Portia De Rossi Declines "DWTS," Producers Abandon Same-Sex Dancing Couple Idea

Portia De Rossi has declined to appear on the next season of "Dancing with the Stars." The ABC show is not interested in same-sex couples partnering anymore now that Mrs. Ellen DeGeneres is out of the picture.

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It has been previously rumored that the producers of the show have been asking the openly lesbian "Arrested Development" actress to star in the show with a female dance partner.

Portia confirmed that she was asked, but she declined the offer.

And because she refused to dance, the producers have decided against featuring same-sex partnering on the dance floor.

A network insider told Pop Eater, "If Portia had agreed then this would have been a done deal. She was the only star that could have pulled this off without completely offending the program's conservative viewers."

It is not a lost cause yet, though. Producers will just wait a few years before they invite same-sex couples on the dance floor because they don't want to "rush into creating a same-sex dancing couple just to get attention and publicity."