Ann Romney Turns Down Dancing with the Stars

###less###p(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Ann-Romney-Turns-Down-Dancing-with-the-Stars-1059119.aspx?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))###less###img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Content/130114/News/1_mon/thumbs/130114AnnRomney1_300x206.jpg" width="300" height="206" alt="Ann Romney | Photo Credits: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /(((great)))###less###/a(((great)))###less###p(((great)))Ann Romney has been offered a spot on the upcoming season of ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/dancing-with-the-stars/191470?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Dancing with the Stars###less###/a(((great)))###less###/em(((great))) - but she's already turned it down, according to ###less###a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/14/ann-romney-dancing-with-the-stars/" target="_blank"(((great)))TMZ###less###/a(((great))).###less###/p(((great)))

###less###p(((great)))"Ann Romney was approached, but she declined. She will not be appearing on ###less###em(((great)))Dancing with the Stars###less###/em(((great)))," her rep told TMZ.###less###/p(((great)))

###less###p(((great)))Representatives from the show approached the wife of former presidential hopeful ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mitt-romney/259392?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Mitt Romney###less###/a(((great))) shortly after the election, TMZ reports. But while she was initially "very interested" in joining the competition, she eventually opted not to, a source told the site.###less###/p(((great)))

###less###p(((great)))During the presidential campaign, Romney said she was a huge fan of the show and even showed up to the taping of last season's finale.###less###/p(((great)))

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###less###p(((great)))At the Television Critics Association winter TV previews last week, ABC Entertainment President ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/paul-lee/262463?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Paul Lee###less###/a(((great))) told reporters the show was re-evaluating its casting in order to increase ratings for future installments.###less###/p(((great)))

###less###p(((great)))"People love to see the journey as much as they like to see the competition," he said. "We can all remember many [seasons] of ###less###em(((great)))Dancing ###less###/em(((great)))where you've had people surprise you. You never thought they could [win]."###less###/p(((great)))

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