DWTS 13 Cast Rumors – L.A. Laker Ron Artest To Trade His High Tops For Dancing Shoes?
Another on-off-on again rumor! A source told Charged FM this weekend that L.A. Laker Ron Artest is confirmed to dance on Dancing With The Stars this season. Note below how their source didn’t mention Dwyane Wade among the participants. I had a hard time believing the Dwayne Wade rumors anyway. So, if it’s true Ron is dancing (and I wouldn’t be surprised if it is being there is a NBA lockout and for how much his name as come up over the summer. He has also expressed loving the show), I bet he gets Cheryl or Anna as his partner. What do you think?
A source close to the highly-rated reality show confirmed to CHARGED that Artest or as he will soon be known, Metta World Peace, is one of the participants on the 13th season of DWTS.
The full cast will be announced on Monday, August 29th during ABC’s “The Bachelor Pad” and the new season will kick-off Monday, September 19th. Artest, known for his defensive footwork will see if those skills translate to the dance floor.
It will be interesting to see who else Artest will be competing against. One rumor has the Miami Heat’s Dwayne Wade as one of the other cast members. However, the source we spoke to did not mention Wade amongst the list of participants.
Stay tuned for the Cast Announcement tomorrow night to see which rumors are true and which are not! 😉
This is me making a skeptical face 8-( I’m having a hard time with this one, for the simple reason that I think Ron Artest has got more than a few screws loose & seems to have become a bit of joke in the NBA. If this is the best DWTS can get – eeegad, the show is deteriorating faster than I thought. Well, if he is on this season, I think he’d have to have Peta – she’s the only semi-tall female left. If Cheryl, Karina, or Anna got him, it’d be Rick Fox all over again – painfully awkward height difference.
I’ve posted in the other Ron Artest post that I would be excited to see him because I am a big NBA fan (since 2008) and I’ve had a soft spot in my heart for Ron since he was with the Houston Rockets. I missed the whole ‘Malice at the Palace’ controversy back in the early 2000s. But he really has a good back story for DWTS- he crashed and burned and then somehow rose out of the ashes and became a better person. I don’t think anybody ever thought Ron would win a ring and he was still so controversial that season. He needs somebody strict… I’d prefer Cheryl, esp since she has worked with Rick Fox. He’s a small forward, so I believe he is btw 6’5″ and 6’8″.
Courtney- Ron’s also been very vocal that he has diagnosed mental problems. He thanked his shrink on live TV right after the Lakers won the championship in 2010. But he is still crazy (in a good way) now. I heard he changed his name to ‘Metta World Peace’ and he had a rap album out a few years ago. LOL. I think he wants to be in show business after he retires from the NBA.
Simply based on height (not looking at anything else), seems to me they should pair Ron up with Kym. With any other pairing, I think Courtney is right – it creates an awkward height difference.
That being said, I can’t think of Artest without also thinking of that video of him charging into the stands to beat the living crap out of fans… I know, we *should* give the celebs the benefit of the doubt. But frankly, Artest scares me.