has a great work ethic and except for Kylie and Kendle who are kids. Maybe Rob doesn’t have the drive his sisters have but I think he now part time ” full time?? ” manages BG5. So it’s not like he’s totally without work ethic. He is just VERY laid back about everything, he’s not like Kyle Massey or Chelsea Kane or Cody Linley ” other young celebs ” who are always bubbleing over with joy and a rush to dance and perform which im ok with because that can get annoying.
I am waiting till Sept 19 to judge though.
John, do you have some sort of man crush on Rob or something? Because you seem hellbent on convincing us that he’s a hard worker and that this news report is wrong, and you’re coming across as kind of santimonious. Last I checked, none of us were “assuming” anything – we all made a point of saying “IF this is true”. And sorry honey, I don’t have to see the kid dance to know I don’t really care for him – I’ve watched enough KUWK to form my opinion. As for Twitter – hehe, do you really think Cheryl & Rob would be tweeting that there was trouble in paradise? I can’t imagine Cheryl tweeting something like “Rob is lazy and unwilling to commit to practicing” or Rob tweeting “I really don’t want to do this uggggh”. So we also can’t assume that just because things are hunky-dorey on Twitter, things are alright behind the scenes.
John, have you posted here before? You sound familiar…
C, I think remember him posting last Season in the beginning like this?
Courtney/Vogue:
Derek and Ricki seem to be on the back burner except for all the other couples? I hear Ricki is doing very well, even Kristin Cavallari was very complementary. I have a feeling these two are gonna light the stage up! How about you two?
So agree Margaret! I get a good feeling on them all this Season. The only somewhat negative vibe I get is on Rob right now.
There is no such word as “santimonious”. Do you mean “sanctimonious” possibly?
And no, I haven’t actually ever posted here before. But by all means continue contemplating my arrival and sexuality. You seem to be very judgemental indeed… And again no Courtney, I do not have a “man-crush” on Rob (iudging with no genuine evidence seems to really bring out contradiction, doesn’t it?). I do however live by the motto “live and let live” and “innocent until proven guilty”. I don’t need to be physically, emotionally, or spiritually attracted to someone to not judge their character. Simply the fact that they are human. I have not seen reason to believe that this kid may be worse than other 24 year olds who roam the earth, so I will reserve judgement until need submits itself on a silver platter.
Assumptions present shadiness as a main source to their existence. They can be very vague philosophers. An indirect statement provides the gist of an assumption; saying “if” doesn’t prove the lack of a presumption, in contrary, it proves itself a very loyal ally.
Exactly. You just said it yourself.
“I don’t have to see the kid dance to know I don’t really care for him – I’ve watched enough KUWK to form my opinion.”
You’re bringing something completely irrelevant to the table. You are assuming (yet again) that he is a slacker and doesn’t deserve to win and for reliable back-up, weigh the very substandard argument that you “do not care for him” and have “watched KUWK”. This discussion is based on the rumour that Rob is slacking and irresponsible to a degree, not what you thought about him before or even what you think about him now. Decipher the difference.
“So we also can’t assume that just because things are hunky-dorey on Twitter, things are alright behind the scenes”.
Fair enough. There is a degree of truthfulness in what you are saying. A person who is tired of practice or annoyed at their dance partner will not display this negative-ness for the world to relish. But there is a difference between saying something bad and saying something good. Most people will not display an unfavorable attitude (not to an exceptional level at least), as it comes and goes. Again though, an individual who is engulfed in annoyance or a tiresome aura, will not betray their inclination by the exhibition of a false gratification; they’d prefer to keep it quiet and speak about it (subtly) only when spoken to. Cheryl Burke is constantly voicing how proud she is of Rob’s performance. If she was “fed up”, why continuously wrap up such a fictitious tale? Surely something like, “Rob needs to work just a little bit harder, you’re almost there!” or “C’mon Rob! Just a little bit more practice!”. Something along the lines of a teacher trying to uplift her student; or possibly a simple nothing about their rehearsals would sound loads better than an expression of pride on her part.
All I’m saying is, when and if Rob shows up to the show with no knowledge of where God put him, we can judge. For now though, we don’t know. Rumours are meant to be taken with a grain of salt, and this one is no different.
Oh John – to think I was sticking up for you behind the scenes here. You DO sound very familiar to me now as well. Hmmm. I gotta tell you, you may think you sound impressive in your extrordinarily condescending post, but really you just sound pompous and like you’re trying too hard. Really, picking on a word that left out a letter just indicates that you are not having a discussion in good faith – and that perhaps you are a teenager trying to impersonate an intelligent man.
Take it down about ten notches, act like a human, and try again. Or else. And really, anyone who spends five poorly spaced paragraphs to discuss the merits of Rob Kardashian and claims he doesn’t have a man crush? Me thinks he doth protest too much.
Oops, my bad – accidentally left out one letter in a word and made the downright IGNORANT assumption that John is a guys name. How dense of me. My sincerest apologies to all the girls named John out there.
Not even gonna entertain some of your baseless, condescending attempts at sounding intellectual. Either learn to comment without sounding arrogant and self-righteous (and without posting multiple times in succession) or I’ll just start deleting from here on out. Your choice.
Friendly PSA – to get into the deletion & blocking express lane, call the mods female dogs.
Some people. Back to our regular scheduled programming!
A troll that misspelled amature. Multiple times. Just sayin’.
I gotta side with John on this one – why the rush to judge? We’ll see soon enough who did the work and who didn’t, and we’ll have the opportunity to make our feelings known through our votes.
Wow…. for what is supposed to be a light, entertaining dancing show, DWTS sure does bring out a lot of emotion in some folks!
If someone is going to get that bent out of shape over a Kardashian, imagine how he/she would deal with… say…. an IRS audit?
Heh. If you could see all of “John’s” tweets, you most certainly would NOT side with him.