'Dancing With the Stars': Does Chad Ochocinco already have his 'Perfect Catch'?

The perpetual "are they or aren't they dating?" dancing duo Chad Ochocinco and Cheryl Burke are keeping the dating rumors alive ... kind of.

Ochocinco made his "Dancing With the Stars" post-elimination appearance on "Live With Regis and Kelly" Friday (May 21), and of course the topic of conversation quickly turned to their relationship status -- which would seem to be in conflict with the NFL star's upcoming dating show on VH1, "The Perfect Catch" (Ochocinco of course being the catch in question).

"Unfortunately ['The Perfect Catch'] was already in place before I did 'Dancing With the Stars,' before I met Cheryl," responded Ochocinco. "But if I wasn't doing that, she would have probably been the one."

Then we get to see one more glimpse of the gigantic ring Ochocinco purchased for Burke -- which she continues to wear on her ring finger.

But relationship or not, Ochocinco is forging ahead with his VH1 show, which he describes as "tournament style, where I start with 85 women and work my way down to one."

Although they're out of the running for the Mirrorball trophy, we'll get to see Ochocinco and Burke return to perform a rumba in the "DWTS" two-hour finale next Tuesday.

Do you think their relationship is real -- or was it just one big publicity stunt to get votes for the show?


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