Dancing with the Stars Results Night Fakes: Cristian de la Fuente & Shannon Elizabeth?
By Jennifer Cox
May 6, 2008
Is anything real on Dancing with the Stars? Accusations are flying all over that Cristian de la Fuente is faking his arm injury (or at least embellishing it) to score points with the judges and sympathy from the voters. Last week, buxom poker princess Shannon Elizabeth was accused of faking her relationship with Derek Hough to score points on and off of the DWTS floor. It didn't work so well for Shannon, she and Derek were given the boot.
Cristian De La Fuente and Angelica Castro (Image: Wenn)
But they seemed like a couple as they made their rounds on the talk shows after their elimination and there are reports that she dumped her boyfriend for Hough. Is it real? It will take time to tell as we must wait to see if the two are still smooching and canoodling in a few months.
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There are several observers and pundits that are commenting that Cristian de la Fuente is faking his injury to an extent and many are convinced that Cristian is at the very least embellishing his injury. He says that he needs surgery but still gutted it out on Monday night for a performance of two dances. It worked for the judges.
The combined score for Cristian and Cheryl was a stellar 57 out of 60 and that was the highest score of the night. All of our Dancing with the Stars coverage is here, check back at that link for tonight's live results of the elimination round. For the record he denies making up the injury. "I would need to be out of my mind to fake something like this," Cristián said. I'm thinking both the romance with Shannon and Derek and the injury with Cristián are real.
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