“Facts of Life Star” Kim Fields to Dance on DWTS Season 22?
Yep, according to Entertainment Tonight! So…partner guesses?? 😉
ET’s sources can confirm that ’80s sitcom star Kim Fields will be competing for the coveted mirror ball trophy when Dancing With the Stars returns for season 22.
The 46-year-old actress is best known for her role as Tootie Ramsey on The Facts of Life, and joined The Real Housewives of Atlantacast this past year.
News of Fields’ joining DWTS comes just a few weeks after ABC announced that Julianne Hough will not be returning as a judge. “I will miss being on the panel for Season 22, but have a lot of exciting stuff coming that I look forward to sharing,” Hough told ET in a statement. “The pro dancers, producers and crew at DWTS will always be my family.”
Well, she would fill a nostalgia and RH quota. I’ve always wanted a FOL girl on, but she just seems so…bland.
My partner guess is Sasha just because Kim is 5 feet nothing. Maybe he’d loosen her up, too.
I don’t really know her outside of her acting. She always plays such a vibrant characters and she gives great interviews. She was really sassy in Living Single. I’m hoping her acting will come into play for her performances. If that’s the case, I think she’ll be ok.
Matter of fact, I got the term “smooches” from her character as Regine in Living Single. 🙂
I’m with CM….Tony or Sasha!
I had to look her up on google but I only remembered her from the housewives franchise and didn’t realize she was a actress too so I’m pretty impressed. She seems like a normal person too so I’m all for this. I’m going to guess Sasha as well but maybe mark
Looks like an ideal Tony partner..or maybe Artem?
Tony Type but Sasha Height ? Plus tiny just had a RHOA last season in Kim
Tony*
I don’t watch RH, but from what people are telling me, she has a problem with leaving her family for a day, so that could hamper her if she’s not all in.
But on the other hand, if her performing experience takes over on stage she could do well.
I’d be surprised if she’s partnered with Tony as she’s only 5 feet tall. The thing is most people know her from the Facts of Life and Living Single. An actress. She just joined the Real HW show and I for one have NEVER watched her on that show 🙂
Just googled her as IDK who she is… & she’s so tiny – only 4’11” !! I have a feeling Sasha will be her partner.. as Tony, Keo or Artem are way too tall for her. It will be awkward seeing her dance with any of them. 😛
TOOTIE!!!! Yas queen 😀 Loved her on Facts of Life, love her on Real Housewives of Atlanta – and she is far, far too classy for the drama on the latter. Will be nice to see her doing something more positive.
EDIT: Text from Mama Spence: Woohoo!!! She’s got my vote 😀 😀 😀
I love Tootie! Wow, if DWTS lands both Kim and Jodie that would awesome.
Oh, man. Now you guys have me wanting to go home and break out the FOL DVD’s.
“Tootie…Tootie…I like saying Tootie…”
I know she’s really small which rules Keo and Tony out probably. I’m guessing that she doesn’t have the dance ability and/or fanbase to get one of the big three male pros, which leaves Artem, Sasha or a new male pro. She seems like someone who will have the juice to get through the first few weeks barring a disaster to then get eliminated halfway though. Feel free to shut me down if I’m wrong any real housewife fans on here 😀
@M8 – Forget about RHOA fans. Her real support is more likely to come from Facts of Life fans – that’s what she’s best known for. She only joined the cast of RHOA this season. She may actually get more support than even Jodie – I’d say Facts of Life fans probably fit even more snugly within the main demographic of DWTS than Full House fans do.
Courtney,
Facts of Life for sure as a kid/teenager. 🙂 However as an adult, she was affectionately known as Regine from Living Single… That was a VERY popular show back in the 90s. “Smooches”
Every Thursday night for me it was The Martin show, Living Single and New York Undercover.
IMHO, she falls perfectly in the DWTS demographics.
Sasha sounds like a good bet if they go by height alone. Mark would also be good pairing both height and their fun personality. But they have put short girls with the taller guys before so who knows?
And I agree her fan base will be from Facts of Life. Can’t wait to see what she can do.
Just a couple days ago I was doing a DWTS checklist on nostalgic sitcoms and realized-among a couple other notable shows-we hadn’t had any FOL people on yet! This is awesome! Also I find it funny that if she and Jodie are both on it’ll be another “battle of the classic sitcoms” like when Candace and Danica were on a season together. Fun!
Unless she requests Tony (which might not be wise to do considering the huge height difference) I think she’ll get Sasha or maybe Mark if he doesn’t get Paige.
You think she won’t dance with Tony due to height? Look up Marissa Jaret Winokur.
Just gonna throw this out there once more, for those getting hung up on height:
1.) HEIGHT ISN’T EVERYTHING IN A PARTNERSHIP!
2.) The women’s heels are at least 2″.
3.) It’s far easier for a tall male to dance with a short female than it is for a tall female to dance with a short male.
4.) The pros are trained to deal with height differences, and have tricks up their sleeves to overcome them.
Taking height completely out of the equation, I actually think she’d be a good match for Artem.
