Rumor Will Paula Deen Dance On Dancing With The Stars Season 14?
So, who knows how true this rumor is, but, Hollywood Life has an “inside source” that says the producers of Dancing With The Stars have asked professional chef Paula Deen to dance. Interesting note: Paula was recently diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. You can read more below and at the link on Paula.
An insider at the hit ABC show tells HollywoodLife.com producers are seriously considering the 64-year-old cook and host for season 14.
“‘DWTS’ suits love good stories,” our source says. “It’s good timing. Paula just confirmed she has diabetes and this could help her a lot.”
As far as Paula’s age, the higher ups aren’t concerned. ”Producers love Paula’s likability and think it would guarantee she’d be around for a couple weeks, regardless,” the insider explains.
What’s more, Louis Van Amstel must have heard this news. Last night, he told Showbiz Tonight he wants to dance with Paula. Below is a take from USA Today…
Last night on HLN’s Showbiz Tonight, Dancing With the Stars pro Louis Van Amstel said, “I have a good idea, activity is the best thing. If Paula Deen goes on Dancing with the Stars, I would love to have her as my partner and she is going to become an inspiration! How about it?!”
Adding: Here’s Louis on Showbiz Tonight…
So, what do you think if this rumor comes true? I think she looks fun and it would be cool to hear her being an advocate of Diabetes on the show! I wish more people would speak up on Diabetes! I can also see her dancing with Louis too…or Tony?
Heidi’s Note: Once again I feel compelled to point out the track record of certain websites last season – up and down. Geez – we like hits too, but you don’t see us jumping on every single person in the news and say “insiders tell us that….”. Seriously, this is starting to look like sites grasping onto every single person to make the news – Tim Tebow, Paula…the list is getting very long. I’m tempted to go back to our posts before the last two seasons and examine just how true alot of this stuff turned out to be. Hey…that’s an idea!!
OF COURSE, Louis is all for it since he would love to be back on the show. That’s a no brainer and really lends no credence or weight to the story at all.
Maybe Paula will dance, maybe she won’t….but I bet the “wish list” the producers have is ten miles long and half of Hollywood is on it. I would like something solid that doesn’t just scream convenience.
Everyone from the show always said how much fun he was and how much they liked him. I...
She can have Louis.
While I don’t put much stock in this, I do think it would be a very strategic career move on Paula’s part – she kept her diabetes diagnosis under wraps for 3 years, as she was trying to become the celebrity spokesperson for a new diabetes drug that is about to hit the market; what better way to further pad the “shock” (and I put that in quotes because I wasn’t in the least bit shocked, and find it funny that some people were totally caught off-guard by her annoucement – the woman subsists on butter, cream cheese, and lard, people!) than to encourage people to get fit by dancing? Still taking this with a grain of salt, but if TPTB do ask her – I’d put money on it that she accepts it, and quickly. I honestly wouldn’t mind having her on the show – the woman is hilarious and reminds me of my grammy. Anyone catch her on Dr. Oz a few months ago? She had him blushing & giggling like a schoolgirl!
How did I forget Paula and Derek on Live With Kelly. Looool
She is funny but if she does indeed get asked and accpets the show’s offer, I feel like Louis would get her as a partner since (and this is jsut my opinion)this would continue his streak of energetic partners.
Unless Tristan gets her. That would be some pairing.
She would be a hoot! She was hilarious with Derek on Live With Kelly!
The pros seem to be calling out the star/possible contestants on the show now-LOL to Louis!!
Derek and Paula would be great together. They probably had a great backstage chat about DWTS….
With the 2 new young HOT male pros Tristan and Val, and with Teddy waiting in the wings, Louis should be nervous.
I think at this point it would be easier to report on who ISN’T rumored to be on the show.
Who is she? https://twitter.com/wesleyuffelman/status/159664890229952512
A former wnba on dwts? Need to google
On secon thought, I don’t see Louis competing again on the show. Like Sandy said, the show has all the newer younger pros to pick from and also Damien (whom we all miss).
