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'Dancing With the Stars': Chad Ochocinco and Cheryl Burke talk dating rumors on 'Ellen'
Kate Gosselin has her diva behavior. Erin Andrews has those scary death threats. Jake Pavelka has the "Bachelor" scandal rumors. Chad Ochocinco has ... hmmm.Headlines, for better or for worse (poor Erin!) keep one in the spotlight during a "Dancing With the Stars" season. And the spotlight, for a show with a proven history of being a popularity contest (remember Jerry Rice? Cloris Leachman?), tends to mean more votes.
So could it be that these forced-sounding dating rumors between Ochocinco and his pro partner, Cheryl Burke, are just that? Fodder for media speculation?
Well, if that's the case, then we're guilty of biting. Because we're about to give you the "are they or aren't they?" dating update.
Ochocinco and Burke will appear on "The Ellen Degeneres Show" Friday (April 9) to continue dancing around the dating rumors. To add fuel to the rumor mill fire, expect to see the dance partners dish on that $10,000 (yes, four zeroes) ring Ochocinco purchased for Burke -- which she rocks on her ring finger.
Oh, puh-lease....
Here's a sneak peak at their "Ellen" interview that touches on the fact that the football wide receiver shelled out a healthy chunk of change to put a ring on it:
Ellen: So this is like a thank you. Like a lot of your (former dance) partners have bought you a $10,000 ring? To say thank you for helping me dance, right?
Cheryl: He's the first. Not even my ex-boyfriends would do this for me,
Chad: I just raised the bar then.
Ellen: Because you know people would say something like that would mean that you're dating. That's the rumor, that you're dating.
Chad: We are?
Cheryl: Really?
Chad: No.
Cheryl: We're not going to put labels on anything.
See how she did that? It's all about keeping the speculation alive. But maybe we're just cynical?
Watch the full interview on "Ellen" when it airs Friday, April 9 to see if YOU think these two are dating or faking. Let us know your thoughts!
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I guess he is into fat girls, sad.
It would be cool if the relationship was real. Hopefully this isn't just another fake end zone celebration that he has dreamed up.
oh oh looks like another black man looking to score with a white woman... hope Cheryl is wiser than to fall for that crap.
This is so funny and entertaining....Steve why is race an issue...it's 2010 and racism still exists...I am pretty sure he has a bevy of white women following him around like they always do...lol...stop being so damn stupid...
By the way she is Filipino, Russian, and Irish...and as Europeans we don't consider ourselves white...we are either Russian..Polish...French..etc...you idiot Americans do that white american garbage...You are American
If they have true feelings go for it. GOOD LUCK God Bless both of you. Cheryl Burke has been my favorite dancer all these years.
Americans? stereotyping are we now? what is Americans to you? because if you say "Americans" you are including North, Central, and South. let me tell you that in Central or South we don't garbage talk about white or black. So don't include us here... Besides Europeans were the ones that divided race in the first place.
What's the topic, anyway?
if they are dating congrats to them. They make a nice looking couple. What the hell does race have to do with anything?!! Black men don't swoop down on white women like vultures. I mean a relationship is a mutual thing between two consenting people is it not?! stop the stupidity.
Stupid idots! She is a person of color...Black, Green, Orange. The KKK would define her as Black!