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Cindy McCain approached to go ‘Dancing’

Report says wife of Sen. John McCain wanted to be part of show ‘very badly’

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According to the New York Post’s Page Six, Cindy McCain wanted to be a part of “Dancing With the Stars” “very badly,” but husband Sen. John McCain “put the kibosh on it.”
Access Hollywood
updated 2:49 p.m. ET Jan. 16, 2009

LOS ANGELES - She may not be headed to the White House, but is Cindy McCain headed to the dance floor?

McCain has been approached by producers for “Dancing With the Stars” about joining the cast for the show’s upcoming season, Access Hollywood has confirmed.

When contacted by Access, a spokesperson for ABC said they would “not comment on casting rumors.”

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According to the New York Post’s Page Six, McCain wanted to be a part of the show “very badly,” but husband Sen. John McCain “put the kibosh on it.”

In December, music legend Stevie Wonder said he was also in talks to join the show.

“It’d be fun,” he told Los Angeles 104.3 MYFM radio jock Valentine. “It’s not impossible.”

Wonder, 58, said nothing was set in stone yet, but the dialogue to get him to show off his fancy footwork in the ballroom is open.

“Right now, it’s just a thought,” he said at the time.

Other celebrities rumored to be headed to ABC’s “Dancing” ballroom this season are former “Jackass” star Steve-O and a return for Olympian Misty May-Treanor, whose stint on “DWTS” last year was cut short by a serious ankle injury.

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