Tom DeLay Injured While Rehearsing for 'Dancing With The Stars'

By PopEater Staff Posted Sep 16th 2009 07:00AM

Less than one week before the season 9 premiere of 'Dancing with the Stars,' former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was injured during a rehearsal with pro dance partner Cheryl Burke. On Tuesday, he posted a message to Twitter that reads, "Old age is catching up to me. May have a stress fracture in my foot. No worries, it'll take more than that to keep me off the dance floor."

After DeLay was examined in Los Angeles, doctors determined he had a minor pre-stress fracture. The doctors will decide if he can continue on the show, which kicks off Monday, Sept. 21 on ABC. But DeLay seems ready to hit the ballroom floor.

Because of injuries suffered by contestants in past seasons, the show implemented a cap of five hours per day of rehearsals for this season's contestants.

In an later Twitter update, the former Congressman tweeted, "No stress fracture. It's a pre-stress fracture. I live for another day."

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Practicing for Season 9 of 'Dancing'

Dancer: Tom Delay
You know him as ... A (tired-looking) former U.S. congressman who violated campaign finance laws
Partner: Cheryl Burke
You know her as ... the first two-time champ on the show with Drew Lachey.

Harper Smith, ABC

Behind The Scenes of Dancing'

Harper Smith, ABC

Dancer: Mark Dacascos
You know him from ... 'Iron Chef America'
Partner: Lacey Schwimmer
You know her as ...Lance Bass' partner. The two finished in 3rd place during the 7th season.

Chris Chavira, ABC

Dancer: Debi Mazar
You know her from .... Her roles on 'Entourage' and in 'Goodfellas.'
Partner: Maksim Chmerkovskiy
You know him as ....Mel B's partner. The two came in second place.

Harper Smith, ABC

Dancer: Chuck Lidell
You know him from ... The UFC
Partner: Anna Trebunskaya
You know her from ...Season 2 partnering with football star Jerry Rice.

Harper Smith, ABC

Dancer: Natalie Coughlin
You know her from ... The Olympic pool
Partner: Alec Mazo
You know him from ... The Season 1 winner with partner, Kelly Monaco.

Ron Koeberer, ABC

Dancer: Aaron Carter
You know him from ... His solo career and being in the middle of Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan
Partner: Karina Smirnoff
You know her as ...The dancer with Mario Lopez, Bill Ray Cyrus and Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak.

Harper Smith, ABC

Dancer: Ashley Hamilton
You know him as .... The son of George Hamilton and ex-husband of Shannon Doherty
Partner: Edyta Sliwinska
You know her as .... The profession dancer alongside contestants Joey Lawrence and Evander Holyfield.

Mitch Haddad, ABC

Dancer: Mya
You know her as ... A singer, jailbird in 'Chicago'
Partner: Dmitry Chaplin
You know him as ... Holly Madison's dancer partner during Season 7.

Harper Smith, ABC

Dancer: Kelly Osbourne
You know her from ... 'The Osbournes'
Partner: Louis Van Amstel
You know him as ... The professional dancer with Priscilla Presley during Season 6.

Harper Smith, ABC

Dancer: Mark Dacascos
You know him from ... 'Iron Chef America'
Partner: Lacey Schwimmer
You know her as ...Lance Bass' partner. The two finished in 3rd place during the 7th season. Here she shows her strength.

Chris Chavira, ABC

Tags: cheryl burke, CherylBurke, dancing with the stars, DancingWithTheStars, tom delay, TomDelay

Comments

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Wednesday 16 September

By butchwhitmon

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DWTS, my favorite show on TV has sunk to a new low having Delay on.

By jmsulli

Delay should be in jail. He is nothing but a crook.

By Bradley

I wish that slimy, corrupt bastard would break his leg and die. Tom Delay might be the most corrupt, money hungry politician to ever disgrace congress. And then he will turn around and try to tell everyone what a good christian man he is. Shameful and pathetic is what he is and an embarrasment to Texans.

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Wondrful comments!!!!! I totally agree...thank you.

By Mar

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I don't wish any major harm to this man, other than he pay for his illegal actions, DEARLY!!, but I do wish him off this program NOW!!!! What were they thinking? My Daughter and all her friends will boycott this season, because you chose to display him in all his Law Breaking Glory!!! He's a CROOK and needs to be treated as such and jailed for his criminal actions!!! But he IS a Bush croony so that won't happen!!

By Gary

looks like I am not going to be watching this season of Dancing with the Stars.tom delay is no star.he is a corrupt politician that should be waltzing into prison where trash like that belongs.. If that is the type of people the dwts is going to be using then I will take my veiwing to another channel. may He break a leg litterly . they still shoot animals with a broken leg why not that piece of trash also.tom celay did more to hurt American then al qudia and the taliban combined.

By cange

He should probably be put down like a race horse or one of Michael Vick's loser dogs.

By RAS

Delay is a disgrace. Making a medical diagnosis on a pieced together video tape of Terry Schiavo to make the religious conservatives happy. This quack was a doctor?. Reality TV is just speeding up the decline of this country and evidence to the severity of how badly the sheeple are brainwashed by politicians and hollywood.

By dagoant

Tom Delay is the biggest ever in congress????
Can you say Charlie Rangle?????

By cd305

To bad he didn't break his foot while stuffing it in his mouth!

By Scotty

Some pent up anger here! He is out of congress where many are not such as Charlie Rangel, Jefferson in La had to be taken out at the polls, clean your house before you throw stones you hypocritical folks out there!

Thursday 17 September

By darcie duckiewicz

Just vote him off, for goodness sakes!!!!

Thursday 01 October

By DE DE

i HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH HIM BEING ON THE SHOW. hAS HE BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF ANYTHING YET. I'M NOT SURE.

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