National Ledger - Dancing With the Stars Sex Scandal: Mario & Karina Smirnoff, The Denial

Top Five

Celebrities

TV Shows

Stay Up To Date

Share This \| Related Dancing With the Stars Sex Scandal: Mario & Karina Smirnoff, The Denial
By Brenda Jones Mar 28, 2008

Is there a new Dancing With the Stars love triangle and yet another sex scandal for the popular ABC reality TV show? The New York Post reports that R&B singer Mario and dance partner Karina Smirnoff (who is dating Mario Lopez) were "making out by the valet with their hands all over each other" at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles.

Mario & Karina Smirnoff, The Denial

That was quickly denied. Cue the rep™: Mario's rep tells Us Weekly Magazine, "This did not happen," but the magazine adds in the very next breath that another source close to the singer insists "there is definitely chemistry and a flirtation between the two. Something is going on."

***

So how did the snappers miss this, why is there not even a cell phone video or picture of this alleged very public make out session? The report from the Post says that it was very late (around midnight) and there weren't very many people around.

It seems like very season of the show there are at least one or two "sex scandal" reports with the partners. Cue the rep part two ™: Karina Smirnoff tells Usmagazine.com "there is nothing" to rumors that she is hooking up with her Dancing With the Stars partner Mario. "We have a completely professional relationship," she tells Us Weekly. "I have a lot of respect for Mario. He is a great person."

Today's Most Popular Stories: