Openly gay and HIV-positive Olympic diving legend Greg Louganis wants to waltz on ABC’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’ next season. Louganis fans have created a Facebook campaign to push the alphabet network to extend an invitation to Louganis, and the campaign is getting some attention. DWTS has been in Louganis’ cross-hairs for a couple years, as he told People in 2010:
“I want to be on Dancing with the Stars,” he tells PEOPLE. “It would be such a blast.” …
“I don’t know about the outfits, but I’ve worn worse,” laughs Louganis, who as a child wore “sequins, headbands and poofy sleeves” for jazz routines. “I’ve never done ballroom but I want to try … Dance really captures something you just can’t put into words.”
The Facebook campaign currently has over 1,500 likes. It would be great to have such a successful gay athlete on the show, so please do head to their page and “like” it too. Past athletes on the show have included Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith, Kristi Yamaguchi, Apolo Anton Ohno, Jerry Rice and Kurt Warner.
on Jan 27th, 2012 at 12:51 AM
Man I still love him so much. What a great man.
on Feb 22nd, 2012 at 11:01 AM
The new cast is being announced NEXT WEEK! Make sure that if they cast Greg, he is given the option of dancing with a male partner. It’s time for DWTS equality. Sign and share: https://www.change.org/petitions/dwts-bring-equality-to-the-dance-floor-2
on Mar 11th, 2012 at 6:33 AM
This is an Olympic year, who better then Greg! He has won medals, inspired millions, looks hot, and can really Dance. A real super Star!!!!!