Pamela Anderson, Kirstie Alley Getting Demanding During 'Dancing With The Stars'
by Sean ComerHooray! "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars" is off and running! Meanwhile, Pamela Anderson and Kirstie Alley appear to be off and bitching.
According to TMZ, the two are turning up the diva dial with ultra-specific backstage demands. In both cases, the stars are throwing weight around to have ABC cater to their respective dietary particularities.
Of the two, Anderson may have the least valid argument for necessity. The former Playboy Playmate icon of "Baywatch" and star of "Barb Wire" and "Stripperella" - hey, if you can name two non-"Baywatch"/Playboy projects she's accomplished worth mentioning, by all means ... - has demanded her trailer be fully stocked with Beyond coconut-flavored water. The Australian import is virtually non-existent in the U.S. A peak at the website names only IGA, Feed Mee, Chemist Warehouse and Go Vita as retailers that stock it. Online, it's available from Aussie Health Products and Natural Health Organics.
On the other hand, it is said to "hydrate faster than water" and serve as a solid source of sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium and phosphorous with no calories, added sugar or cholesterol.
OK, so maybe Anderson should just be told to make due. Though perhaps unreasonably picky, Alley at least makes her demands from prior health concerns.
The "Cheers" star has refused to eat from the show's craft service table. Apparently, the offerings don't jibe with her the former Jenny Craig pitchwoman's current Organic Liaison diet, a program she founded. Alley has her meals, instead, custom delivered each day.
To be fair, Alley has spent years struggling with losing, regaining, then once more losing weight. Her representative claims she's currently shed more than 100 pounds through the all-organic plan, snarking about accepting what ABC offers, "Steve Jobs didn't listen to music on a Zune."
In her 2011 run on "Dancing with the Stars," Alley partnered with Maksim Chmerkovskiy to come in second-place for the season to celebrated NFL wide receiver Hines Ward. Anderson paired with Damian Whitewood in 2010, but was eliminated after seven weeks.
Oh, well. What's ABC to do with all the leftover Beyond they've probably ordered the demanding blonde? Tuesday night, viewers made her the first "all-star" told to exit, stage left.