Paula Deen Turned Down Dancing With the Stars She's sitting this one out. Despite last month's exuberant rumors, season seventeen (!) of Dancing With the Stars will be completely free and clear of the embattled television chef's soft-shoe when the show premieres in September. Essentially, this is because the lambada, while it may forever be the "forbidden dance," does little to redress allegations of past racism . "The dance floor is not ...
Aug. 7, 2013 - New York Magazine