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...Update: In the lead-up to the new DWTS season, DeLay reportedly suffered what he called a pre-stress fracture but is not withdrawing from the competition...
...producers didn't care whether DeLay could dance or about the scandal; five more of this year's 16 DWTS stars have had minor brushes with the law. They didn't care that he was a politically divisive figure. "You don't get good salad without a bit of vinegar," says Green. They cared about only one thing: Could he play well with others? "Most reality shows are cast for conflict," says Green. "If you cast our show that way, it would break." All the "stars" are partnered with professional dancers, who teach them how to dance...
...DeLay's motives seem less obvious. Since leaving Congress in June 2006, he's been running a political consultancy. Did someone counsel him that the path to elder statesmanship is best taken at a waltz? DeLay says he simply discussed the plan with his wife and daughter, both fans of the show, who urged him to go for it. "They said, 'Sure, why not? Let's do it.' " His only wider aim in participating, he insists, is to win. "I'm surprised people consider it unusual that a former politician would be on a dancing show," he says. "Politics...
Nevertheless, people - even some quite close to DeLay - are surprised. "Got a nonspecific hint that he would be doing something high-profile," says Richard Cullen, one of his legal advisers, when asked if he knew of DeLay's plans. "But I would never have guessed this." Republican strategist and former DeLay spokesman John Feehery was also shocked - but more that his ex-boss had been asked than that he accepted. "He likes to be in the middle of the action," Feehery says. "Politicians have this internal thing where they like to be the center of attention." DeLay doesn't deny...
...makes a difference that DeLay comes to the show as a fan. For many of the male contestants, the biggest stumbling block is what producers call the entourage factor: What will the guy's friends say? But DeLay had already outed himself when, in 2006, he e-mailed his supporters, urging them to vote for country star Sara Evans' "good American values" against Jerry Springer and his "smut" (to no avail, since Evans left the show voluntarily around the same time she announced her divorce). (See the top 10 skanky reality TV shows...