Former US President Bill Clinton says he would have loved a spot on Dancing with the Stars, but he just didn't have the time.

According to USA Today, earlier this summer when "DWTS" pro Cheryl Burke was saying she'd love to have him as a partner, the invitation went out to Clinton.

"And I told them I didn't have the time to train for it," says Clinton, according to the paper.

"You know you actually go out there and you train, you really work at it. So I had to pass. But I think it's a hoot."

He adds:

"And I have a 92-year-old mother-in-law who watches it religiously and she knows much more about popular culture than Hillary and I do. She even knows more than her granddaughter, Chelsea, knows about popular culture. She thinks I would be really cool if I made it, but I had to pass."

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