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Shirley Ballas Slams Gilmore Girls Cameo Accuracy
1 Nov
Summary
- Ballroom dancer Shirley Ballas critiqued her 2003 Gilmore Girls cameo.
- The show inaccurately depicted the ballroom dances she performed.
- Details about Corky Ballas writing a musical were also incorrect.
Ballroom champion Shirley Ballas recently critiqued her own 2003 appearance on Gilmore Girls, identifying factual errors in the episode. While appearing as a guest judge on the October 27th episode of Dancing with the Stars, Ballas reviewed a clip from the "Ballrooms and Biscotti" episode. The scene featured Emily Gilmore discussing Shirley and her dancing partner Corky.
Ballas pointed out that the show inaccurately displayed the couple performing a quickstep. She clarified that her professional ballroom career focused exclusively on Latin dances, not the quickstep. Additionally, she debunked the narrative presented in the show that Corky Ballas was writing a musical about their lives as champions.
Shirley and Corky Ballas were a renowned ballroom dancing couple, competing and winning numerous titles together. Though they divorced in 2007, they have a shared legacy in dance, having trained many professional dancers, including siblings Julianne and Derek Hough. Their son, Mark Ballas, is a successful professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars.
