I met this week’s column when I decided I had had enough of watching Chaz Bono highlights from “Dancing With The Stars” and hearing about how brave he is to be dancing in public. I even heard him referred to as a hero. That’s when I knew someone somewhere had gone too far and I had something to say about it.
He can’t dance and he’s not a star. So, why was Chaz Bono on “Dancing With The Stars?” More importantly, why did it take so long for him to be voted off?
His moves were all wrong and he danced like a hippo trying to ice-skate. While the idea of that may be funny, watching Chaz was not. He wobbled around the stage, trotted awkwardly from one corner to the other and made his partner look bad.
There is something wrong with the viewing public if they think that he deserved to be voted for. My opinion has nothing to do with his sex or surgical decisions. It’s just about the way he dances and the fact that he is not a star. I’m not a big “DWTS” fan, but I used to be able to watch the highlights without cringing. Not with Chaz in them.
The worst part is that people have called him a hero. For what? He had surgery. Big deal. Millions of people have had surgery. They’re not stars and they’re not heroes just because of it. But there is a true American hero on that show and if you want to support a hero, J.R. Martinez is worth your admiration and your votes.
J.R. is a former U.S. Army soldier who was hit by a landmine while on a mission in Iraq. He was severely burned over 40 percent of his body. But that didn’t stop him from comforting and motivating other soldiers who had been burned. He is a hero in every sense of the word.
And he is a star. He played Brot Monroe, a wounded veteran, on ABC’s “All My Children” with all the warmth and charisma that you would expect from a hero.
So, wake up America. There are heroes out there. Chaz Bono is not one of them. Fortunately, he has gone home. People seem to finally be voting for the right reasons. Now we can focus on a real hero for a change.
