Just hours before tonight’s taping of "Dancing with the Stars," TMZ has learned that Mario Lopez’s partner, Karina Smirnoff, has suffered an injury on the set. While reps for the show are denying that any incident has occured, sources inside CBS Television Studios, where the show is taped, tell TMZ that medics were rushed to the scene to treat an injury to Smirnoff’s back. No word on who Lopez will dance with in the case that Smirnoff will not be able to participate in tonight’s live broadcast. Lopez will no doubt be at a disadvantage without his partner, and with reports of a romance blossoming between the two, his mind will most certainly be distracted from tonight’s routine.
TMZ just spoke with Mario Lopez, who confirmed his dancing partner injured herself today, just hours before "Dancing With the Stars" airs live on ABC. Lopez says Karina Smirnoff "hurt her back and neck in rehearsal" and doctors were summoned to the set. Lopez says Smirnoff is in pain, adding, "I hope she pulls it together. I’m nervous." And a source on the set says at around 7:00 PM Eastern time, Katrina was back rehearsing.
This is tough one, but after seeing Mario’s abs and butt unclothed I have to go with Nip/Tuck. But then again I think how amazing his body must look after all this dancing I might have to go with DWTS3. Ugh!
MARIO Lopez, the front-runner on ABC’s "Dancing With the Stars," fibbed when he said on the show that he had no dance training. A former dance partner from his days at the School of Creative & Performing Arts in San Diego told us: "We competed in and won several Southern California dance competitions. There’s video. He’s been in dance training since he was about 5 years old." In addition, IMDb.com reveals that Lopez was a backup dancer on "Kids Incorporated" before he was the mullet-sporting heartthrob on "Saved by the Bell." His rep said Lopez had done hip-hop dancing but had no "formal ballroom training."
MARIO Lopez, the front-runner on ABC’s "Dancing With the Stars," fibbed when he said on the show that he had no dance training. A former dance partner from his days at the School of Creative & Performing Arts in San Diego told us: "We competed in and won several Southern California dance competitions. There’s video. He’s been in dance training since he was about 5 years old." In addition, IMDb.com reveals that Lopez was a backup dancer on "Kids Incorporated" before he was the mullet-sporting heartthrob on "Saved by the Bell." His rep said Lopez had done hip-hop dancing but had no "formal ballroom training."
