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Former Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell said that she was offered Dancing with the Stars 12 on Monday, just one week before the cast will be officially announced as part of The Bachelor. This season, most of the rumors about potential casting have been shot down by the people who are the subject of them: Brett Favre’s daugther said he is not doing the show ; Jennifer Beals, who told People she was offered the show but said no; and wrestler Chris Jericho sidestepped the question when asked if rumors were correct. A report that Wendy Williams’ show would go on hiatus so she could dance was sort of quashed when the show’s rep told USA TODAY it was not going on hiatus. Other names mentioned in unsubstantiated reports include Jodie Sweetin and Lindsay Lohan (please!). An early report said Portia de Rossi would dance as part of the show’s first same-sex couple. O’Donnell, the Tea Party candidate who memorably ran an ad saying she was “not a witch” after footage of her on Politically...

« Who Do You Think You Are?: Tim McGraw | Home | Top Chef: Fabio Viviani Dishes on His Top Chef Elimination » February 12, 2011 09:00:41 by Shayla Perry Comedian Rosie O’Donnell, who will be featured on this season of NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? (and on her OWN talk show!), made headlines when she defended MTV’s controversial reality show, Teen Mom, and admitted that she watches the program with her 13-year-old daughter, Chelsea. But in a recent interview, O’Donnell, no stranger to controversy herself, let RTVM know her thoughts on what makes Teen Mom such a positive show for teens, and one show in particular that her kids will NOT be watching–EVER! Rosie O’Donnell , who makes her return to TV this Fall on OWN , the Oprah Winfrey Network, knows a thing or two about what constitutes quality family television.  Not making that list would be MTV’s newest show, Skins, which Rosie says “would never be appropriate for anybody in my household.” And while we won’t catch the O’Donnel...