@M8 – Facts of Life was a huge show back in the day. Heck, reruns are still on as we speak. Everyone loved Tootie.
Of all the rumored celebs this season, Tootie is by far my favorite.
She will always be Tootie to me! Loved FOL! Fanbase will love her. She was such a sweetheart on the show and every article I’ve read since then she’s very nice. Think she’ll give Jodie a run for her money especially if no Derek and she gets Sasha.
Tootie! Bring her and her beautiful smile on! With anyone but Keo…. I want to see her for more than 3 weeks!
Think what Jodie has ahead of her is that Fuller House is starting up again, which means it’ll be fresh on people’s minds. Kim could suffer from Alexa PenaVega and, Suzanne Somers syndrome where their nostalgia factors from television shows wore off after a few weeks. Although Kim is also married with kids and is quite religious I believe? So you’re all absolutely right that she fits bang in line with the demographic. I feel like it’s going to be hard to judge this season with many different powerful fanbases.
M8 – Let’s not forget that Jodie Sweetin also has a lot of dance training and is more than a decade younger! I’m excited about seeing Kim on TV again. Especially where she’ll be “herself.” But dance wise, she’s an unknown factor while Jodie should be in a position to pick it up much quicker.
They just had a big Facts of Life Reunion on Home and Family TV. I guess this is the surprise she talked about. I think she will be great. She was personable, funny, and seemed adventurous on the reunion show. I can’t wait.
Wouldn’t surprise me if they pair her with Keo, Artem or Tony. Don’t really see her with anyone else other than one of those three.
Don’t know much of her but I look forward to learning more about who she is and seeing her dance! 🙂
@CC NY Why not pair her with Sasha? She’s petite enough and if Derek isn’t dancing this season, Sasha should be in the pro line up.
Definately wishful thinking on my part but if she is indeed on the show in praying that she is a great dancer becuase I’ve watched way too much YouTube videos from the housewives show and the facts of life but there was one clip in particular where she was mocking/joking after two of them were fighting about one not saying the other was her friend or whatever and it was hysterical. i already like her.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I wouldn’t mind seeing her with Louis. But as well known as she is, I wouldn’t be surprised if she is paired with a new pro.
@Trent As in a brand new, this season new male pro? We ~seem to have the female pro line up. Peta, Emma, Sharna, Witney, Lindsay and Jenna. The male line up ~seems to have Mark, Val, Artem, Keo and likely Tony. Derek is a question mark but he seems to have an exciting new project that will take precedence. Realistically, there’s only a spot for a new male pro if Tony or Derek isn’t competing this season. And I for one will riot if they add a new pro instead of putting Sasha in the line up again. He performed better in his one pro season than Keo has done in 3! And has there ever been a season where there wasn’t one female celeb short enough to be paired with him? Sasha is probably about 5’5″ Short for a guy but they’ve had plenty of petite women on.
this is the first rumor that I’ve really gotten excited about – yes, Jodie is great also and I look forward to seeing her strut her stuff, but this news about Kim makes me believe Sasha may have another shot at being a teaching Pro!
Sasha ! Sasha ! Sasha !
(nuff said)
FWIW, Sasha seems like a good match personality-wise for Kim. After seeing her on RHOA and seeing how she’s a bit more of an introverted, hard-working, family-oriented gal than the other cast members, Sasha seems like a suitably calm, respectful, nurturing pro for her.
I get the feeling she might get a bit flustered with someone like Keo, who seems to like to goof off a lot. Tony could work, but there’s nothing exciting about that partnership. Just more of the same from Tony, and she would be his THIRD Real Housewife of Atlanta. Too much of a “gimme” for me, but doesn’t mean it won’t happen.
@Colleen, there’s a rumor flying around that they’re doing the same thing they did the last 2 seasons and bringing back an older pro. I think it could be a female pro, as I’m not sure Jenna being promoted is a lock.
I hope Sasha gets a partner this season, too! I remember Kim from TFOL and really liked her. I haven’t seen her in any of the newer shows. I can see TPTB playing the sit-com rivalry again like they did with Danica and Elizabeth though. However, if it gets Sasha a partner, I am all for Kim being on!
@CM if that rumor is true, I would love to see Tristsn back. But I’m sure he’s still in contract with SCD.
I think Kristen Burtt was the one who said an old pro might be returning. So it’s probably more than a rumor. There has been talk of Edyta Sliwinska coming back. She wrote on her FB that she had exciting things coming up and Kristyn Burtt RT’d it FWIW.
As for Kim Fields, well, I have no idea who she is. I actually have no idea who any of the rumored contestants are except Jodie Sweetin. I’m sure I’ll know more when they’re all officially announced. Hopefully lol.
@Amanda and @CM – The rumour was started a couple of days ago by @DWTSGossip. She was hoping to have a name by that night, but nothing yet.
We’ve reported on all the rumored contestants and explained who they are. If people are still claiming “I have no idea who that is!”, guess we know who’s actually reading these posts and who is just commenting…
I definitely do read the posts. I hadn’t ever heard of them before now is what I meant 🙂