@Sandy: I think Teddy will ebcome a pro when Maks or Tony leaves. I think that that is not in theu pcoming future but it will be interesting which one goes first (my money is on Maks)
@Maddy: One of my friends snet me that too. Idk what to make of it to be quite honest. I have no knowledge of the WNBA other than Lisa Leslie (and thats only becuase she was a guest star on Smart Guy)
I really like Paula Deen, so I would love to see her on DWTS. I know this is a very unsubstantiated rumor at this point, but I hope it comes true! Also, like Courtney mentioned, I think if the producers offered her a spot on DWTS, she would snap it up in a heartbeat.
I wouldn’t like to see her with Louis, though. I don’t have anything against Louis, I actually like him very much. I know he has had some of the more “silly” partners in the past (Neicy, Margaret, etc.), but I never thought he meshed very well with them. I don’t find Louis to have enough “silly” in his own personality to really bring out the best in these types of women. If Paula were to do the show, I would much rather see her with Tristan or Derek, as I think they would take her personality and show her to be someone the DWTS audience could find very likable, like Tristan did with Nancy last season, or like Derek did with Lil’ Kim. Does that make sense?
I agree, Violet – even though Louis has had the “silly” partners in the past, for some reason I’m kinda on-the-fence about seeing him with Paula. If anyone, I would like to see Derek with Paula – they already have a good chemistry, she’s super easygoing, and it might once & for all dispell the rumor that Derek “always gets the good partners”. But then again, if he actually turns her into a decent dancer – Paula will be labeled the “ringer” of season 14. Imagine that – a 64-year-old diabetic chain smoker who’s idea of excercise is pulling a pan of muffins out of the oven becomes the ringer on DWTS. If it happens, I will laugh my ass off and start a psychic hotline…
@Courtney: I was going to say the same thing. Anyone that Derek gets will be considered a ringer.
Paula is funny but not someone I would call easy going. Not a fan and would prefer her not doing the show. How tall is she? If she is on the shorter side, I say Mark or Louis.
I know this is slightly off topic but I feel so bad for her with her diabetes bombshell. Idk if she is going to keep her fans after that simnce she made it seem that everything was okay and continued cooking the way she does (butter and deepfried…….great tasting BUT not healthy) if she had just said it off the bat then she could have just altered her cooking slightly (less butter lol) and could have avoided the backlash she is recieiving from people (who can get really nasty about it surprisingly).
LOL…I dunno, they were sweet on Kelly but I’m not sure who would kill who first. Paula wanting to ring Derek’s neck or vice versa. She might be too dominating and I think behind the funny guy Derek is too.
On the plus side, he probably wouldn’t lose weight over the season.
Okay, I know I’m beating a dead horse but come on DWTS, go for Giada DeLaurentiis/Derek Hough pairing!! Team DeLaHough SERIOUSLY!!!
As for Paula, well I think I would totally warm up to that idea, but as has already been said, it seems like “sources” everywhere are telling folks about who’s being asked. But I know Paula would be a hoot!
As far as chefs are concerned, I would prefer rachael ray as opposed to paula deen. Her personality and attitude are much more likable and approachable, and after seeing her skit with tony last year, I think she’d look amazing in the outfits
Paula would be awesome! I bet they want another Nancy type. Nancy was like our hard hitting/sweet aunt from the south and Paula would be like our mouthy chocolate chip cookie baking grandma…who also happens to be from the south.
Lol I hope Bar and Paula are true! Throw in Tim Tebow and maybe Doctor Oz and that would be more awesome. Funny…Paula Deen and Doctor Oz on the same show. Is that funny to anyone else? At all? 
LOL Courtney–you’re right. Paula would be about the furthest thing from a ringer. Maybe Derek needs that for a season so that all that mess can quiet down!
