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'Dancing With The Stars' Katrina Smirnoff Insults Honey Boo Boo
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Here at LAist, we love Alana Thompson, a.k.a. Honey Boo Boo. We love when she disses Dr. Drew, when she sticks her head in cupcake machines, and when she takes random animals in as her own.
But not everyone agrees with us, and "Dancing With The Stars" star Katrina Smirnoff reinforced that fact the other day when speaking to a reporter from TMZ.
The gossip site reports that when asked whether the pint-sized pageant queen should appear on the dancing competition, Smirnoff replied, "I don't think that should happen."
And for the record, she's no more keen on June Shannon, Alana's mother, prancing her way across the DWTS stage.
"I think we're pretty good with the people we have on the show," she said about the possibility of Shannon coming on.
We disagree.
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