Seriously? OMG! WTF?

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The new season of Dancing with the Stars is supposed to debut on ABC this Tuesday, but it might not happen. That is because the show employs a Writers Guild of America writer, and the striking writers and actors are picketing the rehearsals.

As of today, Matt Walsh, who is a member of both unions, told Deadline he is pausing his involvement with the dancing competition “until an agreement is made with the WGA.

“I was excited to join the show and did so under the impression that it was not a WGA show and fell under a different agreement.

“This morning when I was informed by my union, the WGA, that it is considered struck work I walked out of my rehearsal. I have been and will always stand with my union members of the WGA, SAG and DGA.

“Beyond our union artists, I am sensitive to the many people impacted by the strike and I hope for a speedy and fair resolution, and to one day work again with all the wonderful people I met at DWTS who tolerated my dancing.”

Walsh is the first star to drop out. Will Mira Sorvino, Alyson Hannigan, Barry Williams, Xochitl Gomez, and Jamie Lynn Spears follow his dancing shoes out of the ballroom. The latter told GMA that she plans on donating her paycheck to the striking workers. So she might stay.

That is if the show will go on because Deadline says that ABC is considering postponing the series until the WGA strike is resolved. SAG already cleared the actors to dance.

There are reports that negotiations seemed to go well yesterday between the AMPTP and WGA. So maybe the strike will be over by Tuesday, and the show will go on.

And if it does. The winner will be receiving the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy. “The Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy will now be lifted on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ like the Vince Lombardi trophy is lifted at the Super Bowl,” DWTS EP Conrad Green told USA Today. “We wanted to make Len a permanent part of this show, to always remind people the importance he’s had to ‘Dancing With the Stars’ and how much he meant to all of us.”

Goodman passed away in April.

UPDATE: SAG-AFTRA sent out a press release saying that their members are contractually obligated to do Dancing with the Stars. To see what they said, then click here!

I don’t know about you, but I was thinking that Dancing with the Stars was going to get some big names this season because of the strikes because of all of the actors who desperately need a paycheck. And I was wrong.

It is the same thing as most years: a bunch of who are yous? I mean, I am rooting for Jason Mraz because he makes me laugh on TikTok, and I love his music. But besides him and Barry Williams, aka Greg Brady, I don’t really care about all of the reality stars they have the competition. Well, I can’t wait to see how Mira Sorvino incorporates her Romy and Michelle dance into one of the nights.

But other than that, I will be wishing my junior high school alum Alfonso Ribeiro, good luck hosting the biggest dancing competition show in the US.

The “Stars” put on their dancing shows starting on September 29th on ABC.

To read descriptions of the Stars, because you are going to need it to see who they are, then click here!

Dancing with the Stars has been on Monday nights for as long as we can remember. But on September 26th, it moves to Tuesdays on ABC.

Not only is DWTS no longer on Mondays, but neither is The Bachelor, aka The Golden Bachelor, this season. So, it makes you wonder what ABC has planned for Monday nights this season. And ABC desperately needs a hit because they are reality and game show heavy this fall due to their bosses not negotiating a better contract with the writers and actors.

On that note, the dancing competition show announced on Good Morning America today that Jamie Lynn Spears will be competing this season. The Sweet Magnolias star says she will be donating her weekly paycheck for DWTS to the striking actors and writers.

It will be interesting to see if the other actors will follow suit. I highly doubt it.

Scandoval’s, I mean Vanderpump Rules, Ariana Madix, and The Bachelor’s Charity Lawson are also dancing this season. The full cast and who they will be dancing with will be announced tomorrow on GMA.

I know you are going to say I am weird, but I don’t watch any of the Bravo shows. I don’t care about any of The Housewives or Vanderpump Rules. However, I know both shows have their controversies, and people follow every juicy detail.

Dancing with the Stars is hoping that the Scandoval will bring in an audience for season 32. So today, Derek Hough, who is the new head judge (WTF), announced on Good Morning America that Ariana Madix will be competing on the show this season.

I hope that she has an affair with her dancing partner. Maybe it will be enough for me to tune in again now that the wicked witch Tyra Banks is gone. Who am I kidding? That ship has long sailed.

The rest of the “Stars” will be announced on September 13th.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy/Instagram

Peta Murgatroyd didn’t know what to get her husband, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, so she gave him a baby! The Dancing with the Stars couple welcomed their second son yesterday after years of having problems conceiving.

The dancers, who celebrate their 6th wedding anniversary next month, are also the parents to Shai, 6.

Congrats to the Chmerkovskiys!

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