That is an interesting point, Heidi, about Paula and Derek maybe both being dominating. One one hand I can totally see that, but on the other I can just see the two of them laughing a lot, and maybe having a few tense moments like Tristan and Nancy did last year. That’s what I think of when I think of a Paula/Derek partnership–Tristan and Nancy. I think Tristan would be like that with Paula, too, but the more I think about it the more I want to see Tristan with some young athletic girl so we can see what he can really do!
Zach, I love all of your suggestions except Tebow. Don’t get me wrong–I am a big Tebow fan. But, someone mentioned on a different post (I think Heidi, maybe?) that he would come in with such an extremely large fanbase it would be really unfair. And I hate that the most. Even more than “dancing ringers” I dislike “fanbase ringers” where you know before they take one step they’ll likely win just because of who they are. That drives me NUTS. So…as much as I love Tim Tebow, DWTS is the last place I want to see him!
I wouldn’t necessarily call Paula “dominating” – attention whore, maybe, but not someone that has to control every situation she’s in.
@vin – I think it’s ridiculous how many people think Paula’s health should be a matter of public record – I don’t think she should be required to announce her status as diabetic anymore than an actor/actress should have to reveal to the public that they’re HIV-positive. People act far too entitled about knowing the details of celebrities’ lives these days. And if people are trying to claim that Paula’s food made them fat or unhealthy, I say this: the woman never claimed to be cooking healthy, and no one was pointing a gun at their head, making them eat it. Some people have a serious accountability problem these days…
@Violet – I’m with you on the whole Tebow thing – enough already. But the funny thing is, I’m not sure his fanbase would be as big as his fans are claiming – for every person that loves him, I’m sure there’s someone who finds his constant displays of faith annoying or alienating. And I always have to scoff at those who say things like “If Tim does the show, DWTS will have more viewers than ever!” or “Tim won’t get sent home, his fanbase is HUGE and will save him!” One, Tim Tebow isn’t going to singlehandedly “save” DWTS in the ratings game; two, he may have a lot of fans, but how many of those fans can be bothered to tune in and vote for him on DWTS? I don’t see Joe Schmoe the average macho Broncos fan rushing home from work to power vote for Tim. And in all honesty, I don’t see Tim saying yes to DWTS right now…hell, I really don’t see any current NFL players saying yes to DWTS for the coming season. I think they lucked into getting Hines last year because the lockout was going on and he had nothing better to do, and I remember both Chad & Jason getting a lot of flak from their teammates for choosing to do the show when they did. I think some people tend to forget that the majority of the NFL players that have done the show have been retired…
I think Paula Deen is a great idea for DWTS. But I find it hard to listen to her speak. I don’t know if its her accent, or the constant saying of the word Y’ALL. Maybe in a dancing environment it would be different. I hope so.
Well, how about we do something really different and give Derek a partner his own age? Novel idea right? Saw a maks fan on twitter today hoping than he didn’t get Paula and that it was time for the smaller pros to get some one older? What universe do these people live in? Um, yeah, Maks has been so screwed over by having older partners…except for Hope, Brandy, Erin, Mel B….need I go on?? And yeah, Derek gets all the young hotties. Crack is whack, chillen.
Don’t ask me whar smaller is supposed to mean. Some sort of idiotic diss I suppose. Give me the 5’10″ blond who knows how to win any day.
I’ve got nothing against Paula – and I love all of Derek’s former partners…but really, can we break with the current trend of his partners being between 7 and 25 years his senior? How about a young athlete??
As for Tebow and his fangirls claiming we would see the highest ratings ever….there’s a fangroup nearly every season saying that and it’s laughable every time.
Hi, yes what wnba player suppose be on dwts? Because I pull up the name Wesley Uffelman and it said some man name.
Btw there’s alot of truth to what Louis is saying about how Paula could be a positive influence on her fans by doing DWTS and just promoting a healthier lifestyle but what up with his hair?? He’s got bigger hair than Miss Tennessee 1984.
