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Access Hollywood

updated 8:30 p.m. ET Aug. 7, 2008

Former vice-president Dan Quayle will not be strutting his way across the dance floor anytime soon — at least not on TV.

Quayle was invited to compete in the ABC series approximately four to six weeks ago, but declined the invitation immediately, Quayle’s assistant confirmed to Access Hollywood.

“Dancing With the Stars” returns, without the former veep, on Sept. 22, with a live three-night premiere.

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ABC will formally reveal the show’s seventh-season cast during “Good Morning America’s” August 25 broadcast.

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