Things Haven’t Always Been Easy For Dancing With The Stars Contender Maria Menounos (Videos)

Jimmy Kimmel interviewed Maria Menounos on his show last night!! He’s always a kick as always. He starts out teasing her that she might be doing Dancing With The Stars to lose weight. She gets serious and says she is not a dancer “at all”. Monday was her first rehearsal with Derek. Her parents have told her to dance “sexy” and she’s not sure she can since she’s more of a “jock”. Did you know Maria use to wear steel braces on her legs and re-enforced shoes when she was little? Things haven’t always been easy for her. She talks of doing an Online after show after Dancing With The Stars as well. Lots more below…

Be sure to visit Pure Derek Hough today when you get a chance. Heidi has some great new photos of Derek and Maria and more video footage and will most likely later as well.