Seriously, Louis step away from the Sammi Fat Hair. 
Forget Paula Deen, I say get Anthony Bourdain on the show. He`d steal Mak`s pissy thunder for sure! lol.
@Zach – LOL He’s got bigger hair than Miss Tennessee 1984.
Seriously, Louis step away from the Sammi Fat Hair. 
Yeah, Tebow’s fanbase might not follow him to DWTS. But– I could see the demographic who watches DWTS finding out who he is from their kid/spouse/friend/etc. and think “oh, what a SWEET little boy! I’ll vote for him!” or something like that. LOL.
But, like you, Courtney, I think there is less than a one percent chance Tebow does DWTS even if he does get asked. There is no reason for him to do something like this right now.
Don’t know how much stock to put into this. I’ll really buy it when TMX or Perez say so.
http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/sports/42856/tim-tebow-set-to-appear-on-dancing-with-the-stars/
TMX, TMZ what’s the diffrence.
@Zach: I saw that too when i googled tim tebow.
I have a question: Did anyone else watch “Maury” the other day? Tony and Val suprised a pair of ballroom dancing kids on the talented kids episode. The only reason I watched is becuase I saw it online. I’ll attach thel ink to the article in this becuase it has a GREAT picture of Maury, the kids, Tony, and val. Kinda thought Maury specialized in DNA tests and lie detector tests but this was a pleasant surprise.
http://www.northjersey.com/shopping/137651768_New___Noteworthy__Local_kids_dance_on__Maury___Zinburger_debuts_Big_Blue_Burger__and_more.html
TMZ and Perez actually had a pretty poor run last season. It’s almost like there was a campaign of misinformation going on.
^^^ True that. Last rumor season was freakin whack tho.
Ron was 100 percent out then last minute he was back in then Snooki drove everyone insane or TMZ did per Snookie. Ofcourse Hope kept taunting every one too. 
It was just plain whack. I think they both did well in season 12 though on rumors. Who knows?
This is the video preview of the episode that Tony and Val were on. Never thought I’d see the day when Tony Dovalani appearing on Maury would even occur lol
http://www.mauryshow.com/vid_player.php?cat=&cid=1379003
Vin, thanks. Is there a way to get see that segment or episode online anywhere? I’ve searched and can’t find it. Too bad Maury doesn’t post his episodes on his official site like other shows do. Those two kids were on Nancy Grace’s Christmas show as well. They were amazing!
I looked on youtube and it was not there (which is weird since youtube has everything lol). Their appearance was not advertised enough I think becuase there are so many videos Maury online and this episode cannot be found anywhere but yet some lady screaming about chicken tetrazzini is everywhere on youtube smh
LOL yep, go figure!!
Its a shame too. Kyle Massey was there as well. I checked Tony’s official facebook fanpage where he updates every once in a while and nothing there either. The kid girl group from AGT that reminded me of the Chipettes was there too.
No way Tebow is coming on DWTS – he has to spend the offseason learning how to throw the ball, working out with his receivers, etc.
I dont know SueB… tranger things have happend idk. I just want to start hearing some real legit rumors coming out.
I HOPE THEY DON;T BRING PAULA DEEN ON THE SHOW
I think Paula Deen would be a great addition to the show. She is such a natural, down to earth, sweet personality. Not to mention a real rags-to-riches personal story. I hope all this ragging on her being a Type 2 diabetic doesn’t prevent her from coming on the show. You’d think people would educate themselves before they start spouting off about her being diabetic (I’ve been a Type 2 diabetic for 30 years, and now am able to control my disease through diet and exercise only (no medications anymore) and I can eat as much fat as I want to. It’s too much processed foods, processed sugar, simple carbs, along with genetic predisposition that makes a Type 2 diabetic, not high fat). So I hope misinformation doesn’t keep her off the show. There’s plenty to object about with her very Southern style of cooking, but in the end, she’s not forcing her way of eating down anyone’s throat.