Mills, a hated figure in Britain because of her ugly divorce battle with the beloved Paul McCartney, is using the show to rehabilitate her image and perhaps begin a Sarah Ferguson-like career in the States. From the beginning, she's played along with the producers' crass promotion, expressing fears that her fake leg will fly off on live television, and playing up her disability by walking down the stage stairway like Jerry Lewis in Cinderfella.
Yet, for two weeks in a row, she's executed superfluous backflips during her dance routines, landing hard on the prosthetic and rebounding like the Son of Flubber. The controversial secret was revealed in the video package that preceded her dance.
Mills was shown stumbling and fumbling in rehearsals, and complaining that she'd be unable to dance "The Jive" because "You try and hop on a leg that's like concrete and the other leg bounces up and down like a trampoline."
But then she said she'd "go and see the "prosthestist" for relief.
Her words came as a jolt, since Mills, who's been accused of being a former call girl, pronounced the word "PROS-the-thist," leaving the impression she was going to visit some hookers. No such luck. She was next shown being fitted with a new, "special" leg that, after adjustments and tightening, allowed her to dance and bounce with ease.
That, combined with a second show-offy cartwheel, was enough to win more sympathy points from the judges and put her in a four-way tie for first place with Joey Fatone, Ian Ziering and Leeza Gibbons. Judge Bruno Tonioli called her "the incredible Heather Mills": "One, two, three legs, I don't care how many-- you did a fantastic job."
Reports say Mills paid for the special leg herself. There is no indication that show producers examined it. Is this the equivalent of a corked bat in baseball? Or worse--steroids?
What do you think?
Comments (5)
Ummmm, yeah. She had her FAKE leg adjusted so it moved more like a real leg. Like all of her competitors have. Except maybe John Ratzenberger.
I don't think that's cheating. It's levelling the playing field. Giving her the same equipment as everyone else. Or as close as you can get with a FAKE LEG.
The judges may be going overboard with their praise, but, please, their comments for everyone else are so realistic?
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Posted on April 3, 2007 10:08 AM
Hey, did y'all know that Heather Mills only has one leg?
I only hope that Antonella Barba never goes on Dancing with the Stars...
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Posted on April 3, 2007 12:08 PM
I agree with you. I think she has an unfair advantage. The judges stated in the first show that they would not acknowledge her handicap except for the one time. Yet every show they say how they can't believe how good she is doing despite her leg and how shocked they are she went for the tricks. When they say things like that I think it sways the audiences thinking. I am ready for her to go.
3 of 5 | Posted by Kitana | Posted on April 3, 2007 12:38 PM
Well of course she isn't cheating. The woman has ONE leg, for pete's sake. If she had 2 flesh and blood legs, she wouldn't be cheating, so why in the world would having her fake leg work better be considered any different?
Her unfair advantage is the stupid judges and the way they fall over her. Ease up, guys. She dances ok, no need to treat her like a 3 yr old that just went potty all by herself.
Idiots.
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Posted on April 3, 2007 1:00 PM
She dances ok, no need to treat her like a 3 yr old that just went potty all by herself.
Now that's priceless!!
5 of 5 | Posted by anukexpat | Posted on April 3, 2007 1:47 PM