ABC’s hit Monday night show Dancing with the Stars lost a celebrity through the elimination process and another celebrity due to injury during the Wk 3 results show on October 6, 2009. The first revelation was that politician and former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay withdrew due to significant foot problems.
Delay performed on Monday night against his doctors wishes and knew immediately after the performance that he had made a mistake. Tom has been diagnosed with stress fractures in both feet. He had ice packs on the tops of each foot during the show and is also using a bone stimulator machine.
Tom and dance partner Cheryl Burke didn’t fair well with the judges on Monday, landing in second to last place with a score of 15 and waited patiently to see if he would get eliminated through the normal process. When it was announced that he was safe for another week, co-host Tom Bergeron made the announcement that Delay was stepping down on live television.
The eliminated celebrity turned out to be Debi Mazar and her pro partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Their Monday night Samba earned them a score of 17 .
Also at the bottom of the leaderboard this week were Michael Irvin with 14 and Chuck Liddell with 17 but both celebs were voted back for another week by their fan base.
Paula Abdul had a ring-side seat at the show last night. Show host Bergeron sat down next to the former Idol judge and chatted it up – see video here.
View more photos below and check out video of Mazar, DeLay and their pro partners during their guest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel last night.