With the news that Bristol Palin will join the cast of the eleventh season of Dancing With the Stars this fall, we decided to take a look back at some other famous (or "famous") people who parlayed tabloid infamy, public humiliation, and negligible familiarity with the pachanga into a stint on ABC's increasingly misnamed foxtrot free-for-all.
A reality show isn't the greatest place to find true love (just ask any of the Flavor of Love/Rock of Love girls, Bachelors and Bachelorettes), and it certainly isn't an ideal environment for an already-in-love couple's relationship to blossom. We're all painfully aware of the destruction reality TV has caused Jon and Kate Gosselin, but let's take a look at some of the other big-time couples who have been cursed by the small screen....Hulk and Linda Hogan, Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson, Kevin Federline and Britney Spears, Peter Andre and Katie Price, Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler...
DJ AM's girlfriend, Hayley Wood, vigorously denies that a breakup of their relationship two weeks before his death from a suspected accidental overdose was the cause of his relapse into drugs.
Meet The Barkers, they are an on-again, off-again couple. You may know Travis Barker from rock band Blink 182 and you may know Shanna Moakler from MySpace. Per Perez Hilton, the couple recently suffered a breakup and a rumored rendezvous with Gerard Butler may have been the cause. Don't worry, they should yo-yo their way back into each others' heart in no time.
Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler have decided to reunite after Travis' near-death experience brought them together again.
We may be off-base here, but it sure looked like MIA was pregnant at the Grammys the other day. It turns out that the "Paper Planes" singer was due that day but decided to rock it out with the likes of Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and TI. Her fiancee, Benjamin Brewer of The Exit, had to have been OK with the decision. Also, it looks like Lil Wayne may be engaged. That guy is awesome.
